In honor of Celebrate Bisexuality Day, MSU students gathered Thursday at the LBGT Resource Center to share some of their struggles and victories as they held a discussion of issues affecting bisexuals.
The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, is working to develop more graduate wellness programs and create a graduate student center on campus, after a survey sent out last spring showed graduate students were concerned about those and other issues.
Passersby on Farm Lane on Thursday might have noticed the fraternity rush signs usually seen this time of year looked a bit different. The signs were vandalized and knocked over sometime during Wednesday or Thursday, Interfraternity Council President Bill Zajac said.
East Lansing City Manager Ted Staton received the Michigan Local Government Management Association’s John M. Patriarche Distinguished Service Award on Wednesday.
Government and university officials will be on campus today to celebrate the announcement of five federal grants awarded in Michigan under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
The feature show “How to Build a Planet” will be available to the public at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Abrams Planetarium.
The University Activities Board, or UAB, is hosting the Ultimate Video Game Experience, where students will be able to play video games and win prizes from 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday in the Union Ballroom.
Grace Boutique, 115 W. Grand River Ave., in Lansing, will feature Jenna Kator’s 2011 Winter Collection in a trunk show at 6 p.m. tonight. Patrons will have an opportunity to see and purchase the collection, as well as meet the designer.
At MSU’s nationally televised football game against Notre Dame, the Fighting Irish band made a spectacular presentation at Spartan Stadium.
Few people enjoy the required classes of most universities, but I never would have expected to be so disgusted by a required class that I wanted to, well, write a letter to the editor.
The economy is a very touchy subject. It evokes emotions. Blame for the economic downturn points to every source save the epicenter of the cause: the government.
As things go these days, everyone is demanding accountability from the government. The ratio of money being spent to actual results isn’t exactly in a place where people feel they have gotten a good return on their tax dollars.
The state House of Representatives voted Thursday evening to ban K2 and several other synthetic marijuana substitutes.
Although he’s never been old enough to vote in a presidential election, Nick Kowalski did not back down from running for public office when the Ingham County Republicans told him they were looking for a candidate. The political theory and constitutional democracy sophomore is campaigning out of his dorm room to become Ingham County Commissioner representing the 10th district. If elected, he would represent the bulk of MSU’s campus, excluding West Circle.
A new federal financial aid policy will require students to enter a university-conducted appeals process to reclaim their financial aid benefits if his or her grade-point average drops below a 2.0 for two semesters. Several hundred MSU students are expected to be affected by this change, said Rick Shipman, Director of the Office of Financial Aid.
About 50 ASMSU representatives will head up north this weekend to strengthen group relationships and set goals for the year, ASMSU officials said Wednesday.
A 19-year-old female MSU student reported a jar of coins missing from her dorm in the 10 minutes she left the room to get a key for the newly installed lock, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
A construction project MSU hopes will advance the university’s standing in the field of plant sciences and attract related grants for research is on track for completion, officials said.
The colorful camouflage patterns featured on cans of Four, as well as packaging on other alcoholic energy drinks, will face new scrutiny because of a motion from the Michigan Liquor Control Commission.
After being released from six years of service in the Navy this June, going back to college wasn’t on the top of Patrick Powers’ to-do list.