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WEB ONLY: COGS lays down goals, elects officers during first meeting
At its first meeting Wednesday, Council of Graduate Students members discussed how they could influence existing university committees and form their own for graduate students. After electing two students to committees in Academic Governance, COGS members discussed nominations for their finance committee and for the Academic Council's provost-search committee. COGS will recommend four of its members for the committee, of which two representatives will be selected in late September, COGS president Carl Newman said. "We'd like to get a list of people for the committee as soon as possible," Newman said.
WEB ONLY: Diverse crowd attends Chicano, Latino welcome reception
Different cultures dotted the room at the Chicano and Latino welcome reception Thursday. The Office of Racial Ethnic Student Affairs and Culturas de las Razas Unidas, or CRU, provided students with music and information at the Kellogg Center.
1st week blitz welcomes students back
Activities such as Meijer's Midnight Madness shopping spree, the Spartan Spirit pep rally and U-Fest pushed students out of their rooms and into the community during Welcome Week. Last week, MSU and local businesses united to help students become acquainted with campus and its surrounding area. "It's good getting out and having something to do," elementary education freshman Jenny Hurst said. At Spartan Stadium on Thursday, the Spartan Spirit pep rally worked to rev up the crowd.
