The University Council, formerly known as the Academic Council, discussed the progress of a plan to adopt an online Student Instructional Rating System, or SIRS, on Tuesday after learning about the success of a pilot study conducted last year.
The university’s ultimate vision for campus cafeterias is one step closer to completion with the opening of Holden Hall’s renovated cafeteria and about $20 million worth of ongoing construction updates at Case Hall.
After three years of incubating, the first tenants of the East Lansing Technology Innovation Center, or TIC, are ready to hatch.
On Tuesday, chocolate covered strawberries, pastries and cheesy dishes sat on the checkered table at the International Center for the Asian Studies Center’s Start of the School Year Reception as about 30 students and faculty gathered for the food and conversation.
The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, is holding its first full council meeting of the semester tonight to welcome back representatives and discuss plans for the year.
A team of four MSU supply chain management students will hit the road to Detroit later this week, bound for a supply chain competition featuring 16 different universities across the country.
When psychology junior Bishop Howard first came to MSU, he was already identified as gay, but didn’t have many openly gay friends. So Bishop relied on a group of friends he considered straight allies, and the number of allies is growing because of the LBGT Resource Center.
Among the prospective law students who flooded the second floor of the Union Tuesday afternoon, for the James Madison College and MSU Law School Fair, some were overwhelmed.
Before becoming a packaging major, senior Jackie Doroshewitz never considered how Smucker’s jelly fits into its container. After learning how bottles are designed, where plastic used to make containers comes from and more through the MSU School of Packaging, the diversity of packaged items lining the grocery store aisles now fascinates her. But for Doroshewitz, the hard part is explaining this fascination, which she plans to translate into a career. “When someone asks what my major is, I take a deep breath because I know I’ll have to do some talking,” she said.
When sociology sophomore Sunitha Jacob wakes up for class in the morning, the last thing on her mind is her outfit. “I really don’t put that much effort into (getting dressed),” she said. Jacob, who said she lacks motivation to get dressed up in the morning, typically wears jeans and a T-shirt to class. “There really isn’t a point in dressing up,” she said.
In the last week, the Spartans (2-1) have suffered three injuries to the line, but so far, the only season-ending one is redshirt freshman right tackle Skyler Burkland’s — who dislocated and fractured his ankle during MSU’s 31-13 loss to Notre Dame.
The Spartans (3-5) will travel to Mount Pleasant, Mich., to take on the Central Michigan Chippewas this afternoon. After splitting two games on the East Coast last weekend, the team is looking to build some momentum before conference play begins Friday when the Spartans hit the road again to face Iowa.
On Friday, the Palestinian Authority will seek statehood recognition from the U.N. The bid reflects popular frustration with the current dynamics of the peace process.
Today, the U.S. military policy of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” or “DADT,” ended with a whimper for most of America’s youth, instead of a bang.
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MSU police arrested two men Sunday morning after several students reported their Hubbard Hall dorm rooms had been broken into and items had been stolen, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
The morning of Sept. 12, Michelle Cusick walked out of her dorm in Mayo Hall to make her way to class. As Cusick approached the bike racks, she found her bike was gone with “no evidence that it was ever there.”
Between an unexplained closure, the store’s reopening, varying hours of operation and an unsure past, students and officials have been left confused.
Studying medicine in MSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine, graduate student Tomoyasu Higashimoto hasn’t recognized much diversity among his classmates, but that might change in the future thanks to a $1.1 million federal grant an MSU professor has received from the National Institutes of Health.
Students evacuated the Engineering Building after a falsely sounded fire alarm sounded, shutting down the surrounding sidewalks for an hour Monday afternoon.