In an effort to improve security and peace of mind around MSU, nearly 10,000 peepholes will be installed in all dorms on campus by fall 2001.
Members of Phi Iota Alpha Fraternidad Inc., a Latino greek organization, are sponsoring a relief effort for survivors of a Central American earthquake.A 7.6-magnitude quake ripped through El Salvador on Jan.
Members of Phi Iota Alpha Fraternidad Inc., a Latino greek organization, are sponsoring a relief effort for survivors of a Central American earthquake. A 7.6-magnitude quake ripped through El Salvador on Jan.
Today campus groups will begin to recognize the 28th anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision which legalized abortion.Zoology junior Hillary Noyes said there will be representatives from Planned Parenthood of Michigan at the Union from 11 a.m.
Nationally known political commentators will attempt to make sense out of the 2000 elections through the MSU Department of Political Science’s 12th annual lecture series.This year’s lecture series, “Politics After the Election of 2000,” kicks off at 8 p.m.
William Coté shares his insight as a journalist and a teacher in his new book “Covering Violence.” “It’s a nonfiction book written especially for journalists, students or anybody in the public who’s concerned about media coverage and victims,” said Coté, who has coordinated MSU’s Victims and the Media Program since 1991. Coté, co-author and MSU professor of journalism, visited Barnes and Noble Booksellers, 5132 W.
Two Breslin Student Events Center workers were recognized Sunday for their efforts in saving a woman’s life at a November concert.Ron Hanson, a Breslin Center ticket taker, and Jason Lilly, who worked as a student usher, were given the MSU Department of Police and Public Safety’s Life Saving Award and made honorary members of the department.
Just three weeks after her retirement as ASMSU’s longtime business office manager, Jeanne Fancher is returning to the position - in a more part-time capacity.The ASMSU Student Assembly passed a bill Thursday that reinstates Fancher as an interim business office manger until a full-time replacement is hired.
Today campus groups will begin to recognize the 28th anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision which legalized abortion.Zoology junior Hillary Noyes said there will be representatives from Planned Parenthood of Michigan at the Union from 11 a.m.
Those interested in the Revolutionary War can stop by the Main Library to observe letters from former President George Washington and other historical documents. The library is holding an exhibit titled “History Through the Eyes of Congress: Soldiers of the Revolutionary War,” which will be displayed until Feb.
A group of students plans to resurrect a campus activist group to fight for lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgendered rights. Interdisciplinary studies in humanities senior Carrie Copeland and journalism junior David Warden are the founders of Denouncing Ignorance Through Vigilant Activism, also known as DIVA. Warden, the group’s public relations coordinator, said the name reflects the duo’s vision of the group. “We wanted something that was in your face and gay-related,” he said.
The MSU debate team returned to East Lansing victorious after its first win of the year at the Kansas City Swing, a series of debates held at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and William Jewell College.
MSU’s College of Engineering recently received a $300,000 grant to support a program that introduces new teaching methods to improve students’ learning experience.The award is the second grant the program, Reforming the Early Undergraduate Engineering Learning Experience, has received from the GE Fund, a charitable foundation of the General Electric Co.Thomas Wolff, associate dean of undergraduate studies in the College of Engineering, said he’s pleased to receive funding again.“There aren’t many cases and opportunities where (engineering) faculty really are afforded some funding to improve their teaching and to do that on a large scale,” he said.The grant is part of the GE Fund’s Learning Excellence initiative, which aims to invest in original, interdisciplinary education methods.“GE as a company has learned that boundaryless thinking, teamwork, and e-skills are critical to success,” said Roger Nozaki, program manager for the GE Fund.
Fredro Starr of “Save the Last Dance” and Morris Chestnut, star of “The Best Man,” will meet and greet fans today from 5 p.m.
The assembly approved a measure Tuesday proposing the use of Latin terms such as Magna Cum Laude and Summa Cum Laude in place of the English graduation honors used by the university.
While ASMSU will have an official logo embedded on future volumes of the Red Cedar Log, several of its representatives want ASMSU to leave a more significant mark on the publication. ASMSU’s policy committee rejected a bill Tuesday that would grant the Red Cedar Log Advisory Committee and the ASMSU Student Assembly editorial control over the yearbook. “The purpose of the bill is to create accountability with ASMSU because of a historical consistency of misrepresentation for our minority population,” said Bryan Newland, the North American Indian Student Organization representative for the ASMSU Student Assembly. Although the failed measure was not endorsed by the policy committee, supporters have called on minority students to gather at the assembly’s weekly meeting tonight in support of the bill.
Minorities searching for career opportunities will soon have a chance to market their skills.The Minority Career Fair, sponsored annually by Career Services & Placement, will take place Jan.
The theme for the 2001 Battle Against Cancer is something that organization founder Nick Kovacic hopes students will stop to think about.The theme, “It’s your life.
Shannon Sharp wanted to give The Eli Broad College of Business a boost. Her $20 donation contributed to the “Senior Class Campaign,” a year-long fund-raising contest between seniors at the University of Michigan and seniors at MSU.
Engineering arts junior Lawrence Thomas hardly ever uses the computer in his Spartan Village apartment.Although his computer is fully equipped with DVD-rom, a CD burner and performs the most practical word-processing functions, Thomas often finds himself using one of the more than 60 computer microlabs on campus.“They’re easy to get to,” Thomas said.