MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon and two other in-state university presidents will testify to the importance of higher education before Michigan legislators today, less than a month after Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposed 3 percent cut in funding for MSU.
About 1,900 people gathered Monday at Wharton Center to hear ethologist, evolutionary biologist and controversial author Richard Dawkins present the first sold-out lecture in the history of MSU’s World View Lecture Series.
Using a unique mentoring program, MSU education specialists helped the Lansing School District prevent first-year teachers from quitting — a trend often seen in urban areas.
For almost 15 years, they have set up the lights, rolled film and made people across campus laugh. “Sideshow,” a sketch comedy show broadcast by MSU Telecasters, is celebrating the release of its 30th episode. The show has been entirely student-run since its creation in 1994.
Riots, rezoning and site plans are just a few of the items that will appear on the East Lansing City Council’s meeting agenda tonight, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in Courtroom 2 of 54-B District Court, 101 Linden St.
Students and faculty can get a glimpse into Michigan’s economic future Wednesday when economics professor Charles Ballard gives a lecture at Fairchild Theatre. “Michigan’s Economic Future is Not an Oxymoron: Confessions of an MSU Economist,” is the second installment of ASMSU’s Last Lecture Series.
A 19-year-old female student reported nearly $700 worth of clothing stolen after a Wonders Hall employee took them to be washed, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
It’s the university’s fastest-growing expense, costing more than $300,000 per day. Health care for university faculty and staff costs MSU more than $110 million per year and is increasing about 9 percent every year.
Despite recent concerns from property owners in the East Village area and actions to label the area as environmentally contaminated, city officials said they have no intention of using eminent domain to acquire an area of land that’s home to housing for thousands of MSU students.
Richard Dawkins, a famous British atheist and popular science writer, will speak at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall. Dawkins wrote “The Selfish Gene” in 1976, which popularized the gene-centered view of evolution.
With people milling about in pirate, lion and banana costumes, Hawk Hollow Golf Course, 15101 Chandler Road, looked like a Halloween party Sunday afternoon.
More than 300 protesters of all ages flooded the Capitol steps Friday afternoon, with signs, flags and tea bags in hand. The event was one of more than 40 “tea parties” held in cities across the nation to rally against the federal economic stimulus package.
Johnny’s Lunch, 101 E. Grand River Ave., closed its doors last week. A sign posted on the front door of the hot dog and burger joint read, “Closed until further notice. We thank you for your business and apologize for any inconvenience.”
From underneath stage lights and vibrant costumes came an alternative type of education about culture for MSU students. The Asian Pacific American Student Organization, or APASO, held its 10th biennial Cultural Vogue at the Auditorium, a celebration of modern and traditional Asian culture.
MSU is hosting the second installment of ASMSU’s Last Lecture Series “Michigan’s Economic Future is Not an Oxymoron” with Charles Ballard on March 4 at the Auditorium.
A 20-year-old male student was working with a mixture of sodium and potassium when the concoction exploded in his hands, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
To audiology and speech sciences sophomore Carolyn McLean, interacting with students from an array of backgrounds is one of the best parts of MSU. “I think my culture is great; other cultures are probably great, too. And if I never experience them, then I never know,” said McLean. “I see many different types of people, so I love that about (MSU).”
After almost eight hours of questions and debate, MSU’s Residence Halls Association, or RHA, elected a new president for the 2009-10 school year Wednesday night. Emma Perot, a hospitality business sophomore, was chosen from three candidates, including RHA Vice President Kevin Fleury and RHA TV director Scott Bishop.
The investigation into what caused the single-vehicle crash that claimed the life of an MSU student Tuesday afternoon might not conclude for several weeks, Lansing police said Thursday.
Higher education appeared to be one of the winners in a national budget proposal Thursday that was full of spending cuts. President Barack Obama’s budget priority of making higher education more affordable seemed to correlate with his earlier pledge for the United States to have the highest proportion of college graduates by 2020.