“Space. Definitely the space,” three MSU freshman girls said in unison when asked what’s most challenging about transitional housing. Education freshman Kendall Clary, psychology freshman Shelby Krist and criminal justice freshman Elise Plancon live in one of the remaining 181 transitional housing rooms across campus, affecting 545 students.
The early descent into a busy day is something that many college students have come to know by heart, but the burden of balancing school and work has continued to grow.
The East Lansing Planning Commission deferred voting on a proposal to cap the number of bars downtown past for the second time Wednesday night, pending a report from the Downtown Development Authority.
For neuroscience sophomore Grace Kamau, the terrorist attacks in Kenya last Saturday, were too close for comfort.
The process of transforming the current East Lansing Amtrak Station into the CATA Multimodal Station can move forward now that the Capital Area Transportation Authority, or CATA, obtained a grant originally announced in July 2012.
MSU experienced a brief period of network downtime Wednesday afternoon because of what Information Technology Services staff are calling a main switch failure in the university’s network infrastructure.
Students packed the halls of the MSU Union on Wednesday and waited hours to gain their plot of land on Munn Field for the annual Izzone Campout this Friday. Abnormally high turnout for the registration event led officials to believe the Izzone Campout could be its most crowded in years. Each year, the Association of Future Alumni, or AFA, hosts a campout for all students who bought season tickets to the men’s basketball games, offering games, giveaways and food at the event. Registration for the campout started at 10 a.m. Wednesday, and Matt Martin, director of Izzone at AFA, said the crowd remained strong throughout the day.
MSU’s annual Study Abroad Fair will be held from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday at Breslin Center. Each year, the fair, sponsored by the MSU Office of Study Abroad, provides students with the opportunity to explore the programs the university has to offer for that year.
In a galaxy not too far away, a record recently was broken — the densest galaxy known to man was discovered by an MSU assistant professor of physics and astronomy with the help of a team of astronomers.
Michigan jobless rates are up for the third month in a row, creeping to nine percent unemployment. The state was dubbed the nation’s fourth-most unemployed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But getting a college degree still seems to be the best pathway to a high-paying career.
MSU research shows that bullying and harassment over the Internet or by text message can have as much impact on a student’s well-being as physical abuse. One study published earlier this year by MSU criminologist Thomas Holt showed students bullied online or by cell phone are just as likely to skip school or contemplate suicide as those who are physically bullied.
The man accused of committing four sexual assaults in East Lansing this summer made his first court appearance Tuesday and soon will face testimony from all four of his alleged victims. Police believe Wilder, 26, initiated four sexual attacks near MSU’s campus between March 30 and May 16.
New drone technology at MSU will prove useful for farmers and journalists alike. Associate professor of geological sciences Bruno Basso will be conducting a three-to-four year experiment using a drone to monitor crop fields, advancing MSU’s roots as an agricultural school with modern-day innovations.
In the last five years alone, international student enrollment at MSU has skyrocketed by 82.9 percent.
It remains unclear when the East Lansing City Council will discuss a proposal that would cap bar patrons and effectively prevent any future bars from opening in the city, potentially creating issues as November’s election approaches.
Student athletes’ academic achievements became a point of pride for MSU after athletes received above-average academic scores across the board, officials said Tuesday. MSU’s athlete graduation rate is similar to that of the student body and is higher than the NCAA Division 1 average, said Michael Kasavana, MSU Athletic Council chair and professor of hospitality business, during a University Council meeting on Tuesday. The faculty-based athletic council evaluates student-athlete academic progress every semester. The university’s Academic Progress Report, or APR, scores, which measure eligibility, retention and graduation over a four-year period, are above the national median for every sport, Kasavana said.
ASMSU teamed up with Student Health Services and MSU Social Norms to campaign for medical amnesty awareness Tuesday afternoon outside Olin Health Center. The event, titled “Step up. Step in. Be a good Wingman!” was targeted to teach students about the positives of taking advantage of the Michigan law.
MSU is slated to profit to the tune of $111,500 from an abnormally high tuition increase for Wayne State University students. WSU’s tuition increased by 8.9 percent this year — more than double that of other Michigan universities, whose average tuition increase was 3.45 percent.
During the Iraq War, international relations senior Anas Attal never knew if the people he grew up with would still be alive the next day. Attal, who is originally from Syria, had a different experience of the war than many of his fellow students. He constantly feared for his family’s safety — his 10-year-old cousin had guns, knives and hand grenades as toys in order to protect his family.
MSU’s Games for Entertainment and Learning Lab, or the GEL Lab, recently released their latest application for iPhone and Android that is aimed at teaching a younger audience responsible financial habits. The lab partnered with MSU Federal Credit Union to create Saving Magic, an app in which players control a wizard-in-training protagonist who battles dragons that are stealing magic while collecting coins along the way.