Not the U.S. Department of State, not MSU’s Office of Study Abroad, not even family members could stop Jeff Grey from studying in Israel.In October 2000, MSU suspended the study abroad program in Israel after the state department strongly recommended Americans vacate the area in light of rising tensions between Israel and Palestine.
Space pop band Calliope will have a CD release party for its fourth full-length album, “Braille” on Saturday at Mac’s Bar, 2700 E.
After semesters full of typical, boring college requirements like math, history or English, some could only dream of taking a Dave Matthews Band class - for credit. And as colleges and universities continue to vary the kind of electives students can take, the subject matter gets even quirkier. Oberlin College in Ohio offered the Dave Matthews Band class this semester, along with classes analyzing the television show “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and the films of Harrison Ford. The classes are offered through Oberlin’s Experimental College, also known as ExCo, launched in 1968 to allow instructors, students and community members the opportunity to teach others about unconventional topics. “I was looking at some old course catalogs from the early ’70s and there were schools everywhere like this,” said Oberlin sophomore Tessa Shanks, an ExCo office assistant.
No one at Beaner’s Gourmet Coffee recognized him as he sipped an Orange Brain Freeze smoothie that matched his orange American Eagle T-shirt. His gold chain, with a tiny gold football dangling at the end, didn’t give him away either.
The summer movie season is officially kicking off this weekend with the hype monster “The Scorpion King” hitting theaters nationwide.
After three straight nonconference games, the MSU softball team returns to Big Ten action this weekend. The Spartans (21-26 overall, 3-7 Big Ten) travel to Iowa City, for a two game series with the Big Ten-leading Hawkeyes (28-14, 8-2). The two teams begin the series at 6 p.m.
In regards to the Rally for Peace in Palestine held on the Capitol steps (“Concurrent peace rallies show Middle East divisions,” SN 4/15), it hurts to see two groups divided over a common issue - peace. Where do groups get off claiming to be anti-racist activists when they spout anti-Semitic slogans?
Not many students can leap into a leadership position without rising through the ranks first.But Dan Kimmel has accomplished that feat.
In Dearborn on Thursday, Gov. John Engler announced a plan designed to make Michigan the world leader in alternative energy. The plan includes tax benefits for companies researching the topic and a NextEnergyZone, which would be a 700-acre area near Ann Arbor where research on the topic will be centered. Much of the alternative fuel issue has centered on fuel cells in automobiles, but Engler spokeswoman Susan Shafer said the plan hopes to generate just as many advances in other everyday activities. “We’re probably not going to see it in our cars soon,” she said.
Community health department provides grants for college mentoring programs The Michigan Department of Community Health announced earlier this month a $325,000 grant to be spread among 13 Michigan universities for the Campus Connections Program. MSU will receive $30,000. Campus Connections is a mentoring program that links incoming-freshmen volunteers with upper-class mentors.
As a freshman and a pedestrian, I was unable to sympathize with Jackie Froeber’s column, “Campus driving annoys students” (SN 4/17). Every day I risk my life crossing West Circle Drive by the library or Red Cedar Road by Sparty.
Before the MSU softball team returns to Big Ten play this weekend, the Spartans play Loyola today in nonconference action.MSU (21-26 overall, 3-7 Big Ten) will travel to Chicago for a 5 p.m.
A question of quorum may void everything the Residence Halls Association has done in the 2001-02 academic year. At the association’s meeting Wednesday night, several representatives questioned the legality of what executive board members were calling quorum. If the RHA General Assembly decides quorum has been misrepresented this year, money allocated to student groups could be void.
An interfaith discussion about Christianity and paganism will take place tonight at the Union. The discussion will feature representatives from the Riverview Campus Fellowship, a Christian organization, and Wiccan Journey, a pagan organization. This will be the third year the event has taken place.
When Chris Kroll moved into his Spartan Village Apartment more than a year ago, he didn’t know rent would go up every year.
Life for one MSU fraternity includes speeding tickets, breaking up fights and filling out paperwork.The 40 members of Alpha Tau Omega are tagging along with East Lansing police officers through the beginning of May.Each member will ride with an officer on duty for a two-hour shift.“The misperception of college kids is that we party and we have no brains and we are just some frat guys that destroy anything we put our hands on,” Alpha Tau Omega member Jonathan Rosenthal said.
Have you ever noticed that only people in small, backwoods towns ever see aliens or demons? Is it the fresh air that does it?
Rick Sokol walked into a McDonald’s in 1999 and saw something he had never seen on the fast-food giant’s menu - a kiwi burger. Sokol was in New Zealand for his second study abroad program with MSU. “Things like that are just priceless,” the agricultural and extension education graduate student said. In the 2000-01 academic year, 223 graduate students participated in MSU’s programs.
As an MSU athlete, I feel compelled to express my feelings about the article, “Coach retires after nearly 4 decades” (SN 3/26). It recognized a great man. John Narcy has coached and built the MSU Diving Team for the past 37 years.
After questions were raised Wednesday concerning more than $18,000 allocated to student organizations throughout the year, RHA officials said the association will not request money back.Low attendance at Wednesday’s meeting caused the debate of whether the association had actually met at quorum this year.If it hadn’t met quorum, and action votes were still take, those actions would be void.Still, Josh Minor, formal RHA internal vice president, said RHA won’t request the money back and the issue is simply a misunderstanding and misinterpretation of the association’s bylaws.All new business conducted by the general assembly was valid last semester, he said.“Throughout the fall, we didn’t have 39 voting seats, we added five,” he said.