Police Brief 02/21/12
A 19-year-old female student reported being assaulted between about 1-2 a.m. Feb. 18 at the corner of Harrison Road and Michigan Avenue, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
A 19-year-old female student reported being assaulted between about 1-2 a.m. Feb. 18 at the corner of Harrison Road and Michigan Avenue, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
David Marion Jr., one of the alleged co-conspirators in the March 2010 killings of MSU student Darren Brown, 18, and roommate Owen Goodenow, 23, will have a pretrial in Lansing’s 30th Circuit Court at 3 p.m. today.
Communication sophomore Domeda Duncan celebrated Black History Month on Monday evening by playing the role of famous writer Maya Angelou.
The face of the late-night dining scene in downtown East Lansing could change if the city council approves an application from a local restaurant to extend its hours and beer sales. The city council is scheduled to hold a public hearing at its 7 p.m. meeting today at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road, to consider an application from the owner of What Up Dawg?, 317 M.A.C. Ave., to allow beer sales until 2 a.m. and allow the dining room to remain open until 3 a.m. The council then will make a decision on whether to vote on the application or obtain more information before taking action.
The search continues for a new dean for the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Phil Robertson, professor of crop and soil sciences and chair of the search committee, said the search is on schedule with about 20 applications received. Skype interviews soon will be conducted prior to at least three candidates being invited for interviews on campus in mid-March, he said.
Details on a country act and comedian coming to campus are planned to emerge later this week, if the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, finalizes contracts to make the events possible.
Three games ago, the MSU men’s basketball team surpassed last season’s win total — and still have at least six games to play. Head coach Tom Izzo spent much of his weekly press conference Monday discussing this season’s 22-5 No. 6 Spartans compared to last year’s 19-15 team.
A lot has changed in one week, as the MSU women’s basketball team (17-10 overall, 9-5 Big Ten) enters the final week of the regular season tied for third place in the conference after beating No. 17 Purdue on Sunday, 67-52.
After Therese Penn’s high school friend was kidnapped and murdered, her view of her role in the world changed drastically.
To some, this season of Spartan basketball means an awesome pair of Izzone tickets and a guaranteed fun experience — but for most of us, it means cramming into our friends’ dorm room with 10 other people to watch the game and snack on whatever happens to be right in front of you.
As each successive shot fell through the net, Becca Mills’ smile got bigger and bigger.
On Feb 28, the voters in East Lansing will approve or reject a proposed $53 million school bond. If approved, the East Lansing School Board intends to demolish and rebuild five existing elementary schools all within three miles of White Hills Elementary.
Two weeks ago, I was provided with the opportunity to speak to a group of fifth graders celebrating their graduation from the D.A.R.E.
A lack of participation from students at University Council meetings has ASMSU representatives concerned, but their solution might just be as bad as the problem. ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, recently implemented a new student caucus that will gather at-large students, which are student-held positions in University Council, to discuss issues with each other before presenting their concerns at council meetings.
A strain of meningococcal disease that cannot be vaccinated against was confirmed as the cause of death of family community services sophomore Carly Glynn, who died Feb.
Two 2011 student deaths were confirmed as accidental overdoses of both illegal and prescription drugs, according to autopsy and toxicology reports released on Friday. Kevin Rourke, a 22-year-old advertising senior who was found dead Dec.
Low-hanging electrical wires were the cause of a temporary power outage Saturday night in East Lansing, officials said.
When communication sophomore Meg Harris was diagnosed with stage II Hodgkin’s lymphoma, she didn’t so much as shed a tear.
Animal science senior Brent Moore stood next to horses and bulls at the Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education on Saturday afternoon gearing up for that night’s Spartan Stampede performance. “Bull riding is very sink or swim,” said Moore, a bull rider and bareback rider. “You either like it or you don’t.”
After being diagnosed with stage III kidney cancer last November, Mariah Mackie’s world was turned upside down. But as the 10-year-old sat behind the MSU women’s basketball team as they faced Purdue University Sunday evening, she couldn’t help but smile.