Eight years ago, when Molly Reeser was a sophomore at MSU, she met a girl named Casey Foote while giving horseback riding lessons at a farm in Haslett.
When staring out into his classroom following spring break every year, John Schaubroeck doesn’t see the same students he taught just a week earlier. Fatigued and unmotivated, Schaubroeck’s students — the ones who actually show up to class — stare back at him, and he can tell their desire to work isn’t as strong as it once was. “You can see it in their eyes,” the professor of psychology and management said.
Spartans are known for being spirited, and when it comes to celebrating holidays or other worthy occasions, students tend to go all out.
Although interdisciplinary studies in social science junior Megan Smith grew up volunteering regularly, she said she truly did not understand how easy it is to take little things such as food and water for granted until she took a mission trip to Venezuela during spring break. “I can’t imagine what my life would be like if I was in (the people’s) shoes,” she said.
In 2007, Matthew Swartz’s freshman year consisted of much more than exploring campus and adjusting to new classes. As a student in the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, or RCAH — what was then a brand-new college within MSU — Swartz, who now is an MSU alumnus, was able to help develop his program’s culture and community.
After more than 20 years of working as a reporter for newspapers across the country, Associate Dean of International Studies & Programs and journalism professor Eric Freedman likes to continue to keep as heavy a workload as possible.
Special education sophomore Julia Ruggirello takes up to 40 pills per day to control her cystic fibrosis, a chronic lung disease she was diagnosed with at six weeks old.
Six local metal bands will take the stage at The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave., in Lansing, on Saturday — but they won’t be playing their usual material.
It is almost the weekend. Classes are ending and students are ready to unwind. Here is a roundup of events to attend during the weekend respite. *The Blat!
MSU alumna Karen Nielsen, who runs her own practice in osteopathic manipulative medicine in New York City, spends her days working with patients to find ways to relieve their pain. But when she heads for home at the end of the day, the best relief she finds comes through music.
With the opening of their latest exhibit, employees of the Lansing Art Gallery, 119 N. Washington Square, in Lansing, hope to make Michigan art more accessible to the community.
Endless sunshine, resort towns and sandy beaches — that’s what many students will see during their spring break. But for those who aren’t traveling anywhere for the weeklong vacation, their view might be somewhat less exciting, filled with familiar campus buildings, the businesses that line Grand River Avenue and East Lansing locals.
As Jordan VanDyk sat on the floor with Amelia, a 6-month-old terrier-pitbull mix with brown eyes and a rambunctious spirit, he couldn’t help but think of his own dog back home.
With the creation of his company, Justin Silverman believes he is one step closer to changing the music industry. The marketing senior recently launched HumanFankind, an online service that collects and distributes donations from music lovers to musicians, in the hopes that he can help curb the negative effects of music piracy.
After several weekends worth of mall visits this year, I’ve accumulated an obnoxious amount of plastic bags, most of which I have absolutely no use for.
For self-proclaimed chocoholic Kathy French and her daughter Katie, Sunday was a dream come true. “If you’re going to eat chocolate, you may as well eat the good stuff,” Kathy French said.
When lead singer and guitarist Michael Motherwell took the stage Sunday afternoon to perform with his band, Something Utopic, he was playing with more of a sense of purpose than usual.
A year has passed since no-preference freshman Ryan Carter discovered blues dancing, a relaxed, slowed-down style of partner dancing, at a local studio near his hometown of Grand Rapids, and the love-at-first-sight feeling has yet to wear off.
Zack Sztanyo will make his debut on the big screen in his first-ever full-length feature film Friday. But the political science senior said he is much more nervous than he is excited. “I hate seeing myself act,” Sztanyo said.
Rather than starting out the fall semester of his freshman year in the dorms meeting new people, no-preference freshman Gabe VanGessel spent his in a tent in the middle of Tanzania. “I wanted an adventure,” he said.