Late professor commended for ethics

Retired MSU Professor Mary Gardner, who died Thursday at the age of 84 after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease, was a woman of firsts. She was the first woman to earn a doctorate in communication at the University of Minnesota, the first woman to earn tenure as an MSU journalism professor, and the first woman to be elected president of the Association of Journalism and Mass Communications. In the mid-'80s, Gardner helped establish MSU's Hispanics in Journalism program, the first of its kind in the country, with a $100,000 grant from the Gannett Foundation.

RHA president outlines vision

Tuesday's State of the Union address given by President Bush is probably a difficult act to follow.

Local credit union reaches $1B mark

The MSU Federal Credit Union is steadily seeing green. Last year, the university's credit union became one of only two in Michigan to reach $1 billion. Of 439 credit unions in the state, MSU's became only the second institution, after the DFCU Financial Federal Credit Union in Dearborn to reach $1 billion. Patrick McPharlin, president and CEO of MSUFCU, said the milestone officially passed in July, but was not surprising. "It's just a matter of mathematics," McPharlin said.

Career choices

Food and industry management senior Elizabeth Manning had specific goals for her visit to the 40th Annual Minority Career Fair.

Lecture series reconstructs American Indian history

The 2004 American Indian Lecture Series will kick off today with a talk by Donald L. Fixico. A former Newberry Fellow and Ford Fellow, Fixico will present "Reconstructing American Indian History" from 2 p.m.

Speed demons cause street-width reduction

City officials are hoping a new ordinance will curb a local street problem - the number of speeders. The East Lansing City Council voted Tuesday night to approve an ordinance that would reduce the required width of local residential streets from 30 feet to 28 feet. "The city has a neighborhood traffic program that noticed a lot of residents have complained about speeding," said Tim Rayner, city traffic engineering administrator. The new ordinance will not affect already constructed streets but will apply to all public streets built in the future.

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Companies recall malfunctioning cars

Two of the nation's largest automakers announced plans this month to recall more than 3 million cars assembled in the late 1990s, potentially affecting many drivers at MSU. On Jan.

ASMSU seeks available resources to broadcast assembly meetings

Move over, C-SPAN. ASMSU could be heading to the airwaves. Vikas Menon, association director for MSU's undergraduate student government, said he has been looking into broadcasting assembly meetings on campus cable.

ANGEL system still working out bugs

ANGEL learning management system has gained popularity, but still is not considered heavenly by many MSU professors and students. More than 1,000 course sections are signed up for the online class-assistant program, which stands for "a new global environment for learning." That's an increase of more than 250 classes from last semester, said Byron Brown, coordinator of instructional technology support for Libraries, Computing and Technology.

Education in India focus of discussion

MSU's Asian Studies Center will bring the chairman of the University Grants Commission in India to campus this week. Professor Arun Nigavekar will hold a lecture, "Higher Education in India: Emerging New Scenarios" at 5 p.m.

New Iraqi currency circulates

MSU President M. Peter McPherson came back from Iraq in late September, but his task in helping to rebuild the war-torn economy wasn't completed until last week. On Jan.

Candidate's son visits campus

Wes Clark Jr. paid a visit to campus Wednesday morning to spread the message for the presidential campaign of his father, Gen.

Young voters could be key to caucus

Dimity Palazzola can't wait for the Michigan Democratic caucus - it's the first time in a presidential race she will be old enough to have a say. "I've always been following politics and looking forward to when I could vote," she said. "I wished I could have voted in the last election.

Minority Career Fair scheduled for today

Job-hunting students, clean up your résumés. The 35th Annual Minority Career Fair will take place from 6 to 9 p.m.

MDOT to hear bids for Lansing road projects

The Michigan Department of Transportation opened bids Wednesday for the Capitol Loop project in downtown Lansing.

Benavides announces State of the City speech

Lansing Mayor Tony Benavides will deliver his State of the City address at 7 p.m. Monday in the Oldsmobile Room of the Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant's Building 66.

New cable network boasts music, news

MSU students used to seeing CTN: College Television Network on campus cable are in for a change. The new network, mtvU, went on the air Tuesday.

'U' uses new, old strategies to keep energy costs down

A $4-million lighting renovation in several campus buildings will save energy and money in the long run, but university officials say most students won't even notice the change. However, some might notice another way MSU has been cutting back on energy - keeping the temperature in campus buildings at about 68 to 70 degrees. "Quite frankly, a lot of people are uncomfortable at 68," University Engineer Bob Nestle said. Nestle said MSU has been keeping building temperatures at about 68 degrees for more than 30 years. "Energy conservation has been a high priority at Michigan State University since the early '70s," he said.

Vigil persists despite chill

Circled around the rock on Farm Lane, about 20 people lit candles and held a moment of silence in memory of the 44 million people they say have lost their lives to abortion.