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. Dia de la Mujer Let’s get the more serious one out of the way first.
Although media arts and technology senior Brandon Emerson signed up to participate in Bike & Build months ago, he still cannot fathom the prospect of biking 4100 miles from Charleston, S.C., to Santa Cruz, Calif., this summer to help raise awareness about affordable housing. “I can envision riding that far, but it’s not going to really hit me until we start actually doing it,” he said.
Laura Smith wants to open her students’ eyes and help them discover the artistic world surrounding them. To achieve this goal, Smith, an assistant professor of art history, will host the first Art History Alumni Symposium along with other Department of Art & Art History members from 3-5 p.m. Friday in room 108 of Kresge Art Center.
It is that time of year again. That time when imaginations are set aflame with visions of glory in March (April actually, but who’s counting), and millions of trees are sacrificed in the name of inflating the egos of those of us who think we know things about college basketball.
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.