One item on the University Housing contract is quite small, really - easily overlooked by some students, answered without a thought by others but important to hundreds who desire to live in a certain environment - an environment without alcohol.The alcohol-free housing option provides a place on campus where alcohol is not allowed, by anyone, for any reason.
It was the convenient location of Riverpark Apartments that first appealed to accounting junior Casey Hall. The Business College Complex where she attends most of her classes is right across Bogue Street from her apartment.
City officials, landlords, University Housing and businesses will be available Wednesday to provide information and answer any questions students have about living on or off campus.The second annual MSU Housing Fair will run from 1 to 5 p.m.
Two students involved in selling anti-University of Michigan T-shirts said they apologized to the campus groups they offended but will not stop selling the shirts.The flier distributed across campus last week bore the phrase "Wolverines Pack Fudge" above an explicit drawing as an advertisement for the shirts sold online.Biomedical science junior Carmen Peter and economics junior Charlie Peck said they created the shirts just to make money and weren't expecting the negative backlash they received from Residence Hall Association and the Alliance of Lesbian, Bi, Gay and Transgender Students."I'm sorry people took this the wrong way," Peter said.
Michigan economists plan to announce today that the state's budget could be more than $800 million short.Top state economists will compare projections and present a forecast to lawmakers and Gov.
I live in Spartan Village and I pay my $536 a month for a one-bedroom apartment. My rent includes all utilities just, like the dorms, except I don't get cable.
An online football recruiting database has reported that Garfield Heights (Ohio) High School running back/cornerback Tony Howard has orally committed to MSU.Howard, a 6-foot, 190-pound senior, reportedly told SpartanMag.com that he was committed to joining the Spartans' 2004 recruiting class.
After living in an off-campus apartment, English senior Kiel Phegley was left with plenty of experiences that will make good stories 10 years down the road.
A candlelight vigil will be held tonight in remembrance of victims and survivors of domestic violence for Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Several galleries in the area will open at 5 p.m.
The winner of the competition gets to keep the trophy for a year.But this isn't the Stanley Cup - it's the first Lyman Briggs-James Madison Olympic Showdown."It's kind of like the Stanley Cup," said Jack Dodd, chairperson of the 14-member Lyman Briggs Student Advisory Council.
With Halloween just around the corner, the Rev. Gerald S. Hunter will tell tales of ghosts and haunted places at 7 p.m.
By Bob Darrow Special for The State news The MSU men's soccer team has heard coach Joe Baum tell them that in order to win a game, they have to give 110-percent effort for the full 90 minutes. After Sunday's 4-2 loss to rival Michigan, the Spartans are likely wishing that half the amount of time would have been enough. The contest at Old College Field was a tale of two Spartan teams - one that was thoroughly dominated by Michigan in the first half, and the other that stormed out after halftime to score two quick goals and continue to threaten the Wolverines' lead for the duration of the game. For the first 46 minutes, the action belonged almost entirely to U-M.
As an organization that values First Amendment rights to the utmost degree, it is not often that we would criticize people for exercising them.
Friends chatted amongst themselves Saturday night - some smoking cigarettes, others calling on the bartender to refill their drinks, as smoke permeated the dark, cloudy room at 2005 E.
I thought Kirsten Nielsen took a dangerous approach, arguing in her recent article "Even without reason, there's a time, place for everything" (SN 10/6) that God has a reason for allowing people to die.
Armed with rakes, cleaning supplies, paint brushes and children's books, nearly 200 students went to the streets of Lansing and East Lansing on Saturday to volunteer.The kickoff of "Into the Streets," an MSU student-run community service organization, helped about 20 different nonprofit organizations.
Jackson - Its 80-some-year-old facade couldn't stop the sound of "Terminator 2" from roaring through the building. "We got some new subwoofers and they really kick ass," theater operations manager George Davis said. The Michigan Theatre, 124 N.
MSU's enrollment decreased slightly from the 2002-03 year, despite an almost record level of applicants. The university received about 25,000 first-time undergraduate applicants for fall 2003, but the 44,542 students currently attending MSU are almost 400 students less than last year's total enrollment. Despite the decrease, David Byelich, MSU's director of the Office of Planning and Budgets, said this year's enrollment remains at a level where the university can optimize students' academic performance. "What we tried to do is remain stable at the 44,000 to 43,000 level," he said. MSU's enrollment has fluctuated between 43,000 and 45,000 students for the past five years. The enrollment figures were released to the public late last week. Pamela Horne, assistant to the provost for enrollment management and director of admissions, said university officials had planned on decreasing enrollment to about 44,000, but the state's budgetary problems might affect MSU's long-term enrollment planning. "All of this has to be looked at in terms of the budget and what the balance is going to be between tuition revenue and state revenue," she said.
I know that we as MSU students, staff and alumni have much pride in our Spartan heritage, and often we like to rival our pride with that of our friendly neighbors in Ann Arbor (even to go so far as to rub it in their faces). However, upon walking to and from my classes Wednesday morning, I was struck with an image that is both offensive and repulsive, and quite frankly made me ashamed of some of my fellow student body: the flier "Wolverines Pack Fudge," apparently advertising a T-shirt to promote school spirit for the MSU/U-M game on Nov.