Buried within the Agriculture Act of 2014, the farm bill signed into law at MSU by President Barack Obama two weeks ago, there is a provision legalizing the growth of industrial hemp for agricultural or academic research. It is a provision that could easily be applied to MSU, which often touts itself as a premier agricultural research university.
Sex can be an embarrassing, awkward topic that many people don’t want to talk about, but on Valentine’s Day, the LBGT Resource Center collaborated with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum to overcome the stigma by hosting an event encouraging the MSU community to have a dialogue about sexual issues.
A group of a few dozen individuals marched the streets of East Lansing Friday, yelling, chanting and holding up signs to spread awareness of sexual violence and assault for MSU’s annual V-Day March To End Violence.
The things I do for love. While some students spent their Valentine’s Day out with their significant other or enjoying the single life, I was charged with finding the future Mrs. Preston in three minutes or less.
MSU is considering an alternative tuition structure that might save some students money.
A new volunteering program, Spartans Without Borders, is emerging at MSU and it reaches a wide audience of applicable participants.
University officials and police are investigating harassment claims within the MSU Department of Theatre, according to department chair Kirk Domer.
Alumnus Jim DeLine is still trying to solve a cold case, crime that occurred 42 years ago. There were no witnesses.
MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon told state lawmakers Thursday that a proposed funding increase including in Gov.
The pink paper hearts seen on display in the windows of local businesses will continue to accumulate through the end of the month.
Among MSU’s many registered student organizations, the Guitar Club is one that might have a quiet voice in publicity, but a loud one in musical sound.?On Friday evenings inside Holmes and Bessey Halls’ classrooms, one can hear the sound of an amplifier’s feedback and then any kind of Rock n’ Roll.
For many law students, mental health issues are the elephant in the room. This prompted the MSU College of Law to host an event on Thursday shedding light on issues and lending solutions.
A 19-year-old male student had his dorm room broken into while he was still in it, according to MSU police.
On Wednesday evening in Case Hall, students convened to discuss recent state legislation about one of the nation’s most divisive issues — abortion. Michigan’s Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer, D-East Lansing, and a representative from Planned Parenthood of Michigan, fielded questions from MSU students. The event was hosted by MSU College Democrats and MSU Students for Choice.
As Kiran Samra prepares to take over chief governing duties for MSU’s undergraduate student government, the main thing she’s hoping for is a chance to live out her vision. After working with the organization since her freshman year, most recently as chief of staff, she thinks she is ready to take the helm and make some serious waves. She was elected as the new ASMSU president last week and will run her first meeting Thursday.
Charlie Waller’s legacy will forever live on within the walls of Marble Elementary School. This week, students are making and selling bracelets to raise money to buy a “buddy bench” in honor of their former schoolmate, who lost his battle with cancer in December.
Peanut butter buckeyes and mint-chocolate wafers were just some of the sweet treats offered at the Chocolate Walk Wednesday night in Lansing’s Old Town.
On Feb. 12, 1855, Kinsley S. Bingham likely did not consider what the small patch of land containing the newly-established Agricultural College of the State of Michigan would develop into more than 150 years later.
Finding people to move students in and out of their East Lansing residences might no longer be an issue, thanks to a new moving service called Bellhops.
Despite years of funding cuts and difficult budgetary decisions, President Lou Anna K. Simon said she’s confident MSU’s situation isn’t going anywhere but up. During her annual State of the University speech, Simon addressed several accomplishments MSU made throughout the last year, including the football team’s monumental Rose Bowl win. But she didn’t hesitate to address one of the biggest issues currently facing students — a series of tuition increases approved by the Board of Trustees that university officials blame on decreased appropriations from the state. “We’ve been through one of the worst times in our history,” Simon said during her speech.