Voter turnout for student elections last week was lower than previous years, but two tax referenda for student organizations passed. The taxes almost completely fund the organizations.
MSU Resident Halls Association’s hiring practices were brought into question Wednesday after the General Assembly determined it was unclear whether or not recent hiring practices followed RHA’s bylaws.
It’s a story that led Maj. David Howell, a Michigan National Guard physician’s assistant, back to Iraq. Instead of returning to the region for combat, he went to bring a child to America for a life-changing surgery, resulting in a union among MSU, the Michigan National Guard, Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital and many others.
The MSU Office for International Students and Scholars will honor deceased MSU student Don Ausman at its third annual Globie Awards today. The ceremony is scheduled for noon in The Spartan Club, located on the fourth floor of Spartan Stadium.
ASMSU’s Academic Assembly failed to meet quorum at its final meeting of the 17th session Tuesday, which killed bills to change the assembly’s code of operations. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government.
Yash Pal Kapur, an accomplished professor who received accolades worldwide in the field of medicine, died Tuesday. The professor emeritus, 82, was the chairman of the Department of Surgery in the College of Human Medicine.
Students and faculty gathered for a professor’s “last lecture” Wednesday night, but they were not taking notes or attending a class. As part of the ASMSU-sponsored Last Lecture Series, Steve Sharra, a visiting assistant professor in philosophy and peace and justice studies, spoke about his home country of Malawi and the lessons he learned from his time there.
MSU painted a troublesome picture of the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum’s future on Wednesday, saying it didn’t expect to break ground on the project until March 2010, more than a year and a half later than originally planned.
The sixth national Race in 21st Century America conference, launches today with a keynote address by former U.S. Surgeon General M. Joycelyn Elders at 1 p.m. in the Kellogg Center auditorium.
The Academic Year Task Force drafted an initial report on its findings regarding changes to the academic calendar to begin as early as 2010. Based on survey data from faculty and students and calendars of other universities, the task force suggests MSU adopt a 14-week fall semester, to begin after Labor Day. There would be a one-week finals period, according to the report.
Steve Sharra might have many lectures to come, but he is working on one as if it were his last. Sharra is an MSU visiting assistant professor in philosophy and peace and justice studies.
Fans are encouraged to welcome the MSU men’s basketball team back to campus between 11-11:15 a.m. today at Breslin Center.
Spartans celebrated somberly following the MSU men’s basketball team’s loss to North Carolina in the NCAA national championship game on Monday night. A police-estimated crowd of about 1,700 people gathered in Cedar Village around midnight, shouting and celebrating in cold, damp weather. By the end of the night, 21 people were arrested citywide on various charges, East Lansing police Chief Tom Wibert said.
A crowd of about 9,000 fans gathered at Breslin Center for a special viewing party tonight to watch the men’s basketball team vie for the national title against North Carolina via a video feed from Detroit.
More than 100 Consumers Energy customers in East Lansing lost power Monday after winter storms blanketed the state.
In most animal species, males are in charge. But when it comes to spotted hyenas, females are getting the last laugh. Female spotted hyenas are more dominant than their male counterparts. Researchers have always been intrigued by this sex role reversal, but with no satisfactory explanation. That is, until now.
The Shaw Hall cafeteria reopened Monday after it was closed for five days because of a virus that hospitalized about 30 students last week.
At The Gallery in Snyder-Phillips Hall, almost everything had to be handed to Munaz Muntasir by a cafeteria employee. “They give you forks with a piece of napkin and salt and pepper packs,” said Muntasir, a biochemistry and molecular biology freshman. “I had to ask for a bowl. But I could get my own frozen yogurt.”
ASMSU Student Assembly looked toward the future at its final meeting of the 45th session Thursday. “I am extremely satisfied with what we’ve accomplished this year,” Student Assembly Chairperson Michael Webber said. “We started a lot of initiatives and finished them.”
Basketball buzz dimmed at least for a moment Friday as people from around the Midwest focused on sharing ideas for new regional environmental policies. Most of the attendees of the Roosevelt Institution’s launch event for a new journal that focuses on environmental issues were members of the institution, which functions like a nationwide student think tank.