There will be an audition workshop from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Monday at Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road. This workshop is to help actors ages 9-18 prepare for auditions for “NigHt of tHe pterodActyls,” which is an All-of-us Express Children’s Theatre performance.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest,” directed by Daniel Alfredson, will play at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday at Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road.
The MSU Residence Halls Association’s, or RHA’s, passing of the bill supporting gender-neutral housing on campus, as mentioned in the article “RHA passes bill to support gender neutral housing” (SN 12/8), is an important step for the rights of transgender students.
Last Saturday marked the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the ruling that legalized abortion in 1973 contingent on fetal viability. In the decades after, a debate between “pro-choice” and “pro-life” ensued, exploiting scientific and legal jargon to form a bipolar war over a complex issue.
Graduate students often face obstacles, including financing child care, which can prevent them from finishing or even starting graduate school. A new child care fund recently started by the Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, is a good start to helping alleviate financial stress for graduate students with children.
Led by 20 points and 17 rebound from junior forward Lykendra Johnson, the No. 12 MSU women’s basketball team defeated Minnesota, 66-54. The performance by Johnson is her best of the season, just beating out her 17-point and 17-rebound performance on Jan.
A more defense-oriented Miami (Ohio) hockey team eased past MSU, 4-0, on Saturday to earn a weekend split at Munn Ice Arena.
West Lafayette, Ind. – The No. 17 MSU men’s basketball team lost to No. 14 Purdue, 86-76, on Saturday night at Mackey Arena, their second straight loss.
In the midst of an inconsistent stretch of scoring, the MSU hockey team showed no signs of offensive weakness and pushed seven goals past No.
Although the number of undergraduate students taking foreign language classes at universities nationwide stayed steady from 2006-09, the variety of languages they studied continued to climb, and Chinese is growing at one of the highest rates, according to a December 2010 survey by the Modern Language Association of America.
An 18-year-old student reported her calculator allegedly was stolen Jan. 19, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said. The calculator was taken from the copy center in Holden Hall between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., McGlothian-Taylor said.
Celebrating its 42nd year on campus, the MSU Diversity Career Fair was filled with eager students and willing companies.
ASMSU’s Student Assembly approved a bill Thursday night that will allocate $6,000 to send the Interfraternity and Panhellenic Councils to a leadership conference in St. Louis.
The East Lansing Public Art Gallery is hosting the Art Expo in collaboration with East Lansing in the Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road, and will feature booths offering original art for sale created by Lansing-area residents.
Quynh-Nhu Vu distributed toys to an Amazonian village, talked health care with Brazilian medical professionals and studied tropical diseases unfamiliar to her, such as leptospirosis and gastric cancer. All in 10 days.
Despite efforts by the government to make financial aid more accessible to students, some still struggle applying for financial aid, according to a study by College Board released Wednesday.
Eleven months ago, the MSU men’s basketball team headed to West Lafayette, Ind., needing a victory to stay in the race for a second-consecutive Big Ten title. The Spartans walked out with a 53-44 win over the third-ranked Boilermakers and won a share of the Big Ten championship two weeks later. This year’s Spartans aren’t as far into the conference slate.
Even though it’s been close to 15 months, sophomore defenseman Torey Krug remembers the high skill level and tight series when the MSU hockey team and Miami (Ohio) last met.
After securing his 150th dual win at MSU last weekend, wrestling head coach Tom Minkel has a strategy to keep his team on the road to success for the second half of the season. The Spartans (8-2 overall, 0-2 Big Ten) have proven they are as tough and as quick as some of the top teams in the nation, but to continue their successful season, Minkel said they need to be more offensive-minded. “We’re going to set the tone, set the pace, set the tempo,” he said.
In its second home meet of the year, the MSU gymnastics team will host Minnesota at 3 p.m. Saturday at Jenison Field House, where both teams will be competing to raise breast cancer awareness. In their annual meet, the Jan Howard Memorial Flip for a Cure, the Spartans will wear pink leotards and have silent auction items at the competition to raise money for the cause, which head coach Kathie Klages said is very close to the Spartans’ hearts. “Jan Howard was the mother of one of my former gymnasts who I coached here at Michigan State … so it’s very touching for us to have this to remember Jan, who passed away in ‘97 from breast cancer,” Klages said.