The MSU Counseling Center is taking new strides to help some students feel more at home upon arriving to MSU, and its efforts could give those students a new outlook on college life.
The Michigan House Judiciary Committee is taking up the Medical Amnesty bill (HB 4393) Thursday at 10:30 a.m.
Case Hall recently implemented a card scanner system that requires a student ID to open doors to living quarters. This follows the lead of several other dormitories in response to concerns about student safety.
Senate Democrats have been discussing a new policy initiative that could possibly offer grants to in-state students attending public universities in Michigan, but its success could be detrimental to the state. The Michigan 2020 plan, as Democrats are calling it, would provide nearly full tuition — about $9,500 a year — to in-state students who have spent their whole K-12 education in Michigan schools, including public, private and home-schools.
Are American politicians out of sync with the public when it comes to foreign policy? There is considerable reason to believe so.
A new study published this month by Dan Johnson of Washington and Lee University shows experimentally that reading fiction increases empathy.
The Residence Halls Association, or RHA, conducted a health and safety survey to figure out how aware students are of its services, and the results were telling. RHA Director of Health and Safety Zachary DeRade said on a scale of one to 10 of how aware students were of RHA’s health and safety services, the average response was a five.
Growing up right outside of the Motor City, I always felt a torn loyalty between the jobs of many friends and family members employed by Detroit’s auto industry and our environment.
Over the holidays, President Obama appointed a director for his new and controversial Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB.
When people pay more for a service or good, they expect to receive a higher quality item. But according to a recent report by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine, MSU students are experiencing increasing costs disproportionate with the quality of the university.
MSU is a large university, so many students here seek ways to become a member of something smaller to establish relationships with fellow students and university faculty.
Growing up, I started talking at a very early age. My parents like to joke that I haven’t stopped since, and they’re probably right. It didn’t take much of that talking for them to realize I was very opinionated, either.
A majority of MSU students recognize the phrase “Warning: you are using an unsupported browser. Some ANGEL functions like messaging, drop boxes, and others will not work correctly” all too well.
Jan. 12, 2012, is the 10th anniversary of the day when terrorism suspects were subjected to indefinite incarceration in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, generally in the absence of any charges or trial.
January marks the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that struck down many repressive state laws criminalizing abortion. The right to make one’s own intimate medical decisions is not only a legal imperative but also empowering and provides a path toward social and political equality.
MSU students could start to see electronic books, or e-books, become an integral part of their college experience if a pilot study on e-books at MSU is successful.
“Trust the process.” This is what student environmental activists in groups such as MSU Greenpeace and MSU Beyond Coal have been told time and time again by MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon.
The ringing in of the new year presents many opportunities to reflect on the years past, enjoy the present holiday with friends and family and celebrate the bright promise of the future.
Public universities in Michigan have been used to cuts in state funding, but a surplus in the state budget could mean a turn for the better. This week, State Budget Director John Nixon will meet with fiscal agencies and the state treasury to discuss how the $400 million to $450 million left over from this year’s budget will be allocated. State officials have neither confirmed nor denied if any of the money will be given to higher education, but MSU would welcome more state money.
Standing in front of 40 religious and academic leaders in Najaf, Iraq this summer, I wondered how they would react to the presentation I was about to give.