Applying to college, falling in love, even murder — these are just a few of the themes explored by six teenage finalists Saturday afternoon in the 18th annual Young Playwrights Festival at the Wharton Center.
The Obama administration on Tuesday unveiled a celebrity public service announcement, a new web site, NotAlone.gov, and a series of recommendations aimed at lowering the alarming rate of sexual assaults on college campuses.
The White House will announce new measures Tuesday to deal with campus sexual assault, an issue that in recent years has inflamed college campuses from Yale to the University of California, Berkeley.The recommendations from a task force of federal officials headed by Vice President Joe Biden include publicizing enforcement data, issuing guidelines about confidentiality, and requiring colleges and universities to survey students on their experiences with sexual assault.
A Rose Bowl victory. A visit from the President of the United States. The devastating loss of two MSU students and an 8-year-old girl who touched the hearts of the Spartan community.As students cram for finals and prepare to depart MSU — either permanently or just for the summer — let’s reflect on the most important stories of the year.
ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government culminated the 2013-2014 academic year by holding its final general assembly meeting on Thursday.
Students and alumni alike often carry the memory of hearing the Spartan Marching Band practicing in a field close to Demonstration Hall on a fall weekend.
A memorial was placed outside the Auditorium by the MSU Armenian Club on Thursday to recognize the 1.5 million Armenians who were killed during the Armenian Genocide in 1915.
For horticulture senior Karri Tomich-Baylis, making tea is a passion and a “guilty pleasure.” For her, the Bailey’s Blend should be “a story to the consumer, not just a tea. A tea that was grown by students and processed by students.”
About 540 non-tenure track faculty members are bargaining with administrators for better pay, job security and academic freedom.
The MSU Board of Trustees appointed Steve Hanson as the new dean of International Studies and Programs, or ISP, on Tuesday.
The MSU Salsa Club said their final farewell to their senior dancers on Wednesday night during their Senior Night Celebration which included food, drinks, awards and dancing.
Margaret Crocco, a former dean at the University of Iowa who resigned after being deemed by her staff to be an unfit leader, was appointed as a tenured MSU professor on Tuesday.
ASMSU survived a rocky academic year, which surrounded the undergraduate student government with controversy.
Seniors and other guests were invited to climb all the way to the top of Beaumont Tower before the senior class bids MSU farewell.
With finals around the corner, many students might find themselves overwhelmed with stress.
lthough most students apply what they have learned in lectures by writing term papers and filling out multiple-choice exams, some students display their knowledge out in the field with dirt-caked hands.For those studying at the MSU Student Organic Farm, the coursework is dictated by each growing season, and failing an assignment means less food on the table.
The Academic Freedoms Report drafted by ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, stirred up some controversy at the University Council meeting on Tuesday.
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld Michigan’s affirmative action ban, preventing MSU and the state’s 14 ?other public universities from using race as a factor in their admissions processes.
Students will have to pay $344 more in food and housing fees next year after the MSU Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to approve a 3.95 percent hike to double room and silver meal plan packages. Overall, the rate for room and board will rise to $9,154 in the 2014-15 year. The board approved the hike unanimously and with no public comment.
The MSU Board of Trustees approved a hike of 3.95 percent to a double room and a silver meal plan, increasing the overall rate to $9,154.