Students who were less than impressed with their fall semester grades may have been afraid of how their parents might react - but they might not have to face that fear again.FEAR, an annual conference sponsored by the Office of Minority Student Affairs, will take place Jan.
By TYLER SIPE The State News More students are needed to help area residents in crisis this semester. MSU Safe Place, an on-campus domestic violence shelter, is looking for anyone who can volunteer two to four hours a week.
Beginning in March, MSU’s reputable food system studies center will gain an internationally known expert on foodborne disease.Ewen Todd has been named director of MSU’s National Food Safety and Toxicology Center.Todd has a long history of research accomplishments dealing with the risks and effects of toxins found in food such as E.
In efforts to promote awareness of women’s health, January has been designated National Cervical Health Month for the second consecutive year.To encourage health care providers to open their doors to women who have not had a Pap smear in over three years, Friday is designated as free Pap smear day by the coalition.“The announcement is made nationwide to try to encourage providers to promote it however, it is implemented on the local level,” Alan Kaye, executive director of the coalition said.The Pap smear is a test that is performed when there are changes of the cervix.
By BRANDI LEWANDOWSKI The State News Melissa Peele graduated in December with a little help from her fellow MSU students. “I’ve had numerous books read to me by other students and I’ve also called on them to help me research papers,” Peele said. Peele, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English, has been blind since she was four months old. When she became a student at MSU in 1994, she utilized a reading program provided by the Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities, 120 Bessey Hall.
Those visiting or waiting in line at the Registrar’s Office this semester can view some student-inspired creations. The oil canvas paintings of Greg Siler and Julia Warner, both master of fine arts graduate students, will hang in the Registrar’s Office, 150 Administration Building, for the duration of the spring semester.
MSU may be just a university to many students, but others have plans to explore its place in the universe.Nearly 100 students from a range of majors have enrolled in Social Science 290, section two, Our Place on Earth, a new course being offered for spring semester 2001.Unlike many science-based ecology courses focusing on environmental problems, this semester-long seminar concentrates on the social, psychological and spiritual aspects of humans’ relationship with the natural world.“What we are trying to do is get all of us to be more mindful of how we live on this earth in a way that makes it possible for us to share it with many life forms for many generations to come,” said Laura DeLind, a senior academic specialist in the Department of Anthropology, who helped organize the course.And the course emphasizes the demand for individual responsibility in the local community in particular, some say.“I don’t think we spend enough time thinking about where it is we live,” said Terry Link, another course organizer and director of the Office of Campus Sustainability.
While many will join President Clinton today in supporting the MSU men’s basketball team at Breslin Student Events Center, others plan to show their support for another cause.A group of MSU students will organize a rally outside of the Breslin Center in support of Leonard Peltier, a leader of the American Indian Movement who was convicted of the murder of two FBI agents and sentenced to two consecutive life sentences.President Clinton has issued presidential pardons to 62 people during his final days in the White House.
Steve Smith’s 2,263 points may have solidified him as the second leading scorer in MSU men’s basketball history, but it has been his generosity off the court that may make the lasting impression. Smith, who graduated from MSU in 1991, announced during a Thursday press conference from Rose Sports Arena in Portland, Ore., that he would donate $600,000 toward scholarships for students at Detroit’s Pershing High School, his alma mater. Smith called the endowment a “gift of opportunity” - a gift that will send one student to MSU each year on a full academic scholarship. Initially, Smith, with his wife Millie, donated $2.5 million to MSU for use in building the Clara Bell Smith Student-Athlete Academic Center and established a scholarship fund for graduates of the high school in January 1997. Smith could not be reached for comment Monday. Pershing High School Principal Emeral Crosby said he was appreciative of Smith’s generosity the last four years. “(My first reaction) was one of great enthusiasm and gratitude that he remembered us,” Crosby said. And MSU President M.
After commencement ceremonies, graduates often have goals to accomplish and dreams to fulfill.And according to Kaplan Inc. Vice President Trent Anderson, these goals and dreams often include impulse buying of cars and luxurious vacations that are not necessary and only create more debt.
An amendment to the MSU’s towing policy will assure that all towing practices conform with state law.The amendment, approved by the MSU Board of Trustees at its Dec.
Tracie Goldman thinks the Student Disorderly Conduct Policy demonstrates fairness between students and administration. The policy, passed at the Dec.
The blizzard that whipped across Michigan on Dec. 11 left Jillian Williams - and many others - out in the cold during finals week.“I had an 8 a.m.
The engineers at MSU’s Cyclotron building don’t get a three week vacation during the holidays; they’re always working - and thinking. Steve Bricker is no exception. Bricker graduated from MSU in 1981 and has been an engineer in the Cyclotron lab ever since.
Kweisi Mfume, the president and chief executive officer of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and Preston Williams, an academic theologian from Harvard University, will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.
WKAR-TV and Radio will help feed the hungry this holiday season by serving as a collection site for donations to the Greater Lansing Food Bank.The food drive will continue through Dec.
The government’s war on drugs may have been lost on college students - especially when it comes to marijuana, according to a recently released study.Harvard University’s School of Public Health conducted the College Alcohol Study in 1993, 1997 and 1999, surveying more than 14,000 students in colleges and universities nationwide.
Christmas came early for the Ingham County Health Department. After almost three months of waiting, the health department received its first shipment of the flu vaccine late last week. And although it’s late in the flu season, the vaccinations can still be effective, Ingham County Disease Control Supervisor Judy Williams said. “We go by confirmed cases where someone shows up in the emergency room and has a throat culture done and it shows that the person has influenza,” she said, adding that there is a flu mimic circulating that is not actually influenza.
Kevin Epling, producer and director of photography for MSU’s Division of University Relations, is one of the best in the business. That’s according to AV Video Multimedia Producer magazine, which named Epling one of the Top 100 Producers of 2000.
Whether to increase the number of teaching assistants or to increase their pay was addressed at a forum hosted by the MSU Council of Graduate Students on Thursday night.“COGS Town Hall - Addressing the Potential Reduction of Teaching Assistantships for the 2001-2002 Academic Year” was held to allow students to voice their concerns and opinions on the issue.“The primary role of COGS is to be an advocate for graduate student concerns,” said Sam Howerton, president of the group.