MSU Safe Place is hosting a presentation on how men and women can work together to end violence against women. Ted Bunch, who co-founded A Call to Men, will speak at 2 p.m.
They were scared of me. In my fake pearl necklace and high heels, I was suddenly a threat. After I let it slip at a recent job interview that I was a (gasp!) feminist, my prospective male bosses were shaking in their loafers.
After four years of conflict, Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has finally dropped his objections to international assistance in Darfur. Darfur has been in contest since 2003 after rebels began attacking government targets.
In light of the horrific and tragic mass killings that occurred at Virginia Tech University on Monday, I am appalled by the lack of coverage not from the television media, not from The State News, but from our professors and faculty who serve as leaders and role models to me and my beloved fellow students. I felt betrayed as many professors did not adequately address something of such importance in the history of our nation. Today, I urge professors to take a few minutes to discuss the occurrences, share a moment of silence or speak words of comfort to us.
The 20th annual Crystal Awards reception will be at 5 p.m. today in the Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbott Road. Three residents are awarded the honor for their efforts to enhance the quality of life in East Lansing.
Junior golfer Ryan Brehm is different. At 6-foot-4, 205 pounds, he looks more like a lost John L.
Across the country, academic researchers are trying to solve the mystery surrounding Facebook.com, mainly why students use the social networking site. Three faculty members in the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media are working on a series of student surveys about Facebook use to research both negative and positive impacts on social capital. Social capital is the benefit people get from their relationships with others, Assistant Professor Nicole Ellison said. "(We're) trying to figure out really what does it mean to be friends with someone on Facebook," Ellison said. For hospitality business sophomore Kristin Schweitzer, Facebook is a way for her to keep in touch with friends she has at other schools. "It's hard to keep up with what they're doing with their daily lives," she said, adding that she created her profile after she graduated from high school two years ago. In the past month, MSU researchers sent out a survey to 2,700 MSU students, of which 700 had been contacted a year ago. The questions on the survey were about students' use of the Web site and how that has changed over time, Assistant Professor Cliff Lampe said. One change that stood out, Lampe said, was many students have activated their privacy settings during the past year. "We've been tracking privacy settings all along, and (the number) has tripled," he said. Schweitzer said she has activated the privacy settings on her own account and also is careful of what information she provides on her profile. "I know companies are looking at your Facebook," she said, referring to potential employers.
For the second time in less than a month, employees at an Okemos Taco Bell were held up by armed robbers. Similar to the first armed robbery that took place March 27, Tuesday's incident involved two suspects. The suspects entered the restaurant, 2030 W.
Wednesday's doubleheader against Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne was just what the doctor ordered for the MSU softball team. The Spartans, on a four game losing streak, jumped on the Mastadons from start to finish, sweeping the twin bill 12-0 in four and a half innings and 8-0 at Old College Field. "I'm thrilled that we played and I'm thrilled that we got to play at home," MSU head coach Jacquie Joseph said.
Eric Hinojosa is excited to "hit the ground running" in his second consecutive term as ASMSU's Academic Assembly chairperson.
On April 13, I presented my undergraduate research project at the MSU Board of Trustees meeting. The presentation was entitled "Memoirs of Genocide: Polish Jewish boys and Southern Sudanese 'Lost Boys,' (Exploring the experiences and narratives of child survivors of mass violence)." In an infobox about the meeting, from "Trustees vote to lift housing prices" (SN 4/16), my presentation was said to have "compared the Holocaust to the Sudanese 'Lost Boys.'" This is simply incorrect. I'm not sure if this misrepresentation of my project was due to the reporter's misunderstanding, or a desire to simplify the description.
The reassurance Joanne P. McCallie's recent contract extension may have brought to worrisome MSU women's basketball fans turned out to be fool's gold. Less than one month after negotiating a five-year deal to remain in East Lansing, McCallie is headed to Durham, N.C., to become the women's basketball head coach at Duke. "She and I talked last night about quarter to 11 p.m.," MSU President Lou Anna K.
I am writing in response to the letter Mr. Brett Staron wrote, "Tragedy highlights gun control issues in U.S." (SN 4/18). He is among the first to call for a restriction of the Constitution.
In Morrill Hall, where history associate Professor Anne Meyering spends most of the day preparing her lectures, there lies a history more than a century old. The 107-year-old building where Meyering works wasn't always used for professors' offices and for the history and English departments. It once was the home of 120 women — the first place on campus built for them to live. "Before that, women could attend Michigan State and could take courses, but there was no housing for them," Meyering said. And the words Morrill Hall weren't always written above the door. At the turn of the 20th century, MSU students knew it as the Women's Building, cheekily nicknamed "the coop" because it housed only women. While the historic building's past is certain — retold in black-and-white photographs or documented in history books — its future is not so clear. By 2020, Morrill Hall is slated for possible demolition because the wooden beams and pillars holding up the building are lik Achilles' heel," said Jeff Kacos, director of campus planning and administration. "We expect the decision to be made to remove it," Kacos said.
On Tuesday, silenced victims of sexual violence shared their stories. Some women described how they were raped.
Editor's note: Barbara Nacy and Ian Ward were first profiled in The State News on Sept. 17, 2003. Green must be the new color of love. For MSU alumni Barbara Nacy and Ian Ward, true love can be found in the ivy-covered halls on campus, and this summer they are making it official. The two will be married July 28 — four and a half years since they began dating — on campus in the Horticulture Demonstration Garden. Nacy, 26, and Ward, 25, met in 2003 while both living in Akers Hall. "I always saw him and thought he was cute," she said. "I was a mentor in the dorm, so I just started asking around about this girl," Ward said. The couple was featured after nearly a year of dating in a State News article, "East Lansing named the second best place to be young, single." The couple had been recommended to the reporter by a friend. The story's photo featured the couple kissing next to the statue on Grand River Avenue in front of Flats Grille. Nacy and Ward both said they plan to recreate the picture on their wedding day, if at all possible. After college, the couple spent some time apart, Ward working in Southfield while Nacy remained in East Lansing. The two decided to move in together, and eight months later, in 2006, Ward planned a Valentine's Day surprise for his true love.
By Jane Stancill and Tony Pugh McClatchy Newspapers Blacksburg, Va. (MCT) — Dazed and stricken, the Virginia Tech University community struggled Tuesday to come to grips with the murders of 32 friends and colleagues, as details emerged about the loner who unleashed terror on the idyllic campus. Students fought back tears, walked quietly around the sprawling campus and greeted one another with hugs.
In light of the Virginia Tech University tragedy, the hearts of our campus and nation go out to those affected by Monday's events in Blacksburg, Va.
Editor's note: Margie Osborn was first profiled in The State News on Sept. 20, 2005. After a little more than a year and a half as pastor of Eastminster Presbyterian Church, the Rev.