Xiao Chuanguo was sentenced to five and a half months in jail for coordinating an attack on MSU alumnus Shi-min Fang, according to the New York Times. During the trial, Chuanguo, a college professor and doctor in China, confessed to paying four men a total of $15,000 to assault Fang and journalist Fang Xuanchang on Aug.
Faculty, current students and more than 5,000 alumni will celebrate the past 100 years of journalism education at MSU this month with events commemorating the School of Journalism Centennial.
Through MSU Community Reuse Days, students now have another opportunity to be Spartan green. The MSU Surplus Store will offer some free recycling to the public 7 a.m.
Artists from all different backgrounds had the opportunity to work with live models Monday in a drawing marathon hosted by (SCENE) Metrospace and the MSU Department of Art and Art History. The marathon began outside of Kresge Art Center, where a circle of easels was set up.
Paul Rubin is giving his management students options. Depending on their budget, busy schedules and the technology available to them, Rubin’s students were able to choose their learning medium this fall, whether in the form of a web-based HTML text, a PDF file or a physical, softbound version of the same book. Rubin, a professor in management science, said it’s all a part of an experiment in using an open-source textbook.
The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, will discuss upcoming mandatory student health insurance at its Wednesday night meeting. COGS President Stefan Fletcher said Randy Hillard, associate provost for human health affairs, are scheduled to speak at the meeting to give an update about events happening in the medical colleges, the new Secchia Center in Grand Rapids and student health insurance, which will be mandatory for MSU students beginning in 2011. “It’s hard to say how it will affect graduate students, but it’s found at some other Big Ten universities,” Fletcher said. Also, under President Barack Obama’s new health care plan, students will be able to stay on their parents’ insurance plans until they are 26, he said. Adam Lovgren, vice president for graduate welfare, said parent insurance plans typically have more flexibility than student health insurance plans, which often require going through Olin Health Center as a gatekeeper before they can be used at other medical facilities. “Anybody who can stay on their parent’s insurance longer is going to be better off,” Lovgren said.
A week of games, dancing and community events is aimed to have a deeper educational undertone for many MSU students. Monday marks National Coming Out Day, and groups at MSU will host several events to raise awareness of the LBGT community throughout the week. National Coming Out Day is celebrated annually on Oct.
A group of MSU students is taking a stand against sexual violence. About 10 students met in the Union Sunday for the newly-formed Coalition Against Sexual Violence.
Chanting, cheering and carrying posters that called for the MSU administration to shut down the T.B. Simon Power Plant, about 20 members of MSU Greenpeace and other environmental campus organizations marched from Case Hall to the Administration Building Sunday in support of renewable energy on campus.
Eleven-year-old Joey Berman went swimming with the big fish Sunday morning. He rode his bike and ran with them too. Berman was one of more than 300 participants in the Spartan Sprint Triathlon. The event consisted of a 400-meter swim in the outdoor pool at IM Sports-West, a 20-kilometer bike ride around South Neighborhood and five-kilometer run along the Red Cedar River.
The partnership developed to complete the “Bridge to the Future” Farm Lane project recently received a gold award from the National Partnership for Highway Quality, or NPHQ. Executive Director Bob Templeton presented the award to MSU, the Michigan Department of Transportation, or MDOT, as well as their planning and construction partners at last week’s State Transportation Commission meeting in Lansing.
Michigan’s three largest universities contributed about $14.8 billion to the state’s economy in 2009, in spite of the region’s inability to experience positive economic growth, according to a report released Thursday. The University Research Corridor, or URC, — comprised of MSU, the University of Michigan and Wayne State University — increased its economic impact to the state by about 15 percent from about $12.9 billion in 2006, said Patrick Anderson, founder of Anderson Economic Group which led the 2010 Empowering Michigan report. “The research universities should be commended for benchmarking themselves,” he said.
Four months after its installation and multiple instances of vandalism, university officials and the creator of Funambulist dedicated the piece in a ceremony Wednesday. The fabricated steel structure, which stands more than 25 feet tall and 36 feet wide, attempts to incorporate the balance college students must keep while they walk on a thin line before graduation, said John Van Alstine, the artist who created the sculpture. “It has more (of a) universal meaning because we’re all on our wire per se,” he said.
A three-minute YouTube video will land one Michigan college student a featured speaker spot at ASMSU’s “Higher Education, Higher Priority” rally Oct.
The fire alarm barely gets a reaction from Luke Miller anymore. When it sounds throughout Mary Mayo Hall, the communication sophomore will sluggishly collect his things, taking time to lock the door before heading outside to stand and complain with other residents in the hall. “My immediate response is, ‘Oh gosh, another one of these,’” Miller said. Although Miller respects the safety part of fire drills, living in the dorms for a year and a half where eight fire drills are done annually has dulled his response when he hears the alarm.
MSU’s two-day, annual Career Gallery took place Wednesday afternoon at Breslin Center. The event usually is held in the fall and is split into two days based on subject matter.
Traditional music ensembles, martial arts and dance welcomed students and community members Wednesday evening at the Kiva Auditorium in Erickson Hall to celebrate Korean culture.
The MSU Counseling Center is offering free and anonymous screening at eight different locations on campus today as part of National Depression Screening Day. Depression is the second most common diagnosis students at the counseling center receive, said Talitha Easterly, staff psychologist and coordinator for outreach. “Across college campuses, it’s one of the top three concerns,” Easterly said. Recent results from MSU’s 2010 National College Health Assessment also indicated that depression is a significant issue on campus, said Dennis Martell, coordinator for health education services. Of the results, about 27 percent of students said at least once in the last 12 months, they felt so depressed that it was difficult to function.
MSU Extension small ruminant specialist Richard Ehrhardt will present an Accelerated Lambing Clinic from noon to 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 6.
The Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center’s Visiting Chef Series kicked off Wednesday night for its 2010 season with a mix of food dishes and a variety of Michigan brews.