When Ryan Buckley told his mom he had joined the U.S. Navy last year, he said three words crossed her mind: Afghanistan. Iraq. War. Buckley, a second-year osteopathic medicine student and ensign in the Navy, is part of the branch’s medical corps participating in the Health Professions Scholarship Program, or HPSP.
Arriving on campus as an 18-year-old freshman can feel unnerving at times, especially if you don’t know anyone. But arriving on campus as a freshman in your 20s — as well as coming in as a war veteran — can be isolating, some MSU veterans said.
The pretrial conference for Nigel Scarlett, the ASMSU official charged with sexual assault, has been rescheduled for April 8.
Lansing resident Aaron Wade, 14, normally plays jazz on his saxophone. But when an MSU student musical group opened its show Tuesday in Lansing with a piece by classical composer Pierre Max Dubois, he was fine with it.
Payal Ravani has struggled with financial aid, and the ASMSU Academic Assembly vice chairperson for external affairs said many students share her concerns.
David Blight, an MSU graduate and professor of American history at Yale University, will speak at 8 p.m. tonight in Kellogg Center’s Big Ten Room C in a lecture titled Slaves No More: Newly Discovered Slave Narratives and the Legacies of Emancipation.
Michigan legislators, lobbyists and Gov. Jennifer Granholm said they expect a renewable energy portfolio standard to be passed by the end of March, which could bring future jobs for MSU graduates.
Brian Watkins sat on the floor of Administration Building’s lobby Tuesday balancing a laptop on his legs, a textbook on his stomach and a stack of quizzes to be graded by his side. But Watkins was doing more than grading — he was demonstrating. And he wasn’t alone.
About 10 Democratic members of the Michigan House of Representatives voiced concerns Tuesday about proposed plans for a second state primary, including the lack of support from Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and the time crunch on organizing a vote.
Some women spend so much time acknowledging other females’ accomplishments that they forget to recognize one of the most important women in their lives — themselves, Sarah Siewert said.
Electrocution, dog attacks, oncoming cars and human poisoning are a few of the obstacles that disrupt the average squirrel’s daily activities.
A 42-year-old MSU student was found dead Friday in his Spartan Village apartment from what a relative called “an accidental death from medication.”
A semi-tractor trailer overturned on U.S. 127 at about 3 p.m. Tuesday, causing two additional accidents that could be related. No serious injuries have been reported, East Lansing police Lt. Kevin Daley said. The trailer was heading northbound near Trowbridge Road and overturned into the embankment.
A race to sign the same headlining artist for concerts this spring is the latest in a history of conflicts between two of MSU’s student bodies.
About $580 worth of textbooks and padlocks were stolen from MSU-Detroit College of Law Building sometime between 6:30 p.m. March 4 and 7:30 a.m. March 10, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Even if the MSU men’s basketball team doesn’t make it to San Antonio for this year’s Final Four, one Spartan will be representing the Green and White April 5-7. Steven Book was chosen last week as one of four winners of the Coke Zero Ultimate Dream Job contest, which means he’ll be spending the next three weeks watching every NCAA Tournament game and writing a blog on his experiences from San Antonio.
“Out of business” signs and empty sidewalks characterize the stretch of Michigan Avenue from the Frandor Plus Shopping Center to Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital. Now, after years of decay, regional leaders said they are hoping to revamp the struggling area.
MSU Trustee Faylene Owen doesn’t remember every “get well” phone call she’s received, but she said one in particular stood out. Owen had hurt her ankle while attending a fundraising event for former President Bill Clinton’s 1996 presidential campaign, she said. It was serious enough that she was taken to the hospital.
The question of paper or plastic has traditionally racked the minds of check-out line customers, but several local shops are presenting customers with a cleaner alternative.
With a surfboard-sized slab of wood in her lap, strumming chords with a bamboo stick in one hand and patting strings with the other, Jin Hi Kim used an ancient instrument to teach students about Korean culture Monday.