Increase helps professors pay remain competitive

The university’s academic staff will notice an increase in their pay checks this October, but reactions amongst the faculty are mixed as to whether the increase will move MSU’s historically underpaid professors up the Big Ten’s salary scale.MSU ranked last in the Big Ten in average salary during the last school year, the Office of Planning and Budgets said.This year, the university increased salaries by 5 percent for the third year in a row, despite a lower than expected state appropriation.And MSU President M.

Diversity lesson

Whatever the reason, Michigan has become one of the four most segregated states in the nation in terms of education. The origin of this trend ranges from simple misinformation to the more serious threat of residential segregation.

Leftist campuses censor free speech

MSU’s campus should champion free speech and welcome an assortment of viewpoints. Unfortunately today, sparked by challenges against liberal thought, university administrators and a minority of their leftist students have acted maliciously to create a culture opposing the virtues of free speech. The campus left has undeniably censored ideas that its ideology opposes.

Lansing company to hold auditions

Mirage Technologies, Inc., 6219 Norburn Way in Lansing, will be shooting scenes for a music video for Flint rapper Scurvy today and is looking for extras.

Founder will leave legacy of diversity

Thomas E. Brennan, Sr. will have more time to work on his golf swing come January. Brennan, president and founder of Cooley Law School announced his retirement as of Jan.

Panel report in, but campus needs investigation policy

OK, so now what? The panel appointed to examine the circumstances surrounding last year’s poorly executed undercover investigation of Students for Economic Justice has offered the university its coveted findings. The members - a professor, a former state legislator, a former trustee and a student government leader - say the ordeal was likely carried out inadequately. Perhaps, the panel wrote, MSU administrators need to take a more thorough approach the next time they consider stomping so freely on the liberties granted to student activists. The big finish?

Baums 300th career victory could be Saturday to open season

Twenty-four years and 299 wins.That’s where men’s soccer head coach Joe Baum’s legendary career stands at the moment.

Police briefs 08/31/01

Gourmet meals are easy as one, two, three

I love to eat, and I like to cook. Problem is, it takes a lot of time to prepare a really tasty and healthy dish.

U aids in research for online resource

Students of all ages will benefit from the creation of “Michigana,” a proposed online encyclopedia of Michigan history and culture. The Michigan Humanities Council announced Monday that Dr. Nancy Nelson Knupfer was hired as the project planning director for the encyclopedia, which will be launched in about a year. A $50,000 grant was awarded to the council for the project from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Study shows education gap growth

The number of minority students taking the SAT college entrance exam rose this year, but white students continued to score higher than most groups, the College Board reported Tuesday.The study showed average SAT scores among minority students lagged behind white students by a larger margin in 2001 than a decade ago - while minorities represented a third of the test-takers.

Bush to visit Detroit for Labor Day picnic

Fresh off his 26-day vacation in Crawford, Texas, President George W. Bush is bound for Detroit for a barbecue picnic with the Michigan Teamsters union on Labor Day.It’ll be Bush’s third stop in Michigan since he became president.

National program gives teaching opportunities in urban, rural schools

A program finding teachers for urban and rural schools across the nation now has a recruiter focusing on MSU students. With the teacher shortage affecting the nation, Michael Oden, a supply chain management junior, has his work cut out for him. “My girlfriend was applying for a position at Teach For America at (the University of Michigan), and I learned about the program,” he said.

Callipe prepares news songs

Area staple Calliope and East Lansing up-and-comer Adam’s Castle will be playing at Mac’s Bar, 2700 E.

Students lack cooking skills, nutritional value

My ties to the “caf” have been chopped like yesterday’s chow mein, and I no longer have the freedom to graze miles of dirt pudding and German chocolate cake.No more delectable Johnny Marzetti and tater gems.There is no grilled cheese-tomato soup combo day for which to jump about in gleeful celebration.Why won’t the landlord put a soft serve ice cream machine in my kitchen?

O-line raising eyebrows

While MSU football fans wait to hear who head coach Bobby Williams names as starting quarterback for the season opener against Central Michigan Sept.

Alumni novelist to sign books

Best-selling author and MSU alumnus R. Barri Flowers will be in the Lansing area this week to wrap up a Michigan book tour. He will be at Waldenbooks in the Meridian Mall, 1982 W.

Officers hope to better serve student groups

East Lansing Sgt. Nancy Hamilton spent eight of her 11 years with the East Lansing Police Department working with the canine patrol. Now she’s handling a completely different kind of animal - students. On top of her regular road-patrol duties, Hamilton will serve as the student alliance coordinator, a position created to improve relations between MSU students and police. “This is to try to get students familiar with officers,” Hamilton said.

MAC games test team for Big 10

In its only exhibition game, the MSU women’s soccer team notched a 3-1 win over Eastern Michigan of the Mid-American Conference last week. But head coach Tom Saxton isn’t overlooking the two MAC schools visiting MSU’s campus on the Spartans’ regular season-opening weekend. MSU takes on Western Michigan at 4 p.m.

Plaza stores closed to make way for supermarket

The lanes will be replaced with isles of canned peas, and the shoes will disappear for magazines racks.Pro Bowl East, 2757 E.