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Steve & Barry's Files for Bankruptcy
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- July 10, 2008
Discount retail chain blames tough economy for financial woes.
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Universities Adjust to Tomato Scare
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- June 11, 2008
Schools stop serving the fruit, and Texas goes all local.
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Trail Mix: This Week's Protests Edition
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- April 24, 2008
Students protest at Youngstown State University, Webster University, Michigan State University, and at Evergreen State College.
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Michigan State Continues Riot Damage Control
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- April 9, 2008
"It takes a long time to put the ship back on the right course when students do this."
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Michigan State Party Turns Into Riot
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- April 7, 2008
Fifty-two people arrested; police use tear gas and flash-bang grenades.
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Michigan State Swim Team Suffers Chemical Burns
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- January 8, 2008
Chemicals in a pool caused dry skin, redness, and irritation—and later, hair loss and skin burns.
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Why Fireworks Sales Are Banned in Michigan
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- November 30, 2007
The police at Michigan State University are offering a $500 reward for tips on an October 30 fireworks scare.
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Trail Mix
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- November 27, 2007
Don't like your university E-mail service? Worse comes to worst, you could do like one Michigan State University student and make your own.
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April Fool's Comes Early for Michigan State Applicants
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- November 12, 2007
A "data-processing error" at Michigan State University had 597 applicants thinking they had been accepted to the school, when in fact their status was still pending.
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A History of Controversial Campus Speakers
Nation & World
- October 1, 2007
Controversial campus speakers have been strongly protested with everything from petitions to pies.
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Michigan State's Dirty-Ridin' Taxi Vans
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- August 6, 2007
Trouble is brewing within Michigan State's taxi van industry, as veteran Big Daddy Taxi and upstart Shaggin' Wagon argue over customers and better business practices, the State News reports.
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Trail Mix
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- July 23, 2007
Daily roundup from campuses nationwide.
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Trail Mix
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- June 25, 2007
*UC-Davis is opening its own Robert Mondavi Institute, the California Aggie reports. Best final exams ever?.
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'I Like Girls, and I Like Money,' Says Calendar Man
By Christina Mueller -
The Paper Trail
- June 20, 2007
Joining the ranks of schools with calendars that objectify women, Michigan State, Lansing Community College, and a nearby upscale beauty school will offer up scantily clad models for East Lansing Girls Next Dorm—the project of LCC business student Tyler McClure. According to a State News article, the young entrepreneur trolled MySpace to find models, about half of whom go to MSU and none of whom live in dorms.
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Trail Mix
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- June 12, 2007
* Michigan State is prepared for a tuberculosis outbreak, the State News reports. But can anyone really be prepared for an errant attorney exposing his cooties all around the world? We think not.
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MSU Drops Domestic Partnership Benefits
By Jackie Mantey -
The Paper Trail
- June 8, 2007
Michigan State University is the latest to join the state's employers who will no longer offer health insurance benefits to partners of its employees in same-sex relationships, the State News reports. Michigan employers are dropping their domestic partnership benefits because a February Court of Appeals ruling said that the 2004 state amendment passed by voters banning gay marriage also bans such health benefits.
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Michigan State President Gets Salary Hike...for Donating Prior Hike
The Paper Trail
- December 13, 2006
Michigan State University's board of trustees has given President Lou Anna K. Simon a salary hike.
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Michigan Schools File Motion Seeking Delay of Prop. 2 Rules' Start
The Paper Trail
- December 13, 2006
Michigan State, the University of Michigan, and Wayne State have filed a motion asking for federal courts to delay the start of an anti-affirmative action ban state voters approved this November, University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman announced in a statement published today in the Michigan Daily. "We want to ensure that our process is consistent and fair throughout the entire admissions cycle," Coleman writes.
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College Grads Can Get Manufacturing Jobs, Survey Says
The Paper Trail
- November 20, 2006
College graduates' employment outlook is good--especially if you're a computer science, engineering, or business major, a Michigan State survey of over 800 companies found. Manufacturing jobs hold particularly good opportunities, thanks to an aging labor force.
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Hostage Situation...or Meeting with a University President?
The Paper Trail
- November 16, 2006
Michigan State University's president met with students yesterday to film an action movie—er, talk about affirmative action. "Students with black bandanas tied around their mouths lined the walls, stood in corners, and sat on the floor, listening as a group of their peers explained their demands," the State News reports.
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In Michigan, a Lot on the Line Today for Higher Ed
The Paper Trail
- November 7, 2006
More than 150 Michigan State University students held a protest yesterday against Proposition 2, which, if passed today, could "dramatically alter" Michigan universities, the Michigan Daily reports..
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