Recent Articles
Rooted in the past
Words from the mouth of a convicted murderer, retellings of great game moments and pleas from students to keep programs all made headlines this semester. The football team experienced highs and lows with a win over a top rival and suspensions of multiple players.
MSU trustees look back on difficult decisions of 2009
With one year down and seven more to go, MSU trustees Dianne Byrum and Diann Woodard said they had an eventful first year on the MSU Board of Trustees and made some difficult decisions along the way.
MSU Dubai funding remains stable
Funding for MSU Dubai is not going anywhere, despite hard economic times in the region, university officials said.
MSU professors study different uses of social networking sites
Signing into Facebook during class normally is looked down upon by MSU faculty, but some MSU professors are taking a different approach through research on social networking sites. Nicole Ellison, an assistant professor in the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media is part of a team using about $500,000 from a National Science Foundation grant to study how people use social networking sites such as Facebook. “The story of students using Facebook in class and not paying attention … (is) one small part of it,” Ellison said.
Student group creates online petition to stop Olin move
Students against moving Olin Health Center’s services will make their point heard during the Board of Trustees meeting Friday.
