For Tim Liss, the election for Residence Halls Association president ended where it began - Akers Hall.The journalism junior, who began his residency at MSU in Akers Hall, walked away from Wednesday’s RHA presidential elections with a victory over Holmes Hall Rep.
MSU Residence Halls Association’s general assembly is about to run out of money for the semester, but only after supplying money to every money-requesting student group that met the association’s donation criteria.When the association returns to business March 13, the MSU Student Food Bank and Case Hall likely will receive the remaining $3,417.33 in the general assembly budget for student activities.
Attending athletic events at MSU will be a little more expensive beginning this summer. Beginning July 1, parking rates will increase for all MSU athletics, university officials announced Thursday. The increase was put into effect to help defray the cost of increased security and parking lot repairs. Officials estimate MSU hosts about 650 special events every year.
Tuesday’s issue of Wayne State University’s student newspaper caused some to take a second look at a headline.
National Public Radio White House correspondent Don Gonyea will speak on campus next week. Gonyea, an MSU alumnus and native of Monroe, will present “Stories from the Bush White House” at Kellogg Center at 7 p.m.
The State News is requesting a $1 per semester tax increase when the universitywide polls open online March 12-16. The increase would up the tax from $4 to $5 per semester. “The State News wouldn’t be asking for it if it wasn’t needed,” Editor in Chief Jeremy Steele said.
For some students, spring break may be extended by one day.A one-day strike that calling for undergraduate students not to participate in class March 11 is being sponsored by Lansing-based Direct Action and Students for Economic Justice.The strike will be in support of MSU’s Graduate Employees Union, which is negotiating for its first contract.
Sally Walshaw loves working with animals, especially the furry little mice and rats used for laboratory research - but she hates the paperwork involved with them.“We already have steps in place that ensure that all of the animals used for research here at MSU are taken care of and treated with the highest quality of care,” said Walshaw, acting director and training coordinator for MSU’s University Laboratory Animal Resources Center.Although birds and rodents are not covered by the Animal Welfare Act, some animal rights activists have been lobbying to have them included in the act, the chief federal law regulating the use of laboratory animals.
Rodney Patterson said the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. will have a positive and educational message to offer students who attend his presentation today.
As part of his nightly routine, Dan Kiesling delivers babies into beds of straw and hay. In the middle of the night Tuesday, Kiesling, an animal science sophomore, prepared a sheep to nurse her newborn twins.
A presentation titled “Mexican Immigration Workers: Is Working in the U.S. Good or Bad for Health?” will be held noon Thursday in 301 Nisbet Building.
Kellogg Co., a longtime contributor to MSU, has made another donation to the university.The MSU Board of Trustees, in a special meeting via conference call, approved Tuesday the donation of two sets of patents.The 11 U.S.
Photographer Jan-Michael Stump was named the 2001 College Photographer of the Year by the Michigan Press Photographers Association.
The interests of workers around the world will be discussed at 7 p.m. today. The Journal of International Law will present “Labor Rights in a Free Trade World: Paradigm or Paradox?” at the Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre. A panel of trade representatives, business leaders, economists and scholars will be moderated by MSU President M.
ASMSU is requesting a $3 tax increase from undergraduate students when polls open March 12-16.The undergraduate student government’s leaders say the increase is needed to serve students better.
Fifteen-year-old Samantha Reid left for the movies on Jan. 16, 1999, with a group of friends. The date-rape drug GHB, gamma hydroxybutyrate, was slipped into her soft drink.
A referendum to increase the tax of University Apartments residents will be before the MSU community March 12-16.Apartment leaseholders currently pay a $1.50 tax during spring and fall.
Although taking a course online could help students save time, a study conducted by two MSU economics professors said it could cost students their grades.Exam grades of students in the virtual course Principles of Microeconomics were compared to peers in the same traditional classroom-style course.
After serving three years as a military mechanic, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks hit Tom Horrom’s heart.
MSU-Detroit College of Law will play home to 110 high school students today to encourage them to pursue a career in law. The students from the Jackson County Intermediate School District will be participating in African American Law Day hosted by the Wolverine Student Bar Association and the Black Law Students Association. The all-day event will give students a tour of DCL, show them legal employment options and give them a chance to experience a mock court role-playing exercise.