Audra Hunsberger jabbed a plastic knife at her assailant Sunday night at IM Sports-West, but self-defense instructor Sally Belloli batted the weapon away, avoiding a potential poke to the rib cage. The pair took part in "Combating an Armed Attack," a self-defense program that taught participants how to protect themselves from assailants wielding knives, clubs or guns.
In a given weekly meeting, the members of the Residence Halls Association vote on three or four bills.
Six of the 15 empty Executive Board positions were filled for the next session of the Residence Halls Association at its General Assembly meeting Wednesday. Among the 14 bills that were considered by the assembly, seven were dedicated to hiring for the next session's Executive Board.
The Freshman Class Council is hosting an informal dance for all students from 9 p.m. until midnight on Saturday in the Union Gold Rooms. The council is a division of ASMSU, MSU's undergraduate student government.
Next to the rock on Farm Lane on Wednesday, two heads popped out of a hole cut from a large box.
Students concerned about personal safety will have the opportunity to attend a free self-defense seminar this weekend.
Two popular computer services - e-mail and search engines - are scheduled to combine with a new "Gmail" service provided by Google Inc. Announced Wednesday, the Web-based e-mail system would be free for users and offers 1 gigabyte of storage, more than 100 times the amount of rival free e-mail service providers. Gmail also would incorporate the Google search feature to sort through the about 500,000 pages of e-mail the system is expected to hold. Richard Wiggins, MSU's Academic Computing and Network Services Senior Information Technologist, said the new system could cause a "massive shift" in information technology, with millions of people switching to the new service. "Right now, anybody who is in the Web mail business is looking at the cost of online storage and trying to calculate 'What does this do to our bottom line?,'" he said.
Baldemar Velasquez, an ally and friend of Cesar Chavez for 27 years, spoke Wednesday of how he used to pick cherries in Traverse City and dreamt of organizing farm workers to fight for their rights.
MSU-DCL College of Law students might soon receive both a voice and a vote in the Council of Graduate Students, if Provost Lou Anna Simon's proposed reorganization blueprint is approved. As part of Simon's proposal, which includes plans to further align programs between the university, the law school would act as any other college in the university, but would maintain financial independence.
ASMSU's Student Assembly voted to increase Funding Board's budget by $10,000, echoing a similar move made in February when the same amount was given to Programming Board. "This really is one of the ways our constituents know we exist," said Patty Smith, College of Arts & Letters representative. Funding Board allocates up to $3,000 to registered student organizations.
Academic Computing and Network Services was informed Wednesday by Merit, the university's Internet provider, that a few hundred on-campus computers might be infected by variants of the Gaobot virus worm, also known as Phatbot and Agobot. Only computers running Windows are susceptible to infection.
With just more than four weeks left in the semester, the Residence Halls Association and student environmental group Eco still are trying to iron out a plan to increase recycling in residence halls. Last semester, RHA Recycling canceled its contract with Waste Management under suspicion that the company was throwing away recyclables.
Graduate and postdoctorate issues were the topics of discussion during Tuesday's Faculty Council meeting. Eric Crawford, chairman of the University Graduate Council, presented a set of four recommendations regarding research mentoring of graduate students. The first recommendation was for materials for graduate handbooks.
Randy from MTV's "Real World San Diego" shared his travel expertise with students Tuesday night at the Union. As part of STA Travel's Europe Night, the MTV cast member and STA representatives gave students looking to travel abroad tips on how to make their experiences worthwhile. "I don't think I've known anyone who has traveled to Europe or gone on vacation where it hasn't been a positive experience in their life," Randy said.
When two state representatives didn't show up to Case Hall Tuesday night for what was supposed to be a debate on same-sex marriage, the evening turned into an open discussion on the issue. Rep.
In an election with less than one-third the participation of last year, 21 new ASMSU members were voted into MSU's undergraduate student government last week. Elections were held March 24-25 and about 5 percent of undergraduate students voted.
Randy from MTV's "Real World San Diego" cast will speak at STA Travel's Europe Night at 7:30 p.m.
On April 5, International Pajama Day, people are encouraged to wear their PJs all day and donate money or pajamas to children's hospitals, homeless children, women's shelters or any community organization in need.
Joel Simon, deputy director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, will speak today as a part of the annual Gardner Lecture. Simon, who worked in Mexico City for the San Francisco Chronicle and wrote the book "Endangered Mexico: An Environment on the Edge," will discuss the state of press freedom in Latin and Central America.
A sickening scenario spoiled business for a cluster of supermarkets across Japan in January: Some store shelves carried a number of eggs that were six months old. "Many consumers were shocked," said Julia Yamaguchi, an independent organic inspector and consultant involved with the Japan External Trade Organization.