Thursday, February 11, 2010
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MAVERICKS TO COMPETE AT 2010 WINTER OLYMPICS, SEE PAGE 13 Former MSU administrator dies Claire Faust spent 25 years with MSU REPORTER STAFF
Former Minnesota State administrator Claire Faust died Monday at age 89 at Hillcrest Health Care Center in Mankato. Faust contributed 25 years of service to MSU in many fashions. A former faculty member, assistant vice president for academic affairs and vice president for administrative services, he was active in a variety of departments in the university from 1962 to 1987. His contributions to Mankato expanded well beyond the campus boundaries and include involvement in organizations such as the Mankato City Council, Mankato Kiwanis Club and the Blue Earth Environmental Committee. A MSU public service award was established to recognize a university employee and was named after Faust. Plans for a memorial service are pending.
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cezara talmaci • msu reporter Minnesota State couple Keiko Umeki and Shawn He hold hands outside the library in Fall 2009.
MSSA talks MSUSA conference in St. Cloud JOHN FRITZ
staff writer
At the Minnesota State Student Association (MSSA) senate meeting Wednesday, President Murtaza Rajabali explained what happened, and how he voted, at a meeting of student senators from colleges statewide in St. Cloud over the weekend. Rajabali is a voting member of the Minnesota State University Senate Association (MSUSA), which is comprised of delegates from each of Minnesota’s seven state universities and represents student interests throughout the state college system and in the state legislature. Rajabali said MSUSA approved giving each university $1,000 dollars to help fund an on-campus diversity conference. While the MSU delegates voted in favor of the resolution, Rajabali and MSSA Vice President Bob Dooley were unhappy with the provision granting each school an equal amount of money. Rajabali said that since MSU gives more funding, about 25 percent of the total, to MSUSA than smaller schools (St Cloud State also contributes around 25 percent), it is “getting a really bad deal” by receiving the same
as everyone else. “We’re basically paying for their conferences,” said Rajabali. Dooley said he was unsure that giving MSUSA $90,000 of student fees annually is the best way represent student interests. “With [that $90,000], we could have our own representative at the Capitol full time,” Dooley said. MSSA senators also heard that campus recreation would enjoy a $700,000 bonding surplus by 2019. The additional funds, brought about by lowerthan-expected interest rates, give the senate a wide range of options. A proposal to build outdoor hockey and basketball facilities, which had been shelved as too expensive, will be reconsidered at next week’s meeting. Senator Brett Carpenter, an aviation major, brought the senate up to speed on his department’s struggle to avoid the chopping block. Carpenter met with fellow aviation students and College of Education dean Mike Miller early Tuesday, and reported that plans are moving ahead quickly to strike a deal with Chinese airlines that would send hundreds of aspiring Chinese pilots per year to study at MSU, possibly saving the program.
Talking real about race First event of Black History Month takes place at MSU BLAINE TAYLOR MARTIN
staff writer
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In the United States, black history month is comprised of experiences passed from generation to generation that leave an indelible impression on all those they touch. February is Black History Month and the Office of Multicultural Affairs is hoping to make it a time of “real talk” — open, honest dialogue about race. This was the inspiration for the “Real Talk” events, a Editorial...................................6 Voices......................................7 Sports......................................9 Variety....................................17 Classifieds............................ 23
series of four student-panel discussions centered on race issues. The first in the series, entitled “Real Talk: the Future is in our Hands” was held Tuesday in the Centennial Student Union. The panel, comprised of freshmen Will Anyu and Vanessa Chandler, sophomore Que Wilson and junior Thuy Huynh, was given the chance to share experiences and discuss topics of equality and prejudice. Though only
wale agboola • msu reporter Thuy Huynh, Que Wilson and Vanessa Chandler were part of an MSU student panel discussion about race Tuesday.
a relatively small section of the racial spectrum was represented, debate did, at times, become heated. The event’s facilitator, Connie Johnson, fed the
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panel questions to direct the discussion. Questions such as, “In the community, what do you think are our problems and issues that we need to address?” and “Now that we
have a black President, what should be the next aspiration for minorities?” In response to the first question Wilson said,
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