Mike Nowak wanted a brighter smile.After viewing several commercials for Crest Whitestrips, a two-week method to whiten teeth, the accounting sophomore decided to give the strips a try."I tried them because teeth can never be white enough for me," he said.
When political theory sophomore John Sturk slams his gavel, he commands the attention of 40 representatives of the Residence Halls Association. As internal vice president of RHA, one of Sturk's responsibilities is to make sure the General Assembly abides by parliamentary procedure - called Robert's Rules of Order."I happen to find parliamentary procedures personally fascinating," Sturk said.
Aspiring singer-songwriter Jason Mraz is performing at 7 p.m. in the Union Ballroom on Wednesday. The 25-year-old Virginian spent the past two years of his life in the sunny streets of San Diego playing regular gigs at coffeehouses until the day he was signed to Elektra Records.
The Department of Political Science will offer a new class beginning in the spring semester. Political Science 950, Research Seminar in Comparative Politics, will now focus on the interaction of religion and politics in Muslim states, including Egypt and Nigeria. Mohammed Ayoob, a university distinguished professor of international relations in James Madison College, will teach the course.
The new members of the recently recolonized Pi Kappa Phi have a long road ahead if they hope to regain full Interfraternity Council benefits and privileges.When the fraternity was suspended last spring, they lost their charter and all of the rights that go along with being a member of the council.
MSU's health advocates will spend next semester focused on women's health issues.The advocates - students working with Olin Health Center's Community Action Team - are working on four new programs to launch in January.The programs will be on date rape, body image, pelvic examinations and emergency contraception.Health advocates for the team have been working this semester to present their programs as part of MSU's Women's Healthy Sexuality Month, said Beth Weaver, mentor for the Community Action Team."Our mission is to speak as a student representative on health and safety issues," Weaver said.The health advocacy program has been a part of the university since 1986, but the Community Action Team wasn't established until 1996, she said.In past years the group has focused on variety of issues, including athletics and the responsibilities of bar employees, Weaver said.The students work to develop their own projects and help each other carry out the programs.
The Coalition for Social Responsibility will present a bill to ASMSU's Academic Assembly on Tuesday and to the Student Assembly on Thursday. If both assemblies of MSU's undergraduate student government vote to support the bill, the university might have to rethink its current investment policy. It is university investments in companies like Playboy Enterprises Inc. and Exxon Mobil Corp.
The fight against drugs just got a new ally.A new institute will be created on campus to combat drug and violence issues in community schools across the state.
While many people will be warm, cozy and contemplating Thanksgiving dinner, four members of the MSU Sailing Club will be braving the cold Chicago weather as they race against 15 other schools in the 56th annual Timme Angsten Memorial Regatta this weekend. "This is our biggest competition for the fall," said Mary Vorel, a pre-veterinary sophomore and team racing captain.
Two young men attending a Halloween party may have gone too far when choosing their costumes this year.The University of Virginia chapters of Kappa Alpha Order and Zeta Psi Fraternity were suspended after two male guests showed up for the event at the Zeta Psi house in blackface dressed as tennis players Venus and Serena Williams.National leaders from both organizations conducted investigations following the incident."We temporarily suspended operations at the Lambda chapter until our investigation was complete," said Todd Shelton, Kappa Alpha Order's communications director.
MSU police Officer Paul Schofield is hanging up his blue uniform after 30 years of policing to wear a suit and tie.Schofield, 52, is joining the MSU Department of Police and Public Safety detective ranks on Dec.
Get hungry for a change. That was the motto undertaken by the Muslim Students' Association as they raised money for a local charity on Monday. The organization recruited students to fast from sunrise to sunset as part of a Fast-a-Thon that would donate its pledges to Ele's Place, 600 W.
ASMSU passed a resolution Tuesday to urge Michigan's current governor to keep a promise to Michigan's public universities.MSU's undergraduate student government has sent letters to leaders of both parties in the state Legislature and Gov.
World AIDS Day will be observed at 6 p.m. Dec. 1 at Wharton Center. The event will honor people who have died from an AIDS-related illnesses. In 2001, 900,000 people in the United States reported living with HIV and AIDS. Olin Health advocates and various student organizations will participate in the event by tying 500 ribbons on trees across campus.
Some university families are guaranteed a fruitful Thanksgiving after three residence hall complexes filled a room full of food and MSU's Department of Police and Public Safety distributed it last week.For the department's third annual West Side Community Policing Team's food drive, more than enough food was collected in one month to feed six families who live in university apartments.With food donations from residents in Brody, West Circle and South complexes, large holiday baskets were assembled and given to each family.
U.N. Development Programme Administrator Mark Malloch Brown will speak to advanced degree candidates during commencement activities Dec.
MSU's Foodborne Disease Forum has set up a Web site for the public to report contaminated foods in Greater Lansing.
A clinic on telescopes will be held at 7 p.m. Dec. 5 in Abrams Planetarium. The goal of the clinic is to provide information on telescopes to potential buyers in time for the holiday shopping season. Attendees can learn the basic features to look for in telescopes.
Just above freezing temperatures and a brisk wind didn't stop students and local residents from participating in Alpha Phi Omega's first annual 5K run and walk Saturday afternoon."It really isn't that bad out," environmental biology senior Amber Johnson said.
Various cultures of the world came to campus Sunday as ethnic dance, music, fashion shows and craft activities filled rooms of the Union.More than 30 international clubs and organizations participated in Global Festival 2002, an event that was part of International Education Week that featured exhibits, crafts, games and information about countries around the globe.Dozens of children gathered around a stage in the ballroom as the Taiwanese Puppet Troupe of the University of Madison performed a traditional Taiwanese puppet show.