East Lansing’s dining scene could get a mobile upgrade later this year if the city council approves a policy next week allowing food trucks to operate downtown. The policy revision builds on guidelines approved last year allowing food cart vendors to operate at three different locations in the city.
Although lawmakers still have not come to an agreement on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, some grassroots groups such as the OneVoice movement still believe a solution is possible through youth leadership and cooperation. Members of OneVoice, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to making a two-state solution come to fruition for Israel and Palestine, came to MSU on Thursday evening to share their message and discuss ideas for change with student attendees.
Kim Fritz, owner and proprietor of Nibble, a local cheesecake company, never thought her grandmother’s cheesecake recipe would turn into a full-fledged business. But at the East Lansing Farmer’s Market in 2009, Fritz experienced true success.
A bill headed for the Michigan Senate is aiming to fix a loophole with Michigan gun laws regarding college campuses.
On Thursday evening, Mosher, an Arabic and comparative cultures and politics junior who has Latin American heritage, performed two poems — one about her Spanish heritage and another about her least favorite class — for an audience of about 50 people in Hubbard Hall cafeteria.
Less than a month before the university’s proposed Energy Transition Plan, or ETP, heads to the Board of Trustees for a vote, members of ASMSU’s Executive Committee on Student Affairs passed a bill supporting the proposed policy Thursday night.
After he began working out regularly when he came to campus as a freshman, biomedical laboratory operations sophomore Tim Bazil said he finds exercising makes him feel better about himself and is a good way to take a break from the books.
Laura Young cannot imagine what her college experience would have been like if she had not taken Russian.
Javon Ringer wasn’t sure whether or not wolfing down as many hot dogs as fast as he could in front of a crowd sounded like a good idea. “I might give it a try,” said the former running back for the MSU football team. “I might eat one or two.”
The Tunnel of Oppression is an experience that forces students to encounter the seen and unseen oppressions in our society, the director of Tunnel of Oppression, political science and pre-law and general management junior Michelle Cooper said in an email.
Although she doesn’t consider her Bloomfield Hills, Mich., hometown a tourism hot spot, criminal justice senior Erica Silver sees parts of her home state as the true “pure Michigan.”
Medical students are scheduled to host the fifth annual 5K R.A.C.E., or Run for Access to Care for Everyone this weekend. The race begins at 1 p.m.
One Saturday, with an assignment due within hours, supply chain management freshman Aashray Patel was left helpless when he couldn’t access ANGEL, MSU’s current online learning management system, or LMS. Getting more angry and nervous by the minute, Patel said he waited hours before the system began to work correctly. “I went crazy about it,” Patel said.
Students can join others from 7:30-10 p.m. Friday in Erickson Hall Kiva for the Night of Hope, an event to discuss depression, its effects and how to help those who are struggling with it.
The MSU Museum is preparing to host its 17th annual Wine Tasting Benefit. The benefit will be held from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Friday at Kellogg Center.
The International Students Association and the Office for International Students and Scholars will host TEDxMSU this weekend.
When education freshman Kristen Bock works her shift in the dishroom of Holden Hall cafeteria, she said it’s not uncommon for her to see pieces of food left lying on trays. “People will leave entire slices of pizza, (or) fruit not even touched and sometimes whole sandwiches,” Bock said. “It’s kind of ridiculous.”
Closing out more than a year of pushing for gender-neutral housing initiatives, the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, passed a bill Wednesday night to approve the university’s recommendation in implementing a flexible housing option for fall 2012.
During the past three days, the U.S. Supreme Court started reviewing the Affordable Care Act — a decision experts agree could have profound effects on the powers of the Congress. Under the new law, young adults can remain on their parents’ plan until age 26. The act also has a program to help repay medical students’ loans.
A meeting next month between university officials and ASMSU will determine the fate of ASMSU’s proposed Capital Area Transportation Authority, or CATA, bus tracking mobile application, which has been in the works since last semester. ASMSU Director of Media Relations Samantha Artley said there has been little recent development on the app, but a meeting in mid-April is expected to shape the app’s next steps.