Scott Nowak has a history of working with Burmese people. “My dad went on a humanitarian trip 10 years ago to Burma,” he said. “Having a chance to meet some people in the community — I became fascinated with what was going on in the country.”
A Big Ten championship in football this year, back-to-back trips to the men’s NCAA Final Four the two years prior and now MSU is looking to add another title — funniest school in the country.
In response to the legalization of medical marijuana in Michigan with the 2008 Michigan Medical Marihuana Act, MSU Extension is making advice available to those with questions on how to care for medical marijuana plants safely and effectively.
Students such as music education junior Katie Anderson might recently have dodged a crippling bullet. A budget deal reached by Congress last weekend likely will preserve the maximum $5,550 students can receive under the need-based Pell Grant, which Anderson is slated to receive in the fall to help pay for school-related expenses.
When Jill Jablonski walked into the Union Ballroom to attend the Tunnel of Oppression event, she didn’t know what to think — but she didn’t expect the experience to alter her perceptions of herself.
The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, prepared for the upcoming academic year by making appointments to the executive board and approving next year’s budget Wednesday evening.
This summer, some students will have the chance to test drive Moodle, a new alternative to ANGEL.
Two weeks ago, while reading a book at bedtime, 6-year-old Maxwell turned to his mom, Grand Ledge, Mich., resident Sandy Wojcik, and asked, “Is my daddy going to die?”
When Audra Russell was preparing to take the Graduate Record Examination, or GRE, she opted to use a study book instead of taking a class.
In late February, sections of a 12- to 14-foot-long, student-made, ceramic snake were taken apart and smashed in Snyder Hall.
After watching helplessly as Japan endured one of the largest natural disasters in its history, many students across campus have lent a helping hand in an effort to raise money for a relief fund.
Some faculty might have a bigger pay check next academic year if proposed merit and market pool increases are passed by the university.
When Alyssa Meyer traveled to Mexico for spring break her sophomore year, she visited a coffee plantation and saw the unsuitable labor conditions the workers experienced.
MSU appears to have dodged the bullet in terms of potentially severe federal funding cuts to a number of university facets and programs.
Competing for a year’s worth of bragging rights by attempting to bake the best chocolate chip cookie, MSU lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender student groups gathered at the first “Cookie Crunch” on Monday.
Weekends can be a dangerous time in East Lansing — for buildings, cars or anything else left outside.
Lansing resident Liz McMurray, owner of Liz’s Alteration Shop, 1810 E. Michigan Ave., in Lansing, says she has been given a gift by God.
Since she was young, Rebecca Farnum displayed a passion and dedication to the environment.
The tedious process of redrawing Michigan’s legislative and congressional districts kicks off today as lawmakers meet to discuss the process following the state’s census data release last month.
The Campus Interfaith Council, in partnership with the Department of Religious Studies, is sponsoring Religious Awareness Week through the rest of the week.