When Dan Snyder woke up Monday morning, he got ready for class with rolled up socks, a few Nerf guns and an orange bandana in tow. These are his essentials as a human hoping to make it through this week’s zombie apocalypse on campus.
Voter turnout for ASMSU’s representative elections increased significantly from last year, with 9.4 percent of eligible undergraduate students showing up to the vote, according to ASMSU officials.
When biology junior Christine Sattler had a bad day her freshman year, she dealt with it differently than most students. Instead of listening to music or exercising, all Sattler needed was to come home to her pet hedgehog, Honey. “If I had a bad day, I could always come back (to my dorm) and pick her up,” Sattler said. “She would play with me, and it was really nice. Pets always provide unconditional love.”
When Winta Gebrezgher first enrolled in Geography of Environment and Development, she had no idea half of the class would be taught in Portuguese, half of her classmates would be Brazilian students and her professors would be teaching her from almost 3,800 miles away at a university in Brazil.
When students arrive back on campus next fall for a fresh semester, they will find many changes to MSU’s campus, including new engagement centers in the neighborhoods, said Kelley Bishop, assistant vice president in the Division of Student Affairs and Services. With renovations being made to several residence halls, MSU has decided to install two more engagement centers.
Pastor Mark Inglot welcomed his congregation on Easter Sunday by encouraging those in attendance to focus on the holy holiday instead of daily worries.
Construction on two of Brody Complex Neighborhood’s residence halls is close to wrapping up, but two others will be out of commission for similar renovations starting in May. The current renovations to Bailey and Rather halls both are on budget and on schedule to be completed by the middle of June, said Jeff Bonk, assistant director of design and construction management for Residential and Hospitality Services.
Communication freshman Katelyn Kotowicz circled the bike racks near Campbell Hall on Thursday afternoon as she searched for a parking spot for a bike she was borrowing from a friend.
On Saturday night, as many students were heading home for the Easter holiday, another celebration of community was taking place at East Lansing High School, 509 Burcham Drive. About 100 East Lansing residents, MSU faculty and students gathered for food and festivities at the sixth annual Muslim Students’ Association, or MSA, Diversity Dinner.
Potential discrepancies in health care for lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender patients might not be the first thing on the minds of all medical professionals, but for physician and MSU alumnus Henry Ng, the topic has become the basis of his career.
Growing up in Thessaloniki, Greece, marketing senior Maria Palestis had always been told Greece and Turkey were political adversaries, constantly butting ideological heads.
Determined to win, even after being hit in the face with a water balloon, Brieanna Finn tossed one back to her partner on Thursday at the Sigma Chi fraternity house, 729 E. Grand River Ave. “I don’t care if I’m soaking wet,” Finn said, her hair dripping. “It’s all for a good cause.”
Susan Reverby, professor of women’s and gender studies at Wellesley College, was at MSU Thursday to speak about her findings of a U.S.
Students might pay about $300 more for on-campus housing next academic year if the Board of Trustees approves a 4 percent increase in housing and dining rates next Friday. The Division of Residential and Hospitality Services, or RHS, presented the proposed increase, which would raise housing rates from $8,154 to $8,476 for the 2012-13 academic year, during a Residence Halls Association, or RHA, meeting on Wednesday.
Members of ASMSU’s General Assembly wrapped up this year’s session on Thursday night with a heartfelt meeting.
Erica and Jessica Cutler are roommates, competitors, best friends and twins. “Usually we have a basic understanding between the two of us,” elementary education sophomore Jessica Cutler said, who is a member of the women’s swim team with her sister Erica. “It’s not like twin telepathy, it’s just from being around each other so much.”
Last fall, Monica, a Lansing Community College sophomore, was invited to her friend’s East Lansing home to tour his place. The evening started off as a casual hangout, but it ended in a way she didn’t see coming. Her friend was showing her around just like he said, but when they got to his room, he turned off the lights and locked the door, forcing her onto his bed.
Efforts by the Black Student Alliance, or BSA, and other student groups to create a freestanding multicultural center might be stalled in the face of logistics, such as cost and space availability, officials said. When MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon spoke at a Residence Halls Association, or RHA, meeting last month, students addressed the issue with her, but she said she hasn’t formed a position on how to proceed without looking at all the facts, including cost and space.
An about 4 percent increase for residence hall housing rates for the 2012-13 academic year was announced at the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, meeting on Wednesday night.
On Wednesday, medical student Jon Vandenberg rolled across the tennis court in a wheelchair, racquet in hand, and passed a tennis ball to 15-year-old Katie Frayer from Dewitt, Mich., who was born with Arthrogryposis, a congenital disorder that has left her in a wheelchair.