Everyone encounters it, but not everyone knows just what to do with it — the small closet. Organizing this limited space often turns into piling things on top of one another and then hiding any leftovers under the bed. With a little planning, even a small closet can fit more than you’d expect.
Buying or renting an off-campus house brings plenty of luxuries, but most students wouldn’t consider cleaning as one of them. Moving from a dorm to an off-campus location forces residents to adjust to the extra cleaning space.
It’s college. Parties are everywhere, almost every day of the week. Being at a Big Ten school, it’s almost unimaginable to go a weekend without knowing of something going on. Unfortunately, it’s just as unimaginable to go a month without knowing someone who received an MIP, noise violation, littering fine or disorderly conduct charge.
As first semester goes on, MSU students are beginning to ask the inescapable question — where should I live next school year? East Lansing provides students with many options when it comes to transportation, food and housing. Students who choose to live off campus may have a difficult time choosing between an apartment and a house.
Living with a roommate can be a tough proposition, especially if you’re new to sharing a living space with someone else. The State News sat down with Tim Knight, housing manager of Brody Complex, to talk about the different issues that arise when living with a roommate.
Roommates. A seemingly innocent word. Dictionary.com tells me that “roommates” means simply, “A person with whom one shares a room or rooms.” I assure you, if it were that simple, I’d never be writing this article. It’s not.
I can remember my mom telling me before I went off to college that I needed to experience dorm life. It would be exciting and really give me a feel for what the college experience was really like, she said.
It wasn’t nearly as competitive as the Harvard-Yale Regatta, but the Lyman Briggs School vs. James Madison College canoe race on the Red Cedar River Sunday had rivalry implications all the same.
In her search for a signature event for the College of Arts and Letters’ Year of Arts and Culture, Dean Karin Wurst said Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk captivates the college’s ideals.
When Eastern Michigan University student Leah Sprague opened her e-mail last month, scattered along with her class messages and Facebook.com notifications was a bulletin from the university that she wasn’t expecting — a campus crime report.
Wisconsin athletics was celebrating both at home and in East Lansing on Saturday. The MSU volleyball team (9-7 overall, 0-4 Big Ten) felt the same pain in East Lansing as the MSU football team did in Madison.
The CCHA announced on Sept. 25 at its annual media day that it will use a two-referee, two-linesman system for 14 of the league’s exhibition games this season as the NCAA looks to make a change in officiating system.
I would like to respond to Dr. D’s column titled Education of sexual assault needs changes (SN 9/25) and his claim that the perpetrators of sexual assault are “unhealthy.” While I agree that sexual assault is unhealthy for both parties, the offenders themselves are not mentally unhealthy.
I, like many others, participated in the Izzone campout this past weekend. I, like many others, watched our football team play a great game against a very good Wisconsin football team. I, like many others, became depressed following that game because I knew that we could’ve won. I, like many others, welcomed our football team back from the Wisconsin game.
Who could imagine the U.S. with a Complete banning of firearms only solution for gun crimes (SN 9/26) as Shiming Zheng describes as the optimum of safety? Conversely, the opinion he responded to advocated concealed carry permits that would “allow for safe environment.” This is a very divisive issue, that often creates two conflicting ideologies, with very little chance of compromise.
Police officers can no longer force people to submit to Breathalyzer tests without a search warrant. The decision came after a recent district court ruling, making Michigan one of the last states to change its laws regarding Breathalyzer tests.
Last week, more than 70,000 General Motors Corp. employees across the country walked off the job in the first national automotive strike in 37 years. They were protesting the inability of GM to forge a contract agreement with the United Auto Workers union.
Michigan’s House of Representatives passed a temporary budget extension along with a 6 percent sales tax expansion on a range of services.
MSU was at the center of a student environmental movement this weekend as activists from 14 universities gathered to discuss how to better push for earth-friendly policies.
MADISON, Wisc. – Penalties and two failed midfield conversions late in the game turned an MSU upset into an MSU tragedy as the Spartans lost to No.-9 ranked Wisconsin 37-34.