When asked if she believes religion should play a role in politics, psychology junior Erin O’Connor paused. “(Politics) is more than about religion. It’s about your world view,” said O’Connor, co-chair of MSU’s Interfaith Council. “But even if you’re an open-minded person, you’re still going to be influenced by your own religious views.”
The MSU Faculty Senate and University Council held back-to-back meetings Tuesday afternoon to approve language to allow for ASMSU’s merger into a single assembly and discuss the makeup of a new faculty liaison group.
Three computer hardware devices allegedly were stolen from North Case Hall between 2:30 p.m. Jan. 15 and 8 a.m. Jan. 16, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
As the elimination of the Michigan Business Tax, or MBT — one of the most touted items by Republicans in this last budget cycle — goes into effect in time for tax season, small businesses in East Lansing are seeing mixed impacts.
About 13 local citizens criticized a bond proposal that would close down a local elementary school during a public meeting held Monday night at the East Lansing Public Library. Some attendees worried about the expense of the bond proposal, which would renovate and reconfigure five of the city’s six elementary schools and put the current site of Red Cedar Elementary School, 1110 Narcissus Drive, to another use.
Xiao-huang Yin wishes he was born in the Chinese calendar’s Year of the Dragon. “Anyone born in the year of the dragon is considered the best,” said Yin, director of Global Studies in the Arts and Humanities in the Asian Studies Center. “They’re good in marriage, life or basically anything.”
What lies beneath campus, the steam tunnels in particular, give life to everything across MSU — as long as they don’t collapse.
A recent study released by Deloitte and a professor from MSU’s Eli Broad College of Business shows Generation Y prefers hybrid and electric cars to traditional gasoline-only vehicles. The survey was given to 1,500 Generation Y, Generation X and Baby Boomer consumers in the U.S., 250 Gen Y consumers in China and 300 Gen Y consumers in Western Europe.
Although there might be an increasing demand for cadavers in Michigan’s medical schools, MSU’s supply of donated bodies is alive and well.
Both West and East Shaw halls were evacuated Saturday afternoon as a result of a sprinkler malfunction, East Lansing fire Capt. Greg Baker said.
Teach For America is planning on holding a rally this weekend to raise awareness about education issues.
Draped in an ornamented turquoise sari, Okemos resident and native Sri Lankan Indikani Weerasinghe beamed with pride as she watched her daughter perform a traditional dance from their home country at the Sri Lanka Endowment Cultural Event on Friday evening at the Union.
The city of East Lansing is filing a motion to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the city council and the city attorney of violating a law mandating all public voting bodies hold open meetings to discuss practices and votes. The lawsuit alleges the city council violated the Open Meetings Act, or OMA, and made a decision in secret. The lawsuit was filed Jan. 9 in Ingham County’s 30th Circuit Court by Phil Bellfy, an MSU associate professor of writing, rhetoric and American cultures, and his lawyer, East Lansing attorney Jeffrey Hank.
Students who choose to receive a little extra money — while relinquishing some campus services — have until this afternoon to request a tax refund from student government and media groups.
MSU’s admission rate is consistent compared to last year, but the university’s applicant pool is seeing more and more students from outside of Michigan added to the mix. Director of admissions Jim Cotter said MSU has seen an increase in nonresident applicants. MSU has received about 27,000 applications so far for the 2012-13 academic year, a 5.5 percent increase compared to applications received in fall 2010, Cotter said.
MSU Culinary Services officials are hosting the Spices of the World: A Culinary Exploration event from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at Shaw Hall’s cafeteria.
Kellogg Center’s Visiting Chef Series continues for another year this spring with three events scheduled for the next few months.
MSU Safe Place officials competing with several other local charities are asking for $5 tax-deductible donations to the Capital Region Community Foundation to win $10,000 in funding.
The MSU College of Music is celebrating Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 255th birthday on Wednesday.
The MSU Institute of International Health has developed a new approach to HIV prevention in the Caribbean, where many people are infected with the disease because of a lack of knowledge and resources.