Most calendars identify Oct. 9 as Columbus Day. However, some students on campus refer to the day as Indigenous Peoples Day instead. "We call it Indigenous People's Day because in calling it Columbus Day, you're celebrating the mass murder of people," said Ashley Harding, cultural programmer for the North American Indigenous Student Organization, or NAISO.
A local chapter of the Make-A-Wish foundation will play genie in a bottle when it hosts a golf tournament to make the wishes of children with life-threatening diseases come true.
Correction: The phrase "sticking a pipe" should have been "placing a self-expanding metallic stent." For clarification, there are more schools that teach the procedure than MSU, and the special funds do not apply to intervention radiology. Name: Matthew Beal, assistant professor Department: Small Animal Clinical Sciences Date of method: Beal has been working with the new procedure for about a year. Type of method: Interventional radiology Basics of method: "It allows us to treat animals in a less invasive way," Beal said. The methodology allows veterinarians to perform procedures on animals without them having large incisions. Some small-breed dogs can get tracheal collapse when the cartilage in their windpipes begins to collapse, Beal said.
Some MSU computer networks will be shut down from 6-11 p.m. Friday for Academic Computing & Network Services to test electrical system upgrades. The online services to be affected are afs.msu.edu, Angel, LON-CAPA, Magic and Webmail.
A preregistration program to improve late-night check-in visitors isn't worth the hassle, some student desk receptionists said.
Angela Sherman has a history of hypertension and heart failure in her family. She takes precautions when it comes to her health by watching what she eats and exercising when she can.
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, MSU Honors College students will have the opportunity to create their own ice cream flavor, which could be sold at the MSU Dairy Store. Certain restrictions are placed on the flavors because a single dairy plant freezer is all that is available.
The 49 bells of Beaumont Tower chimed as assistant carillonneur Bill McHarris played in front of an audience before the Homecoming football game. "Playing is one way to work off frustrations," McHarris said with a smile to a cramped room, as he wiped the sweat from his forehead. McHarris, an MSU professor of chemistry and physics, began playing at Beaumont Tower in 1996 and is one of six carillonneurs who regularly play at the tower. "I started out in music way back when," McHarris said.
Medical and dental students have the opportunity to attend college tuition-free because of a new scholarship provided by the U.S.
Students marched with drums in hand to the Administration Building Thursday because MSU administrators refused to cut ties with the Coca-Cola corporation. The Students for Economic Justice, or SEJ, organized the event and said about 30 people participated as they marched on the fourth floor of the building and recited chants about Coca-Cola. The group is campaigning against the soft drink company because of allegations of abusing workers' rights and murdering workers.
University spokesman Terry Denbow confirmed Tuesday there is a new assistant vice president for university relations at MSU. "We were very pleased with the amount of interest we had in the search for this position," Denbow said.
The aroma of fresh produce can be smelled from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. every Tuesday in front of the MSU Auditorium on Farm Lane. The scent comes courtesy of the Student Organic Farm stand, which is put on weekly by the Ecological Food and Farm Stewardship. The stand offers organic fruits and vegetables grown locally at the Student Organic Farm, which is located 3 miles south of campus.
The MSU Accafellas will perform at 8 p.m. Friday at the Fairchild Theater. The concert will be held in celebration of the organization's 10th anniversary, member Matt Tanski said. The MSU Accafellas is one of MSU's premier all-male a capella groups.
The Residence Halls Association is bringing a series of concerts to MSU's campus. Up-and-coming indie-rock band Hit the Lights will perform Oct.
The MSU Federal Credit Union Dinosaur Dash will take place at 10 a.m. Sunday at the MSU Museum. Proceeds from the 5K race will benefit education programs at the MSU Museum, which houses the area's only full-mounted stegosaurus and allosaurus casts. The event will also include the Museum Mile, for children ages 12 and younger, and the Mini-Dash, a 200-yard race for children 6 and younger. The MSU Federal Credit Union has helped raise more than $200,000 since the company began sponsoring the event more than 20 years ago.
Name: Mitch Smith, associate chemistry professor Department: Chemistry Date of research: Smith has been working on this project since 1995, but Michael Faraday began working with chemicals in 1825. "Compared to that, I haven't been working that long on my work," Smith said. Type of research: Inorganic and organic chemistry Basics of research: Researchers working with Smith are studying carbon bonds.
MSU announced the 2006 Homecoming court Tuesday. The court is composed of seven seniors who will represent MSU students at an array of homecoming events throughout the week.
The "Workers Culture in Two Nations: United States and South Africa" exhibit opened Sept. 10 at the MSU Museum. The exhibit examines the parallels between the working history in South Africa and the U.S., including mining, automotive manufacturing, agricultural, domestic service and labor union similarities. The exhibit will be on display in the MSU Museum West Gallery until August 2007.
Louis Uchitelle, author of "The Disposable American: Layoffs and their Consequences," will speak at 4 p.m.
MSU College of Nursing officials are creating an online program to help fill the potential void of nurses, with a $246,602 grant awarded to the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation intended for the program. By 2008, Michigan could be unable to fill as many as 7,000 nursing positions, said Teresa Wehrwein, assistant dean for Professional Partnerships & Faculty Practice. The new program, which is geared toward working nurses, will train them in hospice, home care, ambulatory care or long-term care. "Nursing for Life: The RN Career Transition Program" would be accessed from the Angel Web site so participants can continue to work in their current field, Wehrwein said. "It is a certificate program to prepare nurses that are looking to move to (other fields)," Wehrwein said.