State and university officials are discussing ways to cut down on the number of hate crimes in Michigan a week after the state was ranked as one of the top five worst places for biased-motivated crime last year.
Not teaching today’s session of Law and the Media is not an option for journalism professor Sue Carter. Carter’s class is scheduled to meet today from 6-8:50 p.m. and she said she will be in the classroom — regardless of whether her students decide to attend.
Roasted turkey was coupled with fresh sushi rolls, and side dishes of mashed potatoes and gravy were just as popular as the lo mein. With food like this, MSU’s Visiting International Professional Program’s, or VIPP, Thanksgiving Traditions on Tuesday night had all the American Thanksgiving traditions with an international flavor.
ASMSU’s plan to formulate a health care plan for students was given the green light Thursday when Student Assembly approved a bill authorizing the group to begin working with an insurance agency to flesh out specifics.
When Alexandria Henry found out she was named a vice president of the National Future Farmers of America, she couldn’t believe her ears.
MSU will play an active role in promoting renewable wind energy with thousands of dollars in stimulus funding it received from the state last week.
When Alexandria Henry found out she was named a vice president of the National Future Farmers of America, she couldn’t believe her ears.
Although Cletissa Hogue’s personal stance on clean energy efforts remains uncertain, Hogue said the key to becoming a leading energy-conscious country remains in gaining independence.
ASMSU’s efforts to co-sponsor a December concert with Breslin Center have fizzled and the group now is working alone on a potential spring concert that likely will happen in February.
Finance sophomore Vishal Shah reenacts the battles of gods every week.
A presentation by MSU associate professor of history Kirsten Fermaglich titled “Becoming Someone Else: Jewish Name-changing, Employment and Class Mobility in Mid-Twentieth Century New York City,” will be held at 12:15 p.m. today at the MSU Museum auditorium.
Grant Gillett, a neurosurgeon and philosopher from the University of Otago in New Zealand, will present a lecture titled “A Workshop on Ethical and Conceptual Dimensions of States of Minimal Consciousness” from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today in the Heritage Room of the Kellogg Center.
Despite Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s plea for students to actively fight for the Michigan Promise Scholarship, turnout of MSU students at a rally Wednesday was lower than at other university rallies in Michigan.
The first few minutes of Wednesday night in Ballroom B of the Kellogg Center could be best described as “hungry.” But by the end of the Fall 2009 Visiting Chef Series’ Taste of Michigan, reactions ranged from “extremely satisfied” to “ecstatic.”
One of MSU’s governing bodies is giving nonmembers a voice in MSU’s Academic Governance system. On Tuesday, Academic Council unanimously voted to allocate 10 minutes for public comment at the beginning of its remaining meetings this academic year. The time will allow up to five people to speak for up to two minutes each.
A group of Google applications for MSU faculty and students will make sharing information and working collaboratively on projects only a click away. Google Apps for Education at MSU launched Thursday and provides a suite of applications for the university community such as Google Docs, Google Sites and Google Calendar.
For Yuri Mishina, finding companies engaged in illegal activities doesn’t mean turning to the news.
After 25 years with little to no revisions, MSU’s student rights document is going to have to wait longer yet before officially being approved.
The prickly skin of the orange-colored bearded dragon first turned some children away from touching it, but 7-year-old Grace Bargerstock wasn’t frightened by the animal’s exterior Wednesday night at the Old Botany Building.
Prior to Wednesday, economics senior Ayman Bari had a difficult time finding a place to pray at MSU.