At Friday morning’s MSU Board of Trustees meeting, the trustees approved policy adaptations and construction projects, including a 3.9 percent room and board rate increase and the construction of a Bio Engineering Facility on campus.
Although snow, sleet and every other type of precipitation was pouring down on the streets of East Lansing, that didn’t stop people from coming out to the city’s second-annual Girls’ Day Out event Saturday downtown.
“Peace, social justice, and unity should not stop after one year,” said Lauren Moore, president of Successful Black Women of MSU, or SBWMSU. “This is an opportunity for all people to build knowledge and make connections.”
Using GoSoapBox software, students can indicate when they are confused by the lecture material, instructors can administer quizzes and polls, and the class can provide anonymous feedback to teacher questions.
If the White House has anything to say about it, students soon can look forward to a little extra help when it comes to managing the cost of a college education.
With warmer weather on the way, many organizations have been rolling out the finish line ribbons to host 5K charity events, including the Senior Class Council.
Despite a mixture of snow, hail and rain, runners and volunteers came out in force to support MSU Safe Place on Sunday afternoon at the 19th-annual Race for the Place 5K.
On stage, two men crashed their way through an improvised scene. They were basing the performance on cues written by the audience. Every thirty seconds, the men would pause, read off one of the cues, and the performance would veer in a wildly new direction. The setting: a clock tower. The plot: a fear of worms. And then the revelations: “You’re adopted!” “You’re also adopted!” The scene concluded with the actors embracing and the audience enthusiastically applauding.
The light snowfall in East Lansing is expected to continue through the day and taper off this evening around 7-8 p.m., said Evan Webb, meteorologist with the the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids.
At Friday morning’s Board of Trustees meeting, the trustees unanimously approved a 3.9 percent room and board rate increase, construction of a new Bio Engineering Facility and a 25-megawatt electrical duct bank to help power the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB.
Supply chain management junior Evan Spreng’s head popped out of the thick brush as his eyes scanned the horizon. Camouflaged among the pine shrubs, hiding was a matter of life or death.
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama submitted his Fiscal Year 2014 budget proposal allocating increased funds for higher education.
At today’s Board of Trustees meeting, trustees will discuss and vote upon whether to increase room and board rates by 3.9 percent for the 2013-14 academic year.
It’s been a rough week, and even ASMSU can’t deny it. Between low turnout at a $25,500 carnival and the cancelation of the Ne-Yo concert, MSU’s undergraduate student government’s election week — meant to promote the group and engage students — didn’t go as planned.
Whether coming home from a late night at the bar or from an evening studying at the library, for some students it can be tough to get around East Lansing without taxi and cab services.
A student-driven “Yes means Yes” campaign on campus, looking to redefine the meaning of consent, was started following a nationally publicized rape of a drunk high school girl by two football players in Steubenville, Ohio.
For students planning to study abroad in South Korea or other neighboring states, or for the 614 South Korean international students currently at MSU, the more than 6,480 miles between North Korea’s capital and East Lansing might not feel so large.
April showers bring May flowers, but flowers are sparse on campus after Michigan had harsh storms during Severe Weather Awareness Week.
Michigan abortion clinics will need to adhere to a stricter set of rules, including screening women to ensure they aren’t being forced into abortions, to stay in business under a controversial state law that recently took effect. “House Bill No.
Although flooding from the Red Cedar River is expected this week, MSU officials are not yet worried about the potential impact on university sports fields.