Despite Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s plea for students to actively fight for the Michigan Promise Scholarship, turnout of MSU students at a rally Wednesday was lower than at other university rallies in Michigan.
The first few minutes of Wednesday night in Ballroom B of the Kellogg Center could be best described as “hungry.” But by the end of the Fall 2009 Visiting Chef Series’ Taste of Michigan, reactions ranged from “extremely satisfied” to “ecstatic.”
One of MSU’s governing bodies is giving nonmembers a voice in MSU’s Academic Governance system. On Tuesday, Academic Council unanimously voted to allocate 10 minutes for public comment at the beginning of its remaining meetings this academic year. The time will allow up to five people to speak for up to two minutes each.
A group of Google applications for MSU faculty and students will make sharing information and working collaboratively on projects only a click away. Google Apps for Education at MSU launched Thursday and provides a suite of applications for the university community such as Google Docs, Google Sites and Google Calendar.
For Yuri Mishina, finding companies engaged in illegal activities doesn’t mean turning to the news.
After 25 years with little to no revisions, MSU’s student rights document is going to have to wait longer yet before officially being approved.
The prickly skin of the orange-colored bearded dragon first turned some children away from touching it, but 7-year-old Grace Bargerstock wasn’t frightened by the animal’s exterior Wednesday night at the Old Botany Building.
Prior to Wednesday, economics senior Ayman Bari had a difficult time finding a place to pray at MSU.
MSU has introduced two new specializations this fall in response to film incentives offered by the state.
International studies junior Christian Scott is just trying to make a difference. Scott was one of nine students who went on a study abroad trip this summer in India and spent every three days in a new location.
JanSport founder Skip Yowell came to Erickson Hall Kiva on Tuesday night and brought with him the living embodiment of his personal philosophy. The Telluride Mountainfilm Tour brought six original films to the MSU community “to inspire young people,” Yowell said. The tour is a mix of independent films from the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado.
In the midst of American Indian Heritage Month, two student groups at MSU were trying to connect Tuesday night and share the difficulties indigenous people face in their societies.
For Residential College in the Arts and Humanities sophomore Michael Steinfield, inspiration came in the form of three simple words.
A team of MSU researchers hope virtual battles with the mythical Greek creatures medusa and cyclops might deliver a debilitating blow to claims made by some entertainment-driven digital health games.
During the next two years, MSU researchers will use a $150,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to determine the motivational factor of a virtual workout partner.
Six MSU students played the role of economists when they participated in the Federal Reserve Challenge on Nov. 9 at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, where the team placed in the final four — the best any MSU team has placed.
MSU’s Department of Theatre will perform its first show of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” at 7:30 p.m. today at Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre.
After ticket prices were announced Monday for U2’s June 30 Spartan Stadium concert, students said they expect the “lower priced” event to be a hit.
A pair of green eyes stared blankly at Jane Wankmiller as the anthropology doctoral student aimed her camera at the black man’s face. Flashes of light from her camera momentarily illuminated the lifeless eyes, but they did not blink. She examined the face one last time before she tugged one of the ears, watching as it peeled away from the skull she spent the past eight weeks transforming into a facial reconstruction of a deceased person.
Tickets for U2’s June 30 concert at Spartan Stadium are slated to go on sale at 10 a.m. Nov. 23, a release from promoter Live Nation said.