For international relations sophomore Kanza Khan, Thursday won’t be the first time she has worn a head scarf. But it will be the first time she wears it for an entire day. “I’m kind of nervous to see reactions in classes,” she said. “Obviously, people are going to ask questions. I hope to give them the proper answers.”
Documentary film editor Toby Shimin will be on campus to show a screening of the film “Buck” and host a discussion with students starting at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in room 147 of the Communication Arts and Sciences Building as part of the Media Sandbox Visiting Lecture Series.
When Branden Dawson went down with a season-ending knee injury in the MSU men’s basketball team’s regular season finale a week and a half ago, the Spartans didn’t have much time to adjust. Four days later, MSU traveled to Indianapolis for the Big Ten Tournament without the freshman guard — who started all 31 games before tearing his left anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, in a 72-70 loss to Ohio State.
The thought of returning home has crossed Taylor Alton’s mind more than once this season. The senior forward is a Colorado native, and after learning this year’s Final Four will be held in Denver, Alton said her teammates began telling her they would help her find her way home.
As the four CCHA Tournament semifinalists gear up for a chance at the title and an automatic bid in the NCAA Tournament this weekend in Detroit, the No. 16 MSU hockey team is forced to wait to know its fate.
In spending the first 17 games of its season on the road, the prospect of making a return to McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field is more than appealing at this point to head coach Jake Boss and the MSU baseball team.
Trading in coats and scarves for shorts and T-shirts, many students in East Lansing were celebrating Tuesday after a spell of potentially record-breaking warm weather hit Michigan, experts said.
The College of Education’s graduate programs in elementary and secondary education rank No. 1 of the best graduate programs by the U.S. News & World Report for yet another year.
MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon discussed preparations for handling campus celebrations throughout the duration of the men’s basketball team’s NCAA Tournament run at Tuesday’s Steering Committee meeting.
Eight years ago, when Molly Reeser was a sophomore at MSU, she met a girl named Casey Foote while giving horseback riding lessons at a farm in Haslett.
When staring out into his classroom following spring break every year, John Schaubroeck doesn’t see the same students he taught just a week earlier. Fatigued and unmotivated, Schaubroeck’s students — the ones who actually show up to class — stare back at him, and he can tell their desire to work isn’t as strong as it once was. “You can see it in their eyes,” the professor of psychology and management said.
For more than three years, Action of Greater Lansing has been working with MSU’s Children’s Health Initiative and Sparrow Hospital to build a system that benefits the children within our region by creating a robust system of pediatric subspecialists as close to home as possible.
Spring break in college is both a delighted and feared time across many communities. For many students, it is a time to get away from school, head somewhere warm with friends and enjoy age-appropriate beverages and free time not found during your average week of classes.
Given the recent success of the MSU football team over the past few years, the demand for season tickets is increasing, and the athletics department is hoping to eliminate single-game tickets in response.
Up-and-coming country singer Easton Corbin is making a stop in East Lansing next week for a performance presented by the Residence Halls Association.
After a massacre in Homs, Syria, on Sunday, lifeless bodies and charred remains of desolate homes fill some streets of the same city where international relations junior Anas Attal once played soccer.
As the success of the MSU football team grows, so does the number of fans who wish to be at every game. The Spartan Ticket Office has received a high volume of orders for season ticket packages for the upcoming home football season, to the point where Associate Athletics Director Paul Schager said MSU is expecting a record number of sales.
New details regarding the arrest of State Rep. Bob Genetski, R-Saugatuck, by MSU police show a more vivid picture of what happened during the early hours of Jan. 19, when he was taken into custody on campus for drunken driving.
Caroline Roberts is already spending more than $80 per week on gas commuting to MSU. However, with the expected gas spikes approaching, she can expect to spend even more money at the pump.
When accounting senior Mike DeBona came to MSU, he had the intention of majoring in a business-related field. After initially choosing marketing, he eventually changed his major to accounting because of the strength of the program. “The economy’s tough and I wanted job security,” DeBona said. “The fact that (the program) was recognized so highly and challenging … I thought it would provide me with a versatile degree.”