To help the growing international population in East Lansing, city officials have added an interpreter service to all departments to broaden communication with the international community. LanguageLine Solutions is a 24-hour phone service that will translate face-to-face interactions between city staff and community members whose primary language is not English.
To encourage interest in poetry on campus, the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities Center for Poetry handed out chalk Wednesday, giving students the opportunity to decorate MSU’s sidewalks with creative poetry. From 10 a.m.
The volleyball team continues to rely on their nationally seventh-ranked freshman class, and the class continues to deliver. Though early injuries have forced head coach Cathy George to give freshman middle blocker Allyssah Fitterer and freshman middle blocker Autumn Christenson, who has played outside hitter thus far, larger roles than what was initially expected, the talented recruits have handled the grind of the season with grace.
MSU alumnus Scott Westerman’s plea to raise $3,000 for ovarian cancer research in response to a University of Michigan fan’s game day prank has been more successful than he ever imagined. Westerman, the executive director of the MSU Alumni Association, called on Spartan fans to raise the money after “Go Blue” was splashed across East Lansing skies during the last football game against Youngstown State.
It’s an odd pairing, East Lansing and I. If this were the Wild West and I strolled into town, it wouldn’t take long for a cowboy to walk up to me while chomping on a piece of straw and mutter something like “us folk don’t take too kindly to your type ‘round these parts.”
When alumna Laurie Parres broke out into the sitcom world, she knew writing for TV shows was what she wanted to do for the rest of her life. Parres most recently wrote for the Nickelodeon series “Wendall and Vinnie,” and other TV shows including “Spin City” and “Charmed.” Parres recently found out the teen comedy show “Wendall and Vinnie,” which started in February, will not return next season. “Even thought the show with Nickelodeon got canceled, those people were the funniest and most amazing people I have ever worked with,” Parres said. Parres discovered her love for sitcom writing when she did an internship with the Mary Tyler Moore production company, named after the actress, while still in school and was then asked back for a full-time job. “It was a like big frat house,” Parres said.
When he competed in the Collegiate Foosball Tour on Wednesday, hospitality business junior Emilio Arribas was hoping not only to become the Campus Foosball Champ, but to move on to compete in national foosball tournaments. “I love foosball, and I would have played even if the grand prize was only $10,” Arribas said.
After returning from a 10-day investment mission in China and Japan, Gov. Rick Snyder addressed the importance of the international student base and immigration issues during a question-and-answer session at the the Kellogg Center on Wednesday
Facing a record enrollment of 49,300 students this year, MSU officials are discussing plans to curtail total enrollment in the future. So far, officials posed a possible solution of putting a cap on the total amount of students at around 48,000. The solution poses some questions about how the university will reach this number.
Then there was one. Kelsey Mullen entered MSU four years ago along with three others as members of the women’s soccer class of 2014. The class was loaded with top players in the state and country, including Annie Steinlage and Courtney Clem, as well as Chelsey Miller, who decided to focus on academics and quit the team after two years.
The new iOS 7 software will be available for download Wednesday. Here’s a look at some of the major updates and new features iOS 7 has to offer.
From the moment he first met Noah Cooper, MSU alumnus Masaki Takahashi could tell his friend and former co-worker always made time for the people he loved most.
With the East Lansing City Council elections coming up in November, ASMSU has decided to step in to spread awareness among students to register and vote.
Faculty weighed in on what qualities the next MSU provost should have at an open forum on Tuesday, saying that the provost should have strong ties to the university while balancing diversity and inclusion.
The MSU community celebrated United States Constitution Day on Tuesday with activities that honored the nation’s founding document in both serious and light-hearted ways. Constitution Day, originally known as Citizenship Day, commemorates the day the Constitution originally was signed. It was named a federal holiday in 2004.
For more than 60 years, the MSU Evening College has served as a way for alumni to stay engaged with the university through courses and instruction. With the new Alumni Lifelong Enrichment for Spartans program, or LENS, the MSU Alumni Association looks to “re-envision” what the former evening college should be.
With the intent to improve student and community relations and establish communication between the two, a University Student Commission, or USC, is appointed each year. At Tuesday’s East Lansing City Council meeting, new members of the USC were appointed, representing the Residence Hall Association, Inter-fraternity Council, Nation Panhellenic Council, ASMSU, Olin Health Center, Community Relations Coalition and the council of Graduate Students.
Greek letters and signs are everywhere around campus with Rush week kicking off, but not all the pledges will be flocking to the major fraternities and sororities. Special education junior Manisha Manchanda is one student who elected to steer away from the stereotypical “sorority girl” image and join a multicultural sorority. “What I like best is that everyone respects … that we all grew up in different parts of the world,” said Manchanda, who is a member of Sigma Sigma Rho, a traditional Southern Asian sorority.
Ever since a thrilling fake field goal named after a kids movie sealed an overtime victory for the Spartans in 2010, the MSU-Notre Dame rivalry has been defined on the offensive and defensive lines.