Panel discussion to address conserving campus energy
The panel discussion “Michigan’s Energy Future: Shaping the New Century,” will be held at 7 p.m. today at Kellogg Center’s auditorium. It is the last event for MSU’s Energy Awareness Week.
The discussion will feature MSU President M. Peter McPherson, Richard VanderVeen of Bay Windpower, John Russell of Consumers Energy and Stanford Ovshinsky of Energy Conversion Devices Inc.
Last October, MSU launched a major energy conservation campaign that addressed energy use in residence halls, classrooms and other university facilities.
Terry Link, director of the Office of Campus Sustainability, encourages MSU students to attend the panel discussion.
“I think people will get an introduction into what the possibilities are for Michigan’s future,” he said. “People will get to hear experts in the area who just happen to be MSU graduates.
“It will be an important conversation and a place for people to ask lots of questions. Students should take advantage of the opportunity, you don’t always get this chance.”
Author Horowitz on campus to speak about security
Author and speaker David Horowitz will be at MSU today to speak on the topic of “How the Left Undermined American Security.”
The lecture begins at 7 p.m. today in the Union Ballroom. The event is free, but space is limited. After the lecture, Horowitz will answer audience questions and sign books.
The event is sponsored by the MSU Chapter of Young Americans for Freedom, the MSU College Republicans, Young America’s Foundation and ASMSU, the undergraduate student government.
In 2001, a newspaper advertisement against slavery reparations sponsored by Horowitz stirred controversy on college campuses.
Max McPhail, special projects director for the Young Americans for Freedom, said students of all political beliefs can benefit from hearing Horowitz speak.
“I just think it’s good to bring a diverse opinion such as his to campus,” said the political theory and constitutional democracy freshman. “It helps to create an intellectual diverse atmosphere on campus.”
Women’s Studies Program speaker series opens today
Robyn Wiegman will be speaking at MSU today as part of the MSU Women’s Studies Program’s spring seminar series.
She will be speaking at 7 p.m. today in Union Gold Room B.
Wiegman is the Margaret Taylor Smith director of Women’s Studies and an associate professor of women’s studies at Duke University.
She also is co-editor, with MSU English Professor Judith Roof, of “Who Can Speak? Authority and Critical Identity.”
Jayne Schuiteman, interim director of MSU’s Women’s Studies Program, said she is very happy about Wiegman coming to MSU to speak.
“The focus of her work has been that she has looked at the institutionalization of feminism within the academy,” she said. “It is fair to say that her work has focused on the place of women’s studies nationally.”
