Closing out more than a year of pushing for gender-neutral housing initiatives, the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, passed a bill Wednesday night to approve the university’s recommendation in implementing a flexible housing option for fall 2012.
A meeting next month between university officials and ASMSU will determine the fate of ASMSU’s proposed Capital Area Transportation Authority, or CATA, bus tracking mobile application, which has been in the works since last semester. ASMSU Director of Media Relations Samantha Artley said there has been little recent development on the app, but a meeting in mid-April is expected to shape the app’s next steps.
For graduate student Katy Meyers, presenting in this year’s Graduate Academic Conference, or GAC, is all about breaking down stereotypes. As an archaeologist, she said people often have misconceptions about what she does, assuming she raids tombs or gathers artifacts for museums.
The State News Board of Directors has selected the future leaders of the paper. For the upcoming summer semester, the board selected media and information senior Matt Hallowell for the summer editor in chief.
Jorgen Obinger, 6, right, and Hollan Obinger, 9, left, of Chicago, catch butterflies landing in nectar Tuesday afternoon at the Indoor 4-H Children’s Garden in the Plant and Soil Sciences Building as a part of “Butterflies in the Garden.” The Butterfly House will be open to the public until April 30.
A few years ago, a typical student ago would come to MSU with just one piece of technology — a laptop. Now it’s not uncommon to see as many as three or four devices per student on the computer network, appearing in line with national trends, said Tom Davis, director of MSU IT services. He said more than 100,000 Internet-enabled devices use MSU’s network today, including laptops, tablets, smartphones and more.
Throughout the next week, graduate student Katherine Cloutier is inviting survivors of sexual violence to participate in a PhotoVoice research study, in which participants create a digital story about their experiences.
The MSU Faculty Senate and University Council met in the International Center yesterday to push forward the creation of a university research organization, or URO, and revise university policies to emphasize testing integrity.
A local Ingham County township could transform its waste into a fuel source to power part of MSU’s campus if Delhi Township residents approve a bond later this spring.
A local Ingham County township could transform its waste into a fuel source to power part of MSU’s campus if Delhi Township residents approve a bond later this spring.
Just more than a year ago, MSU officials created a committee to explore sustainable energy at MSU and move toward renewable energy efforts.
Beginning in the fall, MSU is launching a new doctorate program for school administrators designed to help overcome current shortfalls in Michigan education.
During biochemistry professor Rawle Hollingsworth’s nearly 30 years at MSU, Tom Sharkey, chair of the biochemistry and molecular biology department, remembers having many conversations with him during casual run-ins outside the office. One encounter sticks out in Sharkey’s mind, who said he has a strong memory of listening to Hollingsworth explain carbohydrate involvement in blood types one day in the parking lot.
This weekend, groups of high schoolers dressed in suits, some from as far away as Mexico and Greece, could be seen parading the sidewalks near the Union.
When East Lansing resident Christine Piotter heard about the Council of Graduate Students’ first annual Get Chitt Done 5-km race, she was intrigued to enter based on the event’s name alone.
Craig Allen wishes he had a crystal ball. If he owned one, the director of maintenance for the Capital Area Transportation Authority, or CATA, might have been able to better prepare for the recent spike in gas prices.
Food industry management junior Katharine MacPherson loved Disney as she was growing up, and since then, her love hasn’t faded. “I was obsessed with movies and everything Disney as a child growing up,” MacPherson said. “It just fit perfectly with what I wanted to do with my life.”
Ever since his childhood, interdisciplinary studies in social science junior Robert Nash has had a passion for wrestling.
Neil DeSouza loves spring and the flowers it brings. But unfortunately for the international relations and comparative cultures and politics freshman, the flowers do not love him back.
In December 2011, a group of MSU study abroad students on an expedition in Antarctica found their boat stuck on ice, stranded, but not for too long.