The ASMSU Student Assembly leader who holds the gavel and conducts meetings was elected to the assembly’s 39th session, but it wasn’t a unanimous decision.Matt Weingarden immediately took over the duties of Student Assembly chairperson last week after the majority of the assembly voted in his favor.
It was still dark when Julie Ziobro’s roommate and a friend got her out of bed and led her to Beaumont Tower around 6 a.m.
Emily Gelbaugh laughed, sang and draped her arms over her friends’ shoulders Saturday night, while proudly displaying the words “Had it, fought it, survived it” on the back of her T-shirt.Gelbaugh was one of 17 cancer survivors who took a victory lap around the concourse area of Munn Ice Arena on Saturday night to the song “I Will Survive” as part of the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life.Gelbaugh, co-coordinator of MSU’s Cancer Support Network, underwent 17 rounds of chemotherapy, 27 radiation treatments and surgeries to battle a type of cancer called Ewing’s sarcoma.
Posters of Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali and Tupac Shakur will grace the desk of ASMSU’s new director of racial, ethnic and progressive student affairs when he begins work in the fall.Economics sophomore Jamein Cunningham said he is excited to be a resource for diverse student groups on campus as he sat in his soon-to-be undergraduate student government office, considering how he is going to decorate the wall behind his computer.“I felt this was a very good way to get involved with ASMSU, and to serve a diverse community at Michigan State University,” said Cunningham, who was one of six applicants for the position.
As Alyssa Baumann stepped up to the microphone at Beaumont Tower on Friday night, the women lingering in the field stopped their conversations and listened.
Community health department provides grants for college mentoring programs The Michigan Department of Community Health announced earlier this month a $325,000 grant to be spread among 13 Michigan universities for the Campus Connections Program. MSU will receive $30,000. Campus Connections is a mentoring program that links incoming-freshmen volunteers with upper-class mentors.
Not many students can leap into a leadership position without rising through the ranks first.But Dan Kimmel has accomplished that feat.
A new organization for students who want to learn about Hinduism was formed last week, despite a lack of support from students of the same racial and ethnic background.The Hindu Students Council received e-mails from Indian students who said the organization would cause conflict because of the many religions in the country.But Satish Patel, a council member, said the feedback won’t affect the group members’ purpose - to teach others about their religion and culture.“I think people don’t really think about what they say before they say it,” the human biology senior said.
Perry Parks knows the importance of a professional adviser.As a high school freshman, Parks, the first editorial adviser for The State News, discovered what he was most interested in - journalism.
The American Cancer Society Relay For Life will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday at Munn Ice Arena and will continue until 10 a.m.
When Molly McGrath isn’t at class, she splits her time between her two jobs.The nursing junior works in the pediatric outpatient clinic at Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital and behind the counter of Melting Moments Homemade Ice Creams, 313 E.
ASMSU’s Academic Assembly elected some of its leaders Tuesday night, but will hold a special meeting next week to decide the last one.Matt Clayson was elected as Academic Assembly chairperson for the second year in a row.
An effort to educate people about Native American culture lacked support Wednesday as volunteers at 10 sites on campus and other Lansing-area locations failed to attend events.The first North American Indian Women’s Spirit of National Gathering, which was organized to help end stereotypes and to teach people more about Native American culture, was plagued with low turnout at all 13 volunteer sites.But Carlos Fuentes, assistant director at MSU’s Service-Learning Center, said he understood why there was a low volunteer turnout.“I know this is a hard time to do things this time of year,” he said.
Gerald Boyd, managing editor of The New York Times, and Robin Stone, a former editor of Essence magazine, will give the Neal Shine Lecture on Ethics in Journalism today in the Union Gold Room. The presentation, “Do the Right Thing: Social Change and Relevant, Responsible Journalism,” is free and open to the public.
Damon Knight, a science fiction author who helped push the genre into the mainstream, died Monday. Knight, 79, had taught for 27 years at the annual Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop at MSU.
An interfaith discussion about Christianity and paganism will take place tonight at the Union. The discussion will feature representatives from the Riverview Campus Fellowship, a Christian organization, and Wiccan Journey, a pagan organization. This will be the third year the event has taken place.
For Ryan Dew, nothing beats a deluge of salt when it comes to snacking.“Potato chips are one of the biggest snacks here, and the greatest,” the finance sophomore said.
The MSU Department of Police and Public Safety is welcoming students to the department to increase knowledge about diversity.Latino students met with employees Tuesday to help improve communication.MSU police Sgt.
In addition to a 6 percent housing rate increase and a failed tax increase referendum, the University Apartments Council of Residents have yet to fill all of its 25 spots for next year’s officers.Only eight positions in the council have been filled, leaving apartment officials scrambling to prepare for next year. Last week, the council elected four executive board members and representatives from University Village and Cherry Lane apartments.
ASMSU members will start this summer to encourage students to vote in the fall. The undergraduate student government’s Academic Assembly members set a goal last week to get at least 2,000 students registered to vote in East Lansing. Organization officials say they hope the rest of the 120 member organization will get involved in the project, which will kick off at the Academic Orientation Program in June. A campuswide voter registration drive will start about Aug.