MSU
ASMSU elects chairs for policy, academic and finance committees
ASMSU elected their committee chairs and vice chairs during their first committee meetings on Sept. 22.
MICHIGAN
Gearing up for the first of the Clinton-Trump presidential debates
The first presidential debate will be held Monday night at 9 p.m.
MICHIGAN
New tenants moving into former State News first-floor office space
A new restaurant will be moving onto Grand River Avenue as soon as late October. Panda Express, the Asian fast casual restaurant, is currently under construction at 439 E.
MSU
Bias Busters publish book for class, focus on Transgender community
Once a week, Professor Joe Grimm teaches JRN 492, a class which is better known as Bias Busters.
MICHIGAN
Chick-fil-A to open location in Lansing on Oct. 18
Chick-fil-A is opening a location at 5617 W. Saginaw Highway in Lansing on Oct. 13, which has several students from out-of-state excited to have a piece of home.
MSU
Campus group talks climate change, demands MSU take action
A small group of student activists is demanding MSU take action on environmental sustainability. And they want action soon.
MSU
Students react to Chelsea Clinton's campaign stop on campus
Students and supporters were captivated by Chelsea Clinton’s speech at the Union on Thursday. A line began to form by the main entrance of the Union at 5 p.m., and by 6 p.m. the line stretched almost to Grand River Avenue.
MICHIGAN
International Day of Peace brings community together
One day after the International Day of Peace, the Shalom Center for Justice and Peace, and the Wesley Foundation hosted an event designed to facilitate conversation between people of color and police.
MICHIGAN
Alleged court room attacker charged
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced the charges of Joshua Harding of Okemos relating to his attack on Ingham County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Jonathan Roth last August.
MSU
Chelsea Clinton makes campaign stop at MSU on Thursday
With the Union filled with students, press and supporters, Chelsea Clinton stopped on the campaign trail at MSU on Thursday with a plan to canvass for her mother, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
MSU
ASMSU hosting voter registration competition among student groups
The Associated Students of Michigan State University's, or ASMSU's, voter registration competition will allow college-affiliated registered student organizations, or RSOs, the Council of Racial and Ethnic Students, or CORES, and the Council of Progressive Students, COPS, groups to compete for $500.SF Starting Oct. 2, certain college-affiliated groups on campus will begin registering students to vote. Whichever group registers the most students before Oct. 9 will win $500 from ASMSU.
NEWS
Chelsea Clinton speaks at MSU on Thursday
Chelsea Clinton will be speaking at the Union this evening at 7:10 PM. The event is hosted by MSU College Democrats and was organized by the Michigan Democratic Coordinated Campaign.
MSU
New program director motivated by students
Eric Gonzales Juenke walked into his new office in Room 200, South Kedzie Hall at 9:06 a.m. He was planning to get in at 9, hopefully before. “Sorry I’m late,” Juenke said.
MSU
ASMSU vice president resigns for medical reasons
The Associated Students of Michigan State University's, or ASMSU's, former vice president for academic affairs Tyler Orlando has resigned from his position because of medical issues, according to an ASMSU press release.
MSU
Renovation of Case Hall study lounge has students mixed on updates and look
Renovations completed during the summer in Case Hall have been a blessing and a curse depending on which James Madison College student you talk to. During the summer, Case Hall’s north and south lounges were renovated. Old sofas and armchairs were replaced with modular furniture and large study tables, and murals have replaced what was once exposed brick.
MSU
Summer storm splits campus tree in half, reveals 350-year-old age
When one of the oldest trees on MSU’s campus was blown down by a windstorm last July, it was devastating for Department of Plant Biology professor Frank Telewski. The tree had split, and only a small section remained.
MICHIGAN
Trump campaign opens Lansing office
A campaign office for republican presidential nominee Donald Trump opened in Lansing on Saturday, following a Hillary Clinton campaign office which opened last month. Michigan state director for the Trump campaign Scott Hagerstrom said the office is one of 15 official Trump campaign offices in Michigan, with 16 more on their way.
MSU
IM Sports-West to undergo renovations in summer 2017
Renovations are coming to IM Sports-West in May 2017.
MICHIGAN
MSU on pace to reduce occurred criminal sexual conduct incidents this year
Statistics issued by the Michigan State Police Department show a decrease in occurred criminal sexual conduct cases for this year.
MICHIGAN
Friends remember fallen MSU student, Mitchel Kiefer
A memorial service for neuroscience freshman Mitchel Kiefer was held at St. John Church and Student Center on Tuesday