Despite the poor economy and financial struggles of many students and their families, turnout at Wednesday’s Fall Housing Fair was similar to past years and interest in different housing options remained steady, housing officials said.
ASMSU officials cleared another hurdle Wednesday in their fight for legislation that would give medical amnesty to minors who seek help for alcohol consumption.
Turnout for Tuesday’s Sparty’s Scrap Challenge was nonexistent, despite the University Activities Board’s advertising efforts to bring people to the Homecoming week event.
Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall is hosting two diverse speakers next week. Students looking for a laugh can purchase tickets to see popular American author David Sedaris in an evening of wit and conversation at 7 p.m. Sunday.
For many farmers, the worst parts of the job are the things they can’t control, and often, the biggest problem is weather.
The gods have conspired against them. The feeble armies of men are no match for Poseidon’s seas, and although war is imminent, a victor will be quickly decided. Trojan women are taken from their homes, captured to be the slaves of their conquerors.
The MSU Department of Theatre will premiere the play “Trojan Women” tonight. The play is a Greek tragedy set in ancient Greece and Troy in the fifth century B.C.
MSU professor Barbara Schneider is using a $1 million federal grant to change high schoolers’ career dreams into reality.
For Lisa Figlan, Homecoming is a time for MSU’s present to meet its past. “It’s one week of the year for students and alumni to get together and celebrate being an MSU student and celebrate Spartan pride,” said Figlan, a University Activities Board chairwoman.
After two days of defeating the nation’s top-ranked teams, a pair of MSU students claimed first place in the Henry Clay Debate tournament for the first time in 39 years.
In light of potential cuts to higher education funding and student financial aid, ASMSU is looking to create a need-based scholarship for students that could be available within the next year, group officials said Monday.
The MSU Parking Office will be closed Friday through Oct. 21 while parking operations software and hardware undergoes upgrades.
Students will have one final opportunity to weigh in on campus health services today before recommendations for change will be sent to Provost Kim Wilcox. The meeting runs from 7 p.m.
Michael Jackson, the Backstreet Boys and Beyoncé Knowles never have visited MSU, but a capella groups belted out their star-like skills featuring various artists at Accapalooza this weekend in the Fairchild Theatre.
It might only have been the garden behind Student Services, but to everyone there, it might as well have been Oz. About 30 people gathered in the garden Sunday to celebrate National Coming Out Day with a picnic and games dedicated to “The Wizard of Oz,” which kicks off a week of events at MSU.
Wharton Center patron Joyce Bichoff felt the spotlight shine on her as she walked across the stage in Cobb Great Hall, something she only had watched from her seat in the audience.
One of the many people in the American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU, brought the fight for the rights of lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender communities to MSU Thursday night at the College of Law Building.
When Fumiko Sakashita received an e-mail about upcoming budget cuts at MSU, she was in Japan searching for a job.
Douglas Roberts is a man with connections that are out of this world.
MSU students might have the opportunity to receive the H1N1 vaccination free of charge at on-campus clinics once it becomes readily available in Ingham County, an MSU official said.