A 19-year-old MSU freshman was found dead Tuesday morning next to train tracks in Holly, about 20 miles south of Flint. The body of Michael Randolph, a James Madison freshman from Owosso, was found several hours after being struck by a train, Michigan State Police trooper Mark Pravato said. Police believe the death was a suicide.
John Eckhold loved to talk about music."John and I would converse about what kind of music we liked," said Ric Shahin, a teacher at Midland High School, which Eckhold attended.Eckhold, a 23-year-old psychology junior, was found dead in his home at Woodside Apartments, on the corner of Haslett Road and Woodside Drive, on Sunday.
Lansing - Two rezoning ordinances were passed unanimously on Monday by City Council. The area at 1001 E.
The East Lansing City Council kicks off Earth Day by designating May 4-10 Water Quality Awareness Week at its work session today.East Lansing Commission on the Environment and the Department of Public Works will present ways to improve the city's water quality.
An update to the ASMSU Web site scheduled for March has yet to take place - a low priority, officials said. Election information was posted on MSU's undergraduate student government's redesigned Web site in March, but representative information and other features have not been updated since then. ASMSU Association Director James Perra said the additions to the Web site are ready to go once hiring for the organization's executive staff is finished and the director for digital media and graphic marketing has been trained. "We're trying to close down shop," he said.
A new proposal to change Gov. Jennifer Granholm's recommended higher education funding cuts is facing an uphill battle to make it out of subcommittee for full House consideration.Rep.
With so much questionable global information on the Internet, a student heading abroad can find it hard to get their facts straight.But now students can find information such as maps, exchange rates and current health issues on www.msuglobalaccess.net.
Mason - In an effort to reduce problems with overcapacity, the Ingham County Jail will undergo a $1.8 million expansion project.The move will add 90 beds, which is important because the jail books more than 11,000 criminals annually and is over capacity nearly every day, Ingham County Sheriff Gene Wriggelsworth said.
Civil engineering junior Brandon Kinter got an early wake-up call around 9 a.m. Monday, courtesy of the Shaw Hall fire alarm.The alarm system was activated when steam started leaking in the mechanical room."I'd rather have them working than not working," he said.
Another person allegedly involved in the March 28-30 disturbances was arraigned Monday in 54-B District Court.Daniel Callton, a hospitality business sophomore, faces felony charges of rioting, malicious destruction of property and a misdemeanor charge of arson.Police believe Callton is partly responsible for damaging a 1996 Dodge Neon, which was parked outside the Auditorium on March 30.The felonies carry up to a five-year sentence and up to a $10,000 fine.
Employees at the MSU Computer Center are still investigating the cause of Sunday's inaccessibility to a new Web-based e-mail system launched last month. The site, located at mail.msu.edu, was inaccessible for most of Sunday.
A forum to discuss the effects of the war on the United States and the reconstruction of Iraq is scheduled from 7-9 p.m.
Less than one week after a former member accused MSU Residence Halls Association officials of not promoting diversity, RHA President Derek Wallbank said diversity is one of the organization's main focuses.The distribution of a letter written by former Director of Racial, Ethnic and Progressive Affairs LaToya Logan accused RHA of poor representation of diversity among constituents.But Wallbank said the organization has allocated most of its funds to programs for campus diversity, and recently won the statewide award for diversity given by the Michigan Organization of Residence Housing Association.
A fashion show at Harper's Downtown on Friday could have been what the city and Cool Waves need before the summer migration of students, showgoers said. Cool Waves owner Gaston Garcia collaborated with the club to put on the VIP Fashion Show, bringing together students, models, music and fashion in East Lansing.
ASMSU officials are trying to bridge the gap between representatives and their constituents and have created a new position to help.MSU's undergraduate student government reworked its executive positions for the next academic year - eliminating its director and assistant director of public relations in exchange for a new director of digital media and graphic marketing and constituent activism."(Activism) is something we're going to stress to all the positions," Student Assembly Chairperson Missy Kushlak said.
MSU's new e-mail system was inaccessible Sunday for unknown reasons. Users of the system who called the Computer Center for maintenance were greeted by a message saying employees were aware the Web site, located at
The East Lansing City Council plans to hear recommendations Tuesday to increase penalties for loud and unruly parties in the city. In a continuing effort to combat noise problems in the city, council members can move forward with considering a series of revised recommendations submitted by student, city groups and local commissions.
If Janie Fouke thinks Michigan is cold compared to her native North Carolina, she hasn't seen anything yet.The College of Engineering dean, left Saturday for the Arctic Circle with a group of students from Bay Mills Community College in Brimley, Mich., a physics professor from Virginia and a NASA scientist.The team will measure the thickness of sea ice north of Norway, which will allow them to gauge the rate at which polar ice is melting.
State health department reports 3rd SARS case The Michigan Department of Community Health announced the third suspected case of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS in Michigan on Wednesday.