In a recent opinion published by The State News editorial board, members made the claim that there is a concerning lack of student activism at MSU. I am continually baffled at the lack of adequate coverage of activist student groups in The State News.
Forget speed dating, blind dates or eHarmony.com. Students who are set to graduate in the spring should look at another matchmaking service: Venture for America.
MSU Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies J. Ian Gray will step down at the end of this academic year, MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon said at today’s meeting of The Steering Committee.
Following a series of racial incidents throughout campus, MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon sent an email to students this afternoon addressing her concern for the well-being of the community.
The East Lansing City Council hopes to make a final decision on a firm to pick the next city manager at its 7:30 p.m.
Within a day, almost 300 Nike Pro Combat T-shirts, gloves and other items of clothing were gone from the shelves of the Spartan Spirit Shop in the Union.
Less than a year after the famed Four Loko malt liquor drinks were temporarily pulled from Michigan’s shelves, the drink’s manufacturers once again are making changes to their product after coming under fire from the federal government.
Misty Holley’s husband gave her a choice: She could keep her unborn child with Down syndrome, or she could keep him. Eleven years ago Holley’s daughter, Dakota Brookens-Hillebrand, was born with blond hair, blue eyes and Down syndrome.
A 58-year-old male university employee reported his employee parking pass was stolen from his vehicle between 8 a.m. Sept. 13 and 11 a.m. Sept. 26, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
After a lack luster 2010-11 season, the MSU hockey team enters the new season looking to right the ship with an experienced roster and a new staff. In the first game of the Tom Anastos era, the Spartans were gritty while putting on an offensive clinic to beat a solid Western Ontario team in an exhibition, 6-1.
When anthropology sophomore Kelsey Carpenter prepared to sign up for housing for the 2011-12 academic year, she had her mind made up to stay in Landon Hall because of convenience and proximity to her job as a desk receptionist.
Crime dropped on campus in 2010, according to MSU’s annual security and saftey report released Saturday.
A new national program called Venture for America has the potential to benefit Michigan’s college graduates while helping to revitalize Detroit’s economy.
MSU’s Bioeconomy Institute is going green. The center is among a group of businesses — including the Prima Civitas Foundation in East Lansing — that received a $1 million grant from the Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration earlier this month to fund an additional research center to develop green energy technology.
When some students read the University Activities Board’s weekly scheduled events, the idea of Cosmic Bowling nights at Spartan Lanes might bring dread.
Many people dread the end of summer because it means the end of lazy days lounging in the sun, pool parties and icy cold treats.
Claire Gaut and Jamie Crist were sharing a casual lunch in Shaw Hall on Monday, unaware that a part of their meal was grown just a few miles down the road.
Reports such as “Religion & Rebellion” (SN 9/29) dismay me but are not surprising. College years are for students to find themselves, and they certainly could find engaging new aspects of their own spirituality while learning other important things, enjoying new social scenes and exploring enticing possibilities for their futures.
The stereotypical view of a college student is they are either out downing shots all the time or they are clinging to their religion, rattling off Bible passages at the mention of sin.
The MSU Crew Club will start its annual Rent-A-Rower fundraiser on Oct. 22 and 23.