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EAST LANSING, Mich. - Administrators at Michigan State University are expecting 8,000 first-year students to arrive on campus next week.  The class of 2021 is considered one of the largest in the school's history. Overall, MSU received 36 ,000 applications from prospective students, but only 8,000 were admitted. They will move onto campus Monday, with classes scheduled to begin Wednesday.  Nearly 16,000 students will be living on the East Lansing campus this academic year in residence halls and on- campus apartments . As in past years, a number of volunteers will be pitching in to help with move in, including other students, faculty, staff, alumni and community volunteers, according to a news released from the university.  More than 72 percent of new students are from Michigan, which the university said reflects its long- standing land grant tradition . MSU enrolls the most Michigan students of any university in the state. According to the school, it will be enrolling the large...

Moving day checklist for college" src="https://www.collegefashion.net/.image/t_share/MTQ5NDY4ODY3NzYzMTE5MTU2/moving-day-checklist-college.png" /> As the new semester rolls in, you've probably got a hundred things to think about. Is your schedule correct? Did you buy everything you needed during that last IKEA trip? Is there time for one last summer celebration before classes begin? And while most of these things work themselves out in due time, you should definitely make a game plan for move in . What's the big deal , you might think. You just wanna put your stuff down, make your bed, and lay on it for the rest of the day.  And while that's definitely okay (you deserve a break for lifting all those boxes!), make sure you at least run through the following moving day checklist for college: 1. Ensure your utilities are set up This seems like a given. But electricity and water don't run themselves!  You don't have to worry about this if you're ...

The Riveter: This one was my favorite. Steve Korn S eattle has the fourth-fastest- growing freelance economy in the country, which explains why there are almost as many coworking spaces opening up as luxury apartment buildings . Since I'll never be able to afford a luxury apartment , I thought maybe I can at least work at a place where the sink actually drains and the coffee is always fresh. So I checked out some coworking spaces and brought my laptop with me. I didn't tell them I was coming. I wanted to see what these places were like inside, without any PR hoopla. Clearly, we are living in the age of the remote worker. By 2020, 40 percent of the US workforce will be freelancers, temps, independent contractors, or "solopreneurs," according to a 2010 study by Intuit. According to the 2017 Global Coworking Survey , nearly 1. 2 million people worldwide will have tried coworking by the end of next year, and around 14, 000 coworking spaces will be in operation. Sixt...