As Xiao Zhang sent out applications for graduate school, the business administration graduate student knew her next degree wouldn’t come from her undergraduate alma mater.
When Lorenzo Castillo completed his first online course at MSU last fall, he said he was met with a less time-consuming alternative to the traditional class setting.
Access to course materials and checking his e-mail are just two of the benefits wireless Internet access provides Daniel Raba during class.
Democrats kicked off their national convention Monday by hearing from the person who knows Barack Obama the best — his wife.
Downtown Denver is busier than ever this week as Democratic National Convention activities take over the city, but colleges and universities in the downtown area look like ghost towns. The Auraria Higher Education Center, a campus for three higher education institutions in Denver, has completely shut down operations in anticipation of traffic and security issues caused by the convention.
Welcome Week had fewer arrests and citations than in recent years, East Lansing and MSU police said.
MSU students will pay less this year for the energy and matriculation fee as part of a universitywide shift toward per-credit hour charges, despite a tuition hike.
When students enter Holden Hall this year, they’ll notice a bit of construction going on as well as a few changes in the design of the floor. Bright colors adorn the walls and coordinating spots line the floors after the first floor of the South Complex residence hall underwent noticeable renovations this summer.
A 19-year-old Grand Rapids man was sentenced to 20 days in the Ingham County Jail for his participation in April’s Cedar Fest riot.
A plan that has been a dream for the MSU College of Nursing is now in the works to become a reality, thanks to a $7 million donation from an alumna and her husband.
East Lansing’s streets might be green and white on football weekends, but navy blue has been the precedent for East Lansing’s patrol vehicles for more than 25 years — until now.
The East Lansing City Council will revisit a zoning issue it originally denied regarding part of the West Village development at its work session tonight.
If there is something clogging the airwaves this fall, it could be the thick signal of negativity. MSU professors and students said they noticed a disproportionate amount of negative presidential TV advertisements during this election season.
Despite the buzz created by presidential hopeful Barack Obama selecting Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., as his running mate Saturday, national election experts said running mates usually don’t impact elections.
For Garrett O’Sullivan, hanging out with 200 friends in lime Jell-O and soap suds was the perfect way to celebrate the start of a new school year. “I think that (Welcome Week) is slowly getting more intense,” said the physiology senior, who hosted a party Thursday at his house on Division Street. “There’s a certain amount of competition between parties, and people want to top it.”
One MSU student is dead and another was still in critical condition Sunday evening following a late-night accident along U.S. 127 on Wednesday.
Michigan’s delegates at the Democratic National Convention will receive full votes when selecting the party’s presidential nominee.
The kegs are empty, the bottles are smashed and red cups are strewn about in yards. Typically, the messy remnants of a Welcome Week party would signal a successful endeavor. But couches in trees and kitchen furniture tossed in yards alludes to something bigger: Hundreds of dollars in violations and a bad image for East Lansing.
Thousands of students made their way to the Auditorium on Saturday night, drawn by the promise of free goodies, the desire to explore the hundreds of student organizations in attendance and general curiosity.