Students who get politically involved on Facebook also might get more involved in real world, an MSU doctoral student and her research team found. MSU doctoral student Jessica Vitak invited a random sample of 4,000 MSU undergraduate students to participate in a survey, and received 683 usable responses.
Kellogg Center was full of crystal stemware and some of the area’s chefs Monday night, all of them there to support babies.
Continuing to build his gubernatorial team, Governor-elect Rick Snyder announced Monday Democratic Speaker of the House and former gubernatorial candidate Andy Dillon, D-Redford, will serve as Michigan Treasurer.
MSU is leading in the 17th annual MSU-PSU Blood Challenge by about 164 units of blood, according to an e-mail from the Red Cross.
MSU SCOUT BANANA is looking for interested people to participate in a soccer tournament for charity from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Munn Field.
After serving four years as a combat engineer in Iraq, Dave Locher came back to the U.S., received his associate’s degree from a community college and began attending MSU in fall 2009.
The discussion about MSU’s energy policy, specifically its dependence on the T.B. Simon Power Plant, is drawing the attention of many around campus — thanks in large part to the MSU Beyond Coal Campaign.
I love to write. It’s what I want to do with my life, although I’m not sure what or who I want to become; a professor in academia, a journalist, a starving poet, an aspiring novelist?
With its proposed iClicker rental program, ASMSU is taking another step in the right direction — finding useful programs that make student life easier.
Coming off a tough loss against Iowa last week and nursing several injuries, No. 10 MSU had plenty of reasons to limp through Saturday’s game against last-place Minnesota and into this week’s bye. Instead, it showed no signs of letdown in Saturday’s 31-8 win. The victory was head coach Mark Dantonio’s 31st tenure win, the highest of any coach’s first four seasons in Spartan history.
MSU’s endowments are up this year, showing about a $90 million increase in value for 2010 after an 18.3 percent decrease in value in 2009, according to university administrators.
The MSU Board of Trustees authorized university officials to move forward with the demolition of the Cherry Lane and Faculty Bricks apartments on Harrison Road, and approved the 2011-12 Appropriation Request to state legislators during its Friday meeting.
A year and a half after efforts began to bring Zipcar to campus, Paul Jaques, co-chair of the car-sharing program, said Zipcar and university officials are working together to bring the program, which offers a fleet of cars for students to use at their convenience for an annual fee and rental cost, to campus.
A brake light on an MSU parking vehicle was broken after another truck alledgedly backed into it Thursday in Lot 72, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Green paint covers the walls. A life-size picture of MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo stands near the door.
Criminal justice senior Clyde Martin was wearing his long johns Friday night as he camped out in front of the Union to raise money for the homeless. Martin was one of eight members of Phi Beta Sigma’s Delta Kappa chapter at its annual Sleep Out for the Homeless event from 10 p.m.
Jorgenson planned and organized the Startup Weekend Lansing, a marathon of business building with guest speakers and networking held Nov. 5-7 at the Technology Innovation Center, 325 E. Grand River Ave.
Students and tailgaters alike were offered free drinks at the FanDEWmonium tent Saturday morning as part of a nationwide campaign to decide the new flavor of Diet Mountain Dew. FanDEWmonium is a promotional tour sponsored by Mountain Dew as a way to involve fans of the drink in determining two new Diet Mountain Dew flavors slated to hit stores in March 2011.
More than 100 women fluttered their arms like butterflies Sunday, symbolizing their journey to become future leaders. The women were gathered at the Eighth annual MSU Women’s Leadership Conference at the Union. Communication senior and student keynote speaker Natasha LaGrone compared the journey of women becoming strong leaders to the growth of a caterpillar into a butterfly. “I want you to be able to truly embrace that journey … as you become the leader you wish to follow,” LaGrone said.
The Special Olympics Michigan in Mason doesn’t know it yet, but it has a check for more than $600 coming in the mail. It’s the result of the 13th annual Green and White Charity Bowl sponsored by the Senior Class Council, held from 9 a.m.