The Senior Class Council is sponsoring its 2002-03 Senior Class Gift Challenge from noon-5 p.m. Monday and Tuesday. The challenge is an annual competition for donations between the senior classes of MSU and the University of Michigan.
The nation's largest community service fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega, will host a 5K run/walk called "Chase For Charity" on Saturday in front of the MSU Psychology Research Building. The MSU chapter of the fraternity developed the race in an effort to promote community fellowship and raise money for the various organizations they represent.
After sorting through 264 public comments and critiques, a selection panel will choose one of three sculptures to adorn a downtown East Lansing fountain.
Lansing - About 40 students from Wexford Elementary School in Lansing discovered what it is like to walk a mile in the mayor's shoes Thursday as part of MSU's Young Spartan Program.Fifth-grade students from Amy Nichols' and Jackie Surdenik's classes experienced hands-on the jobs of Lansing employees ranging from police officers, firefighters, management staff and city assessors to city council members and the mayor."I think it is very fun and exciting because you get to see what goes on here," Wexford Elementary student Marisha Smith said of the Lansing City Assessor's Office.
With parties decreasing in the city, East Lansing police officials say they temporarily discontinued door-to-door efforts to educate students about noise violations and ordinances.Parties have decreased from an average of 90 party complaints reported each home football weekend to 10 party complaints last weekend, dropping 15 complaints from the previous weekend, East Lansing police Capt.
The second annual Greek Awards Gala will honor members of the MSU greek community today. Both the Interfraternity and Panhellenic councils are coordinating the gala. The event starts with a banquet dinner at 7 p.m.
Attending MSU is something Texas natives Julia Cardenas and Rosie Lozano thought they'd never be doing a year ago.The two thought a Big Ten education was something they'd never be able to afford so a journey to East Lansing stayed out of their minds.But when a representative of the MSU-College Assistance Migrant Program visited Texas, their future suddenly changed."For some of us it was one of the luckiest things that could happen," said Cardenas, who along with Lozano, is receiving a full scholarship for her first year thanks to the program.Now their futures seem brighter."I feel like I have more opportunities here than I have at home," Lozano said.
The Residence Halls Association will recognize a few halls for quality programming for this semester.The organization is accepting bids for the Hall/Organization of the Semester Award for different halls and organizations on campus.
Ronald McDonald House of Mid-Michigan will hold its monthly 10-cent beverage-container collection from 9-11 a.m.
Martin Luther King Jr. called the Rev. James Lawson "one who's been in this struggle for many years.""He's been to jail for struggling; but he's still going on, fighting for the rights of his people," King said of Lawson in his last speech, "I See the Promised Land."And now Lawson is scheduled to visit MSU on Jan.
Lansing - Jan Allen lived in Old Town when it wasn't so old. The Lansing resident would wait in a car on Turner Street while her grandmother grabbed a quick drink from one of the city's bars.More than 60 years later Allen has opened a coffee shop in the neighborhood across from the location of the bar her grandmother was so fond of."Old Town has always been a part of me," she said.
The energetic pulse of Latin music resonated through the basement hallway of East Shaw Hall on Tuesday night, as students captured the movements of salsa and merengue.
Two ASMSU representatives are hoping to identify problems that exist between teaching assistants and undergraduate students.Tom Morse, the College of Communication Arts and Sciences representative, and Dan Weber, the College of Natural Science representative, both members of ASMSU's Academic Assembly, have been meeting with faculty and graduate students since the beginning of November to discuss the initiative."We're just trying to find out what undergraduates think about their TAs," Weber said.
Members of the Residence Halls Association participated in a conference at the University of Wisconsin Osh Kosh to develop program ideas and build leadership skills last weekend. MSU's RHA came back from the Great Lakes Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls conference, Nov.
About 300 Lansing children are expected to shoot hoops in January, and Lansing police officials are looking for an MSU student to be in charge.Lansing police Capt.
Freshmen and sophomores still searching for academic information can save time by stopping by Bessey Hall on Thursday.The Marathon of Majors is a gathering of academic advisers and representatives from all 14 MSU colleges from 5-7 p.m.
Entering her second term as East Lansing's state representative, Democrat Gretchen Whitmer was named House Appropriations Committee vice chairwoman Tuesday.Chosen by House Democratic Leader-elect Dianne Byrum, Whitmer will serve for the 2003-04 session.
A pair of MSU professors share the same name and a penchant for poetry.Both professors are named Richard Thomas.
Shaw Hall will host a series of pro-active events to inform residents about safety issues during Security Awareness Week. The event is sponsored by Shaw Hall's Residence Life staff.