The MSU Dairy Store has found its own way to celebrate the 150th birthday of MSU - by creating a new sesquicentennial flavor of ice cream. MSU President Lou Anna K.
With sweat on their brows, members of the Coalition of Indian Undergraduate Students concentrated while dancing to traditional Indian rhythms this weekend. The group was practicing for its upcoming "Satrang" event on April 8. "Satrang" is the coalition's annual cultural show dedicated to bringing a taste of Indian tradition to campus.
Students in MSU's Landscape Architecture program might soon get the chance to redesign the downtown area of a northern Michigan city. Traverse City, a community of about 15,000 people, is in the process of requesting help from the students as part of the Small Town Design Initiative, a program run by Warren Rauhe, an associate professor of landscape architecture and director of the initiative. In the project, the students would work with Traverse City residents to redesign a 2-mile stretch of land that runs alongside the Grand Traverse Bay, as well as attempt to better connect it with the downtown area, Rauhe said. "There's a lot of open space, a lot of green space there, a lot of opportunity to do something really special," he said.
A program formed in 1999 with courses mainly in the areas of math and science now has a course selection that spans campus and just reached another milestone - the millionth student login. The online course management program, LearningOnline Network Computer-Assisted Personalized Approach, or LON-CAPA, celebrated the 100,000th student to login last fall.
The trophy case of the MSU Residence Halls Association just got a bit more crowded. At last weekend's annual conference of the Michigan Organization of Residence Hall Associations, or MORHA, MSU's RHA came away with multiple individual and group awards. MSU RHA President Ernest Drake was named president of the year.
Student government elections came to a close at 7 p.m. Thursday and ASMSU leaders did not have election totals available. John Sturk, who acts as a liaison for the student government and Academic Computing & Network Services, said proper personnel were not available to release voter turnout information. Election results are anticipated to be released before the weekend's end. And although the government is trying to fill empty seats, some candidates might now be disqualified. Officials said ASMSU's Elections Code "is not in its best form" and Tuesday it caused friction for the second consecutive year. In March 2003, about 28 undergraduates were disqualified when MSU College Republicans and MSU College Democrats endorsed running candidates on each group's respective listserv.
With an about 7-foot wooden cross to bear, students from University Christian Outreach traveled along the Red Cedar River in celebration of the spirit of Easter. Today is Good Friday, which marks the beginning of the Easter holiday, the holiest time of the year for Christians.
After helping design an MSU facility to help sick animals, associate Professor R. Mick Fulton is now trying to help animals thousands of miles away.
Undergraduate students from a number of universities across Michigan presented their research Wednesday at the Capitol for the Michigan Undergraduate Research Forum. More than 50 students from MSU, Wayne State University, University of Michigan, University of Michigan-Dearborn and University of Michigan-Flint were present at the forum. The event commenced in the Capitol rotunda with an opening speech by MSU President Lou Anna K.
Eight hours into ASMSU's election, 500 students - or about 1.4 percent - had logged onto the election Web site to vote, but student government leaders said that's not good enough. "It may be lower than what it was last year," Patricia Smith, Student Assembly internal vice chairperson said.
Some of Michigan's top women leaders in higher education met Wednesday in the Kellogg Center to address the challenges facing today's colleges and universities. The roundtable discussion was sponsored by the Council of Graduate Students to give students a chance to hear how the leaders were facing today's problems, such as state funding and the challenges for women in leadership roles. Martha Smydra, president of Oakland Community College's Royal Oak and Southfield campuses, said things have changed significantly since she began her career 30 years ago. "Back then, some women would get positions based on their minority status," Smydra said.
Video To Go has checked out of the Union. The movie rental store, which opened in September, closed during spring break, said Tom Leach, Video To Go owner. The store's roughly 2,000 movies were taken to the Video To Go location at the Frandor Shopping Center in Lansing, Leach said. Leach said the store struggled to maintain a steady stream of business, partly due to the presence of another Video To Go location a few miles away. "We were kind of competing with ourselves," Leach said.
Academic Assembly Candidates College of Natural Science Matthew Hovey Lyman Briggs sophomore One open seat College of Arts & Letters Two open seats Eli Broad College of Business Jordan Catrinefinance junior Karen Guzdzial marketing sophomore Anna Petrovich hospitality business junior College of Communication, Arts & Sciences Kristen Ditta advertising junior One open seat College of Education Two open seats College of Engineering Two open seats College of Human Ecology Two open seats James Madison College Jessica Garry international relations junior Alex Plum political theory and constitutional democracy and international relations sophomore Ian Mattoon political theory and constitutional democracy and international relations freshman College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Lauren Polinsky park, recreation and tourism resources sophomore One open seat College of Social Science Raman Agrawal psychology junior Nicholas Romley political science sophomore Robert Murphy political science senior College of Nursing Two open seats College of Veterinary Medicine Two open seats Undergraduate Division Two open seats Student Assembly Candidates College of Natural Science Matthew Hovey Lyman Briggs sophomore Timothy Jordan premedical sophomore College of Arts & Letters Erik Green English junior Eli Broad College of Business Yusaf Sumbal supply chain management junior Steven Holben finance sophomore Scott Lachman general business administration and pre-law sophomore Tahera Sakarwala supply chain management junior Harry Wang finance freshman College of Communication, Arts & Sciences Kristen Ditta advertising junior Derek Wallbank journalism junior Jessica Kunnath advertising junior College of Education Two open seats College of Engineering Ryan Blair computer science junior College of Human Ecology One open seat James Madison College Garret Bowman political science freshman Ian Mattoon political theory and constitutional democracy and international relations freshman Steven Irlbacher political theory and constitutional democracy freshmen Jacob Tornga James Madison College freshman College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Lauren Polinsky parks, recreation and tourism sophomore Lauren Olson environmental and economics policy junior College of Social Science Katie Derthick political science junior Roger Ludy economics junior Hallee Winnie interdisciplinary studies in social science junior Raman Agrawal psychology junior Nicholas Romley political science sophomore Robert Murphy political science senior Mike Leahy political science junior College of Nursing One open seat College of Veterinary Medicine Two open seats Undergraduate Division Two open seats
During the last three years, Professor Dan Clay, director of the Institute of International Agriculture, has helped triple the price Rwandans receive for coffee, one of the country's main exports. Clay's Project PEARL (Partnerships to Enhance Agriculture in Rwanda through Linkages) was launched in 2001 "Coffee has been grown there for generations," Clay said.
For his work at Sparty's Convenience Stores, advertising senior Justin Best has been named MSU's Student Employee of the Year. "It's quite an honor.
With ASMSU elections a day away, the student government is once again having trouble finding enough people to fill its open seats. And ASMSU members said their election code could be the cause of the problem. History shows that not many students apply for student government seats, and candidates running have no problem getting elected because of the lack of competition. This year, the Academic Assembly has 13 seats still open, and the Student Assembly, which has two more seats than 2003, has 17 open. Last year, of 26 seats open on the Academic Assembly, nine were filled.
In hopes of giving student parents time to study, a new addition has been made to MSU's Main Library - a children's nook. The nook opened during spring break and was created when students from the Student Parents on a Mission, or SPOM, brought up the idea to library administrators. "We were approached by a student group, and they made the argument that there was no place for students who have small children to study," said Jim Hensley, an administrative assistant for MSU Libraries and coordinator of the project. The project was funded by donations from Lori Strom, coordinator of the Family Resource Center, the library and students from SPOM. Hensley said there is a sampling of books for children as young as toddlers to as old as early teens.
ASMSU officials recently released revisions to their tax-hike scholarship proposal - an issue that is up for decision in Wednesday's student government elections. ASMSU members voted about two months ago to increase undergraduate ASMSU taxes by $3 per semester to fund a scholarship.
Steve Pomerantz knows how America fights terrorism. Pomerantz, a former assistant director of the FBI, spoke to students about his experience Monday in the Union. Spartans for Israel, or SFI, and Hillel Jewish Student Center sponsored Pomerantz's visit as part of a series called "Conversations on U.S.-Israel Relations." SFI president Jennifer Bloom said the event was a chance for students to hear how the U.S.
Students danced, jumped, sang and spoke out at the bi-annual "Cultural Vogue" event sponsored by the Asian Pacific American Student Organization, or APASO, on Saturday in the Auditorium. About 1,200 people attended this year's event, which was titled "Tridentity" and focused on the diverse cultures represented in the organization.