I’m a 1969 MSU grad and a veteran. I was in the U.S. Army, infantry, in Vietnam. I think Veterans Day has been subverted from its original intent and now is just one more tool used to build the myth that the solution to conflict is military action.
ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government and MSU administrators are questioning the effectiveness of student representation in the Academic Governance system. The administration deserves criticism for its inability to make students feel heard, but students also should be criticized for not contributing much to the conversation.
Captain Bruce Lindsey has seen a lot of incredible things at the helm of the USS Carl Vinson. But Lindsey said the Quicken Loans Carrier Classic is “right up there at the top.”
Follow sports reporters Jeremy Warnemuende and Pat Evans as they report live from San Diego as preparations continue for Friday’s game.
Freshman Aaron Tait faces criminal sexual conduct charges in Mescota County’s 77th District Court, located in Big Rapids, Mich.
Dennis Norton was hesitant to approach his father. The subject of war had been taboo for years. His father, Austin Norton, served in the U.S. Navy during World War II on the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) but had never been able to talk about what he saw. But his son decided to take the plunge.
ROCHESTER, Mich. — In the biggest spotlight for Michigan yet in the 2012 presidential race, leading Republican candidates gathered at Oakland University on Wednesday night to debate solutions for the nation’s struggling economy.
_Editor’s note: This is the second part in a series examining the enforcement of East Lansing rental housing regulations.
Penn State’s student newspaper, The Daily Collegian, is reporting police are using mace to subdue riots on and around Penn State’s campus which began late Wednesday night.
Years of fluctuating student participation in the Academic Governance system has prompted administrators and ASMSU to reexamine the student voice in university policymaking. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government. ASMSU Provost Zach Taylor said administrators have questioned whether students should continue to be involved, as ASMSU has had difficulties engaging with the governance system in years past, including having difficulty filling student seats and a lack of quality student participation. Students can hold about 50 total seats in Academic Governance, and currently students hold about 40, Taylor said.
The MSU men’s soccer team saw its season come to an end Wednesday with a 2-1 loss to Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament in the quarterfinals. The Spartans fell behind 2-0 in the first 47 minutes before netting a goal in the 81st minute. The Hoosiers netted the first goal in the 38th minute with a shot from about 22 yards out.
Even as the MSU hockey team looks ahead to the Western Michigan series, it has to look back on a tough week of practice. The team lost freshman Branden Carney for the season as he suffered a fracture to his C1 and C2 vertebrae last week.
It would be easy to feel disappointment about the way the season ended for MSU women’s soccer team. Sixty-four teams had their tickets punched for the NCAA Tournament, and even after one of the great seasons in program history, the “Spartans are on the outside looking in.
With the recent child sex abuse scandal at Penn State, the school’s Board of Trustees fired football head coach Joe Paterno and university president Graham Spanier Wednesday.
A few hours prior to Joe Paterno being fired late Wednesday night, students responded to the scandal.
The Residence Halls Association, or RHA, met Wednesday night in McDonel Kiva to discuss issues, including its budget and transitional housing.
With November signifying Native American Heritage Month, the North American Indigenous Student Organization, or NAISO, invited Webster to share his experiences both as a Native American and a military veteran during a Veteran’s Feast event in Holmes Hall cafeteria.
At 5 p.m. today on the first floor of Bessey Hall, the Undergraduate University Division, or UUD, is sponsoring the annual Marathon of Majors event for students that have questions about different majors and programs.
The Portage-based Wolverine Pipe Line Company held a simulated oil spill response drill Wednesday morning to prepare the company’s workers in case an oil spill ever occurred in the Red Cedar River.
The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, still is accepting applications for event funding for graduate student organizations, or GSOs, for the remainder of the semester.