Semana Latina is a week of Latin-related events organized to expose MSU students to the culture. Culturas de la Razas Unidas, or CRU, prepared the week of Latino-enriched cultural events, from film discussions to dance lessons.
MSU linebackers weren’t the only ones doing the tackling this weekend. Several MSU students and community members did their part in donating to the second annual Help Tackle Hunger Food Drive.
From blue books to concerts, ASMSU wants students to be sitting happy in 2009. At Thursday’s Student Assembly meeting, the group’s main concern was students. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government.
On Saturday, seven people set out for the Nokomis Learning Center, 5153 Marsh Road, in Okemos, strapped on their aprons and competed for the title of best fry bread recipe. The North American Indigenous Students Organization, or NAISO, hosted the fry bread cook-off to advertise and raise money for its annual Pow-Wow of Love, scheduled for Feb. 21-22, 2009.
With broken-down barriers and newly-erected bridges appearing in the headlines this year, the Muslim Students’ Association has followed suit by hosting a week of Islam-related events to inform students of facts about Muslim life.
A national center created to advance educational research in science, technology, engineering and math will aim to prepare students for an evolving job market.
MSU’s Division of Housing and Food Services and Department of Intercollegiate Athletics are sponsoring the second annual Help Tackle Hunger Food Drive, continuing through Saturday’s football game.
Change: It was the platform of President-elect Barack Obama and the thing many Americans have been waiting for. For Marcus Mayberry, president of MSU’s Successful Black Men, Obama’s accomplishment means change is coming.
Students could be tapping their toes to some new tunes on campus next spring — at least if a $65,000 concert gets the OK. Last week, ASMSU passed a bill through its Student Assembly Finance Committee, which would allocate $65,000 to a spring concert. Tonight, the bill will be discussed by the Student Assembly, where it could become the second major concert sponsored by ASMSU this school year.
Doctors might soon have a new option for treating methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. Researchers at Paratek Pharmaceuticals, a Boston-based company, announced Oct. 26 that Phase II testing of the drug PTK 0796 yielded positive results.
By 1 p.m., the influx of students at the polls in Brody Hall increased after a slow period as students attended classes, bringing in a total of 784 votes, said election officials.
A visiting MSU research associate was sentenced Monday to between one and 20 years in the Michigan Department of Corrections for illegal use of the Internet.
Four MSU students took first place Sunday at the International Design Competition of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Mechanical engineering seniors Emily Duszynski and Jonathan Luckhardt, operational engineering graduate student Kyle Koepf and MSU alumnus Joshua Thomet won the competition with a robot that washes windows.
Recent nationwide raids conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to apprehend immigrants illegally working in the U.S. have prompted immigrant rights groups across the nation to take a stand.
Three people involved in April’s Cedar Fest riot were sentenced Friday to 80 hours of community service and 24 months probation.
Someday, students might not have to fear being slapped with a minor in possession ticket when helping an injured or inebriated student.
MSU students interested in careers at advertising agencies are invited to a career fair at 7 p.m. today in Union Ballrooms A, B and C. The fair is hosted by the MSU Advertising Association, or MSUAA.
With its youngest dormitory building turning 52 years old this year, the Brody Complex could use a 21st century update.
Six MSU students and one MSU alumnus have been nominated for Rhodes, Marshall, Mitchell and Churchill scholarships, prestigious nationwide awards for continuing education.
An MSU graduate has joined forces with his brother to produce a cookbook for hopeful college chefs at MSU and across the country.