With the presidential primaries right around the corner and the elections coming up at the end of the year, voting has been on many students’ minds. However, some students find the voter registration process confusing or too inconvenient. Many students might not be aware what the elections are for.
Led by executive director of MSU Hillel Cindy Hughey, professor emeritus Ken Waltzer, associate professor and director of the Jewish Studies program Yael Aronoff and Office of Institutional Equity investigator Mwanaisha Sims, the forum held Tuesday night touched on concerns related to rising anti-Semitism across college campuses nationwide and the response that should be taken by MSU's Jewish community.
The primary elections indicate who will be appointed the delegates of the Democrat and Republican parties for the upcoming presidential election. Michigan’s primary election will take place on March 8. The polls will open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.
For computer science students, a group known as the Spartan Hackers meets every Tuesday for workshops to learn skills to help them be successful in the working world.
Reports of the Zika virus’ spread across Latin America have been met with urgent warnings from the World Health Organization, or WHO, and other global health institutions. Confirmed cases of Zika virus have been found in Texas, in the state of Georgia and Spain, galvanizing concern about the effects of the virus on pregnant women and driving support for further research. For international students from Latin America, where the outbreak originated, the response has been less panicked.
The first female drum major and one of the men who played Sparty, fell in love in their college years and are now married, raising two Spartan fan children.
On Tuesday night, a number of faculty members were recognized at the annual All-University Awards Convocation.
This past week, the Graduate Employees Union, or GEU, released a petition asking current Vice President for Student Affairs and Services Denise Maybank to be more transparent in her decision making.
MSU police are reporting two instances of sexual assault on campus. The first, which reportedly occurred on Feb. 3 at about 4:30 a.m. in East Holden Hall involved a 19-year-old female student reportedly being sexually assaulted by a 19-year-old male student whom the victim knows.
At about 11:15 p.m. Tuesday night, MSU police report an armed robbery committed at North Case Hall.
President Lou Anna K. Simon discussed campus issues during her first live stream conversational State of the University Address.
A grove of red oaks stands tall on a little patch of earth west of Williams Hall. Otherwise unremarkable compared to the campus's numerous other trees, each individual oak is actually a natural memorial to MSU students and faculty who gave their lives while fighting in World War I.
In an effort to address the issue of sexual assault and relationship violence at MSU, the Sexual Violence Advisory Council, or SVA Council, held its first open forum Monday night to discuss student’s and faculty’s opinions on the biggest problems with how MSU has handled sexual violence on and off campus.
Gude said he first got the idea to create his coloring book when he noticed the increase in coloring book culture.
This year, the Chinese New Year begins on Feb. 8 and is a celebration similar to Christmas in America. The new year celebrations last for about 15 days and will finish with the Lantern Festival.
Activist groups have been raising awareness about racial issues across the nation and on MSU’s campus. The most recent expression of this racial ire focuses on MSU’s James Madison College.
Flint’s water crisis has caught national attention, and despite being miles away, many students have stepped up to help however they can. Specifically, some chapters within MSU’s greek life have been making an effort to help by starting GoFundMe pages to raise money, holding other fundraisers or by donating cases of bottled water.
MSU police are reporting an alleged incident of third degree criminal sexual conduct.
MSU students give their opinion on some of the highest-polling Democratic and Republican presidential candidates.
The MSU Police Oversight Committee has named Michelle Kaminski as its new chair. The change comes after concerns of the way the committee functions were brought forward by criminal justice graduate and member of the police oversight committee Robert Vankirk. Kaminski is an associate professor in the school of Human Resources and Labor Relations at MSU and has been with the university since 2001.