UAB Films Committee rolled out the red carpet Saturday evening at the Spartan Film Festival held in Wells Hall. The Spartan Film Festival is the Films Committee largest event of the year, exclusively showcasing student films.
Despite all these additions, for many involved in the MSU College of Engineering, it’s no time to rest. There’s more work to be done.
On Friday night, downtown Lansing was alive with the passion and sound of the six finalists in the 10th annual Homegrown Throwdown event, hosted this year by The Loft. "We try to pick bands that are local, talented and will bring a diverse sound to the event," The Loft's booking and promotions assistant Lauren Godlesky said. Local judges, including gave live feedback to each band after their performances, a la American Idol style. The sounds thumping through The Loft certainly didn't lack for any diversity.
An East Lansing resident who came to the U.S. in 2013 as a refugee from Iraq is charged with lying to federal officials about plans to join the Islamic State in Iraq and conduct jihad, according to court documents. Al-Hamzah Mohammad Jawad, a 29-year-old who shared an apartment in East Lansing with an MSU student, told FBI agents that he had been recruited to join IS by a childhood friend and that he intended to travel from Jordan to Iraq, where he was to attend six months of training. In preparation, he had been running to get in shape and had been to a shooting range, he told agents. But later, when no evidence of the communications between Jawad and his friend could be found on either his cellphone or his laptop, he rescinded the statements, saying he had fabricated the entire story. Unable to provide an explanation as to why he had, Jawad only stated that "his home life was messy." On Feb.
Seven Ivy League universities and nine Big Ten universities have some form of mid-semester feedback process for students to voice concerns about the course before it ends.
With the intentions to get inspired by fellow Spartans and be proud of the research innovations coming out of MSU, TEDxMSU is putting together a conference set for March 4 at the Wharton Center Cobb Hall.
The recent trial of two Chinese students and the allegations of a student gang have raised concerns for parents abroad and may have damaging effects on the reputation of MSU in China, due in large part to negative media coverage the trial has received overseas, Chinese students said.
The residents of both South and North Hubbard halls packed into the ground floor of North Hubbard, which had a pungent odor of smoke, to await clearance to return to their dorms.
A Big Ten Committee comprised of delegates from Maryland, Minnesota, Ohio State, Iowa, and MSU have been working to create feedback for President Obama’s proposed federal college rating system, and submitted their final draft to the Department of Education on Monday.
A small, but passionate group of students gathered in the Union’s second floor Mosaic Multicultural Unity Center on Wednesday night.
Students crafted new interpretations of Judaism at Paint Your Way Through Israel Tuesday night hosted by MSU Hillel.
“My thighs say, ‘feminism, b****,’” Ashley Quenneville, a social relations and policy junior and Vagina Monologues member, recited on Tuesday night.
An idea that started as a way to make some extra cash for the two soon turned into a desire to create a movement.
Feb. 19 marks the beginning of the Year of the Sheep. Despite being miles away from home, Chinese students are still finding ways to celebrate the annual festival.
East Lansing City Council voted Tuesday night to demolish the house of Claudette Nelson, the once-resident of 1025 Snyder Rd.
Shipman said all federal aid, and most state and institutional aid, rely on need determination to award financial aid. Many of these aid programs have limited funding so the earlier students apply, the greater the likelihood they will receive their full eligible amount. Michigan residents are required to file by March 1 at the latest.
“A lot of my support for this bill comes from the fact that we not only want to alleviate the financial burden on students but we also like to attract more academics to East Lansing and the surrounding areas," Williams said. "Once we graduate from MSU, which we view as our homes for for four years, we have opportunities available in the Greater Lansing Area that are suited to to our highly skilled degrees and we don’t have to leave the state that we grew to love to pursue jobs ... that will pay off the debts.”
MSUPD revealed today their newly-implemented alert notification system and announced new measures for emergency preparedness. In a statement released on Facebook, the department said the draw of the new MSU Alert Portal is that users on- and off-campus can tailor more easily the way they'd like to receive emergency alerts and outreach messages. Residents nearby campus and student's parents also can sign up for these messages. MSUPD also unveiled their plan to implement a quicker alert system after March 1 that will send out a short, vital message related to an emergency while a longer message is being written. Lastly, the department will be replacing sirens around campus with speakers that have the ability to broadcast both severe weather warning sirens and vocal messages that tell students what actions to take in an emergency.
The Veterinary Medical Center, which services a range of animals from cats and dogs to zebras and lions, is also a center for learning for students looking to go into veterinary medicine.
Allegations of a Chinese student gang on campus appear to be exaggerated, according to MSU Chinese students who know members of the group.