Minnesota State University Reporter

Issue date: 12/6/07 Section: Reporter Rewind

Dorm altercations proposed

Dec. 7, 1971

Mankato State was about to be undergoing a lot of changes. In recent months, there were changes in the Mankato State College judicial code. Dennis Lovig, the associate coordinator for campus securities at the time, suggested that a change be made in the code that reads "No...college official can search a resident's personal belongings without a search warrant."

Such a revision could facilitate the setting up of procedures for handling of dormitory problems by the Judicial and Student Conduct Boards before they become serious crimes.

An incident that provoked this suggestion of change was when rooms in McElroy and Cooper Centers were broken into and personal property was stolen. A male student was also stabbed in the course of a robbery. Mankato police arrested two students for the crime.

MSU becomes substandard thanks to budget cuts

Dec. 8, 1981

According to MSU President Margaret Preska when she spoke to the education division of the House Appropriations Committee, MSU had turned into a university of "less than standard quality."

A proposed 11 percent budget reduction proposal by Gov. Al Quie would result in a 21 percent cut to MSU because it had already spent much of it's allotted money.

Preska went on to say if the total cuts came from the library, it would have to be closed down. If the cuts were to come from teaching positions, MSU would have to lose 119 positions. If the cuts were to come from the classified positions (secretaries and janitors) the university would lose 230 positions.

Because of budget cuts and fewer faculty to teach the classes, some students would not have been ale to take freshman composition until they were seniors, said Dean Jane Early of the College of Arts and Humanities.

E-Museum open for learners

Dec. 8, 1998

Dr. Richard Strachan of the Anthropology Department created E-Museum, an internet site that offers a wide variety of in-depth information in the field of anthropology. The site has won 22 awards from various organizations for "maintaining valuable educational content" and "outstanding quality."

The awards have been granted to acknowledge the success of the staff of the E-museum in pursuing its goal of encouraging learning through the participation in research and scholarly activities.

At the time of publication, the website had been accessed nearly 5 million times with more than 34,000 hits a day. According to a tracker, the visitors range from local students to enthusiasts from Uzbekistan. Residents from almost every country have visited the site.

"People from Egypt are coming to Mankato, Minn., to find out about their own country's history. It shows that we're offering something that isn't available in other places," said Amy Stafford, the website manager.

Currently, the E-Mueseum is still up and running and can be found at: www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/index.shtml


Compiled by Reporter staff writer Jaime Killion

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