At the meeting of the Academic Council of MSU Sept. 26, there was a student walkout protesting a successful motion by present faculty to send the issue of “Student Public Evaluations,” or SPEs, to the Faculty Council.
LANSING - Thirteen-year-old Brandi Bukowski stood on the balcony overlooking the first floor rotunda of the Capitol building Monday night. As she watched the mariachi band’s rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner” below, the Lansing middle school student made only one comment to her friend standing nearby. “I think it would be really cool to get an award some day,” she said. State Reps.
I am a freshman and am quite unfamiliar with The State News. However, I do read it between classes and was sort of disappointed recently.
More than 180 companies will be on campus Wednesday for the largest career fair at MSU. Students of all majors can attend Career Gallery 2000, “Futures in Focus,” to seek internships, permanent positions or just more career information from a wide range of corporations.
Men’s golfThe men’s golf squad is entering the home stretch of the fall season after returning from Illinois with a 13th-place finish this weekend.Only one tournament remains on the Spartans’ docket, The Bluffs/Purina Intercollegiate in St.
Residents of Meridian Township will have a chance to hear and comment on a proposal to rezone property and bring a movie theater to the area.The East Lansing-based Eyde Co. has asked for the property’s zoning to be changed from residential to commercial.
Soon there will be a little more green on cars driving around campus.Monday morning, Spartan faithful were able to begin purchasing MSU license plates, which feature the famous MSU block “S.”The plates were made for the secretary of state’s “Be True To Your School” promotion.
Yeah, I went to see Ralph Nader at the Auditorium the other day. He’s great. I’ve seen him many times.
Got running shoes? Residents and staff at Williams and Yakeley Halls better. They plan to walk the equivalent of 31 marathons during the 31 days of October in an effort to raise money for charity. The event, in its second year, was set up to raise funds for MSU Safe Place and the Susan G.
One-hundred-thirty-two dollars may seem like a small fortune to some, but to history junior Kevin Selenich, it’s a tiny price to pay for Spartan basketball.With $132 in hand, Selenich went to the Student Alumni Foundation Monday night and for the second year, bought Izzone tickets; a package that includes courtside seating at all 14 home games, an Izzone T-shirt, membership to the foundation and several member benefits.“I’d pay twice as much for these tickets,” he said.
I was pleased to hear that the Food and Drug Administration finally approved the distribution of RU-486.
About 50 students and community members came to the Kellogg Center to hear the first debate between two candidates for the state House seat encompassing MSU.
LANSING - A standing room only crowd gathered Monday night to voice their opinions to the Ingham County Human Services Committee on a proposal that would ban smoking in all public indoor establishments. Public officials, business owners and community members filled the room in the Human Services Building, 5303 S.
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. How many times has the truth of this cliché prevented you from following the latest lose-50-pounds-in-a-day diet or joining one of the 300-CDs-for-a-penny music clubs?
East Lansing City Council members may approve a $175,470 contract for new development of a park near Harrison Avenue. The Harrison Meadows Park is primarily a wooded area with trails for walking, jogging and cross country skiing. A small portion of the park will be developed if the contract agreement is approved by the council. Tim McCaffrey, East Lansing parks and recreation facilities director, said the park will have many improvements made after the development. “This development is primarily to serve the people of the small, surrounding neighborhood,” he said.
Getting out of a graduate school has never been more popular at MSU.Graduate School graduation rates are higher than in the past and some officials say it can only add to MSU’s climbing academic reputation.“I think it’s great that we’re graduating more students than we ever have in the past,” said Karen Klomparens, dean of the MSU Graduate School.
Rather than speculate what went wrong Saturday against Northwestern, head coach Bobby Williams said he’s moving on to more pressing matters, like preparing for the game at Iowa this weekend.“In my mind, that game is done.
Campus is buzzing with excitement about the second speaker in the McPherson Professorship coming to campus. MIT Professor Daniel Kleppner, who participated in the invention of the hydrogen laser, will be speaking at the Wharton Center on Wednesday about the impact of quantum physics. “It’s just whoa, big-time crazy stuff,” said Professor Douglas Luckie, who is one of two professors instructing the new Science Changing Society course, the class the professorship is part of.
Women at a Nicaraguan sweatshop sometimes work 14 hours a day, endure periodic searches, violence and find dead fetuses in bathrooms. They make jeans that sell for $30 a pair.
After reading the article about the MEXA-fraternity incident (“Fraternity paints over heritage message on rock,” SN 9/25), I was completely disgusted with what has been said by those on each side of the quarrel.