ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, will hold elections for officer positions tonight at 7 p.m., wrapping up what current officers have called a transition year.
When Gov. Rick Snyder signed anti-bullying legislation into law on Dec. 7, 2011, MSU visiting instructor Joe Grimm saw a perfect opportunity for one of his classes to create a book researching the ways bullying has evolved over time.
The Residence Halls Association, or RHA, approved its summer 2012 budget at its Wednesday night meeting, allocating about $213,000 for expenses during the summer, including travel and fees for a national conference and promotional items.
Dustin Baker treats school like a job. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each week for the last four years, he spent all of his time during the week outside of class doing homework and studying.
With classes winding down and most of the student body getting ready to leave East Lansing, students are turning their attention to a final chore: packing.
When hospitality business senior Sally Charness stopped at the rock on Farm Lane on Wednesday afternoon, she didn’t know she was about to be blinded. Students from the Council of Students with Disabilities, or CSD, asked her to wear a blindfold while reading braille printed on pop cans to simulate blindness. She soon could decipher an “S” on a can of Sprite, but she said it was hard to tell for sure what she was reading.
Once history professor Edward Jocque receives his stack of Student Instructional Rating System, or SIRS, forms after entering his final grades, he takes the time to carefully look through the responses. After sifting through the evaluations with responses on extreme ends of the spectrum, Jocque said he uses the forms to help improve his class, adding that he once changed the structure of his final exam based on SIRS suggestions.
More than 500 students had the chance to try on drunk goggles, play games and earn a free T-shirt when they stopped by the sidewalk near Olin Health Center on Wednesday to participate in Olin and the Residence Halls Association’s Duck Days event. Students, community members, Olin Health Center professionals and the MSU Police Department contributed to the event.
Journalism senior Anne Cook began a bucket list with friends in December that included eating at all the campus cafeterias, taking a picture with Sparty and going for a ride in the Karaoke Kab. She didn’t think going into Beaumont Tower was even a possibility.
Despite Residence Halls Association’s declaration of support last fall for a proposal to include a consolidated fitness plan in next year’s residential fees, the IM Sports facilities have postponed actions to create a campuswide fitness service for students living in residence halls.
As the clock winds down on the spring semester and students throughout campus are cramming material learned during the semester to prepare for final exams, the question of where to study remains on students’ minds. Throughout their years at MSU, students have developed areas where they feel comfortable sitting down and getting things done.
Revisions to the university policy on dual enrollment for undergraduates were approved by University Council at its final meeting of the academic year yesterday. The new policy, which goes into effect this fall, allows undergraduate students to dual enroll in graduate programs once they reach junior standing. Currently, students only can dual enroll in graduate programs once they are within 15 credits of completing their undergraduate degree.
Human biology sophomore Grace Davis was devastated when she woke up on April 17 to find out the memorial she and her friends had painted for their friend Jessica Hockensmith at the rock on Farm Lane had been painted over.
News junkies taking classes on campus this summer will be able to catch more headlines now that ASMSU is extending its newspaper readership program to newsstands in the summer semesters.
Music education sophomore Matt Nabozny, left, music freshman Reilly Spitzfaden, center, and music education Alexey Levigne, right, practice the marimba for their studio recital Monday at the Music Building. The trio has been practicing six hours a week for the upcoming performance.
With Twitter gaining popularity, many college athletes’ accounts have gone viral, and their social media pages have been thrown into the Internet spotlight.
Across the nation, environmental lovers gathered yesterday with baskets of food, in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most people picnicking in a 24-hour period. More than 40 locations in the U.S. hosted picnics related to the event, including the Fenner Nature Center, where 244 MSU students and community members participated in the challenge linked to Earth Day, said Nature Conservancy Marketing Manager Melissa Molenda.
Before chemistry junior Mary Steinhauer stepped on campus, she knew she wanted to be a Paranormal Society member. Ever since a friend introduced her to paranormal studies in high school, Steinhauer has had a deep interest in the topic.
For economics junior Ahmed Almansouri, showing off his yellow and black 2008 Corvette at the MSU Car Show on Saturday had more significance than just his love of cars. “People say Corvettes are the American dream — that’s my dream,” Almansouri said.
Final exams will be held from April 30 to May 4. As students gear up for the last week in school, they share some advice for studying and making it through the final days.