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Marketing, supply chain management could split

MSU’s College of Business is requesting the university’s Academic Governance to approve a split within the Marketing and Supply Chain Management Department. If approved, the department would become two separate entities.

MSU

Students honor Ramadan with fasting, prayer

Premedical junior Wazeur Rahman woke up at 5 a.m. Thursday before his biology exam to cram – not full of facts – but with the breakfast he had cooked himself before the sun rose. He had to begin fasting for Ramadan.

NEWS

Police Briefs 09/13/07

A routine traffic stop led to a wrecked motorcycle and a foot pursuit from the Main Library to North Kedzie Hall on Tuesday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

NEWS

In or out: struggles with tuition policy

Amitesh Devic works, eats and sleeps in Lansing, and even pays taxes to the state that go toward funding for MSU. So he wants to know: Why is he considered an out-of-state student? Devic, who moved to the area in 2004 to live with his girlfriend, Amanda, pays more than $400 in additional tuition fees per credit hour than a student the university considers to be in-state.

MICHIGAN

Voting changes recommended

Lansing — Changing absentee voting and improving polling areas were key parts of recommendations made Wednesday by Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land before the Senate Campaign and Election Oversight committee.

MSU

Students embrace Jewish holiday

If Abbey Askotzky was at home during Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, she’d be taking the day off school and going to temple with her family. Her mom would have been in the kitchen the day before, preparing food and shaping braided challah bread with raisins into a circle, to symbolize the sweet new year.

NEWS

Hollis eager to bring more championships during tenure

In recommending MSU’s next athletics director, Trustee Melanie Foster didn’t have to pull too many strings. From the get-go, the board, MSU athletics department and potential candidates all knew what Foster knew: “Mark Hollis met all the criteria.”

NEWS

Here to help

In 1965, one MSU master’s student initiated a movement that changed the relationship between students and university officials. His efforts, which spanned the course of two years, led to the creation of the Academic Freedom Report and the Office of the Ombudsman in 1967.

MICHIGAN

Sept. 11 remembered in different ways

Political science sophomore Matt Patton attended a Sept. 11, 2001, memorial event at the Union Tuesday in order to reflect on the anniversary. However, he was surprised at the turnout of the event. Less than 15 people attended.