MSU's Office of Advancement is a well-oiled fundraising machine. A recently announced capital campaign seeks to raise $1.5 billion. With continued cuts to state higher education funding, officials emphasize there is a greater need for private donations.
They’re not needy. They don’t give a shit if I pick them up or not They’re great wingmen and wing ladies. I get attention and phone numbers. I walked into American Apparel with this girl around me to pull a prank on the cashier I was hoping to catch a clerk that’s not paying attention, writing some papers, and then she’d look up and see a snake and maybe shit herself First of all, you normally isolate the snakes.They’re non-communal, they don’t like to live together You put the male and female in the same enclosure briefly and wait for them to link up
B efore American mainstream media outlets move on to whatever the next piece of news they can create more hysteria with, I have something to say about their fear-mongering coverage of the Ebola epidemic.
The mood was different this week when Mark Dantonio stepped up to the podium for his weekly press conference, following No. 12 MSU’s (7-2 overall, 4-1 Big Ten) 49-37 loss to No. 8 Ohio State (8-1 overall, 5-0 Big Ten).
The volleyball team will have a chance to avenge a tough loss from earlier in the season Wednesday night.
Coming into the 2014 season, MSU field hockey (10-9, 4-4 Big Ten)had high hopes.
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The MSU student section has been under fire this season for poor attendance at home football games, and athletic director Mark Hollis is searching for a solution. Before Saturday’s game against Ohio State, Hollis told ABC 57 that he is looking into the possibility of heating the student section at Spartan Stadium. Hollis previously displayed disappointment in the student section after fans had emptied the section by the end of the Nebraska game.
Members of the LGBT community in Michigan were dealt a blow to their hopes for marriage equality last week when a federal court upheld the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. But the LGBT community on campus is remaining optimistic, hoping that the issue is not far from — finally — being settled across the country. “While this is unfortunate news for the citizens that live in the affected states, the hopeful side of this is that the Supreme Court will have no way to dodge marriage equality as an issue any longer,” said Alex Lange, Assistant Director at MSU’s LBGT Resource Center. The U.S.
Lansing Board of Water & Light will launch on Nov. 24 a pilot project that will integrate digital meters in more than 100 houses in East Lansing.
For student veterans, adjusting to campus life can be difficult. Luckily, there is a variety of resources available for those who have served, and some Spartans are taking the step to help situate other veterans in the area.
Brian Gilmore; Author of We Didn’t Know Any Gangsters (Third Collection of his poetry); MSU Professor of Law since 2010 When I got to college that’s when I wanted to write poetry. "I have always been interested in words, but really it was this teacher who said nice things about my writing and said it might be something I want to try. That's why I do what I do." “When I got done with this advocacy work, I realized I didn’t want to just write, but I wanted to be a citizen. I wanted to help out and actually try to make change and involve myself in this process.” “Music is really important for what I do,” he said. “Poets always say poetry is like music itself. We say the words are on the page and on the stage.” "I really have a great love for words," he said. "It’s hard to say what’s the best about writing other than knowing that people saw your work and appreciate your dedication to art; there’s a lot to say about that." “The message is the whole notion of loss of community. To a certain degree, I feel like a lot of cities have lost that sense of community where you had a family, but your larger family was within the neighborhood.” New book is more of a personal collection than my first two...my first book was more political and cultural related and the second book was about Jazz, Duke Ellington band This is more personal about growing up, my parents lives, neighborhood etc. “There’s something about growing up in D.C. It was a lot of fun, but it was also very mischievous kind of living. I think all writing is personal, there’s just degrees to it. I started this book many years ago and then got interrupted and started writing some other stuff (fiction, nonfiction, did some freelance journalism) Always said I would come back to it and finish it Went to Frostburg State College In the first book....I became a student activist; a big issue in my time was Nelson Mandela and South Africa; really big issues when I was in college, and a lot of us were involved in that It was an experience that I think shaped me in a lot of ways...being from DC from the urban setting I’ve been influenced by a lot of different things like music (jazz and African American music forms) It’s interesting because poetry is different...publishing houses don’t publish that much poetry (go through the small presses) Publishers might extend you an invitation...sent manuscript to this place in Maryland (knew someone there) Manuscript had been rejected a few times...this was the last shot! “I did say that”....Wayne State had strong interest in it but then at the last second they passed on it It must have been rejected about a dozen times by different contests and presses...mostly small presses I was just going to move on and do different writing projects Progressive Media Project...write on any topic you want and they take it if they want...election, abortion, anything Doing that for about 11 years...out of Wisconsin, affiliated with the Progressive magazine (more drawn to the historical/cultural pieces, things like that...did a piece on Maya Angelou, poverty, etc.) Used to do a lot of freelance journalism, wrote for the progressive, wrote for the Washington Post a few times, used to review new books for the Post, write for small weeklies in D.C. My law comes out of my student activism. I went towards law because of my desire to be an advocate on issues and it took off from there. Got to MSU in 2010...Howard University studying law and got recruited out here His first book is more cultural and politics of music and society Always been influenced by music...his brother has the most influence (musician), parents listened to a lot of jazz (Duke Ellington and Miles Davis), my brother listened to a lot of funk, R&B soul music, in the city.... it was a big deal Still doing some poetry every now and then...get invited to talk at law schools to talk about issues Go back to DC he goes to talk to class...American University talking to students interested in writing Social and political policy work right now, as well as short stories.... there’s always the “next” project and you are always a little bit ahead of yourself The big thing was divestment movement...trying to get universities to divest their assets from South African government and stop dealing with SA...students organized around that...long tradition of student activism This is what really drove me to law school, I wanted to be able to write, but also be involved
Post-traumatic stress disorder isn’t a problem too many students here at MSU face. But for professional writing senior Logan Stark, he knows it all too well.
At ASMSU’s Thursday committee meetings last week, only one bill was presented to any of the committees, with a minor bill being voted on by the policy committee . ASMSU officials, recognizing this, made an effort to spur representatives to talk to the deans of their respective colleges, if applicable, and to go out and talk to their constituents.
Residents who campaign against the sale of three city-owned parking lots are claiming their successful effort represents a vote of no confidence toward the East Lansing government.
International students in search of an internship in the United States after graduation might find it difficult to convince employers to hire them.
The University Activities Board is aiming to support the diversity of MSU’s student body with a campaign the group started this week.
No. 12 MSU football fell on Saturday, losing to No. 8 Ohio State, 49-37, at Spartan Stadium. The loss was spurred by an impressive performance from Buckeye freshman quarterback J.T. Barrett and ultimately killed any hopes and dreams of MSU qualifying for the inaugural College Football Playoff this postseason.