An efficient vehicle cruising in the Michigan sun is what a team of students envision as they work to finish MSU’s first solar car. The car’s frame was formed five years ago and has since been modified several times. MSU’s growing Solar Car Team has the manpower to complete the car by spring, said Lindsay Karn, the team’s public relations manager and an elementary education sophomore.
Issues brought up in Tuesday’s ASMSU Academic Assembly meeting centered upon textbook costs and students struggling to pay for them. Christopher Kulesza, chairperson of the assembly, spoke in his State of the Assembly speech about the need to keep the organization’s commitment to fight for a watchful eye on what books are used in classes to help reduce the amount of books students need to buy.
The MSU chapter of Young Americans for Freedom will be hosting speaker Jennifer Gratz, who will speak on her stance against affirmative action. Gratz will be speaking from 8-9:30 p.m. today in 102 Conrad Hall.
If a group of MSU students has its way, other students won’t shower today. Students for Peace and Justice — or SPJ — are sponsoring the No Shower Day in order to combat water waste. The purpose is to get students and the community thinking about the impact they have on water waste, said Maureen Nagy, a public relations officer for SPJ.
For students who have yet to learn the difference between a steak knife and a butter knife, the Women in Business Students’ Association will host an etiquette dinner at 6:20 p.m. today in N130 Business College Complex.
MSU’s University Activities Board walked away from the National Association for Campus Activities’ 2008 Mid America Regional Conference with six awards for its work throughout the past year.
Michael Feig enjoys life in the middle. Feig, an assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, switches between teaching in two other departments — Chemistry and Computer Science and Engineering.
A group of students get to eat their teachers at the end of the semester as part of a class. Seriously. Rather than fork-wielding students chasing professors down the hall, it’s more a case of a professor in the form of an organically grown carrot.
After opening its doors to students in August, MSU’s campus in Dubai officially will be inaugurated today at 5 p.m. Dubai time.
One of America’s top female sports and entertainment agent Molly Fletcher will visit MSU today to talk with students about how they can become their own career agent.
More than a year after university officials mandated longer hours for residence hall cafeterias on campus, local business owners said they’re still feeling the effects of decreased late-night sales. Beginning in fall 2007, at least one cafeteria in every residence hall complex expanded its hours from 8 p.m.
Semana Latina is a week of Latin-related events organized to expose MSU students to the culture. Culturas de la Razas Unidas, or CRU, prepared the week of Latino-enriched cultural events, from film discussions to dance lessons.
MSU linebackers weren’t the only ones doing the tackling this weekend. Several MSU students and community members did their part in donating to the second annual Help Tackle Hunger Food Drive.
From blue books to concerts, ASMSU wants students to be sitting happy in 2009. At Thursday’s Student Assembly meeting, the group’s main concern was students. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government.
On Saturday, seven people set out for the Nokomis Learning Center, 5153 Marsh Road, in Okemos, strapped on their aprons and competed for the title of best fry bread recipe. The North American Indigenous Students Organization, or NAISO, hosted the fry bread cook-off to advertise and raise money for its annual Pow-Wow of Love, scheduled for Feb. 21-22, 2009.
With broken-down barriers and newly-erected bridges appearing in the headlines this year, the Muslim Students’ Association has followed suit by hosting a week of Islam-related events to inform students of facts about Muslim life.
A national center created to advance educational research in science, technology, engineering and math will aim to prepare students for an evolving job market.
MSU’s Division of Housing and Food Services and Department of Intercollegiate Athletics are sponsoring the second annual Help Tackle Hunger Food Drive, continuing through Saturday’s football game.
Change: It was the platform of President-elect Barack Obama and the thing many Americans have been waiting for. For Marcus Mayberry, president of MSU’s Successful Black Men, Obama’s accomplishment means change is coming.
Students could be tapping their toes to some new tunes on campus next spring — at least if a $65,000 concert gets the OK. Last week, ASMSU passed a bill through its Student Assembly Finance Committee, which would allocate $65,000 to a spring concert. Tonight, the bill will be discussed by the Student Assembly, where it could become the second major concert sponsored by ASMSU this school year.