The New Student Room Selection program's usage rate shot up by 31 percentage points in the program's second year, according to Residence Education and Housing Services (REHS) statistics. The program allows incoming students to select their own on campus housing online.
One of the growing programs Michigan State University has to offer is the Detroit Semester. The Detroit Semester is a one credit co-op course offered to engineering students of all disciplines.
Yellowstone National Park, the worlds first national park, holds the possibility of getting away with a crime, according to MSU law professor Brian Kalt. According to Kalt, a 50-square-mile section of the park contains a loophole, due to a conflict in the U.S. Constitution.
Navigating around MSU campus as a freshman may seem overwhelming for the first time. Luckily, there are apps that can provide an easier way to find resources that you're looking for. Spartan App The Spartan App is the holy grail to navigating all things on MSU campus. The free app helps connect MSU students to businesses, organizations, and what's happening on campus.
Using the restroom with other people in it can be an uncomfortable experience. Especially when that restroom feels like the wrong one.
In the early hours of Saturday, May 14, 2016, 34-year-old Joshua Christopher Misiak was driving his brother’s vehicle when he and an unidentified 22-year-old woman were shot near the intersection of Kendon Drive and Wildwood Avenue in Lansing. At the hospital, Misiak, a father of two daughters, was pronounced dead due to multiple gunshot wounds. Police say another vehicle pulled up and began shooting shortly after 1:00 a.m.
For runners tired of their regular routes, there are a wide range of routes to be found off campus.
What was supposed to be the MSU’s historically largest Sparticipation was in full swing—students were eating their cookout dinners, obtaining “swag” from RSOs on campus, and music was blaring from the center of Cherry Lane Field. And then, less than half an hour after the much anticipated event began, it was cancelled.
One hundred years ago, the first-wave feminist movement was pushing for women’s suffrage, and more colleges and universities were allowing women through their doors.
As students flock back onto campus and incoming freshman take in the wonders of MSU’s massive landscape, they might hear a rumbling noise coming from Spartan Stadium or Jenison Fieldhouse. Just as students return to their dorms and houses, the student athletes embark on a new season of fall sports.
Chinese international students are embracing the new tobacco-free campus. A 2015 study published in a UK medical journal found that two-thirds of all males in China smoked and that more were picking up the habit as teenagers.
Outreach, resources, and advocacy are the three main goals of the Associated Students of Michigan State University (ASMSU) this year, according to student president of the group and international relations and economics senior, Lorenzo Santavicca.
Tyler O’Connor stood poised in his white Nike shirt and green shorts and peered out over the media herd walking towards him — he knew the inevitable was coming. Someone would undoubtedly ask him about Connor Cook.
The MSU volleyball team started off their regular season going undefeated after they traveled to San Diego, Calif. to compete in the San Diego State Aztec Invitational. There, they took part in a round robin style tournament as they faced the University of Denver, Marist College, and host, San Diego State University.
"Big" is how assistant director of student life in the MSU Department of Student Life Fred Watson described Sparticipation this year.
Thousands of MSU students flocked to Meijer for the annual Moonlight Madness event on Monday. Now in its 14th year, the event has become a popular way for students to pick up any last items they need before classes start, gain exposure to the transportation systems available to them and meet fellow Spartans.
If the spotlight and preseason polls tell anyone anything, it’s that they wouldn’t last two hours — let alone 15 games — as fortune tellers. And if a fan base takes tremendous pride or loathing in its preseason ranking or time in the spotlight, they ought to find another needle to get their high.
The MSU hockey team announced Monday that their schedule gets a little shakeup as two games are moved around, according to a press release.
As the students returned to campus, the residence halls and parking lots filled with family, friends and faculty among the faces in the crowd was MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon.