The cause of the fire at apartment 48 Capitol Villa Apartments, 1708 E. Grand River Ave., was confirmed as an accident by East Lansing Fire Inspector Gerald Rodabaugh. Rodabaugh said the electric stove was left on in the apartment, and an unidentified object was left on the stove and caught fire.
“Pain” has been a prominent word in state legislators’ vocabularies since they took office last month.
With the inclusion of a $30 million award from the Department of Energy in President Barack Obama’s budget, the construction of the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, moves one step closer to its expected completion in 2020. Although the budget still needs approval from Congress, officials from MSU remain confident that the importance of the facility will be conveyed to legislators. The money was specified in earlier negotiations and was used to shape the project’s budget, said Alex Parsons, FRIB’s Project Communications Manager.
Opponents of Michigan’s law mandating all retail items be labeled clearly with a price scored a victory after a reform bill passed the state House on Wednesday.
What will directionally challenged freshmen do now? After 63 years towering above MSU’s campus, the 230-foot MSC smokestack might be taken down this summer.
Following the Jan. 30 car crash that killed three teenagers from Holt, Mich., and the felony charges against the three men who hosted the party the teens attended that night, many students and community members have questioned the legal responsibilities of someone hosting a party.
MSU and the Peace Corps are giving students the opportunity to gain peace at heart by helping others across the world.
Next week, students will have the chance to throw away their physical insecurities — literally.
When it comes time to find the right green shirt to wear this St. Patrick’s Day, Patrick Johnson has students covered.
An air of uncertainty clouds the outlook for federally funded research, and some MSU professors involved in multimillion-dollar projects said they are cautiously optimistic for the future.
The cause of the fire at Capitol Villa Apartments, 1708 E. Grand River Ave., was determined to be an accident by East Lansing Fire Inspector Gerald Rodabaugh. Rodabaugh said the fire was caused by the electric stove in apartment 48 being left on and was compounded by combustible materials that were in close proximity to the stove. The fire destroyed apartment 48 and caused sever smoke damage to apartment 51 on the same floor. “No one was hurt in the fire and that’s what’s important,” Rodabaugh said. The conditions that caused the fire are no ones fault and there for will not affect the insurance claim on the building, Rodabaugh said.
A preliminary examination and pretrial for MSU student Charles King III and his two roommates, Michael Freund and Jordan Henika, has been set for late March after the three appeared for a preliminary examination conference Tuesday at the 55th District Court in Mason, Mich. The three men are charged with providing alcohol to four minors on Jan.
Gov. Rick Snyder spoke at the iNet International Conference today at Kellogg Center in front of more than 200 educators from across the globe attended. Teachers traveled from countries as far away as Nepal, the Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates to come to MSU for the week, where they discussed education issues and heard speakers, including Gov.
The Code and Academic Policy Committee of ASMSU’s Academic Assembly passed a resolution Tuesday to advocate for a preferred-name system at MSU.
The West Circle Neighborhood is the only one on campus without any sort of fitness facility, but Lora DiBlasi and Luke Miller have worked out a plan to change that.
Federal regulations and their impact on grant money and research at MSU were discussed during Tuesday’s Faculty Council meeting.
In what might have been an epic battle of man versus machine, students gathered Tuesday night to watch the second episode between two Jeopardy! contestants — and a computer named Watson.
As a freshman, Rodney Singleton was unsure about what his future as an engineering major would be like.
Nicole Butler wanted to enroll in a class that would help her become more informed on the issue of food insecurity and malnutrition worldwide.
The MSU Sexual Assault Crisis Intervention Team, or SACI, and others are jumping for support against rape for Operation Free Fall: The Two-Mile High Stand Against Sexual Assault fundraiser.