While ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, is trying to get attention as it prepares for upcoming elections, the Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, also will have a spot on the ballot next week. COGS’s student tax will be up for renewal starting next Monday, with graduate and professional students able to vote on the matter until April 15. Polls open Monday.
The Residential and Hospitality Services, or RHS, is recommending a 3.9 percent increase in room and board rates for the 2013-14 academic year in the plan presented at a meeting of the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, Wednesday.
Michigan’s right-to-work law will face some heat in the courts next week after an Ingham County judge ruled Wednesday to hear a case against the controversial legislation.
Before heading out to the bars tonight, take a minute to look at the health benefits, or lack thereof, in some of East Lansing’s specials.
With the end of spring semester approaching fast, students and faculty are shifting their attention to the upcoming summer semester.
As with the nicer weather, more parks and gardens will be accessible for students and residents to visit. Here are some outdoor havens to check out in East Lansing and on campus.
A new health care course for medical students will be offered in Cuban teaching hospitals and community clinics next summer, according to a university release.
Some East Lansing women might be switching from a night on the town to a day in the city with East Lansing’s Girls’ Day Out on April 13.
Eastpointe, Mich., resident Marquez Cannon pleaded guilty to one count of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree Wednesday afternoon in Mason’s 30th Circuit Court for raping MSU freshman Olivia Pryor.
An Ingham County judge ruled Wednesday morning the state might have broken the law when officials closed the Capitol during controversial right-to-work proceedings in early December, deciding there’s enough of a case to bring the issue before the court next week.
With a growing MSU Army ROTC program and continuous student veteran enrollment, faculty and students in the program hope to see increasing resources to help service members navigate financial aid and deal with a lesser known problem — emotional trauma from serving overseas. Economics junior Jerred Pender served two active duty combat tours in Afghanistan with the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division as an E-5 Infantryman.
People still are talking about the arguments the U.S. Supreme Court heard for and against same-sex marriage and what it might mean for the future of marriage in the U.S.
East Lansing’s HopCat’s site plan and special use permit to sell alcohol were approved unanimously at Tuesday’s East Lansing City Council meeting at City Hall.
Michigan’s right-to-work law will face the courts today after the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit to ask judges to strike it down.
At Tuesday afternoon’s Steering Committee meeting, committee members discussed developing a mid-semester course evaluation policy, announced an established preferred student name policy and addressed potential increases in funding for faculty salaries.
A week devoted to recognizing graduate and professional students kicked off yesterday with the Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, rolling out numerous events to recognize graduate students.
With spring in the air and about 20 days of classes left until exams, experts said students can be their own worst enemy when it comes to finishing off the semester well if they check out early.
Yesterday, the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, announced and awarded MSU researchers $24.5 million toward the USAID’s MSU-led Feed the Future Innovation Lab for its international research on grain legumes and sustainability.
The former Barnes & Noble space, vacant since January 2012, will remain empty in the near future as no tenants have made steps to lease the area.
Legislators are hoping to change the BAC limit for anyone driving a boat, snowmobile or off-road vehicle would change from 0.10 grams to 0.08 grams — the legal limit for driving a car.