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Student commission still looking for members

Sara Luneburg
October 4, 2001

Jonathan Rosenthal is excited to get to work improving student and East Lansing community relations.The business administration and pre-law junior has made a lot of changes in his life in the past year - transferring to MSU from Florida State University, taking a position with MSU’s undergraduate student government as director of communication affairs and his appointment to the University Student Commission during the Oct.

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Professional developer set to address students on exhibit development

Megan Frye
October 4, 2001

Eugene Dillenburg, an exhibit developer with the Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul, will be speaking to a group of students and area museum professionals today. The event, “Perspectives of an Exhibit Developer,” will consist of a talk given by Dillenburg about the exhibit-development process and standards developed by the National Association for Museum Exhibition.

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Campus construction boom comes to a close

Eric Morath
October 4, 2001

Construction is reaching completion as major campus sites expect to wrap up by the year’s end.University Engineer Bob Nestle said the completion of the Biomedical Physical Science Building and Breslin Center addition, both expected to be done in December, and Shaw Hall’s scheduled re-opening in June, may mark the beginning of a slowdown in campus construction.Nestle said MSU has seen an increase in construction for roughly the past five years.“It has a lot to do with the state funding and projects funded by private donations and research grants,” he said.

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Green light phones given a red light for funding

Ryan Wallace
October 4, 2001

Walking across campus by yourself can sometimes be a scary experience. Imagine coming to a green light phone in an emergency and realizing it doesn’t work. The green light emergency phones are located all over campus, but some feel there needs to be improvements and new ones installed. Last year, ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate government, approved a bill to install more phones in the Brody Complex area and fix the ones that aren’t currently working. Missy Kushlak, a pre-vet sophomore and College of Veterinary Medicine representative for ASMSU, thought things would be changed once the bill passed. “Once the bill was passed I was under the assumption that something would be done,” Kushlak said. So far, the university has not satisfied ASMSU’s requests. Kusklak along with former ASMSU representative Shauna Matlen, a no-preference sophomore, are continuing to work with the university on the issue of keeping the phones updated and making campus safe at night. The bill, which was passed on Feb.

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Firefighters battle for increased state funding

Steve Eder
October 4, 2001

Lansing - Michigan firefighters met at the state Capitol Wednesday to return fire at Gov. John Engler after he vetoed $9.4 million in fire protection grants. Matt Resch, a spokesman for Engler, said the governor vetoed the budget because it would have increased fire protection grants statewide to $9.4 million from last year’s $7.4 million.

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McPherson to lead state charter school review

Eric Morath
October 4, 2001

State lawmakers have asked MSU President M. Peter McPherson to help them sort out the much-debated charter school issue.McPherson will chair a commission to review charter schools in Michigan and report back to the Legislature.

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IU professor to discuss book

Ryan Wallace
October 4, 2001

To many students, alcohol and college sports go together like peas and carrots. Indiana University Professor Murray Sperber likes to describe it more like beers and circuses. The English and American Studies professor will be discussing his new book, “Beer and Circus” at 6 p.m.

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Group honors Filipino heritage

Camille Spencer
October 3, 2001

In honor of October being Filipino History Month, the Philippine American Student Society sponsored a celebration Tuesday at the rock on Farm Lane to educate students and provide information about the organization.The group painted the rock in the afternoon to commemorate the first-time event.

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MSU receives grant to study celebratory drinking

Eric Morath
October 3, 2001

With Saturday’s “Cold War” hockey game, five more home football games and countless birthday parties, MSU students will find plenty of reasons to celebrate this fall - often with alcohol. Over the next two years, MSU will receive more than $350,000 to study that link between celebrations and drinking.