A clinic on telescopes will be held at 7 p.m. Dec. 5 in Abrams Planetarium. The goal of the clinic is to provide information on telescopes to potential buyers in time for the holiday shopping season. Attendees can learn the basic features to look for in telescopes.
Just above freezing temperatures and a brisk wind didn't stop students and local residents from participating in Alpha Phi Omega's first annual 5K run and walk Saturday afternoon."It really isn't that bad out," environmental biology senior Amber Johnson said.
Various cultures of the world came to campus Sunday as ethnic dance, music, fashion shows and craft activities filled rooms of the Union.More than 30 international clubs and organizations participated in Global Festival 2002, an event that was part of International Education Week that featured exhibits, crafts, games and information about countries around the globe.Dozens of children gathered around a stage in the ballroom as the Taiwanese Puppet Troupe of the University of Madison performed a traditional Taiwanese puppet show.
As communication sophomore Shaleta Havard slid on her back at Munn Ice Arena, she saw other skaters cringing their faces and taking pictures of her mishap."I heard a lot of oohs and ahhs," she said.
Arielle Popkey was a little nervous about moaning loudly in front of a large group of people. She wasn't sure she wanted to talk about her vagina in public. But after the English and studio art sophomore participated in "The Vagina Monologues" in March, she said she wouldn't become less shy. "I got used to saying clitoris and it became a lot less scary," she said.
The King-Chavez-Parks College Day Programs, a group dedicated to increasing the number of minorities in higher education, presented its first annual parent conference Friday and Saturday at the Kellogg Center.
Dr. Michael Zaroukian is "PESTEE" about the quality of care patients receive at MSU HealthTeam clinics.To help boost his philosophy of "patient-centered, effective, safe, timely, efficient and equitable" care, the group is installing an electronic medical record system, which will eliminate the traditional handwritten charts and allow patients to access their records online."What we expect is while quality is improving, cost will be reduced," Zaroukian said.Funding came from MSU HealthTeam resources, a $550,000 grant from the MSU Department of Radiology and a continued line of credit for the project.Installation of the electronic medical record system started in the MSU Department of Family Practice clinic.Zaroukian, medical director for the implementation project, said the transition from massive amounts of paperwork to the electronic system will be beneficial to patients as well as to doctors who will not have to fight with illegible records."Now we have more complete, accurate records," he said.Patients will be able to log on to read their medical records once they have signed up for the program in person.Michael Szkotnicki, MSU HealthTeam's chief information officer, said patients usually had to request a copy of their records in person and sometimes pay a fee.
The Interfraternity and Panhellenic councils have combined to establish music event for students that benefits a local retirement community. The first Greek Music Fest took place Saturday as fraternities and sororities took over the Sports Arena in IM Sports-West to benefit the Burcham Hills Retirement Community, 2700 Burcham Drive. "I think it was a cool event," Interfraternity Council President Paul Hage said.
Research on sweet potatoes in Africa has helped the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources earn $4 million in grants. The grants include $1.2 million from The Rockefeller Foundation and $2.4 million from the U.S.
The Interfraternity and Panhellenic councils will hold the Greek Music Fest from 2-9 p.m. Saturday in the IM Sports-West arena to benefit the Burcham Hills Retirement Community. A donation of $10 to benefit Burcham Hills will be requested at the door. Numerous local Michigan bands and DJs will be featured. The Flutor's, Eyes Like Damn, Green Street, Pushing 33 and Until Sunday will be performing along with the Tech Avenue DJs. "Hopefully this will turn into an annual event," said Angela Corsi, Panhellenic Council vice president for external relations.
With the help of an MSU student, the Residence Halls Association's quest for a new logo ended Wednesday at its weekly meeting. The general assembly voted to use chemistry junior Carrie Thomas' design for RHA's new logo.
Food industry management junior Elizabeth Manning said students in her statistics class are livid after two masked assailants hit their professor in the face with two "cream" objects during their Wednesday night class.The class, a review session for a test, had to be ended minutes after the attack."Everybody was pretty shocked," Manning said.
Fresh out of high school, Jason L. Tye was convinced he knew everything there was to know about computers."I was a big PC fan," Tye said.
A new radio show on campus aims to air the minority voice to the MSU community.The minority program, which is part of Impact's Exposure, was on the air for the second time at 7 p.m.
The Senior Class Council is sponsoring its 2002-03 Senior Class Gift Challenge from noon-5 p.m. Monday and Tuesday. The challenge is an annual competition for donations between the senior classes of MSU and the University of Michigan.
The nation's largest community service fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega, will host a 5K run/walk called "Chase For Charity" on Saturday in front of the MSU Psychology Research Building. The MSU chapter of the fraternity developed the race in an effort to promote community fellowship and raise money for the various organizations they represent.
The Residence Halls Association will recognize a few halls for quality programming for this semester.The organization is accepting bids for the Hall/Organization of the Semester Award for different halls and organizations on campus.
Martin Luther King Jr. called the Rev. James Lawson "one who's been in this struggle for many years.""He's been to jail for struggling; but he's still going on, fighting for the rights of his people," King said of Lawson in his last speech, "I See the Promised Land."And now Lawson is scheduled to visit MSU on Jan.
The energetic pulse of Latin music resonated through the basement hallway of East Shaw Hall on Tuesday night, as students captured the movements of salsa and merengue.
Two ASMSU representatives are hoping to identify problems that exist between teaching assistants and undergraduate students.Tom Morse, the College of Communication Arts and Sciences representative, and Dan Weber, the College of Natural Science representative, both members of ASMSU's Academic Assembly, have been meeting with faculty and graduate students since the beginning of November to discuss the initiative."We're just trying to find out what undergraduates think about their TAs," Weber said.