Today, Steve Coffman, 64, who earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from MSU in 1969 and 1976 respectively, has run in 73 marathons and is preparing for his 74th in April, this year’s Boston Marathon. It will be Coffman’s 35th consecutive Boston Marathon.
When Israeli soldiers came to campus Tuesday, a struggle overseas was brought to East Lansing after a group of student activists protested the Israeli and Palestinian conflict. As an Emerson Fellow for StandWithUs, a program that aims to educate students across the globe about Israeli affairs, political theory and constitutional democracy senior Raffi Appel invited special guests to campus to share their side of the Israeli and Palestinian conflict.student group protests war with walkout
A lawsuit claiming the MSU College of Law discriminated against a 61-year-old job applicant is moving forward after a federal court ruling Friday. The suit, which first was filed July 28, 2011, by Nicholas Spaeth, claimed the MSU College of Law and five other law schools discriminated against him because of his age when they reviewed job applicants.
When international relations junior Sam Kilberg spent 10 weeks studying abroad in China last summer, he said he made lifelong friends and completed his entire third-level Chinese language requirements. “I had the trip of a lifetime,” Kilberg said.
Special education sophomore Cheryl Graff stopped by the Union on Tuesday to pick up etiquette tips that could help make or break a lunch or dinner meeting during her future career.
A university document regarding student rights and responsibilities could see an update if ASMSU and university officials come to a consensus on necessary changes in the next month.
Students interested in hearing from five of Michigan’s medical schools can attend the third annual Michigan Medical Schools Night from 6:30-9 p.m. tonight on the first floor of the Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building.
MSU students will be holding a bone marrow drive Friday for a University of Michigan student diagnosed with aplastic anemia, a condition in which a person stops producing a sufficient amount of new blood cells.
When Shelly Bennett found her roommate sleeping naked in their Wonders Hall room while the athletic training freshman’s 13-year-old brother was visiting, she knew her living situation wasn’t working out.
Students interested in living on campus often are inundated with special deals, events and activities, but one way to stay involved in on-campus happenings is to stay updated with the Residence Halls Association, or RHA. RHA is the on-campus student government at MSU, which serves more than 15,000 students and provides a number of services through hall governments and free student events. RHA President Sarah Pomeroy said the group not only provides representation of campus residents to university administrators but also provides entertainment and health tips for on- and off-campus residents. One of the more well-known activities the group provides is its weekend movies at Wells Hall, which are free to on-campus residents with a valid ID.
Finance senior Caitlin Calleja knows how hard it is to sublease an apartment in East Lansing. Last summer, it took about a dozen people backing out last minute and two fake checks before she and her roommates finally found someone to sublet their Cedar Village apartment. “It’s hard because last year we had people come look (at our apartment), and they seemed like a sure thing,” Calleja said.
Genomics and molecular genetics freshman Michael Bowe has trouble hiding the disappointment he has when it comes to his living arrangement for next year. Bowe, like many MSU students, struggled to make decisions in time to find housing he would be completely happy with next year.
Communication sophomore Domeda Duncan celebrated Black History Month on Monday evening by playing the role of famous writer Maya Angelou.
The search continues for a new dean for the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Phil Robertson, professor of crop and soil sciences and chair of the search committee, said the search is on schedule with about 20 applications received. Skype interviews soon will be conducted prior to at least three candidates being invited for interviews on campus in mid-March, he said.
Details on a country act and comedian coming to campus are planned to emerge later this week, if the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, finalizes contracts to make the events possible.
Animal science senior Brent Moore stood next to horses and bulls at the Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education on Saturday afternoon gearing up for that night’s Spartan Stampede performance. “Bull riding is very sink or swim,” said Moore, a bull rider and bareback rider. “You either like it or you don’t.”
After being diagnosed with stage III kidney cancer last November, Mariah Mackie’s world was turned upside down. But as the 10-year-old sat behind the MSU women’s basketball team as they faced Purdue University Sunday evening, she couldn’t help but smile.
Red lights and bumping music welcomed hundreds of MSU community members of all ages and ethnicities to the Asian Pacific American Student Organization’s, or APASO, biennial Lunar New Year Show on Sunday evening at the Auditorium. The variety show, celebrating the Asian culture on campus and ringing in the Year of the Dragon, showcased eleven different groups with talents ranging from modern dancing and singing to traditional Asian cultural dances and instruments.
On Friday evening in the Union, a small but excited crowd gathered around an owl — a special visitor from the Potter Park Zoo, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., in Lansing — as it flapped its wings on the arm of its attendant. Among the spectators clamoring around the bird was 13-year-old Zuri Snyder of Detroit, who observed the owl and other zoo animals with special interest.
With a single white feather in her dark hair, Rose Petoskey tapped her pink moccasins to the beat of a drum on the floor of Jenison Field House on Saturday during one of the largest powwows in Michigan.