Their message: Unity and organization can effectively change the world. Former participants of the Movimiento Estudiantil Xicano de Aztlan, or MEXA, organization's weeklong hunger strike reassembled Saturday afternoon for a conference to discuss their activism during their time at MSU.
As university officials ask MSU's head football coach to leave one week before elections, political analysts and election candidates say they believe the decision to relieve John L.
The Hindu holiday called Diwali is a time for families to gather and recognize good triumphing over evil with a celebration filled with lights. In India, where the holiday is mostly celebrated, communities decorate homes and buildings with lamps and candles.
Name: Arshad Majid, associate professor of neurology and the director of the division of cerebrovascular diseases. Department: Neurology Date of research: Work was started about a year ago. Type of research: Common dietary supplement used to reduce the severity of a stroke. Basics of research: Majid and other researchers are experimenting with a dietary supplement called Carnosine, which is a diet peptide that combines two amino acids. The testing is done on mice in hopes of finding what happens when cells die and how cells can be protected in the brain in case of a stroke. "Basically we used a mouse model where we can selectively include a critical artery in the brain that supplies blood to the mouse brain," Majid said.
Although it falls the day after Halloween, Day of the Dead isn't about candy, ghosts or pumpkins.
MSU staff and faculty are happy to be working for the university, according to one magazine's online research. Last year, the university ranked 41st on The Scientist's "Best Places to Work 2006: Academia" survey.
When Brittney McCullers turns 18 in January, it will be too late for her to vote in the November election. The accounting freshman will be affected by the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, or MCRI, if passed Nov.
The people who make it possible for nontraditional students to attend class, study for exams and work for rent money or groceries are being rewarded. As National Nontraditional Student Recognition Week begins next week, the MSU Family Resource Center is honoring faculty and staff members who have helped married students, commuters, military service members or those who have other unusual circumstances maintain their busy schedules.
MSU students can participate in a Day of the Dead project from 4-6 p.m. Wednesday in room 200 in South Kedzie Hall.
MSU is going to update the campus' master plan, which will detail building and construction plans for the next five years. Campus planner Stephen Troost said the department of Campus Planning and Administration has brainstormed ideas for the plan since the beginning of the year.
An MSU researcher is planning a survey to study the racial distribution, climate and attitudes in residence halls. Jessica Mills, a sociology doctoral student, will compose the survey and compile the results, with support from the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, as part of her dissertation and possibly for the university's use. "She is interested in where students are placed to live in residence halls," said Martina Egerer, Holden Hall's RHA representative. The survey will examine students' beliefs about why they are placed in dorms, she said.
The MSU Career Services Network will provide a creative arts forum for students interested in learning more about careers in writing, publishing graphic design, advertising, curation and art management and freelancing.
For the 13th consecutive year, hospitalized patients in Michigan and Pennsylvania will receive blood from the MSU-Penn State Blood Challenge. Students at MSU and Penn State University will have the opportunity to help their respective schools win the challenge by donating blood until Nov.
U.S. News & World Report writer Jeffery Sheler will sign and discuss his book, "Believers: A Journey into Evangelical America," at 7:30 p.m.
Correction: The brief should have stated that Jeff Wiggins, chairman of the MSU College Republicans, will not be debating in Wonders Hall on Wednesday night because of a prior commitment.
The MSU Board of Trustees passed an ordinance last week clarifying President Lou Anna K. Simon's power to declare a campuswide emergency, but it doesn't define what is considered an emergency or what exact powers the president is given. The ordinance is more of a show of power than a real change in university policy, said Kristine Zayko, MSU's associate general counsel. "When a president declares a campus emergency, the president is then given power to use whatever means necessary to protect the interests of this university," Zayko said. MSU police Chief Jim Dunlap said the ordinance makes law enforcement easier. "This plan helps law enforcement get together an emergency management plan," Dunlap said.
Students in Jeanne Gazel's ISS 315 class last spring began to think about creating an organization to help Africa when they had to do a presentation for the class. Now they're on their way to making those thoughts a reality. A new student group called Family of Strength Organization, or FOSO, is working to help orphans and children who have been affected by the HIV/AIDS crisis in sub-Saharan Africa.
James Madison students gathered today in Case Hall's lounge to vote out ASMSU representative Kyle Bristow.
Students can now apply to live in the new University Village Apartments, which reopen in August 2007. After 53 years, the original MSU apartments were demolished in May and will be replaced by the new three-story buildings. Apartments in the complex will be available to upper-division undergraduates who are in good standing with the university, said Angela Brown, University Housing director. Prospective leasers can tour the apartments, which are located on Kalamazoo Street, from 10 a.m.
Throughout the last 20 years, MSU has seen an increasing interest in researching and learning in Africa, and MSU's Office of Study Abroad reported a significant rise in students who want to study in Africa. Cindy Chalou, the assistant director of the study abroad program, said since she has been involved with the program, students, staff and faculty have participated even more. "Quite honestly, I don't know why the interest has grown so much," said Chalou. "Right now, Ghana is receiving the most attention and already has a waiting list put out for it, which is usually held by the ones in England." The program in Ghana offers students the opportunity to travel and study health care and mass media. Jeanne Gazel, a consultant in the student affairs and services branch, said she participates in a study abroad in South Africa focused on race relations and said this year's interest in the class is a big surprise. "There are way more applicants than I have seats," Gazel said.