About 300 participants will march through campus, carrying signs and shouting chants, to East Lansing’s 54-B District Court on Tuesday. The rally is part of Take Back the Night, a nationwide event happening as part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
When poet Ruelaine Stokes compares poetry to human expression, such as dancing and painting, she said it is all the same — each form speaks in relation to the human spirit. As a member of Lansing’s Old Town Poetry Series and an instructor at MSU’s English Language Center, Stokes said her variety of poems — from the silly to the serious — satisfies a wide range of audience members.
Be on time. Dress professionally. Practice a strong, confident handshake. Send a post-interview tweet to a potential employer. MSU alumnus and Amazon bestselling author Erik Qualman has some new advice for those entering the job market, and it involves seizing the opportunity found in tools students use every day as a part of their social lives.
The MSU Environmental Science and Policy Program will host the Climate Change Vulnerabilities and Opportunities: Michigan and Beyond symposium at 8 a.m. on April 26 and 27 at the Kellogg Center.
Senior vice president of the World Wildlife Foundation Jason Clay will present on food production and maintaining biodiversity and ecosystems in the future at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in Room 147 of the Communication Arts and Sciences Building.
MSU’s Department of Philosophy will host a discussion featuring former Lansing mayor and Michigan congressman David Hollister from 3-5 p.m.
MSU’s chapter of the International Justice Mission will show a documentary at 5 p.m. Thursday in Room 191 of the Communication Arts and Sciences Building.
MSU Interfaith Council and greek organizations from across campus are sponsoring the Unite 4 Haiti Talent Fest from 6-10:15 p.m. Thursday at the rock on Farm Lane.
MSU’s Philharmonic Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Fairchild Theatre.
When most people think of superheroes and comic books, they generally don’t associate them with a female crowd, so let me get this out of the way right up front: I love superheroes.
Couple the MSU baseball team’s unexpected loss to Western Michigan in last week’s midweek nonconference battle and two losses in three games to Ohio State this weekend, and head coach Jake Boss Jr. expects the Spartans to be chomping at the bit when Western Michigan comes to Cooley Law School Stadium at 5:05 p.m. Tuesday.
The column written Monday “Tea Party should not be taken lightly” (SN 4/19) by Joel Reinstein made a valid point.
We can’t hope Michigan will become the Motor City of yesteryear. Let’s start looking at new opportunities for Michigan. The entertainment industry is a great start.
If a forthcoming recommendation is approved by the MSU Board of Trustees, MSU will not increase the merit-based pay rates that come from its general merit pools. The recommendation to limit the raises already has been unanimously approved by Academic Governance.
Editor’s note: This is the first of a three-part mock draft. For Detroit Lions fans, this is the time of year our hopes are lifted and smashed all in the same weekend. Thanks to the NFL’s own version of the welfare state, the Lions consistently are awarded a top draft pick for being the league’s only professional Pop Warner squad.
More than 1,700 people, participated in Relay for Life on Friday and Saturday at Ralph Young Field track, walking for survivors of cancer, those who have died of cancer and the caregivers who walked with them on their journey. The event raised $121,000 for the American Cancer Society.
An 18-year-old female MSU student reported her laptop and backpack stolen from the Clara Bell Smith Center on April 13 after she left it unattended on a table.
On Saturday, the University Activities Board, RING and the Residence Halls Association hosted their eighth annual drag show in the International Center. Drag is the practice of impersonating a person of the opposite gender, but the impersonation is more of a parody, highlighting certain traits about the gender and exaggerating them to over-the-top proportions.
Overwhelmed. It’s how recent MSU alumnus Sonny Geha felt Sunday about being the driving force behind bringing 15 tons of greatly needed protein to the Mid-Michigan area. Geha, a Grosse Pointe resident, recently took fourth place in a national Tongal video contest, which partnered with Tyson Foods Hunger Relief program to provide communities across the country with protein donations in this time of need, said Ed Nicholson, Tyson Foods Inc. director of community relations.
The Gallery in Snyder-Phillips Hall served as the site of an Iron Chef-inspired competition Saturday, a first-of-its-kind event produced by the MSU Department of Residence Life.