Groups plan for future as ASMSU funding thaws
Now that ASMSU’s funding freeze has been lifted by university officials, registered student organizations across campus are breathing a sigh of relief.
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Now that ASMSU’s funding freeze has been lifted by university officials, registered student organizations across campus are breathing a sigh of relief.
ASMSU’s Student Assembly passed two bills Thursday night to postpone filing for 501(c )(3) nonprofit status and to recreate an Academic Assembly to come back into accordance with the bylaws of Academic Governance.
With ASMSU’s spring elections approaching, the organization is continuing to work with Denise Maybank and with the university to clear up all confusion regarding its frozen accounts.
In hopes of fostering acceptance instead of ignorance, MSU religious groups are reaching out to students about religious understanding and tolerance.
In a local episcopal church, students and community members listened to readings from religious holy books, including the Torah, the Bhagavad Gita and the Quran.
About 500 small paper pinwheels were mounted on the tops of pencils and scattered in the grass behind Wells Hall and the International Center on Wednesday afternoon.
Legislation to condemn the Westboro Baptist Church’s presence in Michigan was passed on Thursday at ASMSU Academic Assembly’s Code and Academic Policy Committee meeting.
ASMSU is working to expand the Main Library’s Sunday hours in exchange for dwindling Saturday hours.
Six different faiths came together Tuesday night for “Voices of Faith and Reason: Pathways to Peace,” an interfaith celebration of the International Day of Peace.
The January earthquake tore Haiti apart, but it brought nine different MSU groups together, Thursday.
MSU Interfaith Council and greek organizations from across campus are sponsoring the Unite 4 Haiti Talent Fest from 6-10:15 p.m. Thursday at the rock on Farm Lane.
With broken-down barriers and newly-erected bridges appearing in the headlines this year, the Muslim Students’ Association has followed suit by hosting a week of Islam-related events to inform students of facts about Muslim life.
Undergraduate students cast more than 6,000 votes for college representatives and four referenda items during this year’s ASMSU elections, held March 31 through April 3.
Students will decide if two organizations join ASMSU’s Programming Board during this spring’s student referendum.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>When David Stepien converted to Islam in September, he knew it would raise a few eyebrows in his hometown of Pinckney, Mich.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Members of the new student religious group, the Round Table, met Sunday at the Islamic Center of Greater Lansing in an effort to understand the positions various religions have taken on the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
For Katie Neddermeyer, it's the photographs she took that day. For her roommate Heather Carlile, it's the poster she kept from the first MSU football game after the attacks.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>An interfaith discussion about Christianity and paganism will take place tonight at the Union.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>In response to Tuesdays terrorist attacks, MSU will join the rest of the nation today in observing a National Day of Prayer and Remembrance.