Singers, actors and dancers will all take the stage to showcase their talents and display the Latin culture on Saturday at the Auditorium for Latin Xplosion, the ninth annual Chicano/Latino talent show. Latin Xplosion showcases creative waves of multicultural entertainment on MSU's campus and within the East Lansing community.
Seven people were arrested on a weekday night for the same crime, said MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor. The arrests were all made for marijuana possession on Wednesday night. Most of the cases will be sent to the Ingham County Prosecutor's office, where they will be reviewed and it will be decided if the cases go to court, McGlothian-Taylor said. She added that alcohol and marijuana are the most common drugs used by students. MSU Department of Police and Public Safety officers were dispatched to Wilson, Williams and Rather halls after receiving complaints that marijuana could be smelled outside the rooms, McGlothian-Taylor said. In all the incidences, officers smelled the marijuana upon arriving, she said.
The 41st annual Diversity Career Fair offered an opportunity for employers and students to discuss the importance of diversity in the work place. The fair, held Thursday night at Kellogg Center, provided a forum for all students to network with representatives from 116 different government, profit and nonprofit organizations about job opportunities after graduation. Carol Stier, Office of Placement Services events manager, said events such as the Diversity Career Fair, formerly known as the Minority Career Fair, help both employers and employees celebrate their differences. "Achieving diversity is a big issue with organizations," Stier said.
MSU's Hillel Jewish Student Center Program Director Jeffrey Lazor was named a 2004 Richard M. Joel Exemplar of Excellence by the local center's international organization, Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life.
A reception to welcome 13 Ukrainian police officers to MSU was held on Wednesday by the School of Criminal Justice as part of a partnership exchange. The reception, held at McDonel Hall at 7 p.m., included police officers from local departments. This summer, 12 students traveled to the Ukraine for the "In Search of a New Democracy" program.
The University Activities Board will be presenting their "All I Need is One Mic" event from 10 p.m.
The 41st annual Diversity Career Fair will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. tonight at the Kellogg Center. The fair provides a forum for all students to network with representatives from 116 different organizations to discuss job opportunities and the importance of a diverse workplace. "It's not like every other fair," Carol Stier, Office of Placement Services event manager said.
ASMSU recently purchased the e-mail accounts of hundreds of undergraduates in an effort to increase its outreach to students. The accounts, which were purchased from the Registrar's office for $10, will be compiled into a listserv account the student government will use to reach undergraduate students. The listserv was put together to notify students of ASMSU events and meetings, and to encourage students to become active within ASMSU.
Almost two years after human Lyme disease vaccines were pulled from the market, MSU fisheries and wildlife Professor Jean Tsao said immunizations might soon be given to animals instead. Traditionally, the disease has been treated by vaccinating humans, but Tsao decided to try a vaccine on wild mice in the hopes it would reduce the proportion of infected hosts. According to the Michigan Department of Community Health Web site, Lyme disease is transmitted through the black-legged tick.
MSU's Community and Economic Development Program will hold the second of six seminars in the "Sustainable Development: Concepts & Practices" series at noon on Thursday at the International Center.
The American Red Cross hopes students will bleed green to save lives during the 2005 Basketball Blood Battle against the University of Michigan. This is the fourth year the two rival schools have competed to donate the most pints of blood.
After months of planning, it's finally arrived. On Jan. 1, the 150th year of MSU - also known as its sesquicentennial - officially began, bringing new meaning to upcoming events and the future of MSU, university leaders say. "As a child might anticipate a birthday, when the day finally arrives, it's very significant," said Sue Carter, chairwoman for the sesquicentennial.
MSU President Lou Anna Simon discussed the implications of a recent statewide education report at Tuesday's Faculty Council meeting. The Cherry Commission, a group assembled by Gov.
The Humiliator didn't scare Matt Munsell. Munsell, a dairy production sophomore, was one of more than two dozen students that tried to pull The Humiliator - a weighted sled hooked to the back of a toy tractor - at the inaugural FarmHouse Tractor Pull. At Saturday's competition, students took turns pedaling the four-foot-long toy tractor, which had about 250 pounds of weight attached to it.
MSU President Lou Anna Simon led the MSU Board of Trustees for the first time in her presidency during the board's first meeting of the semester on Friday. It was also the first meeting for Trustee Melanie Foster, who was elected to the board in November after serving on the Central Michigan University Board of Trustees. As part of conducting the meetings, Simon said she would like to encourage open communication and discussion. By keeping the table open to discussion, it would allow for members of the MSU community to communicate issues they are working on to the entire board, Simon said. "I think that there's a way to have dialogue that is transparent, but at the same time be reflective of the institution," she said. Foster said returning to the board will allow her to contribute to the university's issues, such as the reorganization of the liberal arts college, which was discussed at the meeting. "I believe I had some good input," Foster said.
"I could totally go one way or the other on this issue. I know there have been problems, but I haven't seen anything big, so it doesn't seem like a ban is necessary." Aaron Shuman English senior "The few abusers out there shouldn't affect everyone, and MSU spirit would diminish.
The winner of the 15th annual Word of the Year contest was definitely not too close to call, an MSU linguistics professor said. The American Dialect Society voted "red state, blue state, purple state" as the most prominent phrase in the country's vocabulary in 2004. "You think back on the year, and what was the most engaging, nauseating, delightful for some, sickening for others experience?
A weekend of events to honor Martin Luther King Jr. kicks off tonight with a talent show featuring MSU students at the Union Ballroom. "Showtyme at MSU" is a free event sponsored by the University Activities Board and the MLK Student Committee. "We wanted to give students an opportunity to show their talents," UAB event coordinator Sveta Desai said.
A torrential downpour became a mid-winter snowstorm in a matter of minutes Thursday, as the National Weather Service placed the areas surrounding the Red Cedar River under a flood warning. After temperatures came close to reaching 60 degrees this week, numbers on the thermometer will plummet this weekend, deep freezing MSU's campus and parts of the state into next week, said Mark Walton, hydrologist at the Grand Rapids National Weather Service station. Since December, the jet stream has been unusually active and it's been noticed by everyone, said Jeff Andreson, MSU geography associate professor and state climatologist.
MSU students now have the opportunity to voice their campus concerns to administrators and the MSU Board of Trustees. The Academic Council of the university's governance has 26 seats available for students to join.