Members of MSU's College Democrats and College Republicans issued a joint statement Monday requesting that ASMSU, MSU's undergraduate student government, re-evaluate its new election code. But ASMSU's new code was finalized Friday. Last year, almost 40 candidates were disqualified from ASMSU elections when the two college groups released unapproved candidate endorsements in fliers, postcards and e-mails.
There's nothing different about Kellie Scopel. She has the same hair, the same clothes and the same shoes as all of her friends.
Morris Thomas sets aside grim textbooks when lecturing. Instead, the visiting geography professor opens a world of personal experiences to make class more realistic and interesting. In a room with 150 students or more, Thomas turns his class sessions into a hands-on learning experience by allowing students to see firsthand things he talks about and by rewarding them with suckers when they volunteer or answer trivia questions correctly. Dressed in a white and navy blue polo shirt with matching suspenders, Thomas wheels himself into a room full of chattering students.
As the struggle for civil rights stirred the nation in 1954, 17 black undergraduates at MSU pioneered a sisterhood and carved out their place in the university's culture for years to come.
Despite a student group's efforts to convince the university to join the labor-monitoring organization Worker Rights Consortium, MSU officials said there are no plans yet to make a decision.
· How to make advanced medical decisions will be the focus of "Getting It Together - Part 3: Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care," presented by the Women's Resource Center.
The second annual Barrister's Charity Ball for MSU-DCL College of Law students, faculty and staff will take place from 6 p.m.
Cortney Peissig's work on the farm is paying off. The Exxon Mobil Corp. recently named Peissig and three students from other agriculture schools as the recipients of its inaugural Mobilfluid 424 Scholarship.
The All-University Traffic and Transportation Committee will hold a public forum Thursday to discuss recommendations that could improve traffic safety across campus. The committee will meet at 3 p.m.
Starting in the fall of 2006, members of the university community will be looking at a new eating option.
Students are highly inefficient at dating, one MSU professor says. "The efficient thing to do would be to go up to (someone they are attracted to) and say, 'excuse me, I would like to meet you,'" psychology Professor Gary Stollak said.
Visitors are asked to remove their shoes and their judgments before joining the weekly spiritual circle of the Krsna-bhakti club. The group meets every Wednesday in the Multicultural Center in the basement of the Union.
As Brenda Sternquist prepared to leave her hotel in India and brave the wilderness, she had no idea she was the recipient of an award that would be the highlight of her career. The merchandising management professor checked her e-mail moments before she set off for the jungle and found a message from The National Retail Federation naming her the first Retail Educator of the Year. "None of my friends were there," Sternquist said.
By Daniel Thai Special for The State News It's Valentine's Day - the lights are dim, silky R&B melodies tease the air with the abundant scent of flowers, and poets hurriedly transcribe their visions onto paper. It's Soul Nite in Common Grounds Coffeehouse in Akers Hall, presented by the Black Poets Society.
When asked if he was going to hit the dance floor at the third Very Special Valentine's Day Dance on Sunday, Chad Trusty responded with a resounding, "You betcha!" "I like dancing," Trusty said.
Arbitration between the Graduate Employees Union and the university has been rescheduled for April 16. The arbitration concerns a grievance filed by the GEU in November charging that the university was wrongfully taking benefits from GEU members by reclassifying teaching assistant positions as instructors. The original arbitration was set for Jan.
The MSU Board of Trustees approved several university building renovations at its meeting Friday, including a $3 million addition to the Cyclotron. Construction to the building will begin soon and should be completed by December, according to University Engineer Bob Nestle.
In celebration of Black History month, the Black History Committee with African American and African Studies presents a Malcolm X Symposium from 1 to 7 p.m.
On Tuesday, ASMSU's Academic Assembly will debate its position on MSU's tuition agreement that promises to keep tuition at the rate of inflation in exchange for less funding cuts from the state. A set of two bills, one supporting the action and the other condemning it, originally were presented at the Feb.
Members of the Residence Halls Association's General Assembly voted Wednesday to increase the organization's tax on dorm residents from $21 to $22. Assembly members voted 23-3-1 on the bill, which must gain approval from students in a March vote to take effect.