Russ White of MSU’s University Relations organization joins the Spartan Podcast team, providing extended editions of the popular WJR MSU Today broadcasts. Here are three recent podcasts for your edification.
From MSU Today:
René Weber is an assistant professor of both
communication and
telecommunication, information studies and media at MSU. He and his colleagues made international news last fall when MSU
released research results where René and his colleagues – using functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI – showed that playing violent video games leads to brain activity pattern that may be characteristic for aggressive thoughts.Specifically, he is interested in cognitive and emotional effects of television and new technology media, especially new generation video games.Weber is developing and applying both traditional social scientific and neuro-scientific methodology in order to study media effects on humans and discusses his various projects in this area.
Hosted by Russ White.
Hear the Show 25 Minutes 14mb mp3
From MSU Today:
Donald “Del” Laverdure , director of the
Michigan State University College of Law indigenous law program, discusses the outcomes from his recent indigenous justice systems conference at MSU and the state of Native American life in the U. S. today.Laverdure, a citizen of the Crow Nation, is chief justice of the Crow Nation and an appellate judge of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community.He is considered an expert in taxation of indigenous peoples, tribal court systems, indigenous identity and treaty rights of indigenous people.
MSU’s College of Law has the only formal American Indian law program in Michigan. The program consists of both practical training from MSU Law’s Indigenous Law & Policy Center and several elective courses on indigenous law.
Hosted by Russ White.
Hear the Show 13 Minutes 7mb mp3
Russ White shares the latest MSU Today program. For the second time in three years, a team from
Michigan State University has been crowned
national debate champions.MSU’s top two-person debate team of Ryan Burke and Casey Harrigan won the 60th annual National Debate Tournament. The event was hosted this year by Northwestern University, and the final 6-1 decision came over Wake Forest.Both students are senior international relations majors in
MSU’s James Madison College. Burke is from Bloomfield Hills, Mich., and Harrigan is from Holland, Mich.
The topic all teams debated was whether the United States should apply economic pressure on China over political and human rights issues.
Burke and Harrigan were undefeated through the preliminaries, so advanced as the number 1 seed. The MSU team had previously defeated a team from Berkeley in the quarterfinals and one from Wayne State in the semifinals.
Hosted by Russ White.
Hear the Show 13 Minutes 7mb mp3
