MSU’s YouVote initiative will answer students’ questions about voting in the November election in residence halls this week. Students may ask questions about voting absentee and in person, and will be able to check their voter registration status.
A proposed reform of MSU’s academic integrity policy could give faculty an edge in slashing the number of academic dishonesty cases. A rule drafted by the University Committee on Academic Policy, or UCAP, proposed electronically tracking a student’s history of academic dishonesty.
The MSU Board of Trustees approved today a tuition and fee increase of 1.2 percent for the Spring 2009 semester. The increase comes after state appropriations for the 2008-2009 school year were 2 percent less — or $5.8 million less — than what the board expected when it developed the current budget. The 1.2 percent tuition and fee increase will cover $2.9 million of that difference. The remaining $2.9 million will be funded from the 2007-2008 general fund balance.
Cars will plug into outlets, a smart electric grid will turn off appliances at night, wind turbines and solar panels will sit on rooftops and all the energy will be captured by a battery. It’s just another day in the neighborhood.
Students searching the Internet for digital books could soon narrow their search to one site — HathiTrust.org. The University of California’s library system joined the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, or CIC, to create HathiTrust, a shared digital repository.
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality awarded a $1 million grant to the MSU Institute of Water Research, according to the Footprints newsletter found on MSU’s Office of Campus Sustainability Web site.
The phrase “black power” was coined during the civil rights movement to stress unity within the black community. More than 50 years later, MSU students are still pushing that message. The Black Student Alliance will host its 36th annual Black Power Rally at 6 p.m. today at Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre.
There will be a documentary showing about the Invisible Children of Uganda at 7 p.m. today in B106 Wells Hall. The film, “Go,” will be presented by four representatives who traveled to Uganda and experienced the conflict firsthand in the northern part of the country.
Christoph Benning, an MSU professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, has been named the next editor-in-chief of The Plant Journal.
Richard Louv doesn’t think children spend enough time outside, and he’s coming to MSU to spread the word.
A “miscommunication” possibly could allocate $35,055.08 more in funds to ASMSU’s Programming Board to support student events across campus. ASMSU’s Student Assembly Finance Committee on Thursday passed the bill five votes to four that would give more funds to the board, which already receives about 20 percent of ASMSU’s total budget — about $1.3 million.
Three campus political groups will speak on national issues during a debate tonight in the Wonders Hall Kiva.
Thirty-seven U.S. Department of Energy committee members toured the Cyclotron on Monday as part of a process to determine where the $550 million Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, will be located.
A University of Michigan senior is suing Aunt Mid’s Produce Co. after suffering from symptoms stemming from the statewide E. coli outbreak that affected 38 Michigan residents last month, including nine MSU students.
Charles Salmon became dean of the College of Communication Arts and Sciences about four years ago — a time when the college’s future was unclear. Talk of a merger with another college had emerged in 2005 just as the college celebrated its 50th anniversary.
The East Lansing City Council will discuss adding a Fraternity-Sorority Historic District at its meeting tonight. The meeting is scheduled for at 7:30 p.m. in the Executive Conference Room of the East Lansing Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road.
ASMSU will not fund a concert promoting voter turnout, after Student Assembly Chairperson Mike Webber was forced to make the tie-breaking vote at a meeting Thursday. The bill initially failed in a prior meeting and was recalled after it passed unanimously in Finance Committee, where the proposed amount of funding was increased.
As the popular Fox reality competition “American Idol” enters its eighth season, the University Activities Board is preparing for its seventh year of Spartan Idol — the MSU version of the show.
Thursday’s MSU Housing Fair helped many students find next year’s living situations during this hectic season of house hunting.
Rebecca Jacobsen knew how to teach before she picked up her first course book. Jacobsen, an assistant professor of teacher education, grew up around teachers and knew what it meant to teach well.