Police Brief 02/04/09
A 20-year-old female student reported her debit card number stolen and fraudulent charges made, but the transgression was caught by bank employees before purchases were authorized, MSU police Sgt.
A 20-year-old female student reported her debit card number stolen and fraudulent charges made, but the transgression was caught by bank employees before purchases were authorized, MSU police Sgt.
Six fraternity and sorority buildings are now protected from changes to their architecture and design after the East Lansing City Council approved Tuesday the creation of a Fraternity-Sorority Historic District.
As part of her State of the University address Tuesday, MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon expressed concern about a freeze in tuition suggested this week by Gov. Jennifer Granholm.
“Dance on Don.” Family members and friends scrawled these words on the rock on Farm Lane Tuesday night, as more than 100 people gathered at a candlelight vigil to honor Don Ausman’s life.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm spent no more than a few seconds mentioning her proposal for in-state public universities to lock in tuition during her annual State of the State address Tuesday.
Oh, the places they’ve been, the things they’ve seen. Professors’ lives outside the classroom are as vast and unique as those of the students they teach. Although their students may be unaware of what happens beyond the geographic borders of MSU, The State News offers a glimpse into the nonacademic lives of two professors.
Night receptionist Elyse Mathos, a comparative cultures and politics junior, shares the ups and downs of guarding the door of Case and Wonders halls nightly.
College is a whole new world for many freshmen traveling campus for the first time. The State News sat down with one of these brave explorers to get a glimpse, in 15 questions or fewer, at a new face on campus and her perspective on her new frontier.
The city of East Lansing unveiled its new Web site today, which will offer a more informative and picturesque view of the city online.
MSU officials have made a call to remove landline telephones from dorm rooms in the Brody Complex and Mayo Hall by the start of the fall 2009 semester.
Each time students update their Facebook.com status or send an e-mail, they could be contributing to the decline of the U.S. Postal Service, experts said.
Journalism junior Nick Mordowanec said he was surprised to see an article he wrote in January’s edition of ing magazine. He said he was even more surprised to see another student’s name on the byline.
Two consecutive home losses for the first time since the 1996-97 season have led MSU head coach Tom Izzo to admit the shell of his team has been slightly shaken. In the last two games at Breslin Center, the Spartans have dealt with hot shooters and an array of shots that would have won numerous HORSE championships in their losses to both Northwestern (70-63 on Jan.
Just a few short years after landing at MSU and guaranteeing that the Spartans would be a contender in the Big Ten and for recruiting in the Midwest, football head coach Mark Dantonio has held true to his word.
This past weekend, three friends and I (all present or former Penn State University faculty members) came to East Lansing for our annual Penn State men’s basketball away game.
All signs are pointing to the return of Corey Tropp to the MSU hockey team next season. Tropp is coming back to school to take classes and stay eligible for a possible reinstatement to the team at the conclusion of this season. If reinstated, he will be a junior.
The kind of writing such as in the column Republicans made wrong decision (SN 2/3) is why Americans have a distorted view of the current administration.
Note to the administration: Students love a good slap to the face. So thank you, thank you so very much, for valuing our opinion about the academic calendar only after you took away Welcome Week without our consent.
Maybe 3.9 percent is a good ratio for some things. It’s certainly desirable for body fat percentage or the interest rate for student loans.
MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon stressed the importance of communication with state government about issues regarding higher education as part of today’s State of the University address.