MSU’s chapter of Young Americans for Freedom filed a complaint against the university Oct. 1 for an reported campaign finance violation. The formal complaint was sent to the Secretary of State, and an e-mail was sent to Attorney General Mike Cox’s office.
MSU’s student radio station, WDBM (89-FM), the Impact, is being considered for the first-ever mtvU Woodie for Best Campus Radio Station.
More than 150 schools that offer graduate programs will be at the Graduation & Professional School Recruitment Fair on campus next week.
Students and East Lansing residents are encouraged to help the environment by participating in the Red Cedar River Cleanup.
As a part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month this October, the Capital Area Domestic and Sexual Violence Coordinating Council, or CADSVCC, hosted a town hall meeting Tuesday evening with the candidates running for Ingham County prosecuting attorney.
Wall Street joined in a worldwide cascade of despair Monday over the financial crisis, driving the Dow Jones industrials to their biggest loss ever during a trading day. Even a big afternoon rally failed to keep the Dow from its first close below 10,000 since 2004.
An ex-MSU student could face prison time for a probation violation in a 10-month-old fraud case, Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings said.
When Josh Sattler gets the munchies, he views it as a medicinal property of smoking marijuana, not a fattening side effect of getting high. The hospitality business junior has Crohn’s disease, a chronic inflammatory ailment of the digestive system that causes ulcers in the bowels and can lead to drastic weight loss.
ASMSU’s Student Assembly Finance Committee unanimously passed a previously controversial bill — giving $2,000 more than requested to fund a documentary and concert on campus.
YouVote and the University Activities Board, or UAB, gave students one final chance to register to vote Monday at the rock on Farm Lane. For Michigan residents who wanted to vote in the Nov. 4 election, Monday was the last opportunity. YouVote is a nonpartisan organization on campus.
The East Lansing City Council will hear a presentation on the city’s Community Development Block Grant and make a decision on part of the West Village project during its meeting tonight.
Despite a slumping economy and shrinking job opportunities for most fields, experts said there’s a shortage of information technology workers in the state.
A new mobile answer service brings information to students’ fingertips, but as similar services make research easier, experts stressed the importance of source credibility.
A 19-year-old MSU student on Monday reported being assaulted, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said. MSU police issued a crime alert to students at about 2 p.m. Monday about a late-night assault on campus.
Arlene Nickless watched her late husband’s dreams come true last week: Her family now has a stable home and their three sons have bright futures ahead of them. After entering their new home, built by ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” for the first time Friday, the Nickless family received more good news on Saturday.
One week after a fatal house fire in Wright Township, investigators still have questions about the death of an MSU sophomore and three others. Katherine A. Brown was found dead with her boyfriend Jeremy Zimmer, his mother Sharmaine and his brother Tyler in the Zimmers’ house Sept. 29, according to The Grand Rapids Press.
While the Michigan Department of Community Health targeted iceberg lettuce from Aunt Mid’s Produce Co. as the cause of last month’s statewide E. coli outbreak, the company has yet to confirm any responsibility. Dominic Riggio, the president of Aunt Mid’s, said the Detroit-based food distributor has fully cooperated with the health department and Michigan Department of Agriculture’s investigation.
There’s something in the wind that has led one MSU student to the state Capitol. International relations junior Cory Connolly’s ideas about wind energy applications for schools may be incorporated into state legislation on renewable energy.
Though there has been a reported growth in the number of doctoral degrees conferred between 2006 and 2007 by U.S. graduate schools, the numbers at MSU show there hasn’t been such an increase in East Lansing. A survey released by the Council of Graduate Schools, or CGS, shows the number of doctorates given by U.S. graduate schools increased by 9 percent between 2006 and 2007 compared with an average annual growth of 2 percent during the past decade.
The YouVote program, a partnership between MSU and the city of East Lansing to educate students about voting, will hold a “Register at the Rock” event from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. today in front of the Auditorium, near the rock on Farm Lane.