ASMSU’s 2010-11 budget reflects a re-evaluation of the services the organization offers — an effort aimed at getting the best price for undergraduate student dollars, officials said. Student Assembly finalized the more than $1.49 million budget on Thursday.
About 30 students left their cell phones and wallets behind Friday and Saturday as they participated in MSU’s first homeless simulation. The event, hosted by Students for Peace and Justice and Students for Social Work, took more than a year of planning.
Senior right fielder Eli Boike and junior first baseman Jeff Holm are responsible both crushed long home runs over the fence and near the banks of the river in right field on Sunday to help propel MSU to a 14-7 victory over Ohio State.
After getting pounded 12-3 Saturday and losing 7-3 Sunday, the Spartans (18-21 overall, 4-6 Big Ten) know they have a lot to improve upon to become a conference contender.
As a change of pace from a typical day of practice, the MSU football team played its second controlled scrimmage of the spring Saturday at Spartan Stadium, where the Spartans’ offense beat the defense 101-88.
When All-Big Ten linebacker Greg Jones announced in January he was returning for his senior season, the linebacking corps instantly became one of the MSU football team’s most talented positions.
The Student Apparel Design Association held its 13th annual fashion show, The Art of Fashion and greeted the spring season and 1,120 supporters with a streamlined student production at the Lansing Center, 333 E. Michigan Ave., in Lansing.
By now you’ve probably heard about the recent militia plot to kill police officers. According to federal investigators, a militia based out of Adrian, Mich., hoped to incite a larger uprising through violent confrontation with federal forces.
Despite the obvious detriments, the decision to cut benefits is better than many other options, such as directly reducing the number and quality of MSU faculty. Hopefully, cutting these benefits doesn’t do just that.
MSU officials broke ground Friday on a $43 million expansion to the Plant and Soil Sciences building that is aimed at enhancing the national and international profiles of plant science research at the university. The expansion, authorized by the MSU Board of Trustees in December 2009, will connect the plant sciences building with the Plant Biology Laboratories, both of which are located on the southwest corner of Bogue Street and Wilson Road.
Junior guard Durrell Summers will return for his senior season, MSU head coach Tom Izzo reportedly told The Associated Press on Friday.
About 30 students and members of the Union of Nontenure-Track Faculty, or UNTF, sang, chanted and carried signs with phrases such as, “MSU Works Because We Do” outside Friday’s Board of Trustees meeting as part of a rally for a union contract. The rally, held oustide of the Administration Building, was in support of “fair and timely” contract negotiations with the university.
Room and board rates for the 2010-11 academic year will increase by 5.1 percent after the MSU Board of Trustees on Friday unanimously approved the increase. The base annual rate for double room and board will increase from $7,394 — the 2009-10 rate — to $7,770, an increase of $376.
After a fire destroyed their house Friday morning, 10 MSU students and one Lansing Community College student said they’re thankful for the support they’ve received from the community. The students now are living together in Brody Complex.
MSU uses the Social Norms campaign to curb high-risk drinking. There are misconceptions on campus that the majority of students are drinking more than they actually are. However, not everybody is drinking. MSU hopes to continue to educate students about the truths of drinking behavior.
MSU has received the top spot in nuclear physics studies according to nationwide rankings of graduate schools released Thursday by U.S. News & World Report. Additionally, four graduate programs — elementary and secondary education, rehabilitation counseling and industrial and organizational psychology — claimed No. 1 spots in the 2011 report on America’s Best Graduate Schools.
A 27-year-old male MSU student said he was assaulted Sunday in Owen Hall.
A nun peering down on a sumo wrestler holding a tuba made for an interesting scene Thursday afternoon outside of Kresge Art Museum, but it was all for fun and practice. The MSU Department of Art and Art History hosted its annual Drawing Marathon event outside on a warm afternoon, open to all curious MSU students heading to class.
The U.S. must break a “vicious cycle” of inadequate middle and high school math teacher preparation in order to compete internationally, according to research released Thursday by an MSU professor.
The first Republican gubernatorial debate will be held at 7 p.m., April 21 at MSU’s Fairchild Auditorium.