Up-and-coming country singer Easton Corbin is making a stop in East Lansing next week for a performance presented by the Residence Halls Association.
When accounting senior Mike DeBona came to MSU, he had the intention of majoring in a business-related field. After initially choosing marketing, he eventually changed his major to accounting because of the strength of the program. “The economy’s tough and I wanted job security,” DeBona said. “The fact that (the program) was recognized so highly and challenging … I thought it would provide me with a versatile degree.”
As the worlds of entertainment and technology unite in Austin, Texas, thousands of people — including some from MSU — are attending the annual Southwest Music and Media Conference. The conference, commonly referred to as South by Southwest, or SXSW, hosts several sessions to showcase the latest in interactive media, said Tim Bograkos, the young alumni coordinator for the MSU Alumni Association and a conference attendee. During Twitter’s infancy, years ago, the service was first shown off at the conference.
The men’s basketball team defeated Ohio State on Sunday to win the Big Ten Tournament and went on to earn a spot as the No.
Discussions of gender-neutral housing on campus by student government groups have turned a corner with the suggestion of more flexibility for students with specific needs.
Tyler Pratt almost didn’t attend MSU. As a high school senior last year, Pratt thought for sure he was going to be able to attend MSU in fall 2011, but that was before he was deferred by the Office of Admissions.
Lined up elbow to elbow, MSU Archery Team members shot a flurry of arrows at red and blue targets yards away during the U.S. National Indoor Championships, an archery tournament held Saturday and Sunday. College students from the Midwest area ranging from University of Wisconsin La Crosse to Miami University in Ohio participated in the event, which was held at MSU Demmer Shooting Sports, Education and Training Center, 4830 E. Jolly Road, in Lansing.
Nozomu Hida remembers the fear he felt for his family and friends a year ago when he heard about the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear explosion in Japan. Luckily, the accounting senior’s family reported back to him that they were safe. But even today, he can feel the weight of the devastation that still is affecting his native country, he said. Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of the 9.0-magnitude earthquake in Japan, which was followed days later by a tsunami that caused severe flooding and a nuclear power plant explosion.
Playboy Magazine representatives will be in East Lansing on March 20 and 21 in search of female MSU students to pose in their October issue “Girls of the Big Ten” pictorial. Playboy Magazine is only disclosing location information to students who plan to audition.
Google’s new privacy policy, which was implemented March 1 , has no effect on MSU’s online activity according to officials, but could be worth a look for concerned students. Under the policy, Google can track and share data about users across its various applications and platforms, such as Gmail and Google searches, to provide better search results and more accurate advertisements.
Economics professor Steven Haider is teaching more than 1,200 students this semester. With two sections of 600-student, lecture-style economics classes, he said it is impossible for him to get to know most of his students well enough to write them letters of recommendation. Yet each spring, students in his classes approach him for letters of recommendation for graduate school or summer jobs and internships, hoping he can vouch for their character.
It’s out with the old and in with the new as construction at Wells Hall is expected to be mostly complete toward the end of May. Contractors currently are working on the interior of the Wells Hall addition by commissioning the heating and ventilation systems, university engineer Bob Nestle said.
Social work senior Natalie Kyles spends her days as most MSU students do. However, before she makes the trip from her East Lansing townhouse she has already done her daily morning tasks along with those of her daughter, 3-year-old Kadence. Kyles is a single mother, an MSU student and a social work intern at NorthWest Initiative, 530 W. Ionia St., in Lansing.
The night graduate student Susanna Joy’s daughter broke her arm at the beginning of this semester, she knew she would be late for class.
Tackling economics online wasn’t the best experience for chemical engineering senior Austin Kennedy, but he’s now closer to graduation in four years thanks to taking the summer course.
Yesterday, Southfield, Mich., resident Hope Sovran’s wish came true when she received a phone call from Ellen DeGeneres.
Students who want to hit the books on the weekend soon could utilize extended hours in the Main Library if members of ASMSU’s Academic Assembly have their way.
When most students desert campus next week for spring break, many seeking sunshine and sandy beaches, members of the agriculture industry will be sprawling across MSU’s campus.
Jason Warner has referred to resident mentors as RAs since he first arrived at MSU simply because he was more familiar with the term. Soon, however, the sophomore in the landscape and nursery management program who lives on campus won’t have to worry about this accidental misnaming — resident mentors officially will be renamed resident assistants in the near future.
Five students have been nominated for the vice presidential position for next year’s session of the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, following a period of nominations at RHA’s Wednesday night meeting.