There is usually no recognized loss of consciousness, and the event is remembered. It is a symptom, not a diagnosis, and it can have diverse causes. The stroke rate in persons with drop attacks is only 0.5% per year. This rate is not significantly different than the general population.
The University of Mississippi opened its doors to eighty students in 1848 and has since become a landmark of Oxford and the heart of the South. In 1861 the Civil War broke out and wreaked havoc on many parts of the South. Oxford was no exception. The War claimed many things in Oxford -- structures, livelihoods, and most importantly, lives. The University of Mississippi saw many students leave to fight and never return. In all, almost 2,000 men left to fight in the bitter conflict.
With this enactment, the university's governing body changed its name from the State Board of Agriculture to the Michigan State University Board of Trustees. Since 1964, the school has been known simply as Michigan State University. In the 1960s MSU expanded its reputation as a world-grant university, including responding to the invitation of Nigerian President Nnamdi Azikiwe to partner with Nigerians to build the first land-grant model university in Africa, the University of Nigeria at Nsukka.