In his first address of his second term, Gov. Rick Snyder didn't speak to many issues that affect college students. Left unsaid in his speech was a looming budget deficit that could lead to higher education funding cuts and tuition increases, officials say.
Spirited students looking to take on the role of Sparty will soon have their chance to do so, as the MSU Association of Future Alumni is searching for students who have what it takes to represent the university on the sidelines and in the community for the 2015-16 academic year.
Paulette Granberry Russell, the university’s Title IX coordinator and the director of the Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives,EMCknown as I3, said the university’s new policy incorporates guidance directly from the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault.
The cost of travel can be rather demanding for a typical student, so a number of MSU entrepreneurs are looking to lessen this burden.
Tuesday, the MSU Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives administered a test run for a faculty sexual harassment e-learning video and quiz.
Ingham County Sheriff Gene Wriggelsworth announced on Tuesday that he will not be running for re-election in 2016.
The loss of this neighborhood fixture will mean faculty and students utilizing the childcare and recreational classes at the center will be forced to look elsewhere.
Ingham County Sheriff Gene Wriggelsworth announced on Tuesday that he will not be running for re election in 2016.
Protesters took to the outside of the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center Tuesday to draw attention to the negative effects of wind energy as a conference was held inside.
After one hour and forty-five minutes of public comment, City Council’s motion to keep the Bailey Community Center open failed on a 3-2 vote at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting. City Council decided to table discussion until next Tuesday’s work session to decide when to officially close Bailey.
Whether it's an explicit video or a civil rights movement, social media has become a key tool in connecting people across campus as well as the globe.
“Will we accept an economy where only a few of us do spectacularly well? Or will we commit ourselves to an economy that generates rising incomes and chances for everyone who makes the effort?” This was just one question posed by President Barack Obama during his 2015 State of the Union Address.
The governor highlighted the achievements his administration’s first term, while presenting a new plan to merge two governmental departments into a big one.
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ASMSU’s bill to create a Big Ten committee to provide feedback for President Obama’s proposed federal college rating system passed at the conference. Student government members from Iowa, Minnesota, Maryland, MSU and Ohio State will make up the committee and will work to provide a framework for rating colleges based on student needs in the conference.
This overcrowding can cause students to be late to class because the buses won’t pick up passengers once they reach a certain capacity. No preference freshman Rachel Beck, who lives in Brody Neighborhood, shared the frustrations that come along with living on the outermost edges of campus when the buses are full. “Everyone starts crowding around ... and it just drives by us,” Beckmtg said. “It happens up to four times in a row sometimes, so I’ve been late to almost every single class this semester.”
More Michiganders want to legalize it. According to the latest marijuana poll commissioned by the state chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, 50 percent of Michiganders agree to legalize the marijuana and would support it on a ballot proposal to legalize and tax it.
Many students and faculty took campus by storm recently with multiple die-ins and marches in response to various national cases pertaining to police brutality against black males.
“I love poetry... It’s just something that gets my attention instantly,” Turner said. “I didn’t know there would be an open mic part of the poetry slam. When I found out I decided to sign up last minute because I love singing.”
As many as 350 people marched and congregated at Beaumont Tower. The march featured special guest Henry James Thomas, who was one of the original Freedom Riders in 1961. “I’m so happy that you don’t have to fight those battles now, but the ones I’ve told you about, you have to fight them,” Thomas said. “We’ve come a long way, but as the good doctor said, ‘not quite enough.’”