National Coming Out Days are being celebrated on campus. In past years, the Alliance of Lesbian-Bi-Gay-Transgendered and Straight Ally Students has passed out educational material during the week, but group president Natalie Furrow said it often ends up tossed on the ground. “Students aren’t very receptive,” Furrow said.
Three students vying for the position of external vice president discussed their views and qualifications to the Residence Halls Association General Assembly Wednesday night.After three hours of scrutiny by the general assembly, international relations sophomore Derek Wallbank was given the position by a majority vote.
Even as the sound of shoes crushing colorful leaves marks the fall season, avid gardeners and plant lovers are ready to soak up some green knowledge at the Fall, Winter and Virtual Container Gardening Program from 10 a.m.
MSU is expecting more than 2,000 prospective students to swarm campus Saturday for a hands-on open house experience. Ten MSU colleges will participate in Science, Engineering, and Technology Day with hopes of convincing high school students into coming to campus next fall.
One of the many open positions in MSU’s undergraduate student government was filled Friday.Psychology senior James Perra took on the role of ASMSU association director.
Catherine Guevarra’s feet jumped quickly in rhythm with the wooden sticks.Moving her body to tinikling, the national dance of the Philippines, the pre-dental sophomore took part in the Philippine American Student Society’s kickoff for Filipino History Month on Wednesday at the rock on Farm Lane.“We just want people to know we’re here,” Guevarra said, who is a member of the society.
A committee to fix up the ASMSU Academic Assembly’s Code of Operations introduced its revisions to the assembly Tuesday night.The Code Revision Committee was formed in early September to revise the assembly’s code.
Recruitment for MSU’s Panhellenic Council begins today. The process consists of three components - phase A, phase B and preference. “Phase A is really a getting to know you phase,” said Elana Pure, Panhellenic Council vice president of external recruitment.
Weekends for some students consist of kegs and house parties, but more students this fall are putting away their six-packs in favor of tubs of popcorn and attending Campus Center movies at Wells Hall. Graduate student Erica Benson said she is a regular because there are no theaters close to campus. “I watch at least one movie a weekend, sometimes two,” she said.
MSU Assistant history Professor Roger Rosentreter learned Monday about a grant that will help to place resources on Michigan’s history online, and he’s already supportive of the idea.“A lot of information is in small library districts and the people outside that area don’t know about it,” said Rosentreter, who teaches a class about Michigan history and would consider informing his students about such a Web site.
MSU’s Women’s Resource Center is encouraging women to get a mammogram with October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The center plans to kick off events with a presentation from 12:10-12:50 p.m.
Lifting fingerprints off pieces of evidence and checking out MSU police’s crime scene investigation van are some of the hands-on policing experiences students learned about Tuesday night.For the first time, the MSU Department of Police and Public Safety is offering an 11-week Citizen’s Police Academy that is conducted through MSU’s Virtual University and meets Tuesdays until the end of November.
The second annual Human-Animal Bond Initiative Conference will bring experts from around the world to MSU.
A group of students and faculty members met for the first time last week to brainstorm ways to honor an MSU student leader who died this summer.
In 1950, Ray Bradbury imagined a world where firefighters ignited books in a society banned from the written word.
A panel of MSU business experts met Monday to discuss the ethics and corporate governance in business companies around the world.The panel, moderated by MSU President M.
James Madison College Founders Circle is sponsoring a trip to MSU by Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick on Oct.
MSU’s undergraduate student government hosted delegates from each of Michigan’s 15 public universities Saturday to discuss higher education issues in the state.The Association of Michigan Universities goal was to speak and act on behalf of college students.
Business professors and industry leaders will convene tonight at Kellogg Center’s auditorium for a forum about business ethics. The “Broad Leadership Forum: Ethics and Cooperative Governance,” featuring President M.
The name on the door reads Spartan Child Development Center, but parents, administrators and university officials are calling it “a dream come true.”Spartan Child Development Center, a day-care center serving children from 2 weeks to 6 years old in the Lansing area, celebrated the completion of its $2.7 million renovation with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday.