Thursday was the third continuous day of bargaining in negotiations between MSU and the Graduate Employees Union, which are attempting to establish a contract for the union before the current one expires May 15. About 40 members of GEU held a "grade-in" today at the Nisbet Building, where the bargaining meeting was being held.
Starting a campaign for his co-workers to take the stairs instead of the elevator was a step in the right direction toward a healthier campus community, said Matthew Reeves, an epidemiologist. But after discovering only 3 percent of Americans are fulfilling the recommended behaviors that add up to a healthy lifestyle, Reeves said there needs to be a cultural shift in the way people take care of themselves. Reeves looked at four indicators of healthy lifestyles: not smoking, eating at least five servings of fruits and vegetables daily, exercising 30 minutes five days a week and maintaining a healthy weight.
T.J. Leyden, a reformed neo-Nazi skinhead activist and recruiter, will speak at noon May 5 in the MSU Department of Police and Public Safety Community room. The presentation, for police, students and staff of MSU, "Turning Away From Hate," is about the neo-Nazi skinhead culture and the nature of hate. Leyden has spoken at more than 100 high schools, and to various military groups, including the Pentagon.
Fourteen teams of students from electrical and computer engineering senior design classes displayed posters and prototypes of their projects in the International Center on Thursday for Design Day 2005.
The university opened its arms to a group of potential future Spartans on Thursday as more than 100 employees brought their children to the annual "Take Your Child to Work Day." The day's activities included tours, informational displays and a ceremony where the children got to meet Sparty and receive a certificate of completion.
Kim Wilcox said the administrators he has most admired - and he would most like to imitate - are the quiet ones. "They are quiet people - they're quiet in the sense of listening and carefully listening," Wilcox said at a public forum.
By Jason Chapman Special for The State News An opportunity for MSU to regularly help the homeless and poor in Lansing with food donations has come up, but university officials said legal and food safety concerns keep MSU from participating. Food Movers, located in Lansing, is an organization that rescues leftover perishable food from restaurants and other local businesses, supplying it to food shelters in the area.
The Kellogg Center hosted the Habitat for Humanity of Michigan Awards Banquet on Wednesday. Gov. Jennifer Granholm spoke and received the Public Official of the Year award. The banquet was held to honor the work done by members of the group this year. "She's a large supporter of low-income housing," Ken Bensen, president of Habitat for Humanity of Michigan, said of Granholm.
On Friday, a group of MSU physicians will host "Women's Health 2005: Clinical Update for Practitioners." The conference will be from 8 a.m.
The Grant W. Howell Trust awarded $150,000 to MSU's School of Journalism earlier this month. The money will be used to establish an essay contest on media bias, as well as a scholarship program.
"Take Your Child To Work Day" is on MSU's campus today. The target age group is from 8 to 14 years old. This year's theme is "Sharing Power & Possibility," which involves daughters and sons participating in work, family and community responsibilities.
Capaciflectors, proximity sensors and retro-rockets might not take them back to the future, but some MSU students are finding they can lead to future careers. Students in the electrical and computer engineering senior design class will show off projects ranging from self-controlled robots to a new style of Mars rover during the annual Design Day, which starts at 9 a.m.
Woody's Oasis, a local Mediterranean deli, and Villa Pizza, a New Jersey-based pizza chain, will replace Taco Bell and Wendy's in the International Center next year. Union manager Jim Sheppard said a contract has been signed with Woody's, and the rest should be completed shortly. "They're generally a sure thing, but it's not always guaranteed," Sheppard said.
MSU Hillel Jewish Student Center recently decided to bring some fresh faces to its Executive Board. Five new officers were elected earlier this month to bring a new direction to the organization, which promotes Jewish identity on campus. Jennifer Bloom, a political theory and international relations sophomore, will serve as the organization's next president.
Means to improve faculty participation and power in the university were the focus of discussion at the Academic Senate meeting on Tuesday. The Faculty Voice Committee, a group created at last year's senate meeting to make recommendations on faculty involvement, presented its final report to a crowd of 142 faculty members.
In the Main Library, MSU's 150-year history is displayed in three glass cases. Books written by and about influential campus figures, maps from before the existence of many residence halls and sheet music to the MSU fight song sit in the cases, providing insight into the people and places that helped shape the university. The three exhibits run through May and are part of MSU's sesquicentennial celebration, a yearlong event that marks the 150th birthday of MSU. "We are celebrating the sesquicentennial campuswide, so it's only natural that the library would want to be a part of that," said Anita Ezzo, a food science and technology librarian and library exhibits coordinator. Ezzo produced the exhibit called "MSU 150: People, Places, Publications," which is located on the second floor of the Main Library's west wing.
Days away from their last scheduled meeting with university officials, members of the Graduate Employees Union and the MSU community rallied outside the Administration Building on Tuesday. The rally was meant to demonstrate awareness of the union's quest for a new contract from the university.
Imagine you're the director of public relations for a professional sports franchise. Your team has just lost its star player to free agency.
The third provost candidate to visit campus might soon be able to sing the MSU fight song - in five different languages. Uday Sukhatme, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the State University of New York at Buffalo, can speak Italian, French, two Indian languages and English.
Juan Ibanes was searching for subleasing opportunities last week on the message board www.allMSU.com, a free online forum for MSU students to share housing options, professor ratings and other information. Sifting through hundreds of postings with ambiguous titles such as "CHEAP SUBLEASE!!!" and "cute house for the summer!," Ibanes said he became increasingly frustrated. "There was about 40 every hour that keep getting added on all the time," the telecommunication, information studies and media junior said.