Board of Trustees, students to debate
Four of the candidates for the MSU Board of Trustee will debate at 6 p.m. Wednesday in 145 Communication Arts and Sciences Building. Bill Ballenger, editor and publisher of Inside Michigan Politics, will serve as the moderator. The 90-minute debate, sponsored by the Council of Graduate Students and The State News, will include incumbents Colleen McNamara, a Democrat, and Don Nugent, a Republican, as well as State Sen.
Community readies for screening of movie
Today’s screening of “Fahrenheit 451” at 7 p.m. will headline this weeks “One Book, One Community” events at the Hannah Community Center.
Arnold Air Society serves community
Lansing - Communication sophomore Amy Shingledecker and fellow members of the Arnold Air Society helped clean up after Empty Bowls 2002 at the Center for the Arts, 425 S.
U employee gets obscene call
An MSU employee received an obscene phone call from an unknown man stating he was coming after her last week.Police say a 34-year-old woman received four obscene phone calls in her Administration Building office between 8 a.m.
College of Education awarded 2 grants
The MSU College of Education will be part of two grants worth about $20 million awarded by the National Science Foundation to improve education. MSU is the only university to be part of both grants at the K-12 and post-secondary level. The grant, awarded for the study of Higher Adult and Lifelong Education, is worth $10 million over five years and will launch a relationship with the University of Wisconsin and Penn State University to establish the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning. “Starting from day one for this to be a success it will go way beyond Wisconsin,” said James Fairweather, MSU educational administration professor.
Students active in IM sports
Seventy-five thousand screaming fans and national TV coverage are not needed for an exciting, competitive football game to take place.According to avid residence hall sports fans, all that’s needed are floor mates or fraternity brothers, color coordinated T-shirts and $35 to sign up for one of the most popular sports in the dorms - IM football.“I love it,” communications junior and IM assistant supervisor Andi Osters said.
Black Caucus to sponsor haunted house Friday
The Case Hall Black Caucus is sponsoring a haunted house Friday night for students and area residents.
Report: Plant adds phosphorus to river
The banks of the Red Cedar River are not as clean as they look, according to data issued last week by the Public Interest Research Group in Michigan.The group gathered information on pollutant violations from 1999 to 2001 from the Environmental Protection Agency and Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.
City council to discuss traffic, lawn furniture
The presence of sofas, loungers, and other furniture on the lawns of East Lansing will be addressed at the East Lansing City Council work session tonight.Council members will look at an ordinance that prohibits the placement of inside furniture outdoors when not in use.But some students don’t understand the law’s relevance.
Cultural center to host lunchtime events
The African Studies Center in 201 International Center will present two lecturers. The African Studies Brown Bag with linguistics Professor Grover Hudson is on “Linguistic Analysis of the 1998 Ethiopian Census” at noon Thursday.
Palestinian debate to be held by students
A proposal supporting Palestinian rights and a U.N. resolution is causing a stir among the student body of the MSU-Detroit College of Law that is culminating in a debate at 9:30 p.m.
Health information to be sent out in e-mail
The University Physician’s Office at MSU is sending health information e-mails to MSU employees, retirees and health care providers. The Healthy Email Project provides information on common health concerns that has been reviewed by physicians.
Event addresses school violence
Lansing - Melissa Barton snapped pictures of her students as they lined up to sign the School Safety Pledge.
Fire officials remind U to check fire alarms
As East Lansing falls back to standard time Saturday night, city fire officials remind residents to change smoke detector batteries while setting back clocks. Fire Marshal Bob Pratt said that since most fatal fires occur at night, keeping a fully functional smoke detector is of tremendous importance. “Upwards of 80 percent of fatal fires occur between midnight and 8 (a.m.),” he said.
RHA begins recycling program in dorms
Students living in residence halls will no longer have an excuse to walk by empty blue bins marked plastic, paper and glass. The Residence Halls Association begins its recycling program today, available in all the residence halls on campus.
Bills might give nursing students aid
A new nursing scholarship could provide the state of Michigan with $4 million that could potentially offset the shortage of nurses statewide.
Night raises cultural awareness
With puppets and henna tattoos, ethnic foods and maps of the East, a group of volunteers made efforts to educate Holmes Hall students Sunday. The Asian-African cultural night was part of an effort by the group Raising Awareness by Internationalizing Students’ Education, or RAISE, to visit the residence halls and promote awareness. RAISE is a program within the Office of Internationalizing Students, which is a part of the Department of Student Life.
LCC includes same-sex in benefits plan
Lansing - Same-sex partners of Lansing Community College employees are now eligible for health-care benefits after a heated trustee meeting Monday. The health-care benefits were only available to married couples before five of the seven members of the LCC Board of Trustees voted in favor of changing the policy to include same-sex partners. Eligibility requirements now fall into the hands of the college’s three health-care providers, who have all submitted tentative definitions of “domestic partnerships” that include duration of the relationship and combination of assets. The meeting began with a public comment period where individuals voiced their opposing views on the policy. “I’m opposed to the institution extending benefits to partners of homosexuals,” Alaiedon Township resident Trevor Wagenmaker told the group, adding that his reasons were both moral and financial.