Being chased by an enraged rhinoceros while riding on the back of an elephant as it tries to escape to safety in a jungle in northeast India might sound like a nightmare for some. For Steve Winter, that nightmare is his career. “That’s the most scared I’ve ever been,” Winter said.
Members of several ASMSU committees continued discussions on bills introduced earlier this semester, revisiting the debates about creating a smoke-free campus and improving residence hall security systems.
This February, some East Lansing businesses have been brightening up their storefronts with pink heart stickers to help a local homeless shelter. About 25 Lansing area businesses are participating in the Have-A-Heart for the Homeless Campaign, a fundraiser for local homeless shelter Haven House, 121 Whitehills Drive.
Rather than living the cliché life of a college student, media arts and technology senior Josh Michels has decided to take a different path.
Nearly all of MSU’s departments and colleges have a presence on social networks — from Facebook to Twitter to Flickr. Although each is different, officials said they have one overall mission: connectivity.
A new student caucus implemented by ASMSU —MSU’s undergraduate student government — will allow students to discuss campuswide issues with their peers before taking their concerns into Academic Governance.
The Residence Halls Association, or RHA, has nominated more people for executive board positions.
Justin Grosjean is proof it takes less than 24 hours to change a life. In January, the media arts and technology senior and his twin brother John, who attends Oakland University, posted a video on YouTube at 3 a.m. When they woke up the next morning, the video had more than 300,000 views, and today it has almost 2 million views.
After a study abroad trip to the Dominican Republic last summer, public health graduate student Nathan Praschan knew what he had to do.
An 18-year-old female student employee reported a wallet stolen between 10:45 a.m. and 3 p.m. Feb. 8 from the Clinical Center, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
The MSU French Club opened the door Wednesday to a part of culture most don’t picture when thinking of France — parts of Asia that are associated with the country.
MSU officials are looking into changing the university’s policy on students who dual enroll in graduate programs as an undergraduate student. The proposal, which currently is making its way through various Academic Governance committees for approval and review, would update the nearly 50-year-old dual enrollment policy to allow undergraduate students to have nine credits applied toward a master’s degree, said Linda Stanford, associate provost for academic services.
Downtown East Lansing will have a more artsy appearance starting this fall to complement the opening of the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum. New artistic features, such as a temporary art exhibit, a mural in the Division Street parking garage and displays of student artwork in local businesses, will be added to the downtown area along Grand River Avenue between Abbot Road and Collingwood Drive, to make it look more aesthetically pleasing, said Lori Mullins, the Community and Economic Development Administrator.
While President Barack Obama’s health care plan has been steeped in controversy on a national scale, the Affordable Care Act now is funding a new program to lighten the load of medical school costs on students, including those at MSU. The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration announced a plan this week that would help repay loan costs for medical students if they help increase public health in shortage areas across the country.
When Jose Yanez came to East Lansing from San Antonio, Texas in 1999 to attend MSU, he didn’t yet know he wanted to go into the financial planning industry.
A new agreement signed Tuesday by state and international officials is expected to make it easier for South Korean citizens — including South Korean MSU students — to obtain Michigan driver’s licenses.
As a bicycle owner in East Lansing, Emmett Dacey knows the wear-and-tear that a college campus causes on his ride. “My bike has flat tires and the handle bar pads fall off, and it has a little rust from the rain,” said Dacey, a finance freshman. “It makes it a little difficult to ride around campus.”
As Michigan’s economy continues to struggle, a rising number of MSU students are filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, in hopes of receiving financial assistance to pay for school.
East Lansing’s bike-taxi service, Spar-Thai, put the brakes on its operation last December after city officials nearly tripled the cost of licensing fees.
Representatives for the Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, joined MSU’s undergraduate governments in discussing a controversial proposal to make MSU a smoke-free campus at their full council meeting Wednesday night.