A picket line along Grand River Avenue. Empty classrooms across campus. Exams going unproctored, homework ungraded and recitations abandoned. That will be the scene on campus for students should the Graduate Employees Union vote to stage a one-day walkout.
Chicago native Lin Bergeron walked through the entrance of the Union on Monday with a group of other potential students and their parents to tour the university, and was confronted by a group of graduate students holding fliers.
General management sophomore Michael Ueberroth said it was a “drunk dial” that changed his perspective on the world, in particular, Africa. “A friend called me up, drunk, at 3 a.m. and told me he wanted to do something that made a difference,” he said. “And something about the crisis in Darfur was on the television at the time.”
The MSU lacrosse team’s final home game of the season will serve as a fundraiser for MSU Stars, a student organization that raises money for Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Oakland University canceled classes and closed its Rochester campus Sunday and today after three “threatening” graffiti messages were found on campus Saturday.
It was basic training — imperial Roman army style — for a group of high school students participating in World Languages Day on Saturday.
Three Australian speakers will present tonight about the importance of preserving indigenous knowledge. John Hunter, Barry Hunter and Victor Steffensen will speak at 7:30 p.m. in the theater located in Snyder-Phillips Hall.
The aroma of frosted cakes and cookie dough hovered in the air of the Crossroads Food Court in the International Center on Friday as the University Activities Board hosted its version of the Food Network Challenge.
Five familiar, cheap red plastic cups floated against a stark white banner, the one on the end somersaulting into the air. For anyone who’s been on campus, it’s a familiar sight, but the message that floated beneath it was less so: Don’t risk your life with the flip of a cup.
Although discussed legislation providing automatic admission to Michigan’s public universities for some students was designed to keep students in-state, university officials said such a measure could put many students at a disadvantage.
Undergraduate students cast more than 6,000 votes for college representatives and four referenda items during this year’s ASMSU elections, held March 31 through April 3.
For Magen Atisha, there’s more to being Chaldean than tabouli and baklava. Being Chaldean is about family and faith, the prenursing sophomore said.
Several of MSU’s tax-collecting student groups are questioning a draft of an administrative ruling that defines financial practices groups must follow to continue collecting student taxes.
In addition to bringing a diploma and four years of college experience to their new careers, two MSU seniors also will have about $4,000 of prizes in tow.
The results of the Graduate Employees Union’s continued contract negotiations with MSU could set a precedent for whether the university offers its employees domestic partner benefits.
Trying to boost MSU’s faculty salary ranking of ninth in the Big Ten for the second year in a row, the University Committee on Faculty Affairs has recommended a 5 percent increase for the 2008-09 academic year.
Members of ASMSU will meet with an East Lansing City Council member today to discuss a proposal for creating a “bill of rights” for student renters.
It’s OK to be angry about rape. That was the message advocates gave Tuesday at Beaumont Field as supporters of sexual assault awareness joined to share stories and support each other.
It doesn’t sound accurate, but it’s true — it could be cheaper for some freshmen to attend Stanford University next fall than MSU. In February, Stanford announced a plan to eliminate the total cost of tuition, $36,030, for undergraduates coming from families who earn less than $100,000.
It’s the one envelope a graduate student teaching assistant never wants to receive — one with a letter informing them a job within their college won’t exist next year.