Amitesh Devic works, eats and sleeps in Lansing, and even pays taxes to the state that go toward funding for MSU. So he wants to know: Why is he considered an out-of-state student? Devic, who moved to the area in 2004 to live with his girlfriend, Amanda, pays more than $400 in additional tuition fees per credit hour than a student the university considers to be in-state.
City officials are looking forward to turning the Virginia Avenue area into a family-friendly haven, rather than the student-populated block it is now.
Lansing — Changing absentee voting and improving polling areas were key parts of recommendations made Wednesday by Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land before the Senate Campaign and Election Oversight committee.
Biology professor Jonathan Walton began teaching at MSU 20 years ago, but his fascination with science didn’t start there.
The days he spent on a ranch in Montana, milking cows and collecting chicken eggs, created a memorable experience for Justin Sailor.
Since the start of the year, sweat pants and T-shirts no longer fly at Illinois State University’s College of Business. Students have to show up to class in pressed polo shirts and khakis.
If Abbey Askotzky was at home during Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, she’d be taking the day off school and going to temple with her family. Her mom would have been in the kitchen the day before, preparing food and shaping braided challah bread with raisins into a circle, to symbolize the sweet new year.
In recommending MSU’s next athletics director, Trustee Melanie Foster didn’t have to pull too many strings. From the get-go, the board, MSU athletics department and potential candidates all knew what Foster knew: “Mark Hollis met all the criteria.”
In 1965, one MSU master’s student initiated a movement that changed the relationship between students and university officials. His efforts, which spanned the course of two years, led to the creation of the Academic Freedom Report and the Office of the Ombudsman in 1967.
MSU police believe they have made progress in tracking down those responsible for the recent vandalizations of campus vending machines.
As MSU freshmen Jen David and Tom Vonck walked down Grand River Avenue, they were drawn to the colorful sounds of honking horns and banging drums.
Political science sophomore Matt Patton attended a Sept. 11, 2001, memorial event at the Union Tuesday in order to reflect on the anniversary. However, he was surprised at the turnout of the event. Less than 15 people attended.
Mark Hollis, MSU associate athletics director for external relations, is expected to be named the new Athletics Director at the MSU Board of Trustees meeting today.
A Macbook laptop was stolen from an 18-year-old Bryan Hall resident Saturday morning, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
When it comes to seating in sections 14 and 15 in the south end zone, it’s a no-holds-barred scamper to find a slab of aluminum to stand on if one of the 13,600 students with tickets decides to arrive too close to game time, or leaves his or her seat during the first half.
Congress passed a bill Friday that would provide more than $676 million in federal tuition grants for higher education to students in Michigan.
A study tagged as an economic “report card” for MSU and the state’s other two largest research universities pegs their worth at more than $12.8 billion and 68,800 jobs.
In a time when concern over the environment seems to be growing daily and the solutions to those concerns becoming increasingly complex, MSU appears to be making headway. MSU was recently awarded a Campus Sustainability Leadership Award for universities with more than 7,500 students.
Gen. David Petraeus, the commanding general of the war in Iraq, informed Congress on Monday that he would like to see about 30,000 U.S. troops withdrawn from Iraq by next summer.
After the initial shock of the Sept. 11, 2001 events wore off, one MSU professor began thinking about the attack’s repercussions in terms of his profession — economics.