Group rings in 'Year of the Rat'

Wendy Yuen saw break dancing, Taekwondo and step dancing at the Lunar New Year Show on Saturday, and couldn’t pick a performance she liked the most.

ASMSU meeting in review

ASMSU’s Student Assembly allocated $300,000 to fund three concerts later this semester during its meeting Feb. 7.

Latin Xplosion hits campus

Pink and red rose petals covered the floor and the words “love” and “amor” shone under the lights at the 11th annual Latin Xplosion on Friday.

Inventors' Day accepting proposals

Students interested in the renewable energy and biofuel industry in Michigan can present their research and invention proposals to field experts at Biofuel Inventors’ Day.

Author to speak on self-image

Author Jessica Weiner, dubbed America’s “Queen of Self-Esteem,” will speak at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Wharton Center.

Student found dead in Spartan Village

A 29-year-old MSU student was found dead at about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in his Spartan Village apartment.

Speaker discusses sex, gender

Claudia Gonzalez learned Thursday to understand and interact with people who identify outside of binary genders from someone who has lived the life firsthand.

Debate team sets sights on nationals

Winning makes Abby Schirmer feel like all her hard work has paid off. The international relations senior got that feeling last weekend when the MSU debate team took home top honors in the Owen L. Coon “Big Ten” Debate Championships held at Northwestern University.

Granholm's budget plan would boost MSU funding by $9.75M

A proposed 2.7 percent increase in MSU’s state funding is a good sign for the future of higher education, MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon said.

Federal court reviews Proposal 2

A federal judge is reviewing the constitutionality of Proposal 2 after hearing arguments Wednesday in a U.S. District Court in Detroit.

MSU officials ban Shafer, begin hiring process to fill former duties

MSU officials have banned Richard Shafer, assistant director of Student Life, from contacting students for the remainder of the semester amid an investigation to determine if he violated university policy.

Failure to reach quorum inhibits governing bodies

When it comes to academic governance at MSU, it takes a majority — quite literally — to get things done.

Simon, Dantonio, Hollis visit alumni and donors in Florida

Bone marrow drive short of minority donors

About 75 percent of the 6.5 million registered potential bone marrow donors are white, leaving minorities in need of transplants without a match.

Pen pal program helps children

After meeting three South African orphans whose mother died from AIDS more than a year ago, Kevin Kuehn started writing letters to the siblings.

Graduate students seek better health care coverage

For Melissa Fore, the first step to better health care for graduate employees is to acknowledge the difference between graduate and undergraduate needs.

Graduate Employees Union looks for improved TA training

For Kristin Bott, a teaching assistant in the Lyman Briggs College, there is nothing worse than leaving a classroom feeling like you didn’t do a good job.

Study shows self-segregation in cafeterias

There are no seating charts in campus cafeterias, but high school habits have managed to infiltrate residence halls, sociology graduate student Jessica Mills said.

MSU professors, departments choosing iClicker over others

Tucker Avram has bought a different student-response system, or “clicker,” for each semester he’s been a student.

Foreign grad students boost tech programs

Enrollment in engineering and science fields for international graduate students is on the rise.