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.
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.
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.
Equality in Michigan took a large step in the wrong direction last December. Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill that restricts public employers from offering benefits to domestic partners, including same-sex couples.
Adding extra taxes to students’ room and board bills never sounds like a positive thing, but a plan being discussed by the Residence Hall Association, or RHA, has the potential to bring many healthy changes for students.
A ring of uncertainty surrounds the MSU Board of Trustees’ closed-door meetings. The day before most open meetings, the board holds work sessions that are closed to the public— a practice that should unsettle students.
We’ve all seen the “You wouldn’t steal a car, so you shouldn’t steal a movie” commercials at movie theaters and thought of them as jokes. However, there’s nothing funny about the number of MSU students that appear to have no problem stealing digital media.
It seems at MSU as though diversity is lacking and could use some growth. Following a recent release of guidelines from President Barack Obama’s administration for universities to take additional factors into consideration during the application process, MSU potentially could increase its admissions diversity for the better.
Gov. Rick Snyder is attempting to open the lines of communication between in-state technological companies and job seekers, which hopefully will assist college students to continue working and living in Michigan.
After the latest East Lansing City Council election, the council has been shaken up, but not necessarily for the better.
Football fans on campus are buzzing about the upcoming Big Ten championship game the Spartans will play Saturday. The game won’t be played in Spartan Stadium, but changes to MSU fans’ game-day experience are on the horizon.
With the temperature dropping and snowflakes beginning to fall, many students are going to turn to their cars as an alternative form of transportation — yet parking is a hindrance. ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, recently passed a resolution in an attempt to expand available parking for students on campus.
Facebook and Twitter aren’t only people sharing what they’re doing with friends and family; social media also is an effective admissions tool for MSU.
This year, ASMSU has done a better job of trying to serve students. However, it didn’t lay the proper groundwork when it set out to develop a mobile app students could use to find times and track Capital Area Transportation Authority, or CATA buses.
The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction not only failed to lower the national debt but also failed in helping students. The committee’s recent lapse in reaching an agreement regarding how to address America’s steadily rising national debt triggered several planned cuts to federally funded programs.
This semester, more so than in past semesters, issues of free speech were ignited by a campuswide discussion about race. It undoubtedly is important for students to learn the difference between hate speech and free speech.
With the end of the semester sneaking up on students, for some it’s their last few weeks as a Spartan. Although most students dread the thought of leaving, a new MSU report should lessen that trepidation.
No student should feel unsafe walking home at night. Although making that happen is impossible, taking action to empower students to keep them from feeling unsafe is the next best step for MSU.
In embracing the concept of brotherhood by accepting responsibility for partygoers, MSU’s Interfraternity Council, or IFC, practices the values held by each MSU fraternity. The accountability system put into place by the IFC, after the untimely passing of a fraternity brother in 2009, was a great step to take.
It shouldn’t be a hassle for students to live on campus because of too much or too little security. Having the same security in place across campus is something RHS should have done a long time ago to make the lives of students safer.