After a record number of 5,056 graduate and undergraduate international students came to MSU last year, the East Lansing and MSU communities are working to ensure students receive the support they need through a new East Lansing community ambassador program and continued university outreach.
As the community of East Lansing begins to move forward after a burnt Quran was found outside a local Islamic Center, riots have broken out in India in response to the burning in East Lansing and others in cities across the U.S.
Sample medical marijuana ordinances and a proposed eight-story retail and residential building on Albert Avenue will be discussed at the East Lansing City Council’s work session tonight.
As construction dust begins to settle following the opening of Brody Square, officials are discovering more food than thought remaining at a conclusion of a meal. With the options available in the new cafeteria, officials are finding all of the food being prepared is not being consumed, leading to an inflated amount of waste.
A car sustained $500 worth of damage after a Sept. 4 hit-and-run incident in Lot 63 East, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Ted Arnold and his brothers started Pinball Pete’s, 220 Albert Ave., in the early ‘70s with a single pinball machine in their parents’ garage.
Despite escalating immigration issues in Arizona and across the country, the MSU College of Law has opened its doors and offered help to immigrants or refugees at the Immigration Law Clinic.
In a fresh attempt to generate a televised debate between the gubernatorial candidates, Democratic gubernatorial candidate and Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero has created a new offer to television stations across Michigan: If you host a debate, Bernero will come.
A two-year grant by MASA Israel Journey, or MASA, has the potential to bring the university $50,000, many more Spartans will have an opportunity to expand the MSU presence in Israel through travel and study.
ASMSU is considering filing to become a nonprofit organization after the group lost its tax-exempt status through a new university accountability measure last year.
Michigan author Harry Dolan will give a talk and sign his mystery book, “Bad Things Happen,” at 7 p.m.
Text messages might soon make an impact on how classes are taught on a college campus, according to a national survey done at MSU.
MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio wants his team to lay it on. For the second straight game Saturday, MSU executed well on its first two drives and took an early lead, but watched its opponent climb back in the game.
Looking to recover from a challenging weekend, the MSU volleyball team (6-3) will host Oakland tonight at 7 p.m. at Jenison Field House. After what the Spartans called “a learning experience” during the weekend, the team plans to make a few adjustments that hopefully will set them up for a win against the Golden Grizzlies.
After making all three of his field goal tries in MSU’s 30-17 win over Florida Atlantic on Saturday, sophomore kicker Dan Conroy was awarded Big Ten Co-Special Teams Player of the Week, the conference announced Monday.
MSU women’s soccer junior goalkeeper Jill Flietstra has been named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for her back-to-back shutouts last weekend, the conference announced Monday.
The program at St. John’ s called Engaging Students to Enliven the Ecclesial Mission, or ESTEEM, is intended to close the gap between the young adults and older members of the church, Campus Minister Katie Diller said. MSU was part of a competitive process to be chosen as one of six sites for the program, which was developed by Saint Thomas More Catholic Chapel & Center at Yale University and the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management. The Roundtable is an organization of business people involved in the Catholic church.
Alejandro Cartagena will be giving a public lecture, “Landscape and Culture: A Review of Suburbia Mexicana and Other Series,” tonight at 7 p.m. in room 134D, in the Communication Arts and Sciences Building.
According to a recent study by MSU researcher Jeff Grabill, texting is the No. 1 form of writing among college students. Grabill, the co-director of MSU’s Writing in Digital Environments Research Center, performed a study lasting from April to June about the writing behaviors of more than 1,300 first-year college students across the nation. He concluded, “The day of traditional college writing instruction are nearly over.”
Simply put, the right to vote is an essential feature of any democratic government. Another essential — although less acknowledged — factor, is that the more people who vote, the more likely the candidate or policies will represent the entirety of the interests of the constituents. Of course, the point is moot if one is not registered to vote.