Students, books compete for space at library
With nearly 4 million books in MSU's Main Library, fitting all of them and seating students can be difficult, said Director of Libraries Clifford Haka.
With nearly 4 million books in MSU's Main Library, fitting all of them and seating students can be difficult, said Director of Libraries Clifford Haka.
MSU President M. Peter McPherson was appointed Monday to head a national study abroad commission that will grant scholarships and aim to increase participation in study abroad programs at universities across the country. McPherson said the appointment, which was bipartisanly supported by members of the U.S.
ASMSU leaders are urging students to show up and make recommendations for safe tailgating at town hall meetings next week. MSU's undergraduate student government will answer questions concerning recent tailgating restrictions at 7 p.m.
Robert Reich fired up a small group of John Kerry supporters outside Beaumont Tower Thursday. Reich, who served as secretary of labor under former president Bill Clinton, told about 25 people why he endorses the Democratic presidential candidate. "I have known John Kerry for 25 years, and I know he will make a terrific president," Reich said.
The unveiling of a renovated Clif and Carolyn Haley Moot Court Room today will spring the MSU College of Law into 21st century technology, officials say. MSU College of Law Dean Terence L.
Funding for the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, MSU Extension and building renovations will be discussed on Friday when the MSU Board of Trustees meets to consider parameters for next year's state appropriations. The 2005-06 fiscal year recommendations are particularly important to plan for in light of shrinking state funds and last year's budget discussions, university officials said. President-designate Lou Anna Simon said receiving adequate funding is important to keep MSU's programs on track. "State appropriations support teaching research and outreach functions at the university," Simon said.
Members of ASMSU's Academic Assembly failed to pass a bill Tuesday to recommend a delay of the new residential college set to reside in Snyder and Phillips halls. After an hour and a half of debate and several revisions to the bill, some members questioned the assembly's effectiveness. "This was our problem last year," said Brian Forest, representative for the College of Arts & Letters.
At the end of the first trimester of a woman's pregnancy, the baby has distinguished arms, legs and a head.
The College of Nursing will lose a staff member in November when Jeanette Klemczak, an assistant nursing professor and director of clinical practice, takes the new position of chief nursing executive for the Michigan Department of Community Health. Gov.
For the past three years, scientists from MSU and the University of Pennsylvania have been studying the health of 97 search-and-rescue dogs exposed to toxic debris at the Sept.
The Executive Committee of Academic Council met Tuesday to discuss nominees for the search and rating committee to pick the permanent provost.
The MSU Museum was awarded the Most Outstanding Humanities Project, 1974-2004, from the Michigan Humanities Council.
The trash, the noise and the disorderly people - it has all become too excessive for students living in South Complex. Stemming from recent tailgating restrictions and discussions, Wilson Hall's auditorium will host a town hall meeting 7:30 p.m.
ASMSU has provided free bluebooks to students in the past years, but during this midterm season, they've been missing. MSU's undergraduate student government plans to distribute bluebooks as soon as Thursday if the order is received as planned, said Dan Weber, Academic Assembly chairperson and the ASMSU official in charge or ordering bluebooks. Ten thousand bluebooks were ordered in early September, but ASMSU hasn't yet received the books, Weber said.
Three MSU students were honored at the 11th Annual Prism Awards for their service within the lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender community.
To educate the public on a highly controversial issue this election year, the Undergraduate Bioethics Society is hosting a presentation and panel discussion on stem-cell research called, "Science and Ethics of Stem-Cell Research." "The science behind stem cells isn't understood by the public, it hasn't been explained very well," said Annika Storey, a physiology senior and Bioethics Society executive board member. "By combining the hard science and what stem cells can do with the ethics, it can be a very comprehensive forum and increase knowledge and thought on these issues." James Trosko and Scot Yoder will speak at 7 p.m.
An intense, straight-faced stare and flowing, yet restrained body movements accompanied Elizabeth Dowd as she chanted Japanese poetry and danced the medieval art form of Noh. Noh, a Japanese art dating back to the 14th century, is revered the same way opera is revered in the Western World, Dowd explained.
After more than two years with their first contract, members of the Graduate Employees Union are ready for change.
By Kristi Jourdan Special for The State News "Last Spartan Standing," based on the hit television show "Last Comic Standing," tested students' stand-up comedic skills Saturday night at the International Center.
If you've been dehydrated during tailgates and are tired of waiting 30 minutes in line for rest room facilities, ASMSU is trying to help. MSU's undergraduate student government members said they don't want to limit students' pregame fun, but they are most concerned with compromised safety caused by binge drinking. ASMSU passed a bill at its general assembly meeting Thursday with tailgating recommendations to be later passed to the MSU Board of Trustees. The recommendations might be implemented as soon as Saturday's home football game against Illinois. "The issue in this bill is safety," said Derek Wallbank, representative for the Council for Students with Disabilities.