The Anti-Defamation League, or ADL, is calling for MSU to reconsider Archbishop Desmond Tutu as its commencement speaker, citing his criticisms of Israel. They also have called for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to reconsider him as a speaker.
Voter turnout for student elections last week was lower than previous years, but two tax referenda for student organizations passed. The taxes almost completely fund the organizations.
MSU Resident Halls Association’s hiring practices were brought into question Wednesday after the General Assembly determined it was unclear whether or not recent hiring practices followed RHA’s bylaws.
It’s a story that led Maj. David Howell, a Michigan National Guard physician’s assistant, back to Iraq. Instead of returning to the region for combat, he went to bring a child to America for a life-changing surgery, resulting in a union among MSU, the Michigan National Guard, Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital and many others.
MSU students celebrated the university’s first Peace Week this week as groups organized several events to promote peace on campus. Documentaries, as well as an event called the Tunnel of Oppression, highlighted the first part of the two-week event, which was organized by the Peace over Prejudice Campaign.
The former president of the Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, called for a reelection during a special meeting Wednesday night to discuss the charges leveled against him.
In less than two decades, a former MSU economics assistant professor has gone from lecturing classrooms of students to briefing the president. Ed Montgomery, an MSU economics professor from 1986-90, was named director of recovery for auto communities and workers last week by the Obama administration.
The MSU Office for International Students and Scholars will honor deceased MSU student Don Ausman at its third annual Globie Awards today. The ceremony is scheduled for noon in The Spartan Club, located on the fourth floor of Spartan Stadium.
Capital Area Transportation Authority, or CATA, has announced that buses will not run on Sunday in observance of Easter. Additional changes will be made to several routes on Saturday night.
Although the men’s basketball team fell short Monday, local business owners said they were winners in terms of sales thanks to the team’s appearance in the NCAA championship game. At Student Book Store, 421 E. Grand River Ave., MSU shirt sales skyrocketed and led to a measurable increase in business, said Mike Wylie, assistant manager at SBS.
ASMSU’s Academic Assembly failed to meet quorum at its final meeting of the 17th session Tuesday, which killed bills to change the assembly’s code of operations. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government.
Yash Pal Kapur, an accomplished professor who received accolades worldwide in the field of medicine, died Tuesday. The professor emeritus, 82, was the chairman of the Department of Surgery in the College of Human Medicine.
Students and faculty gathered for a professor’s “last lecture” Wednesday night, but they were not taking notes or attending a class. As part of the ASMSU-sponsored Last Lecture Series, Steve Sharra, a visiting assistant professor in philosophy and peace and justice studies, spoke about his home country of Malawi and the lessons he learned from his time there.
MSU painted a troublesome picture of the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum’s future on Wednesday, saying it didn’t expect to break ground on the project until March 2010, more than a year and a half later than originally planned.
A 19-year-old male student reported his Gateway laptop computer stolen Sunday from his West Akers Hall room, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
After tabling a scheduled vote on whether to use public right-of-way to acquire a property for its Avondale Square project, East Lansing City Council members will have to wait to complete construction of the project’s west alley.
The arrival of spring and deep NCAA Tournament runs by the MSU men’s basketball team used to be signs of impending disturbances in East Lansing. However, police and university officials are hoping two celebrations within the last week they deemed as “peaceful” might signal progress in their efforts to improve a reputation tattered by riots in years past.
The sixth national Race in 21st Century America conference, launches today with a keynote address by former U.S. Surgeon General M. Joycelyn Elders at 1 p.m. in the Kellogg Center auditorium.
The Academic Year Task Force drafted an initial report on its findings regarding changes to the academic calendar to begin as early as 2010. Based on survey data from faculty and students and calendars of other universities, the task force suggests MSU adopt a 14-week fall semester, to begin after Labor Day. There would be a one-week finals period, according to the report.
Steve Sharra might have many lectures to come, but he is working on one as if it were his last. Sharra is an MSU visiting assistant professor in philosophy and peace and justice studies.