The headline of Bob Golm’s recent letter to the editor Obama only human, does not have superpowers (SN 1/27) seems to be about the only reasonable statement in the entire piece.
The University of Michigan Department of Public Safety said Wednesday that it will not press criminal charges against former MSU hockey player Andrew Conboy and sophomore forward Corey Tropp following Saturday’s incident at Yost Ice Arena, according to DPS spokeswoman Diane Brown.
ASMSU Association Director Kara Spencer said the spamming charges against her have been withdrawn by the university, and the formal warning that was placed in her student file also has been removed.
The death of an MSU student found in his Spartan Village apartment was not being treated as a homicide, MSU police said Wednesday night. Police found the body of Don Ausman, a 22-year-old interdisciplinary studies in social science and international studies senior, in his apartment after responding to a call to report a suspicious death at about 9:15 a.m.
Three MSU students had $251 stolen from their West Akers Hall room while they slept early Sunday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
The MSU Power Plant began burning natural gas instead of coal last week after prices for the fuel remained lower than university officials expected. Bob Ellerhorst, director of utility services at the power plant, said the university rarely burns gas as an economic choice.
Crimes in residence halls during the past two weeks have led to increased safety concerns among students and are forcing university officials to consider different ways of keeping residents safe. An electronic key card system, requiring students to scan their student ID to enter living wings, was installed in Holden Hall days after two on-campus sexual assaults were reported in two days, and a week after police shut down an alleged scam that preyed on students living in residence halls.
East Lansing is among the cities across the nation that are eagerly submitting their proposals to get their cut of the funding from President Barack Obama’s proposed $825 billion stimulus project.
MSU hockey team captain and senior goaltender Jeff Lerg sat down with sophomore forward Corey Tropp Monday to talk about his future as a hockey player. By Tuesday, it was unclear whether that future would include MSU.
The East Lansing City Council is narrowing its selection of fraternity and sorority buildings to be included in a historic district that would protect the buildings from sale, modification or deterioration.
There’s just something about hearing a voice might not have been heard for 60 years that makes John Shaw appreciate his job. This comes from a man who has worked with a lot of sounds over the years, including the speeches of MSU presidents, Nazi propaganda from World War II, historical icons Amelia Earhart and Florence Nightingale and the campus visits of former President Bill Clinton and Martin Luther King Jr.
Incidents of whooping cough in Michigan more than doubled during the second half of 2008. There were 210 reported cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, from July through December, up from 92 cases in the first half of the year.
State Sen. Tom George, R-Kalamazoo, officially established his campaign to run for governor Monday. George, who represents Michigan’s 20th district, was elected to the state Senate in 2002 after serving a term with the state House of Representatives.
After Libby Woodbury signed the lease in April to a new building for her business, Lite-R-Side Catering, 1331 E. Grand River Ave., everything went smoothly for about a month. Then, in May, it seemed like the world fell on the shoulders of the already emotionally strained Woodbury.
The Lansing Board of Water & Light will restart the process of approving a 2.5 percent rate increase after a paperwork mistake, the utility’s board of commissioners decided Tuesday. The board of commissioners held a public hearing to discuss the proposed rate hike Monday, but confusion over whether the company filed necessary paperwork 45 days before the session led to the scheduling of another public hearing on March 18.
Although Iowa sits in ninth place in the Big Ten with a record of 12-8 overall and 2-5 in the conference, MSU head coach Tom Izzo knows Thursday’s game against ?the Hawkeyes will be ?another tough Big Ten matchup.
College is a whole new world for many freshmen travelling 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.
There are signs on Grand River Avenue that direct drivers to parking in downtown East Lansing. Those signs must be misprints. Actually, maybe they’re just in the wrong place.
As an MSU graduate and former State News sports reporter, I was disappointed with Alex DiFilippo’s agreement with Rick Comley’s insubstantial punishment against Andrew Conboy and Corey Tropp in the blog Punishment for Conboy, Tropp befits actions (SN 1/26).
When it comes to the economy, there’s no sense in fooling ourselves anymore: Waiting it out hasn’t worked. While many economical hard times are cyclical, the time has come to take action to fix the nation’s economical crisis. President Barack Obama is pushing to start this process, with a few kinks in the plan that need to be worked out.