If someone is leaving the library, gym or even a party at night, they may — or may not — notice a number of bright green lights throughout campus. There are more than 140 emergency phones gleaming a bright green color when fully functional.
Growing up in Germany, Michael Thoennessen did not always plan on becoming a physicist.
For the past few years, East Lansing officials have been searching for ways to raise student involvement in city government. They hope a new program will help them achieve that goal.
Campus organizations and city representatives are giving students a chance to exercise their voices in a voter registration drive from 5-7 p.m. today.
For Sumit Ray and J.D. Leichtman, a ranking is nothing more than a number. Both second-year master’s business students were surprised that MSU’s MBA program dropped in rankings for The Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive Business School Survey.
When former MSU President M. Peter McPherson and current MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon came up with the idea of a major fundraising campaign eight years ago, the economy was more accommodating to higher education. Now, the funds couldn’t come at a better time, with state provisions at a premium and the need for more research, projects and programs every year.
Editor’s note: An inaccurate version of this story was published Monday night. This is a corrected version of the article, which notes the commission’s vote does not reverse a previous decision made by the commission.
A University of Florida student with a history of taping his own practical jokes was Tasered on Monday by campus police and arrested after repeatedly trying to ask U.S. Sen. John Kerry questions during a campus forum.
Five $20 bills were taken from a bowl in a North Hubbard Hall dorm room Monday by an acquaintance of the resident, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Since her freshman year, political theory and constitutional democracy junior Raynika Brown has worked in Brody Hall’s cafeterias and never had a problem with her job. Until this year. MSU’s Housing and Food Services has made a few changes to the dining halls across campus. As a result, student cafeteria employees say they are understaffed and are struggling to adjust to the new dining hall schedules.
When Eric Tingwall landed in Germany on Sept. 10, he didn’t realize it would only be a matter of hours before his work was published in an online car magazine. But the mechanical engineering and journalism senior’s 500-word essay won him the opportunity to do so.
Due to a $1.7 billion shortfall, MSU may not receive the $26.6 million funding promised by the state in October.
The arrest of a Lansing man last week doesn’t appear to have stopped the recent flurry of vending machine vandalizations on campus.
They almost didn’t make it, but David Cooper and Peter Berg survived a vehicle malfunction and safely brought Pulitzer Prize award winner Robert Coles’ literary archive to East Lansing.
After months of deliberation and stockpiles of public input, the East Lansing Transportation Commission voted against the proposed conversion of Hagadorn Road from four lanes to a three-lane cross section with designated bike lanes between Grand River Avenue and Haslett Road.
Daniel Ortega-Pacheco was sitting outside a Beaner’s Coffee shop in East Lansing two years ago when voices from a passing car yelled “Beaner! Beaner!”
To Carmen Turner, the sight of hungry children is more expected than surprising.
The Michigan Senate passed two bills Monday evening to implement a continuation budget that would extend current spending plans into the next fiscal year, despite opposition from Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s office.
MSU students have the chance to begin a new four-year, intensive Arabic language program that promises fluency in a language highly sought by employers in national security fields.
Four rooms were torched at the Super 8 Motel, 2736 E. Grand River Ave., today, resulting in no injuries and the shutdown of part of Grand River Avenue between about 2:15 and 3:30 p.m.