· How to make advanced medical decisions will be the focus of "Getting It Together - Part 3: Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care," presented by the Women's Resource Center.
The second annual Barrister's Charity Ball for MSU-DCL College of Law students, faculty and staff will take place from 6 p.m.
Cortney Peissig's work on the farm is paying off. The Exxon Mobil Corp. recently named Peissig and three students from other agriculture schools as the recipients of its inaugural Mobilfluid 424 Scholarship.
The All-University Traffic and Transportation Committee will hold a public forum Thursday to discuss recommendations that could improve traffic safety across campus. The committee will meet at 3 p.m.
Starting in the fall of 2006, members of the university community will be looking at a new eating option.
Students are highly inefficient at dating, one MSU professor says. "The efficient thing to do would be to go up to (someone they are attracted to) and say, 'excuse me, I would like to meet you,'" psychology Professor Gary Stollak said.
Visitors are asked to remove their shoes and their judgments before joining the weekly spiritual circle of the Krsna-bhakti club. The group meets every Wednesday in the Multicultural Center in the basement of the Union.
As Brenda Sternquist prepared to leave her hotel in India and brave the wilderness, she had no idea she was the recipient of an award that would be the highlight of her career. The merchandising management professor checked her e-mail moments before she set off for the jungle and found a message from The National Retail Federation naming her the first Retail Educator of the Year. "None of my friends were there," Sternquist said.
By Daniel Thai Special for The State News It's Valentine's Day - the lights are dim, silky R&B melodies tease the air with the abundant scent of flowers, and poets hurriedly transcribe their visions onto paper. It's Soul Nite in Common Grounds Coffeehouse in Akers Hall, presented by the Black Poets Society.
When asked if he was going to hit the dance floor at the third Very Special Valentine's Day Dance on Sunday, Chad Trusty responded with a resounding, "You betcha!" "I like dancing," Trusty said.
Arbitration between the Graduate Employees Union and the university has been rescheduled for April 16. The arbitration concerns a grievance filed by the GEU in November charging that the university was wrongfully taking benefits from GEU members by reclassifying teaching assistant positions as instructors. The original arbitration was set for Jan.
The MSU Board of Trustees approved several university building renovations at its meeting Friday, including a $3 million addition to the Cyclotron. Construction to the building will begin soon and should be completed by December, according to University Engineer Bob Nestle.
In celebration of Black History month, the Black History Committee with African American and African Studies presents a Malcolm X Symposium from 1 to 7 p.m.
On Tuesday, ASMSU's Academic Assembly will debate its position on MSU's tuition agreement that promises to keep tuition at the rate of inflation in exchange for less funding cuts from the state. A set of two bills, one supporting the action and the other condemning it, originally were presented at the Feb.
Members of the Residence Halls Association's General Assembly voted Wednesday to increase the organization's tax on dorm residents from $21 to $22. Assembly members voted 23-3-1 on the bill, which must gain approval from students in a March vote to take effect.
When it comes to competing with University of Michigan, Spartans bleed green. And throughout February, it's time to give blood. The Great Lakes Region of the American Red Cross is organizing the second annual Cold Blood Battle between the universities, asking community members to donate as much blood as possible.
It didn't have music, supermodels or a catwalk, but that didn't stop human biology senior Dave Mitchell from strutting his stuff in a "fashion show" Thursday afternoon in the Union.
Nothing says love like "Basket Case" by Green Day. Or, for the more traditional wooers, maybe a selection by Nat King Cole.
Discussions on sponsoring a welcome week concert this fall at Breslin Center has spurned MSU's undergraduate student government to expand fall welcome activities. ASMSU members will work with the Department of Student Life to add music, sports and other activities to the five-day stretch between freshman move-in and the first day of classes. Some of the ideas under consideration are a Taste Fest in East Lansing with area businesses, intermural sports activities, a Battle of the Bands and an event for dorm residents to meet their neighbors. "We're trying to come up with a whole set of things to do," said Kevin Glandon, external vice chairperson for ASMSU's Student Assembly.
MSU-DCL College of Law Professor Kevin Saunders was set to travel to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to testify before a U.S.