Event planners are busy people. They work long hours with a cell phone glued to an ear, trying to organize conventions or lectures and keep everyone happy in the process. This one is a junior, majoring in general business administration and pre-law. Eric Bolf is the director of special events for the Residence Halls Association.
The MSU Board of Trustees will vote on several university building renovations Friday, including a $3 million addition to the Cyclotron structure. If the contract for the renovation is passed, construction for the 13,000 square-foot addition will begin shortly after the board meeting, said University Engineer Bob Nestle.
MSU seniors interested in bowling can attend the "Senior Bowling Extravaganza," at 9 p.m. Tuesday at Holiday Lanes, 3101 E.
With 50 to 100 e-mails a day clogging her inbox, Pam Whitten was surprised when she opened an e-mail from the American Medical Women's Association that she thought was spam.
Olin Health Center is coordinating a month-long series of events to address women's healthy sexuality during February. It's the second women's healthy sexuality month at MSU, and was developed by Olin health educators to inform MSU women about the importance of gynecological exams and keeping their bodies healthy physically as well as sexually. "There were some needs in the area of women's sexuality, such as pap smears," Olin Health Center health educator Dennis Martell said.
The way newly discovered diseases often jump between humans and animals will be the topic of "The Convergence of Animal and Human Health: Opportunities and Challenges." The discussion is at 11:45 a.m.
Because of general dissatisfaction with the structure of the Association of Big Ten Students, representatives from MSU's undergraduate student government said they plan to help reshape the organization. The association holds semi-annual conferences for student governments at Big Ten schools.
Katherine Schaefer Special for The State News Students from the Honors College concluded their week-long Geek Week events with a trivia game against their professors Friday night. Laura Portwood-Stacer, a telecommunication, information and media studies senior, came up with the idea for Geek Week last year.
Chicano History Month is in full swing, with students across campus honoring their heritage through a series of events in February. The events are planned and sponsored by the Culturas de las Razas Unidas, MSU's Chicano student group Movimiento Estudiantil Xicano de Aztlan, ASMSU's Programming Board and the Chicano and Latino Studies program.
Officers at the MSU police department are looking forward to warmer weather and a chance to dust off their four Harley-Davidson Road King motorcycles.
A Martin Luther King Jr. meal celebration in Owen Hall offended some residents, resulting in a multicultural dialogue addressing their concerns Thursday. The meal, served on Jan.
The Michigan chapter of Partners of the Americas is holding an informational meeting on campus to recruit interested students. The organization pairs students with experts in fields who help struggling communities in Latin-American countries, including Belize and the Dominican Republic, with ecological and social issues. The meeting will be at 10 a.m.
A new Web site created by the MSU Public Art on Campus Committee has put campus artwork on display for the world to see. The new site, publicart.msu.edu, allows surfers to take a look at the 903 pieces of art displayed in locations throughout campus. The committee was established in 1999 by the MSU Board of Trustees.
If you feed them, they will come - they just won't leave. Several hundred ducks can be seen each day, either congregating outside the Administration Building or using their bright orange, webbed feet to battle the Red Cedar River current.
Members of the Residence Halls Association's General Assembly made major changes to the organization's constitution and bylaws at their meeting Wednesday. Eight amendments were approved by the assembly in a unanimous vote on the constitution as a whole.
For many people on campus February is a time to reflect and show respect during Black History Month.
Debating on two new committees that would allow it to better connect with students, ASMSU's Academic Assembly voted to add one and drop the other Tuesday night. MSU's undergraduate student government voted 14-5 to add a committee below the Director of Constituent Activism, a position added last year to reach out to the university's 34,853 undergraduates.
Jumping, jiving and wailing into the spotlight, the MSU State Swing Society has tried its best to create a new niche on campus for music that was popular five decades ago. The group was created in 2000 by members of the Lansing and MSU communities who hoped to "get a group of people together who wanted to have fun while sharing a common interest and dancing to a different type of music," said group co-founder Bryan Grochowski, a 1998 MSU alumnus. Once founded, the group members set their sites on a statewide competition created by a Detroit-based group called All Night Entertainment.
Advertising graduate student Colleen Norwine was pleasantly surprised on Tuesday afternoon when she stopped by the lobby of the MSU-DCL College of Law building on her way to use the library. Instead of finding students studying or waiting for class to begin, she walked right into the thick of Ethnic Food Day. "I saw the sign, and I love ethnic food," she said.
The Department of Student Life will host the second speech in its "Noontime Conversation Series" today. The speech "Person of the Year: The American Soldier," will be held from 12:10 to 1:00 p.m.