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Group could guide med schools in time of growth

Kayla Habermehl
February 11, 2009

A nationwide medical school expansion boom is causing institutions to re-evaluate how students are admitted and taught. Findings from a nationwide conference hosted last fall by the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation found medical schools should take advantage of what has been their first enrollment increase in 30 years by updating their teaching methods and changing admissions processes to be less based on standardized testing.

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MSU Football player pleads guilty

Jacob Carpenter  and  Kyle Feldscher
February 11, 2009

MSU football player Mitchell White pleaded guilty to charges stemming from an off-campus brawl in October at a pretrial hearing Wednesday at East Lansing’s 54-B District Court. White, a freshman walk-on receiver, originally pleaded not guilty during his arraignment Dec. 23, 2008. White is set to be sentenced March 16, according to court documents.

MICHIGAN

Rivers near flood stage

Kate Jacobson
February 11, 2009

Get out the rain boots, but don’t hang up that winter jacket just yet. Melting snow and rain have caused area rivers to reach near-flood stage, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a flood warning for the Lansing area. Both the Red Cedar and Grand rivers are expected to hit flood stage sometime today.

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Academic Council discusses proposed calendar changes

Kayla Habermehl
February 10, 2009

MSU’s financial future, the academic calendar and the Outside Speakers Policy were among many items discussed during Tuesday’s meeting of MSU’s Executive Committee of Academic Council. Provost Kim Wilcox said MSU will have to make adjustments during the next couple of years to combat the struggling economy.

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Community leaders get tested at HIV event

Brittany Shammas
February 10, 2009

Leaders from the East Lansing and MSU communities gathered Tuesday to emphasize the importance of HIV testing and awareness by being tested themselves. Organizations including the MSU Residence Halls Association, Black Student Alliance and ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, teamed with Michigan Equality, Olin Health Center and Lansing Area AIDS Network to host the event.

NEWS

Police Brief 02/10/09

A 32-year-old male student had five fraudulent charges made on his Visa credit card after losing his wallet on a bus Jan. 29, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

NEWS

Automakers have 1 week to prove viability

Pat Evans
February 9, 2009

A crucial deadline faced by Detroit automakers to present the federal government with plans showing they’re viable has taken a backseat to the more than $800 billion proposed federal stimulus packages, two MSU professors who follow the industry said.

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Red, white & green

Allison Bush
February 9, 2009

Criminal justice sophomore Troy Walters, a U.S. Army veteran, spent a year in Iraq when he was 20, but he had always planned on coming to MSU afterward. “The whole time I was in Iraq, especially in 2005 when the basketball team was in the Final Four, I was paying attention to that,” he said.