The Coalition of Indian Undergraduate Students had its first meeting Thursday evening at Erickson Kiva that focused on Satrang, the coalition's annual Indian dance show. The coalition voted to amend its constitution and add two more positions to the existing three involved in coordinating Satrang. "The show is huge.
Spartan Off-Campus Meal Plan customers are now being offered more off-campus dining opportunities, after the plan's coordinating company recently merged with a second, similar company. Off-Campus Dining Network and Off-Campus Access merged to form one larger company, Off-Campus Dining Network, LLC, this summer, increasing the number of universities served around the country to 33. Purchasers of the plan can now use their meal plan cards at businesses in any of the participating cities. "There were a lot of synergies in the two companies," said Cade Lemcke, vice president of marketing for Off-Campus Dining Network, LLC.
A table full of paint supplies was set up for veteran and potential Graduate Employees Union members Thursday at the GEU's open house held at their office, 420 Albert Ave. The GEU members painted their own designs on black T-shirts with "g.e.u.
Sharla Schryer wants a job now. But like other MSU students, the geography senior faces the problem of finding work in an area flooded with prospective employees. "I've been looking for something probably since the beginning of the summer," Schryer said.
Oliver, a Lansing police dog, retired Thursday after eight years of service to the department. The dog has received several community awards for his service. While working with Officer Norm Naimy, Oliver was used to find armed suspects in two homicides.
Police will increase safety belt enforcement on Michigan roadways during the Labor Day weekend as part of the Click It or Ticket program. It is the first time there has been a statewide enforcement effort during the Labor Day weekend since 2001.
Different cultures dotted the room at the Chicano and Latino welcome reception Thursday. The Office of Racial Ethnic Student Affairs and Culturas de las Razas Unidas, or CRU, provided students with music and information at the Kellogg Center.
Customers who sue restaurants claiming the food they ate contributed to weight problems may face an uphill battle on winning lawsuits. A recent trend by many states passing similar laws could get the ball rolling for Michigan's version of the bill, but some lawmakers say they shouldn't be the ones who regulate. A bill designed to keep fast food restaurants from paying damages for weight gain, obesity, or health conditions.
A new MSU Web site offers information and answers to first-year students looking for help adjusting to campus. The site, fyi.msu.edu, gives students answers to questions about housing and financial aid, along with advice on test and note-taking. Mary Beth Heeder, coordinator for the Academic Orientation Program, started the site because she was bothered by the stacks of paper given to students at AOP. "During AOP we give them so much information and half of it they look at us like we've got a few heads," she said.
After a series of traffic accidents both on and off campus Tuesday, MSU Police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor told motorists and pedestrians to stay attentive and have more patience. Four accidents happened during the day on Red Cedar Road, and there was a six-car pileup just off of campus that injured three people, sending two to a nearby hospital. A westbound driver on Red Cedar Road told police he didn't see whether the light at Shaw Road was red, McGlothian-Taylor said.
Heads bowed and eyes closed as linguistics and language instructor Helen Roy of the Ottawa tribe said a prayer in Ojibwe at the American Indian Student Welcome Reception Wednesday evening. Roy said in her prayer she was glad to see students following their dreams and her wish was for teachers to help them on their journey. "Language has been lost within the Native community for decades - hundreds of years already," Roy said.
The Michigan Humanities Council will celebrate its 30th anniversary and honor four MSU projects in the process. With the limited edition of its 30th Anniversary Commemorative Publication, the council features its top projects. Four of the hundreds of MSU's humanities projects are focused on in the publication. Council-funded projects have included exhibits from the Department of Writing, Rhetoric and American Culture, Kresge Art Museum and the MSU Museum. The Michigan Humanities Council receives funding from Congress which allows them to grant money to various programs as long as the projects meet a few required standards that are applied by the council's board. The council has funded more than 1,500 projects since 1974, said Scott Hirko, spokesman for the Michigan Humanities Council. Since 1999, MSU alone has received more than $150,000 in grants from the group. "Our relationship with MSU has been a wonderful opportunity to demonstrate diversity in cultures, history, heritage and community impact," Hirko said. "I believe we have funded more projects at MSU then any other organization in the state, working mostly with the Kresge Art Museum and the MSU Museum." The long-term relationship has been vital to the university, MSU Museum spokeswoman Lora Helou said. "This is a tremendous honor to be named among 30 that has impacted the council in such a way that would encourage them to include our works within their publication," she said.
Eric Berryman rummaged through heaps of multicolored footwear piled high atop folding tables Wednesday in search of a pair of PF Flyers.The Cyclotron operator came to Sherman Shoes, 539 E.
Sparty's Convenience Stores have launched a fund-raiser titled "Sparty's for Sparty," but many students have yet to notice.
The Academic Assembly of ASMSU met Tuesday night to discuss goals for the new semester and fill open committee seats for Academic Council. Michelle Beaujean, representative for the College of Education, spoke with strong conviction about the internal squabbles that plagued MSU's undergraduate student government last year. A group formed in ASMSU last year, called the reform alliance, pushed for revamping the structure of the assemblies.
Inside the yellow cardboard face of SpongeBob Squarepants are samples of tampons, Ramen noodles and condoms.
The Michigan Education Trust enrollment period opened Wednesday and will run through June 15. The program, which has sold about 74,000 contracts since its creation in 1988, allows individuals to buy contracts for college at the current rate of tuition while the student is still in elementary, middle or high school.
A New Global Environment for Learning, or ANGEL, is undergoing maintenance to increase its speed, said Richard Wiggins, MSU senior information technologist.
Lansing - The Lansing district of the Michigan Court of Appeals heard oral arguments Wednesday afternoon as part of a continuing struggle to place Ralph Nader on the 2004 presidential ballot. A suit was filed Monday after the Board of State Canvassers deadlocked last week, 2-2, on accepting the nearly 50,000 signatures, collected mostly by Republicans, to put Nader on the ballot as an independent presidential candidate.