Artists from all different backgrounds had the opportunity to work with live models Monday in a drawing marathon hosted by (SCENE) Metrospace and the MSU Department of Art and Art History. The marathon began outside of Kresge Art Center, where a circle of easels was set up.
Paul Rubin is giving his management students options. Depending on their budget, busy schedules and the technology available to them, Rubin’s students were able to choose their learning medium this fall, whether in the form of a web-based HTML text, a PDF file or a physical, softbound version of the same book. Rubin, a professor in management science, said it’s all a part of an experiment in using an open-source textbook.
The city of East Lansing will offer free pickup of yard waste and leaves prior to the start of winter. Prior to 7:30 a.m.
The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, will discuss upcoming mandatory student health insurance at its Wednesday night meeting. COGS President Stefan Fletcher said Randy Hillard, associate provost for human health affairs, are scheduled to speak at the meeting to give an update about events happening in the medical colleges, the new Secchia Center in Grand Rapids and student health insurance, which will be mandatory for MSU students beginning in 2011. “It’s hard to say how it will affect graduate students, but it’s found at some other Big Ten universities,” Fletcher said. Also, under President Barack Obama’s new health care plan, students will be able to stay on their parents’ insurance plans until they are 26, he said. Adam Lovgren, vice president for graduate welfare, said parent insurance plans typically have more flexibility than student health insurance plans, which often require going through Olin Health Center as a gatekeeper before they can be used at other medical facilities. “Anybody who can stay on their parent’s insurance longer is going to be better off,” Lovgren said.
When football head coach Mark Dantonio briefly addressed the media at Skandalaris Football Center on Sunday, he said he already is looking ahead to No. 13 MSU’s homecoming matchup against Illinois next Saturday.
Going into its first and only exhibition game, the MSU hockey team expected the defense to lead the way to a successful season. But after Friday’s 5-3 loss to Western Ontario, head coach Rick Comley is trying to figure out his team.
I’m going to change things a bit this week. I don’t need to explain why there was no good in the NFL on Sunday. When the Detroit Lions win, let alone in blowout fashion, you know it was a bad week for the NFL. Welcome to the bad and the extremely ugly of week five.
After being cut by the Washington Redskins on Saturday, former second-round pick and MSU wide receiver Devin Thomas was picked up by the Carolina Panthers.
The Kestler Film Event, as part of the Library Film Series, is presenting “The Forgotten Refugees” from 7-8 p.m. Wednesday in the North Conference Room (W449) of the Main Library.
The Lansing Symphony is teaming up with Cirque de la Symphonie performers at 8 p.m. Friday at Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall.
Songwriter and bluesman Paul Geremia will be performs at a free concert before a music workshop, beginning at 4 p.m. today at Elderly Instruments, 1100 N. Washington Ave., in Lansing.
As part of the university homecoming festivities, the Universities Activities Board, or UAB, will host Ice Cream and Pep Rally Games at noon Friday at the rock on Farm Lane.
A lot of discussion throughout the past years has focused on a time of year when students and faculty alike become burned-out by the length of the semester and its lack of any kind of a break. When the university was on the quarter system, there was little talk of breaks.
Asking drinkers to check themselves before wrecking their driving record, car and lives is always an excellent idea. That must be the reason behind several area bars near the University of Illinois purchasing machines that would allow patrons to measure their Blood Alcohol Content, or BAC.
In the final moments of No. 13 MSU’s 34-17 win against Michigan, as MSU fans chanted loudly and were the only voice heard in the Big House, one thing became apparent: MSU has a stranglehold on this rivalry.
In their only debate before the Nov. 2 general election, gubernatorial candidates Republican Rick Snyder and Democrat Virg Bernero agreed that student college expenses need to decrease but differed about the best method to fix the state tax structure and create jobs.
On Sunday night, room 118 of the Psychology Building was filled with students who watched Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero and Ann Arbor businessman Rick Snyder face off in the only televised debate of Michigan’s gubernatorial election.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm visited MSU on Friday to praise the economy-stimulating success of the state’s film incentive.
An MSU student was taken to Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital Oct. 4 after losing control of her bike, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
A week of games, dancing and community events is aimed to have a deeper educational undertone for many MSU students. Monday marks National Coming Out Day, and groups at MSU will host several events to raise awareness of the LBGT community throughout the week. National Coming Out Day is celebrated annually on Oct.