MSU students could see their teaching assistants deliver a different kind of lecture today — one led not from podiums and chalkboards, but from bullhorns and banners. Following a 24-hour online vote, about 81 percent of the Graduate Employees Union’s nearly 900 eligible members voted in favor of staging a one-day walkout if a contract was not reached early this morning.
The Dalai Lama offered his trademark humor and humility in answering questions submitted from a crowd of more than 7,000 gathered for a teaching session Sunday at the University of Michigan.
MSU students living on campus next year will be paying a bit more to stay there. The MSU Board of Trustees voted Friday to raise room and board rates for all students by 5.25 percent.
ASMSU’s new Student Assembly officials are hoping better communication between representatives and staff will prevent arguments among members on items such as its budget.
With Breslin Center’s outdoor thermometer reading 75 degrees before 6 p.m. Friday night, the stage was set for the 2008 MSU Relay for Life. The event raised $63,000 and will be combined with Greek Week’s Relay for Life activities, setting MSU’s total at $274,000.
State lawmakers are hoping that a new state law is reducing drunken driving and sparing some intoxicated bargoers unsafe walks home, but police and state officials remain unsure of the law’s effects.
Painted horses and newly hatched chicks were highlights of Saturday’s Small Animals Day, an educational event sponsored by the MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Marti Heil was appointed interim vice president for university development at the MSU Board of Trustees meeting Friday.
When it comes to Alex Fike’s fraternity house, change is a bad thing. In 30 years, Fike said he hopes Delta Sigma Phi still resembles the “architectural masterpiece,” built in 1931.
The Graduate Employees Union took one step closer to their proposed one-day walkout Sunday by approving a ballot sent to all members that could authorize the job action. If approved – and if a contract has not been reached before then – the walkout would take place at 6 a.m. Tuesday, with members present at nine picket lines placed strategically around campus.
A maroon 1998 Chevrolet Monte Carlo parked in the ramp adjacent to the Communication Arts and Sciences Building was totaled Wednesday when it caught fire at about 9:45 a.m., MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
A 48-hour arts marathon will kick off tonight with a 5 p.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony in the courtyard between Kresge Art Center and the Auditorium.
It took more than 100 years, but Old College Field is getting a face-lift. Since 1900, the home of MSU baseball, softball and men’s and women’s soccer has remained relatively untouched, causing it to fall behind the standards of NCAA facilities around the Big Ten and Midwest.
St. John Student Parish, 327 M.A.C. Ave., will conclude its 50th anniversary celebration by hosting MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon to speak at 3 p.m. Saturday.
Three community members and the MSU Federal Credit Union were honored by the city of East Lansing on Thursday night during the 21st annual Crystal Awards for their impact on the city.
Green hard hats and posters represented Michigan’s energy future Thursday at the Capitol, where students from several state universities rallied for stronger energy legislation.
The MSU Board of Trustees will conclude the spring semester with a meeting today that’s more about celebration than hard decision-making, board members said.
The slumping national economy seems unable to harm Lansing-area shopping centers. Even with a wave of recent national retail chain bankruptcies and closings, including Sharper Image Corp., local malls and strip malls aren’t worried about the economic impact on their shopping centers.
Though it may seem strange to admit, representing a northern school in the Big Ten, MSU baseball head coach David Grewe calls his a squad a “warm weather team.” So, with a temperature of above 60 degrees in the ninth inning of Wednesday’s game against Central Michigan, it was only natural for MSU’s bats to explode.
After watching Africa’s tallest mountain on the big screen at age 13, Britt Larson made conquering Mount Kilimanjaro her personal goal. “You always hear about Mount Kilimanjaro, but after I saw an Imax film when I was around 13 years old, it’s been on my to-do list ever since,” the zoology sophomore said. “For the last five or six years I’ve really wanted to climb it.”