MSU
Faculty committee discuss wages, SIRS
Some faculty might have a bigger pay check next academic year if proposed merit and market pool increases are passed by the university.
NEWS
Faculty committee discuss wages, SIRS
Some faculty might have a bigger pay check next academic year if proposed merit and market pool increases are passed by the university. During Tuesday’s Faculty Council meeting, University Committee on Faculty Affairs, or UCFA, chairwoman Deborah Moriarty presented a proposal to increase the faculty merit pool by about 2 percent and the market adjustment pool by about 1 percent.
MSU
Bash brings fair trade, green economy to MSU
When Alyssa Meyer traveled to Mexico for spring break her sophomore year, she visited a coffee plantation and saw the unsuitable labor conditions the workers experienced.
NEWS
Federal budget preserves funding
MSU appears to have dodged the bullet in terms of potentially severe federal funding cuts to a number of university facets and programs.
COMMENTARY
Politics requires balls, not testes
Geraldine Ferraro was the first woman on a major party ticket during the presidential election of 1984. She died two weeks ago, leaving behind the legacy of a shattered glass ceiling. In her obituary, The New York Times proclaimed she had “ended the men’s club of national politics.” Still, it took another 24 years for Sarah Palin to be next.
COMMENTARY
Dialog key to enforcement, stronger community
Students under the age of 21 sneaking, tricking and haggling their ways into bars should be no surprise in a college town. And last year’s 10 reported violations of bars serving underage and inebriated individuals seems low, if anything
FEATURES
Michigan-native Mike Posner set to perform at Auditorium
ASMSU will present a performance by Mike Posner, a pop and hip-hop artist, at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the MSU Auditorium.
NEWS
ASMSU announces election results
Students have voted in favor of renewing ASMSU’s $16.75 tax, an extra $1.25 tax for the Readership Program and to approve the constitutional amendments to postpone implementation of 501©(3) status and to reinstate a temporary Academic Assembly. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government. 758 students voted in favor of the $16.25 tax renewal, with 164 students voting against it and 49 abstaining. 797 students voted in favor of the $1.25 tax for the Readership Program, which provides four daily newspapers free of charge for students on campus.
NEWS
Academic acceptance
When Val Meyers, associate director in the Office of Financial Aid, first came to MSU about 25 years ago, she kept her sexual orientation hidden. Decades ago, MSU didn’t offer as much support for lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender, or LBGT, faculty members as it does today.
NEWS
Bars cited for serving minors in ELPD report
Several East Lansing bars were cited for serving underage and inebriated individuals last year according to the 2010 Annual Liquor License Report from the East Lansing Police Department, or ELPD. The report, which was released at an East Lansing City Council meeting last month, details various police calls to restaurants and stores with a liquor license.
NEWS
E.L. City Council to discuss lifting moratorium on caregiver licenses
After passing a medical marijuana ordinance in March, East Lansing City Council will discuss the possibility of formally lifting the moratorium on issuance of licenses for primary caregivers. The moratorium currently in place was extended in a Feb.
NEWS
Final fundraising goal for Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum in sight
MSU is pushing to raise $6 million by April 2012 to reach its $40 million fundraising goal for the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum. So far, the university has raised slightly more than $34 million toward the project, said Bob Groves, vice president for university advancement. University officials said they had raised about $33 million for the project in June 2010.
NEWS
Police Brief 04/11/11
Ice hockey freshman defenseman Jake Chelios was issued a citation for minor in possession of alcohol Thursday morning. Chelios is 20 years old and was issued the ticket at 2:29 a.m.
MSU
Pride Week’s Cookie Crunch contest brings LBGT students together
Competing for a year’s worth of bragging rights by attempting to bake the best chocolate chip cookie, MSU lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender student groups gathered at the first “Cookie Crunch” on Monday.
MICHIGAN
Destruction of property grows in April
Weekends can be a dangerous time in East Lansing — for buildings, cars or anything else left outside.
MICHIGAN
Tailor made
Lansing resident Liz McMurray, owner of Liz’s Alteration Shop, 1810 E. Michigan Ave., in Lansing, says she has been given a gift by God.
MSU
Student awarded for policy research
Since she was young, Rebecca Farnum displayed a passion and dedication to the environment.
MICHIGAN
Mich. Legislature to start redistricting
The tedious process of redrawing Michigan’s legislative and congressional districts kicks off today as lawmakers meet to discuss the process following the state’s census data release last month.
MSU
Religion groups hold awareness events all week
The Campus Interfaith Council, in partnership with the Department of Religious Studies, is sponsoring Religious Awareness Week through the rest of the week.
MSU
MSU, E.L. to host Pack Up, Pitch In
Students living in residential halls and off-campus housing will have the opportunity to get rid of their waste free of charge in an environmentally conscious manner in the Pack Up, Pitch In, Help Out program sponsored by the university and East Lansing.