The State Board of Canvassers approved a petition Wednesday to form a coalition of organizations and interest groups that would raise Michigan’s minimum wage from the current $7.40 to $10.10 by 2017.
The MSU Department of Theatre’s performance of ”Cyrano de Bergerac,” a classic romantic tragedy, took the audience for their Wednesday night performance on an emotional extraordinary roller coaster. I had the privilege of riding along in front row of the newly-renovated Fairchild Theatre, which now treats guests to polished wood armrests and a “new theater” smell.
When John Miller is on the back of an 1,800 pound bull, he can’t risk taking his eyes off the massive creature’s neck or his own hands as he grips the rope.? Even as the world morphs into a spinning blur around him, his focus can’t shift away — unless he wants to end up thrown to the to the ground like a rag doll.
It’s raining three-pointers in West Lafayette as the No. 13 MSU men’s basketball team leads Purdue 49-38 at the half.
Six years of hard work and preparation for 18 days of competition that now are coming to an end.
“The girl in this mirror has not been retouched,” a sticker attached to the dressing room mirror in Aerie for American Eagle reads.
My freshman year, a friend on campus approached me about a job opportunity. With great enthusiasm, he told me about a position he had recently accepted selling energy drinks with a company called Vemma Nutrition. Unlike the typical jobs taken by college students, he said employees at Vemma have a chance at earning robust, six-figure salaries and can even be awarded luxurious BMW sports cars as sales bonuses.
For the third time, New York Times best-selling comic book artist and writer Nate Powell will have a table set up at the MSU Comics Forum, but this time he will be making an extra stop. From 5 p.m.
It happened at Purdue. It happened at Ferris State. And on Jan. 31, it happened here. ? The past two months have been tumultuous for MSU. Reports of shootings at other Big Ten and state universities, particularly even a shooting death near MSU’s own campus, have shaken the student body and left MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon with one grim reminder: No one is immune to violence.
LANSING — A recommendation for funding Michigan’s public universities that would restore MSU to about half of the funding cut during Snyder’s first year in office was reviewed by the House Higher Education Subcommittee Wednesday. Gov. Rick Snyder’s recommendation calls for a 6.1 percent increase from the previous year, which equates to a little over $15 million.
Nico Harrington and Karl Ochs will finish their finals in May with visions of Florida running through their minds — but not for the sandy beaches or resort hotels. Harrington and Ochs will be bicycling more than 800 miles through Florida with about 35 of their Pi Kappa Phi fraternity brothers from across the nation for a charity event, Gear Up Florida.
A student group is campaigning for MSU to take further action in protecting the human rights of sweatshop laborers who could be facing inhumane conditions. In an effort to rally students into pressuring administrators for a policy change, the MSU chapter of United Students Against Sweatshops hosted a Bangladeshi garment worker, who shared her story of surviving a factory collapse that claimed more than 1,100 lives.
A dorm room was robbed between 2 and 11 a.m. on Feb. 14 in South Hubbard Hall, according to police. MSU police Sgt.
Heavy rain and thunderstorms are predicted for the Lansing area Thursday, which could mean more power outages for residents, according to a statement from Board of Water and Light spokesman Stephen Serkaian.
The Board of Water and Light cited “technical failures” with their phone system due to high call volumes as the reason for their delayed response to the power outages in December.
MSU’s Council of Graduate Students will soon say goodbye to its four-term president, Stefan Fletcher, and elect a new leader in his place.
The Residence Hall Association, or RHA, elected its new president during its meeting on Wednesday night.
The stress and importance of getting good grades is something every college student across the country is forced to deal with.
The MSU Extension Climate Change Team, a new on-campus organization working for protecting the environment, hosted a chili cook-off on Wednesday.
Biomedical laboratory diagnostics senior Patricia Malang started at the MSU Salsa Club with zero dance experience.