If anyone should understand the depths of Iraq's nuclear capabilities - past and present - Imad Khadduri believes it is himself. For 30 years, Khadduri, 59, collected and processed the information that fueled Saddam Hussein's controversial nuclear program.
Early Monday morning, Callie Clausnitzer sat amid hundreds of students, waiting to spend her Martin Luther King Jr.
The MSU Board of Trustees announced its New Year's resolutions Friday to address the Capital Campaign, the impending budget challenges, the push to secure the Rare Isotope Accelerator and the expansion of MSU's College of Human Medicine. Trustee and board chairman David Porteous named the four initiatives at the meeting, beginning with the university's Capital Campaign. "It's just a top, top priority of this institution," Porteous said. Trustee Randall Pittman said the campaign, which is an effort to raise $1.2 billion by 2007, doesn't only help MSU. "This Capital Campaign really helps with the quality of Michigan State University and the quality of education for tomorrow," he said.
Time is running out for MSU students who want the opportunity to support for their favorite multicultural hero - and possibly win a $1,500 prize.
President Bush announced Wednesday his goals for another manned moon landing and other space exploration, but university officials say that although this is important for science, they worry other NASA programs will suffer. Bush's proposal laid out a timetable for a robotic mission to the moon by 2008, the first manned flight of a new spacecraft by 2014 and a manned lunar mission between 2015 and 2020. Mark Voit, an associate professor of physics and astronomy and former employee at NASA's Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, said the moon's surface would be an ideal environment for research. "There are certain types of radio telescopes we would like to build here on Earth, but wireless communication creates a lot of what we call 'noise,' and we can't observe the universe the ways we'd like to," he said.
An ASMSU Academic Assembly presentation Tuesday called "Get Down With the Motion!" didn't feature members of the MSU Dance Team. The presentation was the first in a possible series intended to acquaint new members of MSU's undergraduate student government with Robert's Rules of Order.
The University Activities Board is welcoming back students by offering various events on campus. All events are free of admission to students: The College Bowl Tournament application fee of $20 is due today.
Pennsylvania State University has taken a stand to curb illegal file sharing by offering Napster 2.0 to students, but MSU has no plans to follow suit, officials say. About 5,300 Penn State students have signed up for the music-sharing service that allows them to listen to unlimited streams of songs. David Gift, vice provost for libraries, computing and technology at MSU, said the idea is good in principle, but there are too many concerns for the application at MSU. Gift said the money spent on a music program would take funds away from other university technology needs. "We're not sure this is the most effective use of money we would otherwise spend on classroom technology," Gift said.
As if a broken foot isn't difficult enough for a student trying to get around campus, 3 inches of snow doesn't make it any easier. English junior Lindsay Kosmala broke her foot last Saturday and spent Wednesday wrestling with her crutches on the snowy sidewalks. "Having to get books and go to class with a broken foot in a snowstorm is way more than I wanted to do in the first week of school," she said. Three days into the spring semester, students are not only adjusting to a new schedule of classes, but to Michigan's typical winter weather.
The opportunity to educate Eastern Corn Belt cattle feeders on the latest technology and new practices in the industry will be available again this winter.
Because of a Michigan statute that kept all non-U.S. citizens from receiving his or her law certification, Melanie Capobianco, a Canadian citizen and MSU-DCL College of Law student, might not have been able to enter the Michigan bar last May. The statute required a student to possess a green card or documentation proving they were permanent resident aliens.
A revised university policy will ensure students deciding where to live next year make up their minds quickly. For the first time, University Housing has revised the rules for breaking a housing contract.
MSU researchers and faculty partnered with MSU Extension staff members will hold a Fruit School Jan.
On Jan. 31, the fifth annual Northern Michigan Small Farm Conference will welcome established keynote speakers and several different presenters to Michigan small farmers.
Two years after Shaw Hall was gutted and refitted with new wiring and stackable furniture, another residence hall is facing its deadline for a nip and tuck. Snyder and Phillips halls will be closed for about 18 months starting in May 2005 so contractors can make updates that will include renovating the community bathrooms, outdoor masonry and plumbing, electrical and heating systems.
A campaign launching this semester in posters and advertisements around campus is designed to help change students' perceptions about drinking. Olin Health Center is conducting a social norming campaign that seeks to correct misconceptions the public might have about an issue.
The Red Cross is asking students to roll up their sleeves. The Great Lakes Region of the American Red Cross is down to a 24-hour overall supply of blood.
The Executive Committee of Academic Council discussed the possibility of reorganizing university departments during its Tuesday meeting. A proposal to consolidate the sports medicine program to become a part of the radiology department was passed to Provost Lou Anna Simon for further action.
While students were on winter break, MSU's e-mail system received a full makeover - inside and out. The system, located at http://mail.msu.edu, replaced the 10-year-old Pilot system in March.
MSU might take steps to become a charter member of the new American Student Government Association after ASMSU's Academic Assembly meets tonight. The American Student Government Association is a national organization centered in Gainesville, Fla.