After a long, eventful fall semester, Impact 89FM management is taking the necessary steps to finally receive more than $300,000 in already-collected student taxes.
As many seniors approach their final months at MSU, some might struggle with the infamous “senioritis.” The term has been rolling through schools since 1957 and it means, “an ebbing of motivation and effort by school seniors as evidenced by tardiness, absences, and lower grades,” according to Merriam-Webster dictionary.
As Michigan’s economy slowly recovers from the recession, job opportunities still are available for students now that almost 15 percent of the state workers are slated to retire next year, said Charisse Blanks, internship and career consultant for the state of Michigan.
With the first week of classes almost to a close, many students are finalizing their schedules and buying textbooks for the semester.
Residence Halls Association, or RHA, kicked off the new year Wednesday night with their first general assembly meeting of the new semester. At the meeting, RHA members discussed MSU’s plans to offer free laundry on campus and the opening of The Vista at Shaw. RHA members were pleased about MSU’s announcement to allow free use of laundry machines for on-campus residents beginning in summer 2013. “It’s awesome,” RHA President Kelcey Gapske said.
When the days get shorter and sunlight is at a minimum, college students are especially prone to depression-like symptoms caused by the lack of sunlight, said Dennis Martell, Olin’s health education services coordinator.
As a part of fulfilling MSU’s campus-wide Energy Transition Plan, the MSU Board of Trustees unanimously passed a $7 million plan to retrofit Anthony Hall with sustainability renovations at its last meeting in December 2012.
As of Jan. 7, professors across campus have been given the option of officially switching their classes from ANGEL to MSU’s newest online learning tool, D2L. But the switch, which is optional until 2015, already is being used by many classes.
The government agency responsible for TV and radio censorship recently added a Spartan to its highest ranks.
It’s been nearly 10 months since Denzel Valentine and Anthony Clemmons set foot on a basketball court as teammates. A lifetime of preparation, early-morning workouts and practices that sometimes roared into the darkness of a winter evening led to the Lansing Sexton High seniors capturing their second consecutive MHSAA Class B state championship. In moments of elation about what the future held, it became difficult not to think back to all they’ve been through together.
Despite what the record might say, Chris Forfar said the MSU hockey team is better than the numbers show. About halfway through the 2012-13 season, there might not be much interpretation to take out of the team’s 5-12-3 overall record, with a showing of 4-9-1-0 in the CCHA.
As the Big Ten season moves along, the importance of each game on the schedule is not to be understated by teams in the conference. After watching No. 5 Indiana survive a New Year’s Eve scare against Iowa and Purdue upset then-No. 11 Illinois on Jan. 2, the notion of any team competing on any given day is less cliché and more reality this season for MSU head coach Tom Izzo.
The MSU wrestling team has another busy weekend on the road as they begin the toughest part of their schedule. The Spartans (4-3, 0-2 Big Ten) travel to Clarion, Pa., to take on Clarion and North Carolina beginning at noon Saturday before heading to State College, Pa., for a tilt against No. 1, and two-time defending national champion, Penn State at 2 p.m. Sunday.
To actor Cullen Titmas, “Billy Elliot: The Musical” is a production of dream-like proportions.
When human medicine senior Stephanie Klein was in elementary school, one of her best friends had a mentor in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program, or BBBS. Noting the mentor had a positive effect on her friend, Klein decided to volunteer in the program when she got older.
With the first weekend of the semester quickly approaching, the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum wants MSU students to turn their attention to Saturday night. That’s when the museum will be hosting its own shindig, welcoming back the student body and showcasing MSU’s newest museum, according to the museum’s manager of education, Leyna Lightman.
There are few things in this world harder to resist when driving than the sound of a cellphone going off. No matter how hard each of us might try to fight the urge to look down and see which one of our friends is trying to contact us, we probably each have been guilty of giving in and picking up our phones.
Somewhere between seeking directions in the parking lot of a backwoods strip club and maneuvering around the Christmas tree in the main intersection of town, I wondered if I made the stupidest decision of my life.
When criminal justice senior Harrison Gardner found out a person his age entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., and killed 20 children and six adults, he was horrified. “I was in disbelief,” Gardner said.
At Tuesday’s scheduled work session, the East Lansing City Council discussed a proposed ordinance that wouldn’t allow additional hookah lounges to come to East Lansing.