On Monday, a panel discussion about the connection between the greek community and religion kicked off the National Pan-Hellenic Council’s Spring NPHC Week — an annual event meant to end the semester and bring attention to the organization. The National Pan-Hellenic Council, or NPHC, is an umbrella organization that includes nine traditionally black fraternities and sororities.
East Lansing City Council will discuss a staff recommendation to secure about $2.3 million in bonds for costs related to the Avondale Square project during its Tuesday work session.
The MSU All-Girl competitive cheer club team finished first in the Big Ten and seventh in the nation at the 2010 Nationals competition in Daytona Beach, Fla. The program expanded this season and members attended various competitions nationwide.
A 28-year-old female mandrill — likened to Rafiki in Disney’s “The Lion King” — named Gladys died Wednesday evening at Lansing’s Potter Park Zoo, 1301 S. Pennsylvania Ave. Gladys first arrived at the zoo in 1989 after she was born in Brownsville, Texas, in 1982.
When the Reo Elementary School Rockets come into class Monday, they’ll be writing about something new they see, something “exceptional” — it’s the word of the week. And considering the extent of renovations made by the MSU branch of the Student Michigan Education Association, or SMEA, on Saturday, there will be a wide variety of things from which to choose.
Nearly 2,000 people crossed the threshold of Sparty’s Spring Party 2010 on Saturday at Demonstration Field to participate in giveaways and carnival-like fare. The annual event — now in its ninth year — was sponsored by MSU’s University Activities Board, or UAB, Student Alumni Foundation, or SAF, and ASMSU.
The candidate pool for the MSU Board of Trustees continues to grow after an MSU alumnus and local business owner announced his intention to seek one of two spots open during this year’s midterm elections.
MSU professor Wendy Powers was named director of the Institute for Enhancing Michigan’s First Green Industry: Agriculture and Agribusiness.
What has become an annunal event known as the Chai Party has become an unexpected tradition since it first began in 2006 by several roommates — all MSU students — who wanted to know if it was possible to create a party atmosphere without the drinking. More than 125 people attended this year’s event hosted throughout Friday night.
The 47th session of ASMSU’s Student Assembly filled its leadership positions Thursday night as assembly members elected Eric Branoff, the vice chairperson for external affairs, formerly as its chairperson.
The January earthquake tore Haiti apart, but it brought nine different MSU groups together, Thursday. A talent show called United 4 Haiti Talent Fest took place from 6-10 p.m. at the rock on Farm Lane.
The family and friends of slain MSU freshman Darren Brown are offering a reward for information regarding his death. Brown and 23-year-old Owen Goodenow were found dead March 25 in their southwest Lansing home, Lansing police Lt.
Theresa Viaches’ fifth-grade class at Lewton Elementary School in Lansing has gym class twice a week, and recess never is a guarantee. On Thursday, Viaches’ class attended the Sixth Annual Health Care Rally, an event hosted by the American Medical Student Association, or AMSA, and MSU’s colleges of Human Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine.
East Lansing Fire Marshal Bob Pratt said charges will not be filed against hospitality business junior Brian Weber, one of the 11 students who lived in an East Lansing house that caught fire April 16.
Lawrence Wayne Von Tersch, former MSU dean, who founded the MSU Computer Laboratory, died of natural causes Monday.
The Michigan House approved a three-bill package to ban texting while driving Tuesday, but state Rep. Alma Wheeler Smith, D-Salem Township, proposed an additional amendment that suggested using the fines from texting tickets for the state’s general fund.
ASMSU’s Academic Assembly elected Justin Epstein as chairperson for the upcoming 19th session Tuesday by a 15-2 margin. Epstein, who represents the Eli Broad College of Business, was elected over College of Social Science representative Michael Lipphardt. James Madison College representatives Zachary Taylor and Chris Noffze were elected vice chairpersons for internal and external affairs, respectively.
Six days after volcanic ash from Iceland caused flight delays and cancelations across Europe, some MSU students still are feeling the effects of the natural disaster.
Kei Koizumi, assistant director for federal research and development in the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy, or OSTP, toured the Cyclotron and met with MSU researchers heading up research projects ranging from children’s health to bioenergy studies.
About 27 students became temporarily “disabled” while taking part in Pi Kappa Phi fraternity’s 3-on-3 full court wheelchair basketball tournament at IM Sports-Circle, an event meant to raise awareness for the chapter’s philanthropy organization, Push America.