NewsfeedUniversity Police say they know the identity of a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a female student in a residence hall early Friday morning. »
To appreciate the challenges facing the Cardinal Formula Racing Team (CFR), you almost have to think of football.
Imagine that instead of ten games, the football team played only once per season. The team has one year to prepare and spends most of practice going over their playbook. They cannot send advance scouts to gauge the competition, and the only thing they know for sure is that the other guys are gonna bring it. »
It is often said that politics stink.
Kochville Township is witnessing this quite literally, where several months of acrimonious political bickering have led to anti-development advocates filing a petition for a referendum on rezoning land to expand the Cardinal Townhomes. It has also led to the hanging of five dead skunks in the chief opponent's yard. »
If it were not for David J. Abbs, SVSU faculty may not have had a new contract.
In an unusually tense meeting, the SVSU Board of Control approved the three-year collective bargaining agreements with the SVSU Faculty Association and University Police Officers Union during a special meeting Wednesday, Oct. 19. »
Tailgating, sidewalks, and lighting were a few of the topics discussed during the President's Open Forum in the Alumni Lounge, Monday, Oct. 17. »
Several residents questioned the role of SVSU administrators and students in the decision-making process at the Tuesday, Oct. 18 Kochville Township Board of Trustees meeting. »
Dr. David Garfinkle, professor at Oakland University, presented an artist's rendition of a black hole on Oct. 20. Research has shown that black holes are actually some of the brightest objects in the universe. About 30% of the mass of matters falling into black holes is converted into energy and released before falling below the "event horizon." Below event horizon, even light cannot escape the gravitational pull of a black hole. Garfinkle's lecture was arranged to celebrate The World Year of Physics 2005. »
SVSU signed an agreement Wednesday, Oct. 19 with Lambton College in Sarnia, Ontario to allow students to receive a teaching degree from SVSU. Under the arrangement, Canadian students will take two years of classes at Lambton College before entering SVSU's teacher education program at St. Clair Community College in Port Huron. »
Oct. 13
* Two students received Minor in Possession (MIP) citations and Notice to Appear (NTA) citations in Living Center North (LCN) for alcohol violations. »
A group of 11 SVSU nursing students and six SVSU employees have taken a trip to Mississippi and the Gulf Coast to assist with ongoing Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. They will spend four days distributing food, cleaning homes, and performing community assessments where they will evaluate residents' access to health care. »
The SVSU chapter of the St. Jude's Children Research Hospital will be hosting the second-annual "Up Til Dawn" letter writing party on Tuesday, Nov. 8. »
Gladys Nilsson, Imagist watercolor artist and a founding member of the Chicago "Hairy Who," spoke Wednesday in the Rhea Miller Recital Hall to an audience of SVSU students and faculty, community members, and high school students. Her lecture, "Personal Foibles: A Pursuit of Amuse from Pillar to Post," was the third in the 2005 Fall Focus series. »
Michigan's first openly gay judge lectured on how extreme-conservative judges have overturned established legal precedents on Wednesday, Oct. 19. Judge Rudy Serra gave the lecture "The Myth of Strict Constructionists" in front of the Alan W. Ott Auditorium. »
Student concerns with the campus food and eateries were addressed by a panel of Dining Services directors and managers during its regular "Food Forum" on Wednesday, Oct. 19. »
SVSU professors John Grolle and Scott M. Youngstedt will share findings from the research they have conducted on the African nation of Niger on Thursday when they present a lecture, "The Current Famine in Niger: Local, National and Global Factors," Thursday, at 2:30 p.m. in the Marble Lecture Hall (Wickes 115). »
Examining the motives of the Almighty can be controversial, but that is what visiting speaker Eleonore Stump intends to do in her lecture, "Horrendous Evil: Narrative and the Problem of Suffering." »
George Coppens was the low man on the totem pole when he joined the Cardinal Formula Racing Team (CFR) his freshman year almost a decade ago. Today, Coppens has a master's degree from Michigan State, is a project engineer at Brinn Incorporated in Bay City, and can thank CFR for helping him get there. »