According to Lauren Spencer, finding the “safe space” where you can embrace your gender identity or sexual orientation is one of the most exciting things a student can come across for the first time when attending the LBGT Resource Center’s, or LGBTRC, fall welcome for new students.
Sam Kilberg and 1,700 other MSU students are back from traveling the world. The political theory and constitutional democracy and international relations senior participated in the largest study abroad program in the nation, said Cheryl Benner, communications manager in the Office of Study Abroad.
Although the beginning of the school year can mean chaos and many adjustments, Stefan Fletcher has enough experience under his belt to lead the Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, into a new school year with a fair amount of ease.
When Justin Lee, a first-generation Korean-American, came to MSU as a freshman this year, he was glad to no longer be one of a few minorities at his school. Now attending MSU, he enjoys spending time in the same environment as people from all across the world.
The ASMSU 49th Session Kickoff meeting left Chairman Evan Martinak drenched with excitement for the new school year — and just plain drenched. The first meeting of the year for ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, included some of the typical business, as well as food, a beanbag toss and a dunk tank.
The name says it all: Sparticipation, where students begin to participate in various MSU organizations and groups.
School is in session, and MSU students quickly are getting acclimated and reacclimated to on-campus resources, including the Capital Area Transportation Authority, or the CATA bus system.
The aroma of Insomnia Cookies hung in the air, students received nimble hand chair massages and bright blue Walmart bags dotted the concourse at Munn Ice Arena during the 2012 U-Fest Monday night.
Students new and old stormed area streets this past weekend to settle in for the new semester. Parking lots outside each residence hall swelled with mini vans and trailers as crowds of students prepared their rooms and met their new roommates.
Charles Atkin, or as his family and friends more affectionately knew him, Chuck, wasn’t one to brag about his accomplishments. Granted, the chair of the department of communications had a list of accomplishments including 66 book chapters published, 81 journal articles printed, 10 books and monographs published, 17 presentations at federal hearings and inquiries and 48 agencies that looked to him as an advisor, in addition to being involved with many other organizations and teaching at MSU.
Tim Knight was known to be the life of the party. He could bring a smile to a friend on even their worst day.
A new addition to the St. Anne’s Luxury Lofts development project featuring stonework in the shape of a cross has caused the city some distress.
Almost everyone present seemed to collectively anxiously hold their breath as Ransom E. Olds’ own 1903 Curved Dash Oldsmobile creaked down a Spartan Stadium ramp on Tuesday.
Master’s degree and doctorate students from Asia and Africa will travel to MSU and other universities in the U.S. to learn methods for enhancing food security in their home country as part of the Borlaug Higher Education Agricultural Research and Development, or BHEARD, program.
How did you celebrate Log Cabin Day this year? Did you observe the holiday, the last Sunday in June, with a rustic feast? Or did you visit the Log Cabin Society, which celebrates Michigan’s history?
When choosing the 2012 One Book, One Community novel, “Behind the Beautiful Forevers” by Katherine Boo just made sense.
Ayano Ishida’s first impression of the U.S. from visiting MSU’s campus was that everything is bigger — the food, the cars and even the toilets.
After construction rendered Albert Avenue off-limits to residents for three months, the highly used road was fully opened today.
The national Democratic Party unanimously voted Saturday to support gay marriage in its party platform, asking for a repeal to the controversial Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, and recognition of marriage equality.
More than 20 firefighters flocked to a sewer opening Thursday afternoon near the MSU Museum, lowering at least four firefighters into a narrow sewer hole to rescue “victims.”