Libby Lussenhop’s new hobby allows her to combine two of the activities she is most passionate about — performing and writing. As a slam poet, the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities and professional writing sophomore is able to take pieces of writing she has created and share them by reciting and acting them out.
It is almost the weekend. Classes are ending, and students are ready to unwind. Here is a roundup of events to attend during the weekend respite.
Javon Ringer wasn’t sure whether or not wolfing down as many hot dogs as fast as he could in front of a crowd sounded like a good idea. “I might give it a try,” said the former running back for the MSU football team. “I might eat one or two.”
Inspired by her own life experiences, Terri Catano decided something needed to be done to solve the Lansing area’s homelessness problem.
The former site of a downtown bar continues to undergo drastic renovations as construction continues for a mixed-use building officials hope will attract MSU students and young professionals.
Looking at the box score, there’s very little that stands out about Tony Wieber’s ground out in the bottom of the ninth inning. However, it might have been the most significant at-bat of the ballgame between MSU and Central Michigan Wednesday at McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field.
The Tunnel of Oppression is an experience that forces students to encounter the seen and unseen oppressions in our society, the director of Tunnel of Oppression, political science and pre-law and general management junior Michelle Cooper said in an email.
Although she doesn’t consider her Bloomfield Hills, Mich., hometown a tourism hot spot, criminal justice senior Erica Silver sees parts of her home state as the true “pure Michigan.”
Medical students are scheduled to host the fifth annual 5K R.A.C.E., or Run for Access to Care for Everyone this weekend. The race begins at 1 p.m.
One Saturday, with an assignment due within hours, supply chain management freshman Aashray Patel was left helpless when he couldn’t access ANGEL, MSU’s current online learning management system, or LMS. Getting more angry and nervous by the minute, Patel said he waited hours before the system began to work correctly. “I went crazy about it,” Patel said.
Students can join others from 7:30-10 p.m. Friday in Erickson Hall Kiva for the Night of Hope, an event to discuss depression, its effects and how to help those who are struggling with it.
The MSU Museum is preparing to host its 17th annual Wine Tasting Benefit. The benefit will be held from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Friday at Kellogg Center.
The International Students Association and the Office for International Students and Scholars will host TEDxMSU this weekend.
When education freshman Kristen Bock works her shift in the dishroom of Holden Hall cafeteria, she said it’s not uncommon for her to see pieces of food left lying on trays. “People will leave entire slices of pizza, (or) fruit not even touched and sometimes whole sandwiches,” Bock said. “It’s kind of ridiculous.”
Closing out more than a year of pushing for gender-neutral housing initiatives, the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, passed a bill Wednesday night to approve the university’s recommendation in implementing a flexible housing option for fall 2012.
During the past three days, the U.S. Supreme Court started reviewing the Affordable Care Act — a decision experts agree could have profound effects on the powers of the Congress. Under the new law, young adults can remain on their parents’ plan until age 26. The act also has a program to help repay medical students’ loans.
There are a number of fresh faces among MSU football’s first-team offense, but none is more jarring than the one lining up behind sophomore center Travis Jackson. For the first time in about three years, Kirk Cousins won’t be leading the Spartans on offense — his graduation allowing for junior Andrew Maxwell to step in at quarterback. Just don’t call him “Kirk’s replacement.”
At some point during the 2012-13 MSU men’s basketball season, we’ll look back at the summer of 2012. It might be at the beginning, middle or end of the season, but we will look back, and we’ll likely say one of two things.
A meeting next month between university officials and ASMSU will determine the fate of ASMSU’s proposed Capital Area Transportation Authority, or CATA, bus tracking mobile application, which has been in the works since last semester. ASMSU Director of Media Relations Samantha Artley said there has been little recent development on the app, but a meeting in mid-April is expected to shape the app’s next steps.
College is said to be one of the best times of a person’s life. Graduates who now are living on their own and starting their careers always talk about how nostalgic they are for this time.