An unknown suspect followed a female student riding a Capital Area Transportation Authority bus and exposed himself to her on Sunday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
There are several students like Michelle Smith who are eager to help educate Michigan’s future leaders. Unfortunately, some of those tutors won’t be around to check on their students’ progress. That’s because a poor market, combined with a meager sense of job security, are driving them from the area.
While developers inch closer to finishing Stonehouse Village III, students and businesses close to the project are bemoaning the inconvenience of the construction.
Hookah, henna tattoos and the history of the Arab world will all be a part of the Arab Cultural Society’s goal of spreading their culture through Arab Awareness Week.
ASMSU’s Student Assembly voted at its Sept. 27 meeting to voice complaints to the MSU athletics department and Spartan Stadium staff about the updated student section entrance policy, in handing out wristbands.
Nine student governments from universities across Michigan rallied for greater higher education funding Wednesday at the state Capitol, said Brandon White, Michigan field organizer for the United States Student Association. And ASMSU was not one of them.
The state successfully averted a government shutdown early Monday morning by passing a number of revenue and reform bills, and extending the current fiscal year to Nov. 1.
Serious crimes remained low on campus while burglary reports and liquor law violations were elevated in 2006, according to a newly issued report from university officials.
The new estimated cost for MSU’s medical school branch in Grand Rapids is approximately $20 million more than the original total, MSU officials said.
From legislating to educating, decision-making to communicating, the City Council impacts every East Lansing resident in one way or another. Following the Nov. 6 Council elections, three of the city’s next leaders will emerge. Four candidates are vying for three spots on the council.
Drums were the heartbeat of the powwow. Covered head-to-toe in traditional regalia, six dancers made a grand entrance to the stage, each one’s motions representative of traditional American Indian dance.
Those who took part in Sunday’s Michigan AIDS Walk – Lansing/East Lansing promoted AIDS awareness by wearing white and red shirts, but green and white would have been more appropriate colors due to the large number of MSU students in attendance.
The second student Green Week wrapped up yesterday, finishing with a community service day sponsored by environmental groups on campus. “We’re not just preaching environmentalism, we’re getting out into the community and making a difference,” said Brandon Knight, MSU alumnus and coordinator of the Michigan Student Sustainability Coalition.
For Tennessee bookseller Dennis Melhouse, driving 10 hours to participate in the Michigan Antiquarian Book and Paper Show is an 18-year tradition. “They generate lots of traffic here,” said Melhouse, who attends several other book shows around the country. “I’m sure it’s the variety because there’s a big spectrum.”
As a group, ASMSU is less than satisfied with www.mail.msu.edu. Last semester, ASMSU passed a bill to fight for a revamping of the MSU e-mail system. Nothing was accomplished then, but the new group of student government officials is going to find out what it would take to update the system.
It wasn’t nearly as competitive as the Harvard-Yale Regatta, but the Lyman Briggs School vs. James Madison College canoe race on the Red Cedar River Sunday had rivalry implications all the same.
In her search for a signature event for the College of Arts and Letters’ Year of Arts and Culture, Dean Karin Wurst said Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk captivates the college’s ideals.
When Eastern Michigan University student Leah Sprague opened her e-mail last month, scattered along with her class messages and Facebook.com notifications was a bulletin from the university that she wasn’t expecting — a campus crime report.
Michigan’s House of Representatives passed a temporary budget extension along with a 6 percent sales tax expansion on a range of services.
MSU was at the center of a student environmental movement this weekend as activists from 14 universities gathered to discuss how to better push for earth-friendly policies.