Lansing — Pledging to finish what he cited as progress during his first year of office, Gov. Rick Snyder promised to finish his mission of bettering the state’s fiscal and governmental responsibility in his 2012 State of the State speech last night.
Citing manufacturing failures and delays, MSU officials said the dedication of the multimillion-dollar Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum has been pushed to an unspecified date during the fall semester. The date originally was set for April 21. “Am I disappointed?
MSU officials are beginning to do their homework on alternative options for the university’s current course management system, ANGEL. The need for a new system became apparent when the company that created ANGEL was bought by Blackboard in 2009 and decided to eventually discontinue long-term support for ANGEL, said Brendan Guenther, director of MSU virtual university design and technology.
Next year, expect to see more new faces than ever in student government leadership positions. With many officers graduating this spring, ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, is preparing to transition into new leadership for next year.
Psychology freshman Kiana Johnson still carries a map with her around campus, even though she’s pretty sure where she’s going. The guard is one of three freshmen — along with forward Becca Mills and center Jasmine Hines — who were tasked with replacing senior captains Kalisha Keane, Cetera Washington and Brittney Thomas from last season’s Big Ten Championship team.
Political science sophomore Abby Craft donned a turban for the first time during a demonstration at the MSU Sikh Student Association, or SSA, event Sikhism 101: Turban Night at Snyder and Phillips halls. Nutritional sciences and communication senior Manisha Singh, president of SSA, said the group’s goal was to bring cultural awareness of Sikhism to campus and dispel any misconceptions about the faith.
It’s not uncommon to see students walking to class with their headphones on listening to music, texting or calling friends and family from their phones. But according to a new study, potential distractions from wearing headphones while walking could be dangerous if they prevent pedestrians from hearing cars, busses or trains while crossing streets or tracks.
The USGBC Students – Michigan State University group recently was established to unite like-minded students who want to make positive environmental impacts on campus, said Alyssa Vennard, an interior design senior and president of the group. The USGBC is the U.S. Green Building Council, which works to motivate communities to build LEED-certified — or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design — buildings that are environmentally sustainable.
To help freshmen bridge the gap between high school and college, the MSU Counseling Center created the Freshmen Accessing Community and Embracing Survival, or FACES, initiative in 2008, and now the program has a new website to help get the word out to students. The program’s goal is to create a positive climate for MSU students, faculty and staff in all areas related to mental health, said Juliette C. Niemi, educational program coordinator of the MSU Counseling Center.
Each year, about 4 million to 6 million people suffer from Parkinson’s disease and anywhere from 50,000-60,000 new cases are diagnosed, according to national estimates. But a group of MSU researchers might have found a path to a cure. Postdoctoral researcher Basir Ahmad, associate physics professor Lisa Lapidus and graduate student Yujie Chen recently published a paper detailing their work with alpha-synuclein proteins — proteins considered to be the cause of Parkinson’s.
A bust depicting a former Beggar’s Banquet owner allegedly was stolen Saturday night from the restaurant, and owners, employees and those close to Beggar’s Banquet, 218 Abbot Road, are hoping for its safe return.
East Lansing already is home to one hookah lounge, but that doesn’t worry Kenny Shukeir, the owner of SIX Lounge Hookah & Smoke Shop, 400 Albert Ave.
The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, met in the International Center yesterday to allocate funds left unused at the end of last semester.
Lansing will be holding its first marathon this spring, and some MSU students and faculty plan to sweat or cheer on participants during the 26-mile competition.
If there’s one thing MSU gymnastics head coach Kathie Klages can say about her team, it’s that she will put them up against any school in the nation.
As a child growing up in foster care, social work senior Natalie Kyles longed for a sense of support in her life.
It might not be a campground in Tennessee or a park in Chicago, but a local music venue is aiming to provide students with a festival experience similar to Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza.
Imagine it’s the week before finals. You’re tired, you’re stressed and you really just need a break. Enter the only night in the entire week you haven’t had gargantuan amounts of work glaring at you.
The Michigan House Judiciary Committee is taking up the Medical Amnesty bill (HB 4393) Thursday at 10:30 a.m.
Case Hall recently implemented a card scanner system that requires a student ID to open doors to living quarters. This follows the lead of several other dormitories in response to concerns about student safety.