MSU students go to great lengths in order to serve impoverished communities around the world, and MEDLIFE MSU is no exception.
A small group huddled together under a tent on Tuesday afternoon where Morrill Hall once stood, crowding around to hear MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon and faculty members celebrate the grand opening of Morrill Plaza.
In the past two months, Cedar Village and the area surrounding it have become home to two of MSU’s largest crime-related incidents within the past school year.
On Tuesday afternoon, President Lou Anna K. Simon gave her annual State of the University address at Wharton Center, while members of MSU Students United gathered outside the building to protest many hot button issues set to be discussed in the speech, including rising tuition rates.
MSU students are getting ready to dance the night away for a good cause. On April 5, the fifth annual MSU Dance Marathon will take place in IM Sports-Circle. Participants are required to stand on the dance floor for 12 hours straight. All proceeds will go to the Cassie Hines Shoes Cancer Foundation.
Ten years ago, a man clad in tie-dye walked into the University Activities Board office and asked if they were looking for vendors to set up in the Union. His question was met with an enthusiastic “Heck yeah!” and a deal was made. Tye Dye Thom has returned to the Union every following semester with the Enchanted Planet Sale, formerly known as Wish You Were Here, to set up tables loaded with piles of vibrant and eye-catching clothing.
Injuries have been a storyline for the No. 9 MSU men’s basketball team all season, but the sun seems to be peeking over the horizon.
Saturday’s 76-56 loss to No. 21 Nebraska wasn’t the result head coach Suzy Merchant wanted. But she’s not hitting the panic button yet. At her weekly press conference Tuesday, Merchant addressed the No.
With goals not coming in bunches for MSU hockey, there only is one way the Spartans continue to remain in tight games each night out — defense.
Six meets away from the Big Ten championships the MSU gymnastics team is looking for ways to get themselves into a competitive mindset.
0On Feb. 12, 1855, Gov. Kingsley Bingham signed a bill, creating the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, which eventually became MSU. On July 2, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act, which supported land-grant colleges and universities.
Kiran Samra isn’t like most of ASMSU’s previous presidents. She is not a James Madison student, and she’s a woman. But most unlikely, she’s never voted on an ASMSU bill.
A student was allegedly sexually assaulted at about 11:30 p.m. on Feb. 9, according to police. The victim, a female student, told police she was first assaulted at a party off campus, MSU police Sgt.
MSU football verbal commitment Jayru Campbell received some bad news today as he was charged with two adult felonies by Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy.
More than 100 employers will arrive on campus to recruit students during the Summer Job and Internship Fair on Wednesday.
MADISON, Wis. — There’s a difference between potential and performance. In the case of the No. 9 MSU men’s basketball team, the potential is there, but the performance has been lacking. The Spartans are overrated.
For sociology senior Jessica Hall, Flappy Bird began as a mere distraction. Tapping a bird to send it through a series of pipes goes quickly, she thought.
For Spartan fans worldwide, December 2013 will be remembered as the time a 26-year drought was lifted as the Spartans marched into the Rose Bowl as outright Big Ten Champions. Unfortunately for 27 people, many of whom were students, it was the early morning of Dec.
MSU is taking a stand against rising tuition costs and other challenges facing the university by launching a website designed to allow Spartan proponents to convey the message that policymakers should support higher education. The website, called Spartan Advocate, aims to decrease tuition costs and make degrees more accessible and affordable. The need for Spartan Advocate spawned from a desire to educate new legislators and alumni on the importance of higher education in research and economic growth, said Monique Field, assistant vice president of strategic initiative in the office of governmental affairs at MSU. As Field visited with alumni clubs, she saw that not everyone understands how MSU is spending state dollars and how the cuts to those funds have impacted tuition. “As state appropriations went down, the difference was made up (in tuition) by parents who send their kids to school,” Field said.
Once a month, children and MSU students gather around the Department of Entomology’s collection manager Gary Parsons and listen to him describe the ins and outs of insects.