The topic of whether affirmative action is reverse discrimination or equal opportunity has been debated for years. "Many people think of this as a racial issue, and it is not a racial issue," said Anton Woods, a computer engineering freshman.
Across campus, in dorm rooms and computer labs, students are hunching down at computer screens to complete that all-too important spring ritual — signing up for next year's classes.
Last week, students were playing catch and laying under the sun studying. Now they are running from class to class, trying to keep warm. "It's been quite back and forth — too much for my liking.
Officials at a national First Amendment organization say they could list MSU as a place where constitutional speech isn't protected — unless the university responds satisfactorily to their demands. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, or FIRE, wants MSU to dismantle a disciplinary seminar it says stifles students' constitutional rights. The possible placement on the list "sounds to me like a threat," said Lee June, MSU's vice president for Student Affairs and Services.
Michigan landfills are charged with the duty of storing more than 42 million cubic yards of garbage every year.
"Every three minutes, a woman is beaten; every five minutes, a women is raped." As temperatures dropped and snow swirled outside, about 40 people packed into the warmth of Green River Café, 211 M.A.C.
The East Lansing City Council is recognizing National Community Development Week from April 9-15. The city annually receives more than $600,000 in funding from federal Community Development Block Grants, which supports down payment assistance for new homebuyers, infrastructure improvements in low-income neighborhoods and housing projects, such as the Virginia Avenue development.
Candace Barnes, State News advertising manager, recently was honored as Advertising Manager of the Year by the College Newspaper Business and Advertising Managers, or CNBAM. "It feels so good to know that I've worked so hard to make changes and to make the office operate better as a whole," Barnes said.
U.S. News & World Report ranked nine MSU programs at the top of the list in the 2008 edition of America's Best Graduate Schools. The university's law school also moved up in the magazine's rankings by state. The programs are in the College of Education, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Eli Broad College of Business, Eli Broad Graduate School of Management and College of Natural Science. Although it dropped from fourth to fifth in the nation for primary care, the College of Osteopathic Medicine still holds the top spot in the country among osteopathic schools. For the third year in a row, the College of Education was ranked 14th overall.
Southbound Harrison Road at Grand River Avenue will be closed until about 3 p.m. today. East Lansing Public Works officials are beginning the first phase of replacing water and sewer lines in the neighborhood.
With Michigan's roads in disrepair and pieces of dilapidated bridges falling on cars, two state representatives have found a solution they say everyone can rally around. Reps.
Upon first coming to MSU, Christina McGuffie said she felt unprepared for the college experience. She said because of a lack of proficient college preparation from Detroit's Murray Wright High School, she was not ready for the transition to a college curriculum. "The teachers and the environment made it really hard for us to learn and get anything accomplished," the criminal justice senior said.
Take Back the Night will sponsor a poetry reading for Sexual Assault Awareness Month at 7 p.m. tonight at the Green River Café, 211 M.A.C.
Campus Crusade for Christ is hosting a presentation on how pornography negatively impacts college students. Michael Leahy, a self-called recovered sex addict, will present at "Porn Nation," which begins at 8 p.m.
Lyman Briggs School is one step closer to becoming a college once again — 26 years later. The Executive Committee of Academic Council unanimously voted Tuesday to place a proposal to change the school's status on the Faculty Council's April 10 agenda. "I think it went rather well," said Elizabeth H.
Five years ago, Buffalo Sabres goaltender Ryan Miller was playing hockey in Rochester, N.Y., and came across Jason Snyder's clothing store, Men-tality. The two became friends after talking, and decided to team up to spread their love of fashion to East Lansing. Six months later on April 1, their plan was complete as they opened The Refinery, 115 Albert Ave. After three seasons of hockey as a Spartan from 1999 to 2002, Miller, 26, moved to the American Hockey League to be a part of the Rochester Americans.
A dozen University of Michigan students were arrested Tuesday evening after taking over President Mary Sue Coleman's office, according to a U-M graduate student who visited them in jail. The students hadn't been formally charged with trespassing as of 7:45 p.m., more than an hour after their arrest. At 9 a.m., members of U-M's Sweatfree Coalition stormed the office, demanding that Coleman sign onto a program to ensure factories producing items with U-M's logo aren't sweatshops, said Neil Sardana, a graduate student in public policy and public health. Around 5:52 p.m., Blase Kearney, a political science sophomore who was arrested, told The State News in a phone interview that he could see three police vans from a window in the locked office, and that he wouldn't leave until administrators met the group's demands or he was arrested. The coalition wants U-M to adopt the Designated Suppliers Program, a list of about 300 "certified" factories around the world that provide fair wages and respect workers' rights. MSU, a member of the consortium, has not adopted the Designated Suppliers Program and Students for Economic Justice hasn't made that a major campaign issue this year.
It will be a homecoming of sorts for Lisa Kuuttila when she returns to Michigan from New Mexico as the new director for a university business organization for MSU students. In May, the Traverse City native will lead MSU Technologies, a new career-training opportunity for business students in commercializing science and technology created within the university.
Rachelle Woodbury let out a deep sigh of relief after one of her premier projects debuted to East Lansing and MSU officials Monday afternoon. Since December, Woodbury, MSU's community-student liaison, has spearheaded a new program — www.offcampusliving.msu.edu — to help ease the transition for MSU students moving off campus for the first time. Information already is available on the Web site, but the official announced launch is Thursday.