ASMSU’s committees discussed several controversial bills concerning student safety and security at their Thursday night meeting in Student Services.
In an attempt to increase the school’s national academic ranking, an admissions official at Claremont McKenna College in California exaggerated students SAT scores, an issue which has raised concerns from MSU students and administrators. “The problem with rankings is that they can have a negative effect on many colleges’ perceived status,” said Jeff Olson, Kaplan Test Prep vice president of data science.
Some say practice makes perfect. And after a few years of refining his skills, Middle of the Mitten creator Joel Heckaman said he thinks he finally got it right.
MSU’s Eli Broad College of Business ranked No. 1 nationally and No. 2 worldwide in placement success for graduates, according to a Financial Times MBA ranking released Monday.
On Sunday, MSU will participate for the second year in the RecycleMania Tournament — a competition that runs from Feb. 5 to March 31. More than 600 colleges from across the country compete to collect the largest amount of recyclable products, and MSU officials aim to collect more than 1 million pounds of recyclables during the competition.
When MSU alumnus Nate Daniels’ friend Kevin Willson asked him to help out with the promotion of his newest work for the Doritos Crash the Super Bowl commercial contest, he was more than happy to oblige — little did he know he would get tickets to Super Bowl XLVI and thousands of dollars out of the deal.
MSU’s 2011 endowment funds rank No. 5 of the 12 institutions in the Big Ten in terms of percentage increase, according to the initial results of a national survey. The survey, released Tuesday by the National Association of College and University Business Officers, or NACUBO, shows the percentage change in the market value of an endowment from fiscal year 2010 to fiscal year 2011, MSU chief financial officer Mark Haas said in an email.
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.
In her four years as a Spartan, senior guard Porsché Poole has never lost to Michigan, and with Sunday’s matchup likely serving as her last experience in the rivalry, she doesn’t want to start now.
Branden Carney can walk. Although not an impressive feat for most, the freshman defensman realizes how close he came to having that simple aspect of his life taken away.
At this point in the season, focusing on the little things will pay big dividends for the MSU hockey team. Entering a rematch on the road of an earlier season split against No. 10 Ohio State, the Spartans (13-11-4 overall, 8-9-3-2 CCHA) are at a critical point in the season and attention to detail has become essential.
As someone who has been taking Adderall for a while, I am offended by people who use the drug just to “get through exams” and by people who believe that is all the drug is used for.
National Signing Day for college football was earlier this week. For an overwhelming number of high school football players, that’s as good as it’s going to get.
A court decision made by the Michigan Court of Appeals last fall is not taking residents into consideration, and has left many citizens wondering where the future of medical marijuana is headed.
For six members of the MSU wrestling team, Sunday’s dual against No. 6 Ohio State will be the last time they step onto the mat at Jenison Field House. In their final home dual of the season, the Spartans (3-8 overall, 1-6 Big Ten) hope to snap a four-game losing skid, but they’ll be tasked in doing so by one of the top teams in the country.
State lawmakers announced a hearing to investigate MSU’s new health care policy Thursday, which one state representative argues could unfairly burden students with additional costs.
A 21-year-old Muskegon, Mich. man was arrested this morning after he led police on a foot chase through the Communication Arts and Sciences Building, MSU police Sgt.
It was dubbed Snowmageddon, Snowpocalypse and online, snOMG. Whatever you called it, the February 2011 blizzard dumped more than a foot of snow on mid-Michigan and flipped a typical day at MSU on its head one year ago today.
The East Lansing City Council voted unanimously to support an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit against the state of Michigan filed on Jan. 5 claiming a law unfairly targets same-sex couples.
For MSU head football coach Mark Dantonio, recruiting has everything to do with the program’s identity and where it aspires to be.