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U, other universities work to integrate online courses

Nicole Jacques
November 1, 2000

A New Jersey-based university took an unprecedented step in the way it integrates courses with computers, but MSU officials say they’ve already had a few breakthroughs of their own.Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, N.J., a school of 9,000 students, will require incoming students to take at least one three-credit course online per year beginning next fall.The requirement, believed to be the first such regulation for any college or university in the nation, was approved in September.MSU Provost Lou Anna Simon said while MSU doesn’t have plans to require online courses, administrators have begun placing a heavy focus on computers and technology.In February, the MSU Board of Trustees approved a proposal to further incorporate technology with academics.

NEWS

Magic rides home with championship

It’s all in the name for MSU’s winning horse, MSU Magic J. Named after an athletic legend, he’s the newest member of the Spartans’ list of national champions.

SPORTS

Safety gaining experience, improvemnt with gridder defense

Arthur Alcid
November 1, 2000

If it weren’t for the wrong jersey, Thomas Wright could’ve been a wide receiver rather than a safety right now.On his first day of practice with MSU, Wright donned a white jersey that the offense wears instead of the defense’s green.Despite being an all-region wide receiver in Florida at Lake Wales High School, Wright said he was intent on playing safety.

COMMENTARY

Rogers has made voting difficult

I had the opportunity to meet state Sen. Mike Rogers. He was a guest speaker in my PLS 324 class and he came in and introduced himself and began speaking to our class on the current state of politics and the direction in which our country is headed.

MICHIGAN

Devils Night antics hit local business, residents

Sara Luneburg
November 1, 2000

Tuesday morning, Adam Eisele and his roommates awoke to find a dead squirrel cooking in the small propane grill they keep on the front porch of their Evergreen Avenue home. One of the four cars in their driveway had also been toilet papered. The engineering junior, his roommates and neighbors were a small sect of people who experienced Devil’s Night in East Lansing firsthand this year. “It wasn’t really a big deal,” he said.

NEWS

Groups seek to limit attendance

Nicole Jacques
November 1, 2000

Members of the Hubbard Hall Black Caucus say they want to prevent future violence at on-campus social events and they might have a solution - restrict the events to MSU students only.The caucus approved a plan that, if approved by other black student organizations, would limit attendance at black student organizations’ campus events - including dance parties - to MSU students only.And caucus members aren’t alone in their cause.

FEATURES

Native American Film Series show Map of Human Heart

Cory Vowell
November 1, 2000

Aiming to educate viewers on cinematic images of Native Americans, the fifth annual Native American Film Series will show the first film of its fall series at 7 tonight in room B102 of Wells Hall. Vincent Ward’s “Map of the Human Heart” was chosen as the first screening of the series because of the variety of issues it covers.

NEWS

ASMSU looks at Title IX issues

Steve Bossi
November 1, 2000

By working with a member of the MSU men’s gymnastics team, the university’s undergraduate student government is looking to become more agile - particularly in issues concerning student athletes.ASMSU, working with gymnast Jonathan Plante and the Student Athlete Council, has begun preliminary plans to address the university’s recent dealings with Title IX, a federal law established in 1972 to promote gender-equity in athletics.“This is something we can hopefully help the students with,” said Charles McHugh, ASMSU Academic Assembly chairperson.

MSU

Hand-washing key to staying healthy

Heather Banks
October 31, 2000

Wash your hands frequently, stay away from sick people and eat a balanced diet. As simple as this advice sounds, it’s not far off the mark according to the Web site for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

COMMENTARY

Discrimination is not a problem

I am writing in response to the recent opinions expressing opposition to minority scholarships. Before I came to East Lansing for graduate school, the conventional wisdom of my white friends was that past discrimination against minorities had been replaced in recent years by “reverse discrimination” against white males.

COMMENTARY

Governments bother smokers

I read the article “Tobacco-related deaths likely to increase in Africa,” (SN 10/24) and I have no problem with what was written, but with the ideas behind it.

MSU

Forum to tackle military policy

The United States military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays and lesbians will make its way to campus today. The MSU-Detroit College of Law will sponsor an open-discussion forum on the issue at 4 p.m.

NEWS

Candidates debate U trustee posts

Steve Bossi
October 31, 2000

Not only are the four major-party candidates for the MSU Board of Trustees holding nearly the same number of supporters in the polls, they seem to hold the same opinion on various university issues. Democrats incumbent Dorothy Gonzales and Cal Rapson and Republicans incumbent Scott Romney and Connie Binsfeld provided their impressions on enrollment limitations, keeping the tuition guarantee, campus beautification and other issues during a State News-sponsored debate Monday night at the Kellogg Center. The four candidates vying for two eight-year seats on the board are in a statistical dead heat according to a recent poll by the Lansing-based newsletter Inside Michigan Politics. Once the foursome completed opening statements in the 90-minute forum, they answered questions posed by a panel of State News campus editor Tony Paul, administration reporter Pamela E.