By MATT WHETSTONE For The State News Sparty burst onto the scene in classic fashion, accompanied by the MSU Fight Song and the roar of the masses. But Saturday night, the mass consisted of 256 alumni and guests, 120 students and 12 chefs from all over the state who gathered to celebrate a milestone - the 75th anniversary of The School of Hospitality Business. The event focused on the school’s history and accomplishments.
MSU has a lower proportion of minority faculty members than its state sister research universities, according to a recently released university report. MSU has 306 tenured minority faculty members, or 15.5 percent of its tenured faculty, compared to University of Michigan’s 486, or 17.9 percent, and Wayne State University’s 149 minority faculty, or 22.9 percent. Tenure is offered to faculty members when they reach full professor status, offering them protection from dismissal except for serious misconduct. MSU has 1,977 tenured faculty members, according to the report released this week by the Office of Affirmative Action Compliance and Monitoring.
As Doug Belles filled out the address on his letters by the post office in the Union, a few people trickled through, dropping off various pieces of mail.But the numbers are lower than the U.S.
An MSU fraternity was temporarily suspended by its national organization and punished with several sanctions by the greek system Wednesday, more than a week after some members wore T-shirts mocking gay men into residence hall cafeterias. All operations of Pi Kappa Phi have been suspended while the national fraternity investigates allegations against the MSU chapter.
Nicole Plott has been named MSU’s Student Employee of the Year for 2002. She will be recognized with more than 100 other students at an awards reception from 4-5 p.m.
Lansing - The Lansing Lugnuts split their first doubleheader of the season with the West Michigan Whitecaps on Tuesday night at Oldsmobile Park. The Lugnuts (4-2) took game one 4-1, then lost the nightcap 2-1 to the Whitecaps (3-3). Lansing entered the bottom of the seventh inning -
At Bassam Mahmoud’s restaurant, the meat is prepared according to Muslim dietary law - and a new state law will prevent other restaurants that don’t follow the dietary law from claiming they do.Some Muslims are allowed to eat foods considered halal, which is slaughtered in a certain way.
Michigan is one of eight states without a hazing law, but that could change with a package of bills proposed by State Rep.
Although statistics released Monday report children in Michigan are more likely to be taught by a male teacher than in any other state, those teachers are not necessarily coming from MSU. The National Education Association reported Monday that 37.4 percent of teachers in Michigan are males - Kansas is second with 33.9 percent. Cassandra Book, associate dean for the College of Education, said 10 percent of the students pursing elementary education degrees at MSU and 33 percent pursing secondary education are male. “When people choose to teach at the secondary level, it is because it’s in their deep interest in the subject area,” she said.
MSU placed 31 athletes from six different sports onto the Winter Academic All-Big Ten Conference Team.
It’s a nice thought for the ASMSU Student Assembly to approve pay for a ropes challenge course on campus.
The men’s tennis team (13-9 overall, 1-6 Big Ten) split six singles matches against underdog Penn State, but the Nittany Lions claimed the team doubles point and a 4-3 victory over MSU on Sunday in State College, Pa. Freshman Andrew Formanczyktm (No.
A 400-foot banner was wrapped around the University of Michigan’s Fleming Administration Building on Friday as students protested the labor practices of New Era Cap Co.At MSU, members of Students for Economic Justice held a “Screaming at the Wall” demonstration to protest what they say is an administration that doesn’t listen to their concerns about labor rights.The administrations at each university have dealt with protests in much the same way, meeting with students and discussing concerns.But the student groups at both universities take drastically different approaches to getting their messages across.
I was saddened to read the State News editorial “Housing help” (SN 4/4). It seriously misinterprets the city’s intent for some preliminary discussion of a possible rental buyback program. If such a program were to be put in place, it would be intended to address vacancies left in our high rental neighborhoods because students have moved to new luxury apartments to the north of East Lansing in Bath Township.
Kudos to MSU leaders for moving forward with plans to construct two rail underpasses on Farm Lane. It is a project that is long overdue and will help make foot, bicycle and automobile traffic in the area more safe and swift. Although construction is not expected to begin until at least 2005, the two underpasses would be erected between Mount Hope and Trowbridge roads and could cost as much as $25 million. MSU President M.
As the ASMSU 2002-03 session began Monday, the organization was left to work with a thin budget and a promise to spend $50,000 on a ropes challenge course.Last week, the undergraduate student government’s 2001-02 Student Assembly passed the 2002-03 budget with a vote of 13-3 with four abstentions.
The East Lansing Police Department is going to install cameras in its patrol cars, in the hopes that the filmed accounts of traffic stops and other road police procedures will help officers settle discrepancies. The $4,000 cameras will be placed in the department’s 12 patrol vehicles.
Eleven greek teams contributed their creativity, sweat and the rhythmic ability for the fourth annual MTV Fundraiser Night, at the Auditorium on Monday night. About 2,000 people attended the first fund-raising event of Greek Week 2002 to raise funds for Sparrow Hospital’s pediatric emergency room.