The Residence Hall Association, or RHA, passed a bill in support of a plan that could make fitness facilities more accessible for students living on campus at an RHA meeting in Holmes Hall on Wednesday night.
In a continued effort to create a graduate student resource center on campus, the Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, passed a resolution asking for student and community support for renovating Chittenden Hall at its Wednesday night meeting.
Out of nearly 48,000 students at MSU, international relations senior Spencer Nordwick is the only one studying the Tajik language — a variation of Persian.
Residents in West Circle and East neighborhoods could see changes to their culinary services in the coming years pending an evaluation examining logistics of renovating cafeterias in Landon and Akers halls.
This holiday season, the Hospitality Association in The School of Hospitality Business is teaming up with Volunteers of America to deliver food, clothing and gifts for two local, low-income families.
The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, is looking into altering its method for distributing funds to student groups to better utilize allocated money for student events.
With the stress of finals around the corner, some students are in need of some extra support from their families. But for students who have aged out of the foster care system, such support is not always easy to find.
In early 2012, MSU officials will focus on the search for a new vice president for research and graduate studies before turning their attention to filling the positions of vice president for university relations and vice president for student affairs and services, university spokesman Kent Cassella said.
The amount of Digital Millenium Copyright Act, or DMCA, complaints MSU received in 2011 nearly has tripled since 2009.
Christopher Cooley was told countless times to shave off his mustache last month. He said a barber even told him it looked terrible, and he needed to get rid of it. Although the second-year medical student was tempted to shave it off at times, he kept his mustache through November because it was a symbol of his commitment to spreading awareness about men’s health.
MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon joined President Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton and others Friday in Washington, D.C., to launch the Better Buildings Challenge, aimed to promote energy efficiency in buildings across the country.
After a long first semester at MSU, premedical freshman Ashwin Easow said it’s hard to remember all the material covered in his classes months ago.
During the eight days prior to finals week, the Black Student Alliance, or BSA, and other black student organizations are hosting the first MSU Study-in in an effort to combat the low retention and graduation rates of students within the MSU black community.
An MSU professor’s research has shown most people would take the life of one person to save the lives of five in a virtual scenario of a classic moral dilemma.
In one night, studio art sophomore Michael Geeter gambled on horse racing, went to the Bahamas and became a police officer.
Sitting in class during his first year of law school at MSU, Jonathan Litt wanted to collaborate with professionals in the field to discuss the issues he was studying in his text books, but he felt he had no outlet to help him connect.
Malcolm X is best known as a political and religious figure, but it was his connection to Michigan and Greater Lansing that motivated MSU’s African American and African Studies program to host an event examining the significance of his experience in the area.
Interdisciplinary humanities senior Rebecca Farnum recently was named a 2012 Marshall Scholar — one of only two students from Michigan to earn the honor, according to a release.
Sean Fitzpatrick, a freshman in the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, or RCAH, said he chose his major because it allows him to put his interests and talents to use. “During (an RCAH) presentation, I was amazed by how much it seemed like it would fit,” Fitzpatrick said.
The Asian Studies Center is accepting applications for a scholarship and a fellowship program for students interested in learning more about Asia.