ASMSU services will undergo scrutiny next fall by a new committee formed Tuesday night. A bill to form a committee to evaluate the effectiveness of ASMSU's services was proposed to Academic Assembly for the second time this semester at the Tuesday meeting. MSU's undergraduate student government provides legal services, blue books and funding for campus events.
A student group supporting fair labor is upset with the university after MSU President M. Peter McPherson met with the executive director of a labor-monitoring organization without notifying them. Members of Students for Economic Justice, or SEJ, said they have been campaigning for four years to get McPherson to consider joining the Worker Rights Consortium and were disappointed to find out that the meeting took place earlier last month without their input or presence. "That's unprofessional," said economics senior Dave Mitchell, a member of SEJ.
University computers might be infected with a program that can track personal information entered into machines. Merit, the university's Internet provider, notified Academic Computing and Network Services on Tuesday that about 15 computers are thought to be infected with a keystroke logger.
Students living in apartments a few miles north of campus and in downtown East Lansing have another option when the question arises of how they'll get home after 10 p.m. Capital Area Transportation Authority, or CATA, has recently extended its hours of operation on Route 26, which services Abbott to Chandler roads, and is home to numerous businesses and apartment complexes. The route now runs on 35-minute intervals until 2:30 a.m.
The Night of Solidarity with the People of Haiti is holding a forum Thursday in Detroit about the United States' involvement with exiled Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The forum begins at 6 p.m.
Lansing - The Thomas M. Cooley Law School is suing the American Bar Association to end what school administrators are calling a lengthy approval process for its new satellite campuses, Don LeDuc, president and dean of the school, said. The Cooley Law School is stating that the association instructed the school to follow one set of rules governing new satellite campuses during their approval process and then "switched" the interpretations of those standards during review. In September 2002, Cooley opened the first of two new campuses in conjunction with Oakland University, and then with Western Michigan University in May 2003. The schools have been waiting to receive approval by the ABA for more than a year.
Don't judge an apple by its cover - shiny red skin and a plump appearance might just be masking a squishy texture or sour taste. Renfu Lu, an adjunct associate professor at MSU and agricultural engineer with the U.S.
With less than two months until the summer solstice and a slew of downtown fairs and festivals in the works, the East Lansing City Council has begun gearing up for warmer weather. City staff and local business owners are seeking approvals for summertime requests from increased outdoor restaurant seating to outdoor concert events at tonight's council meeting, to be held at 7:30 p.m.
Wireless Internet is spreading faster in Southeast Michigan than any other metropolitan area across the country, according to a new national study. Detroit made the biggest jump in the rankings of Intel Corp.'s America's "most unwired cities," leaping from 48th last year to 28th.
Two weeks ago, the ASMSU Candy Initiative passed through Student Assembly, but until today, the offices of MSU's undergraduate student government were sweet-free. The bill, which passed with one dissension, allocates $150 to buy candy for the business office on the third floor of Student Services.
Within the offices of the Health Education Services at Olin Health Center, MSU senior Deanna DeHaven has been working for two years to help bring some MSU students peace of mind.
History can be relived at the touch of a button at the G. Robert Vincent Voice Library. Tucked away in the fourth floor west wing of the MSU library, more than 50,000 voices and sounds are housed, creating the nation's largest academic voice library. Its earliest recording is a Sept.
The regularly scheduled Tuesday evening East Lansing City Council meeting has been rescheduled in observance of Passover. "Passover is a religious observance for part of the community," said Judith Taran, East Lansing communication director. The meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m.
Ninety white-gloved hands move in unison. The children lift their hands to sign "glory" with a circle around and over their heads. To sing "It's so good to know God is just a prayer away," they move quickly, ending with a drawn-out sign, left hands held close to the chest while the right hands stretch out from the body. The children's choir, called God's Heavenly Hands & God's Joyous Singers, is made up of 45 hearing youth from Detroit and the surrounding areas. They travel locally, regionally and nationally to perform spiritual songs for both the hearing and the hearing-impaired. "Our goal was to learn to sign to grow spiritually ourselves and to, through song, bring the hearing impaired to Jesus Christ," choir director Vivian Hughes said.
Grants for 38 new research projects in the 2004 fiscal year have been awarded by Project GREEEN, totaling more than $952,200. Project GREEEN, which stands for Generating Research and Extension to meet Environmental and Economic Needs, is Michigan's plant agriculture initiative at MSU. Projects were awarded funding in four categories: basic research, value-added research, applied research and extension/education/demonstration. There were 78 new project proposals and 36 continuation proposals this year. For listings of 2004 newly funded and continuing Project GREEEN research projects, visit www.greeen.msu.edu/newspage.htm.
The MSU Mock Trial Team might be young, but don't cross the members in the courtroom. The four-year-old team took eighth place in March at the American Mock Trial Association National Tournament in Richmond, Ky. "Our program is getting better by leaps and bounds every year," said Pete Martini, a public administration and public policy senior and mock trial member.
The 1st Annual Food for Thought 5K Run/Walk is an MSU Student Food Bank fund-raiser. The event is set to take place at 9 a.m.
From his home in Bad Axe, Cory Collings said he'll miss being a student at MSU. He has no memory of being hit by a drunken driver almost two weeks ago.
As the music of the piano and other instruments drifts in the background, the choir leads the St. John Student Parish congregation in song. With their hymnal books open, the parish stands in Father Mark Inglot's presence.