As Matt Lempke labored through Calculus II problems earlier this semester, he found himself stuck. Lempke, a chemical engineering freshman, logged onto Facebook.com and used the “Courses” application on the Web site to find a classmate for help.
More than 1,000 students poured into the Union from noon-4 p.m. on Thursday to search for information about the various housing opportunities on and off campus.
With offerings of free cheese, meat and spinach pies, as well as printed T-shirts at the rock on Farm Lane on Thursday, the Arab Cultural Society, or ACS, hoped to make their presence known on campus.
In a matter of hours after Randee Bierlein shook hands with job recruiters at a campus job fair last October, the then-MSU senior answered the call she was waiting for.
Western modernity, traditional India and globalization — the themes which once interested Mahatma Ghandi — also have been the subjects of interest for Akeel Bilgrami.
The College of Osteopathic Medicine has appointed two of its alumni to leadership positions for the college’s expansion into southeast Michigan.
Lisa Rabideau bought a new suit last weekend in anticipation of Wednesday’s Career Gallery.
When Kelly Klump worked as a peer counselor for her high school, she frequently worked with girls with eating disorders — many of whom were her friends.
Starting this semester, each department within the university will have a set time when its program will be reviewed on multiple levels. Last year, academic governance approved a proposal to assure a review of all academic programs at least once every seven years, Provost Kim Wilcox said.
Between MSU’s Office of Financial Aid and the Office of the Registrar, a steady flow of student queries and problems are dealt with on a daily basis, but some students have different opinions on how helpful these departments are.
Hookah, henna tattoos and the history of the Arab world will all be a part of the Arab Cultural Society’s goal of spreading their culture through Arab Awareness Week.
ASMSU’s Student Assembly voted at its Sept. 27 meeting to voice complaints to the MSU athletics department and Spartan Stadium staff about the updated student section entrance policy, in handing out wristbands.
Nine student governments from universities across Michigan rallied for greater higher education funding Wednesday at the state Capitol, said Brandon White, Michigan field organizer for the United States Student Association. And ASMSU was not one of them.
Serious crimes remained low on campus while burglary reports and liquor law violations were elevated in 2006, according to a newly issued report from university officials.
As a group, ASMSU is less than satisfied with www.mail.msu.edu. Last semester, ASMSU passed a bill to fight for a revamping of the MSU e-mail system. Nothing was accomplished then, but the new group of student government officials is going to find out what it would take to update the system.
The second student Green Week wrapped up yesterday, finishing with a community service day sponsored by environmental groups on campus. “We’re not just preaching environmentalism, we’re getting out into the community and making a difference,” said Brandon Knight, MSU alumnus and coordinator of the Michigan Student Sustainability Coalition.
It wasn’t nearly as competitive as the Harvard-Yale Regatta, but the Lyman Briggs School vs. James Madison College canoe race on the Red Cedar River Sunday had rivalry implications all the same.
In her search for a signature event for the College of Arts and Letters’ Year of Arts and Culture, Dean Karin Wurst said Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk captivates the college’s ideals.
When Eastern Michigan University student Leah Sprague opened her e-mail last month, scattered along with her class messages and Facebook.com notifications was a bulletin from the university that she wasn’t expecting — a campus crime report.
A cup of coffee may be a morning energy boost for some, but it’s a social activity for Nicole Nguyen, Web master of the MSU Coffee Club. “For me, having a cup of coffee is not something you do to just wake up in the morning,” said Nguyen, an English and professional writing junior. “It’s a really good way to get together with people. It’s a social environment.”