MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon addressed the issue of accepting the largest class in MSU history at Tuesday’s Faculty Senate meeting, reiterating this was an error on MSU’s part but the university plans to solve it.
Lansing — Gov. Rick Snyder proposed sweeping changes the state’s largest insurance company, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, unveiling a plan today that would change the company to nonprofit status.
Waves of matching T-shirts, grinning girls and colorful bows flooded the rock on Farm Lane Monday evening for the final event of Michigan State’s sorority Rush — Bid Day.
Although ancient Greek history depicts Spartans and Trojans at war, MSU hopes soon to unite the two.
Students eager to study and practice law are up against increasing competition and a difficult job market, which just got larger this fall.
As part of an ongoing police investigation concerning the assault of advertising junior Brandon Carmack, a State News staffer has submitted a statement to the East Lansing Police Department.
Song, dance and laughter filled the streets of East Lansing on Sunday afternoon as members from the MSU and Lansing Jewish communities carried a freshly scribed Sefer Torah Scroll from the Union to its new home at the Chabad of Lansing/MSU, 540 Elizabeth St. — a monumental event for the Jewish community.
As doctoral student Behnaz Ghaffari patiently waited for the route 31 Capital Area Transportation Authority, or CATA, bus to Brody Complex Neighborhood to arrive, she couldn’t help but feel thankful — the bus stop she stood at in front of Olin Health Center included several improvements from last year.
For MSU Bikes Service Center manager Tim Potter, his commute to work can be a difficult one if there isn’t a bike lane. Between sharing the road with motorists, who often yell at him for riding on the shoulder, to a couple of close calls with CATA buses, biking without a proper lane isn’t ideal. “Bicyclists do venture out into riding in the road; it’s pretty scary,” Potter said.
On Thursday night, as President Barack Obama officially was accepting his party’s nomination for another term in the White House at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C., I was holed up in a hotel lobby three blocks away scrounging for public Wi-Fi to watch the speech — sadly, on C-SPAN, because a student journalist is last on the VIP list for exclusive presidential access. For the past three days, I had been running all over the city covering events that are pivotal to the Democratic Party platform and the President’s re-election efforts, including caucuses targeting a specific demographic of voters and rah-rah gatherings by legislators who have devoted themselves to Obama.
Students who walked past the former Barnes and Noble, 333 E. Grand River Ave., did not see an empty building on Saturday, but rather a room filled with families bonding through art.
With the terms of current MSU Trustees Joel Ferguson and Melanie Foster set to expire in 2013, the Republican and Democratic parties each selected two candidates for the upcoming November election at each party’s convention this past weekend.
Five new members of the Faculty Liaison Group to the MSU Board of Trustees and the University Committee on Academic Governance chosen by the Faculty Senate were announced Wednesday.
A spokesperson from the MSU athletics department said they are deferring all calls about the alleged involvement of the MSU hockey team in the assault of Brandon Carmack to the East Lansing Police Department and MSU University Relations.
On Thursday, the Community Relations Coalition served MSU Dairy Store ice cream at the Bailey neighborhood for local residents and MSU students.
Although it’s several years from completion, the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, could take a big step forward today if the MSU Board of Trustees votes to approve a $55 million budget during their monthly Board of Trustees meeting.
Resident assistants, or RAs, and community coordinators will have more of a voice on campus thanks to the development of a Residence Education Staff Council.
Numerous topics were discussed at ASMU’s meeting Thursday evening, including a lack of iClickers, new access to the New York Times and international student fees.
Loud music, laughing and dancing made up the scene of the fifth annual Spartan Remix on Thursday evening at Auditorium Field.
Students and community members who have an idea for a new business but lack the funds get it started now have the opportunity to build dreams into a reality. Entrepreneurs looking for a way to start up a business can enter to win up to $25,000 by joining the MSU Federal Credit Union, or MSUFCU, startUP Challenge. April Clobes, MSUFCU executive vice president and chief operating officer, said there have been no submitted applications as of Thursday afternoon, but she has received interest from campus organizations promoting entrepreneurship. “We could not help everyone, so we thought the best solution was to do a competition,” Clobes said.