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MICHIGAN

Alleged Rite Aid and Coolidge Road shooter will see court Friday

Olivia Dimmer
August 27, 2014

The man charged with the shooting deaths of two people in early May at a Lansing Rite-Aid and at the 1800 block of Coolidge road will continue to a preliminary examination on Friday.Ricard Taylor, 34, appeared in court today via teleconference before East Lansing 54B District Court Judge Richard Ball, who said Taylor would be brought to court on Friday, the first time he will physically appear in court.Taylor, a former employee at MSU and East Lansing street musician, was found competent to stand trial earlier this month and is facing a total of seven felony charges, including two counts of open murder.

NEWS

24 hours

Greg Monahan
August 26, 2014

The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has spread around the world faster than any disease could.

MICHIGAN

Deceased student had yet to take classes at MSU

Julie Angell
August 25, 2014

On Jiayi Dai’s last post on Instagram, there are comments wishing for her to rest in peace -some in English and some in Mandarin.The 19-year-old MSU student from Beijing, China was found dead in the 300 block of Pin Oak Lane in East Lansing Saturday morning.According to her Facebook page, it wasn’t Dai’s first time in the United States, but it was her first time in East Lansing.

NEWS

MSU upgrades campus cable before move-in

Emily Jenks
August 14, 2014

Carpenter said the new contract roughly triples the amount of entertainment channels available to students, estimating that about 150 channels are now available to students in residence halls, compared to about 40 before the renegotiation.

MSU

MSU reaches goal of doubling study abroad enrollment in China

Meagan Beck
August 14, 2014

In 2009, President Barack Obama announced the “100,000 Strong China” initiative with the goal to increase the number of students studying abroad in China.As a response to the initiative, 94 MSU students studied in China during the 2012-13 school year, a number double from the 2010-11 school year.Secretary of State Hilary Clinton launched the initiative in Beijing in 2010 and called upon institutions of higher education to increase their number of students studying in China by 2014.

MICHIGAN

Great Lakes Folk Festival comes to East Lansing

Sierra Lay
August 10, 2014

The festival included local and national artists specializing in a variety of genres — from jazz to zydeco, an up-tempo kind of music that blends rock-and-roll with blues.mkThe music was accompanied by dancing among audience members, and the 2,400-square-foot dance floor was rarely empty. Festival-goers were encouraged to participate in the waltz hour, zydeco or join instructors teaching various forms of swing dancing.

MSU

MSU students, faculty, join forces to stop invasive species

Casey Holland
August 10, 2014

Latimore said these aquatic hitchhikers, such as zebra mussels and the starry stonewort algae, are transported from one body of water to the next because they essentially hitch a ride on the bottoms of boats.Algae that might have been picked up from Lake Michigan will attach itself to the boat’s underside and fall off in another lake, giving it an opportunity to populate the lake.

MSU

Sophomore creates video to welcome international students during orientation

Michael Kransz
August 10, 2014

Being encompassed by new surroundings and overcoming jet lag can be overwhelming, but one student is looking to make orientation for international students more welcoming. Her name is Rachel Poole. She’s a social relations and policy sophomore who is spearheading an effort to encourage new international students.Poole came up with the idea to collect photographs of students, faculty and staff holding signs with inspiring sayings in different languages. The photographs will then be compiled into a video and shared on Aug. 15 during international orientation.

MICHIGAN

Students, residents welcome opening of Apple Store in Lansing

Beth Waldon
August 9, 2014

An Apple Store has finally come to the Lansing area. Shoppers lined up outside the entrance Saturday morning at Eastwood Towne Center, anxiously waiting for the store’s grand opening at 10 a.m. The first 1,000 customers were given a free T-shirt. The Apple Store offers free workshops to customers so they can learn how to get the best use out of their Apple product, and those who need repairs can bring their product to the store for technical support.