The cost of MSU’s health care plan will continuously increase throughout the next six years to meet the new requirements of the Affordable Care Act, or ACA. At Tuesday afternoon’s University Council meeting, Renee Rivard, the director of benefits with MSU Human Resources, or HR, presented the impacts the ACA will have on MSU from 2012 through 2018.
A week ago, current Residence Halls Association, or RHA, Communications Coordinator Zachary DeRade was nothing but smiles as he fought off many peers’ congratulations to conduct his first interview after being elected as the RHA 44th session president.
The fundraising is heating up on campus in advance of the MSU men’s basketball team’s game against Michigan this weekend.
When political science and pre-law junior Zade Alsawah applied to intern at the White House last summer, he did so hoping for the best but expecting the worst.
Picture the typical MSU party environment: a combination of young men and women, loud music, binge drinking and some sexual interactions behind closed doors. But many of these sexual encounters on colleges, such as MSU, aren’t always consensual.
Running almost naked in more than a foot of snow sounds crazy to some, but a group of 17 students braved the cold Friday afternoon, showing off their bodies to hopefully inspire others to love their figures as well.
A 19-year-old female MSU student has been found dead at her Bailey Street home, according to East Lansing police.
MSU Provost Kim Wilcox was named one of four finalists for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor position, according to a report from the Lansing State Journal.
Upwards of 100 MSU students gathered inside the Breslin Center ticket office this morning, with high anticipation to get the first crack at tickets for the March 19 Macklemore and Ryan Lewis concert.
ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, officials passed a bill at Thursday night’s general assembly meeting to provide up to $250,000 for a second spring concert.
“I want peace more than anything in the world,” said Lital Shemesh, former Israeli combat soldier in the border police unit of Israel Defense Forces, or IDF. “But I will not apologize for defending my country or my right to live.”
ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, officials are looking to improve students’ studies after passing a bill at Thursday night’s general assembly meeting to postpone jury duty for full-time students.
For some students, their parents stop telling them to eat their vegetables at a young age. For others, this continues through college.
Dressed in suits and historical costumes with note cards at the ready, seven student teams made the case for their champions; a group of activists whose messages have endured the test of time. Presenting and sometimes acting out their arguments, the trios of students expounded on why their historical figure deserved their respective place in history.
Zachary DeRade was elected as the next Residence Halls Association, or RHA, president for next year’s 44th session at the general assembly meeting Wednesday night at Shaw Hall.
Without a Pell Grant, Hanna Reed wouldn’t be able to call herself a Spartan. “If I didn’t get enough financial aid, I wouldn’t be coming to MSU,” the psychology sophomore said. Reed’s not alone.
As Democrats and Republicans squabble in Washington, D.C., student groups at MSU are working to prove that conservatives, liberals and libertarians can coexist and “civilly discuss” issues, as economics freshman Lucas Joncas put it. MSU College Democrats, Republicans and Libertarians came together Wednesday night at Erickson Hall for a debate on topics such as gun control, Michigan’s right-to-work law and the national debt and deficit. Joncas, a libertarian, said the debate provided about 15 participants and 20 audience members a chance to hear different viewpoints. “It’s a chance to hash out important issues and hear other people’s opinions,” he said. Political theory and constitutional democracy senior Stephen Wooden said while the debates do provide a forum to discuss differing ideologies, the participants are just looking to enjoy themselves. “(We want to) have fun and get to know other people,” Wooden said.
After a unanimous vote by the Michigan House of Representatives on Tuesday afternoon, MSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine is one step closer to attaining independence after legislators passed a bill to eliminate the college’s state appointed advisory board — a mandate that has been in place since the 1960s. According to Pat Grauer, the College of Osteopathic Medicine, or COM, public relations director, throughout the past few decades advisory committee members were appointed by the state to provide guidance and advocate for the college.