The plan to redevelop University Village into upscale undergraduate apartments hit another road bump when members of a nearby neighborhood voiced concern about traffic in the area. Members of the Red Cedar Community Association met with city and university officials on Feb.
Dear Dr. D., How accurate is the body mass index? Does BMI really determine healthy body weight? SK Dear SK, I guess it is appropriate to address a question about body mass index, or BMI, during a week when many students and health-center staff are working to dispel myths and misinformation about the body, imaging and eating disorders.
Lugging guitar cases, speakers, a keyboard and African bongo drums into the Castle Board Room of the MSU College of Law on Saturday afternoon, first-year law student Jeff Natke felt a bit out of place. The Defendants, a band composed entirely of MSU law students, were about to play their first gig.
The issues of creating academic minors and placing students' additional majors on a single diploma were among the items brought before the Executive Committee of Academic Council at its meeting Tuesday. Academic minors, or a set of courses in a specific field of study, are offered at every Big Ten university except MSU, but teaching minors are available for students preparing for teacher certification. Instead, some colleges offer specializations or cognates in certain subject areas. This proposal for MSU to establish minors — which was raised by the University Committee on Academic Policy at the meeting — came after several years of recommendations from ASMSU's Academic Assembly. ASMSU is MSU's undergraduate student government. Under the proposal, each academic department would decide whether to offer a minor and what requirements should be necessary for a student to earn the minor. The issue was referred to the University Committee on Curriculum and the University Committee on Student Affairs for further consideration before any new action can be taken. The academic policy committee also recommended not to include a student's multiple majors on a single diploma — another request that originated in ASMSU's Academic Assembly. MSU's student diplomas list the individual college granting the degree and the major attained by the student. This already is more than most other universities because majors aren't usually listed on a diploma, academic policy committee chairperson Ralph Putnam said. Based on long-standing practices and input received from the University Registrar, the academic policy committee recommended that the diploma should state only the overall academic achievement, such as the degree granted. The transcript can list any additional majors, cognates and specializations a student pursued, the academic policy committee recommended. Although Academic Assembly Chairperson Robert Murphy reiterated the students' rationale for wanting additional majors listed on a diploma, he supported the recommendation with the rest of the executive committee. Also at the meeting, Provost Kim Wilcox said the accreditation site team from the North Central Association's Higher Learning Commission will give a brief exit interview before they leave campus today. An accredited status for the university potentially can lead to further federal financial aid funding, and the site team visited with faculty members and administrators Monday and Tuesday to discuss the progress and future of the university. The team's feedback so far has been "almost exclusively positive," Wilcox said. A final report from the site team will be issued to the university in the next couple of months, and the university's reaccreditation status will be determined in August.
Three State News photographers were recognized this weekend by the Michigan Press Photographers Association, or MPPA, for their work in college photojournalism. Travis Haughton, who currently is on an internship, was named the 2005 College Photographer of the Year. Dave Weatherwax, a State News photographer currently on an internship, placed second, and staff photographer Mike Itchue received an honorable mention. "I honestly wasn't expecting it," Haughton said.
By Melissa Domsic, Laura Misjak and Ken Osborne The State News Black student leaders held a discussion at Hubbard Hall on Tuesday night concerning the racial climate at MSU, which they argued needs to be improved. The discussion, which drew about 70 mostly black students and administrators, followed "Blackout Hubbard," in which students wore black to Hubbard Hall's cafeteria to raise awareness of racial issues on campus. Leaders posed questions — such as whether students felt supported by the Department of Residence Life staff on racial issues — and discussed solutions to make minority students feel more comfortable on campus. Some students called for a more concrete policy from Residence Life when dealing with acts of discrimination or violence.
Not long ago, MSU was shooting for an NCAA Tournament game at The Palace of Auburn Hills and possibly even for a No.
When new buildings are constructed in the Cedar Village area, they probably won't look anything like what's already there. City planners have prepared a draft of a new zoning law which specifies exactly what can and cannot be built in the area. The proposal represents a dramatic shift from current building practices and the way the city writes zoning standards. If the law is approved, buildings four stories or taller will become the norm.
Students in search of better table manners sat down to a candlelit feast Monday evening — with forks to the left of their plates and knives and spoons to the right. About 200 diners, most dressed in casual business attire, were told not to put their elbows on the table or talk with their mouths full during the Professional Business Etiquette dinner sponsored by the Senior Class Council, the MSU Federal Credit Union and the MSU Alumni Association.
The global debate about Danish cartoons depicting the Muslim Prophet Muhammad found a voice at MSU on Monday when a campus-based Web site, SpartanEdge.com, chose to publish the images. Bonnie Bucqueroux, an MSU journalism instructor and the Web site's publisher, said the decision to run the cartoons is not meant to offend anyone, but to broaden the community's discussion of the issue. "You have to see the images to understand it," Bucqueroux said.
Abortion is one of those topics that people can't seem to stop talking about. Letters about it regularly fill the Opinion Page of The State News, and people are highly polarized on both sides of the issue.
The city of Lansing is contesting the constitutionality of a state law that would allow for the construction of a pipeline through southern Lansing along the I-96 expressway. The law, approved by Gov.
There is something missing in my life. A void. An absence. Like my friend Magda always says, "Sometimes I just want to pet something." Walking around campus, I must restrain myself and put my hands in my pockets.
I see the MSU staff mouthpiece and unapologetic liberal John Bice once again continues to preach falsehoods while attacking anything even remotely conservative in "There must be balance between government, personal responsibility" (SN 2/06). His recent and thinly disguised rant against the ballot issue that rightfully would abolish blatantly discriminatory affirmative action policies at MSU and across Michigan is proof Bice, like nearly all liberals, cannot see past his own narrow perspective.
As an alumnus who saw the news about the East Lansing Police Department teargassing students, again, last April, I figured my university would take a stand for its students since the police were clearly out of line. When they did not, I took the only action I could as an alumnus and promptly wrote a letter to the new MSU President Lou Anna K.
Editors at The State News recognize we have a right to reprint the cartoons depicting the Muslim Prophet Muhammad if we choose.
An area group that raises money for South African schools and scholarships has raised more than $35,000 for the cause since the organization's conception. Linking All Types of Teachers to International Cross-Cultural Education, or LATTICE, is a local nonprofit organization that focuses on promoting global understanding in elementary and secondary schools. With unemployment as high as 40 percent in South Africa and education costs at about $150 per student, many children's educations are cut short, the group members said. Tuition, books and uniforms add to the cost, which leads many South African women to fall back on their skills in the ancient art of basket weaving to raise money to provide their children with a basic education. This is why LATTICE joined with Skills Dynamic in South Africa to export the weaver's baskets into the United States. Some Lansing-area teachers and LATTICE members have created pen-pal relationships between their students and students in South Africa who received scholarships.
Bree Osbourne, formerly Stanley Osbourne, is a preoperative male-to-female transsexual who was unaware that she fathered a son when she was a male college student.
SpartanEdge.com, an online publication with links to MSU's journalism program, became the first news outlet in Michigan to publish controversial Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. The Web site is paid for and run by Bonnie Bucqueroux, an MSU journalism instructor.
A couple weeks ago, I could have sworn someone stole my wallet. I was on a bus ride home when I set my wallet on the seat next to me, making a mental note to pick it up when I got off the bus. The mental note failed when I realized I left it on the bus as soon as it pulled away, splashing me with mud. As soon as I got home, I called my boyfriend, crying.