It’s pitch-black when lights flash on in the auditorium of the MSU Museum and four spirits stand in front of the audience. “We are a bronze people of a bronze culture,” they all say in unison. “We are Aztlan.”
Coughing and sneezing students who stay home because of flu-like illness might not receive excused absences in their classes. Olin Health Center Communications and Planning Coordinator Kathi Braunlich said Olin is not providing excuses for students experiencing flu-like symptoms unless it is a rare situation. Olin never has given excuses for flu-like illnesses and will not start because of an influx of students coming into Olin, she said.
Whether an MSU instructor charged with criminal sexual conduct and kidnapping could face a life sentence is expected to be determined this month by a local judge who wants further analysis of the kidnapping charge.
If students have questions about safe sex, MSU probably has the answers, according to university officials and sexual health report card results released last week by Trojan condoms.
MSU is raking in thousands of dollars in leaf disposal savings. Employees of MSU Landscape Services used to waste time and gasoline each fall hauling hundreds of yards of leaves to an on-campus compost site.
Although it still is waiting on finalizations of the state budget, the MSU Board of Trustees will meet today to discuss plans for the university and request appropriations from the state for the 2010-11 year.
Erin Ford’s eyes lit up as she watched Jody Wilfong’s hands fall across the strings of a guitar, its twang filling the space between them.
Screams of terror rang through the basement of Mason-Abbot Hall this week as creepy characters stalked students looking for a Halloween spook.
ASMSU’s plan of creating a blog to better connect with the student body came one step closer to reality Tuesday when a bill calling for its creation was approved by a joint meeting of the Student and Academic assemblies.
The city of East Lansing will host two separate events this weekend to celebrate the Mexican holiday the Day of the Dead.
MSU’s Julian Samora Research Institute will celebrate its 20th anniversary by hosting a conference Nov. 6-7 at the Marriott at University Place, 300 M.A.C. Ave.
Although the Maya, the Aztecs and the Incas all were able to construct great societies in ancient Central America, MSU researchers said their current-day descendents still are facing considerable problems.
On the ground floor of the MSU Museum, people conjured spirits with offerings of food, drinks and symbols of life to bring the dead back to the realm of reality.
MSU will receive $2.5 million from the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy for research on clean energy technologies for motor vehicles.
Stretches of West Circle Drive near the Main Library will be closed this weekend as construction crews are scheduled to perform emergency work on a steam tunnel.
Supporters of the College of Music’s music therapy program called for an external investigation into the program’s recommended elimination Tuesday, challenging administrators’ claims that no alternatives could prevent the program’s demise.
After a summer of renovations, Owen Graduate Hall will hold an open house beginning at 2:30 p.m. today.
William Davis, the director of the United Nations Information Center in Washington, D.C., brought international issues closer to East Lansing with his visit to campus Monday.
A group of researchers, including an MSU professor, warn studies predicting the world’s natural forests will be almost gone before the end of the century might become reality unless countries change how carbon is credited.
Surrounded by several nude body moldings, Larry Kirkwood said his artistic goal is to portray beauty in all of its forms.