A state Senate committee passed its version of higher education funding bill Tuesday, the next step in the process of appropriating money to Michigan’s 15 public universities.
The first graduating class from MSU never made it to their graduation. All of them were deployed to fight in the Civil War. Today, MSU’s ROTC is one of the largest programs in the country, and about 50 cadets within the ROTC were honored Tuesday at the annual Spring Awards ceremony.
Conference organizers plan to intellectually battle racial inequality in the criminal justice system this week at the seventh national Race in 21st Century America Conference.
This past weekend, an estimated 10,000 young men and women from campuses nationwide attended the third biennial Power Shift conference. It was the biggest movement building training and strategy session ever, according to Ethan Nuss, co-field director for the Energy Action Coalition, and 42 of the attendees were our very own MSU Spartans.
Fellow Spartans, are you hard up for cash? Have college expenses barely left you with enough money for booze at the end of the week? Well, I’m here to tell you your troubles are over! I’ve got the opportunity of a lifetime here, and I’m prepared to let you in on the ground floor!
Stem cell research could become increasingly difficult for universities such as MSU thanks to a provision attached to a bill passed by the state House higher education appropriations subcommittee.
Michigan State offensive lineman Arthur Ray Jr. is back on the practice field this spring for the first time since being diagnosed in 2007 with osteosarcoma – a rare type of bone cancer.
The MSU softball team’s doubleheader scheduled for today against conference foe Purdue has been postponed due to inclement weather forecasted in for the East Lansing area. The MSU baseball team also had its Tuesday matchup against Western Michigan postponed due to weather.
For the third week in a row, MSU lays claim to Boat of the Week honors in Big Ten women’s rowing, as the Spartans’ second varsity eight was given the award this week. The MSU varsity eight earned Boat of the Week in the previous two weeks.
After losing to Central Michigan earlier this season, the MSU baseball team will look to redeem itself today in the first college baseball game ever played at Comerica Park in Detroit.
The MSU football team lost about a dozen or so starters from last season’s Big Ten championship team, but the good news is that its potential replacements are having a solid spring.
When she realized it was difficult to count on a career in the fashion industry, Kelsey Denczek-Kalczynski followed suit along with many college freshmen and switched her major. But it took just one phone call to change her mind again. Denczek-Kalczynski now is a finalist in the competition, which allows online voters to choose one of the top 10 contestants to win an internship with fashion designer Mara Hoffman this summer.
Although the MSU softball team always is known for having a decent hitting team, senior shortstop Lindsey Hansen and junior catcher Brett Williams are going above and beyond.
Last Thursday, the eight members of the Graduate Employees Union bargaining team went into negotiations with the university team at 5 p.m., prepared for the long night in front of them. The union — which represents about 1,300 graduate student teaching assistants on campus and is known as the GEU — has been negotiating since February for its new three-year contract. And at 6:35 a.m.
East Lansing City Council is scheduled to continue hammering out details of the city budget for the 2012 fiscal year in a special work session today. The session will occur prior to its regularly scheduled 7:30 p.m.
Nationally, President Barack Obama has recently pushed to increase the number of students in higher education institutions.
National and local news outlets have been abuzz in recent days and weeks as various presidential hopefuls enter or nudge closer to entering the race for the White House ahead of the 2012 elections. Yet for all the coverage, MSU political experts argue it largely is business as usual in the political arena. President Barack Obama announced his candidacy for re-election April 4.
A 21-year-old student reported someone allegedly pushed his motorcycle over, causing the crank case to break, MSU police Sgt.
For mathematics sophomore Carly Jankowiak, moving away meant leaving two important members of her family — her dogs.
When marketing senior Alex Zurowski heard about Monday’s Adult Swim Carnival at Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave., in Lansing, he was more than willing to volunteer.