During the final ASMSU Student Assembly meeting Thursday night, members addressed campus issues and events, as well as bills to increase interaction with the East Lansing. MSU's undergraduate student government also passed its 2004-05 budget. "The budget has passed - the celebration may commence," said Missy Kushlak, Student Assembly chairperson.
Jerome Friedman, Nobel prize winner and professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will speak at 7:30 p.m.
A journalist for WJR, a Detroit News sports writer and a Detroit Free Press political writer will be inducted into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame on Saturday.
An informative meeting on a study abroad trip to Antarctica will be held at 4-5 p.m. and 5-6 p.m. April 19 in Room 204 of the International Center.
Lansing - For 5-year-old Rose Allswede, equipped with a fiery sense of determination and a grocery bag, the moment of truth was at hand. The girl stood before thousands of plastic colored eggs dotting the Capitol lawn Saturday morning, cordoned off by yards of yellow caution tape.
A Thursday evening meeting between College of Arts & Letters faculty members and Provost Lou Anna Simon left participants positive about future conversations and alternatives to large teaching assistant cuts. More than 50 people from the college filled a Linton Hall room for an hour and a half of open dialogue. Scott Michaelsen, associate professor of English, brought his experience as the director of the Ad Hoc Committee on Faculty Voice to his college and organized the meeting. "We had a very open and very productive dialogue about our shared values regarding the humanities and we agreed to work together in the coming weeks to find ways to protect and enhance our core humanities programs, both graduate and undergraduate," he said. Simon said the discussion led to an understanding between faculty and the administration as to the reality of budget cuts. "We sort of shared realities and concerns, and then tried to think about some ideas we could pursue in a context in which the resources are constrained," she said. The discussion was spawned from TA position offers made on March 31, a deadline established by the Graduate Employees Union.
Michigan recently joined a national movement for child abuse awareness and officials declared April as Child Abuse Prevention Month. On March 31, Gov.
Members of Direct Action, a Lansing-based activist group, marched along Grand River Avenue on Saturday, shouting in protest against the U.S.
When it comes to thinking about attending college, MSU's King-Chavez-Parks College Day programs encourage underrepresented kids to start planning early.
Lansing - The closure of main downtown Lansing throughways during the past week has not hampered the daily routines of local employees and businesses. The Capitol Loop Project, an initiative to make repairs to portions of several roads surrounding the state Capitol, began April 5.
As gas prices in Michigan continue to spiral higher, Gov. Jennifer Granholm urged one state department to step up efforts to insure service stations are not cheating consumers.
As the 2004-05 session of ASMSU begins in two weeks, only a few new representatives are preparing for their first meeting. On April 20 and 22, members of MSU's undergraduate student government will choose who will fill chair positions for both Academic and Student assemblies, but only three representatives attended orientation last weekend. To further help new representatives ease into their responsibilities, current ASMSU vice chairs held a new-representative orientation on April 3.
More people were added to the new Residence Halls Association Executive Board on Wednesday. The General Assembly validated four more positions, leaving three positions to be confirmed next week. Those accepted Wednesday were Director of Health and Safety Megan Muscia; Director of Recycling Clark Llamzon; Executive Secretary Cory Rose and Director of Special Events Eric Bolf.
Cloudy skies and chilly winds did not prevent teaching assistants from spending the day outside the Administration Building and the evening in Linton Hall rallying for their jobs. Based on preliminary budget numbers crunched by individual colleges, a smaller number of teaching-assistant positions was offered by the Graduate Employees Union's March 31 deadline. Many teaching assistants consider the Department of Spanish and Portuguese to be the hardest-hit.
The Beta Theta Pi fraternity member injured in an assault Sunday has been released from the hospital, East Lansing police Capt.
Lansing - Capital City Aiport will add 750 feet to its runway by 2005, a move that might help attract more long-distance flights to the Lansing airport.
While the rest of East Lansing brooded under dreary skies Thursday, the corner of Grand River Avenue and Hagadorn Road was a floral paradise. Roses, daisies, tulips and lilies abound every day inside B-A Florist and Plant House, 1424 E.
The two men charged with breaking into the Kresge Art Center in October were sentenced on Wednesday in Ingham County Circuit Court. Verdine Josey and Larry Shirley pleaded guilty to breaking and entering with intent to commit larceny, said Joyce Draganchuk, Ingham County chief assistant prosecutor.
With the end of the semester nearing, a number of student organizations are approaching governing groups that allocate money, hoping to get one last piece of the pie. Three such requests were presented to the Residence Halls Association General Assembly at its Wednesday meeting, but only two of the bills made it to a vote. The African Student Union put in a request for $100 to the assembly.
Members from the University United Methodist Church came together Thursday night to portray the Last Supper as seen in Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting. Starting 16 years ago, the church, located at 1120 S.