The Grundy brothers don’t let the stress of a tournament interfere with their love of chess. “It’s really awesome,” said fourth-grader Jeffery Grundy, of Macomb Township.
Ruckus, a legal music file-sharing program offered to MSU students, shut down Saturday. The program, promoted by university officials as a way for students to legally share and exchange music, issued a notice on its Web site Saturday afternoon saying the “service will no longer be provided,” with no other information available.
The Residence Halls Association, or RHA, confirmed five judicial appointees to the Residence Hall Area Board at its meeting Wednesday.
Diners at The Gallery at Snyder-Phillips Hall were caught in a Chicken Little moment Thursday, when water poured from the ceiling and dislodged four ceiling tiles. Tables below where the ceiling collapsed were unoccupied and, as far as bystanders could tell, nobody was hurt.
Students in the East Lansing Public Schools are getting a crash course in art. In an effort to expose children to global artists, the schools have joined with MSU’s Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, or RCAH, to bring in artists to visit with the students. The program has operated for about a year.
MSU, the National Guard and the Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Homeland Defense and Security have partnered to bring a new certificate program in homeland security to MSU.
ASMSU’s Academic Assembly code and academic policy committee amended a bill Tuesday to revise the university’s course repeat policy. The University Committee on Academic Policy, or UCAP, is reviewing the policy and asked for ASMSU’s stance.
About 20 community members gathered Wednesday night to pay tribute to the thousands of Israelis and Gazans suffering or dead as result of tensions in the Middle East.
Journalism junior Nick Mordowanec said he was surprised to see an article he wrote in January’s edition of ing magazine. He said he was even more surprised to see another student’s name on the byline.
MSU officials have made a call to remove landline telephones from dorm rooms in the Brody Complex and Mayo Hall by the start of the fall 2009 semester.
The trial for MSU student Nigel Scarlett, a former high-ranking ASMSU representative accused of sexually assaulting a woman on campus one year ago, has been delayed.
Green businesses have one more resource at MSU. Ruben Derderian, a Michigan businessman with more than 30 years of experience as an executive, was selected as associate director of the MSU Product Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources.
An MSU doctor and his team have gained more insight into how children and families that beat obesity achieve their success.
Funeral services for MSU student Don Ausman will be held at 10 a.m. today at the Harry J. Will Funeral Home, 37000 6 Mile Road, in Livonia.
Students might soon be able to make their voices heard about ideas for changes to the academic calendar through a survey set to be distributed within the next few weeks.
Students hoping to bring a rock climbing wall to campus got closer to the peak Thursday when ASMSU’s Student Assembly moved to support its construction at MSU. Matt Malkowski, a geological studies graduate student who spearheaded the initiative, said he was glad to see the project pass through ASMSU.
MSU Dance Marathon will host recruitment meetings all week to find dancers willing to spend 12 hours on their feet to raise money for the MSU Children’s Health Initiative.
As February began, MSU kicked off a monthlong 200th birthday party for famed biologist Charles Darwin. The university will host events throughout the month to commemorate Darwin’s work involving evolution.
MSU is turning a darker shade of green. It’s not because of energy-efficient light bulbs shining in the Brody Complex. It’s not because of recycling receptacles that line the sidewalk near Adams Field. And it’s not because of the Smart Car that occasionally rolls down Farm Lane. MSU is getting greener in its diet, thanks to a continuing increase of vegetarians and vegans on campus.
MSU Residence Halls Association president Mark Dobson gave his third and final State of the Organization address Wednesday night, calling for positive change. Dobson, who will step down in April, said RHA can always strive to do better.