East Lansing City Hall will soon undergo building updates to improve security. Construction to the building that currently houses East Lansing City Hall, the East Lansing Police Department and the East Lansing 54-B District Court will begin this May. The improvements scheduled for completion in September include a metal detector and singular entry and exit points for visitors.
UPDATE: The gas line responsible for the natural gas leak Wednesday afternoon at the Cyclotron construction site has been repaired and normal operations in the surrounding area have resumed, according to an MSU Alert released shortly after midnight Thursday.
Some students wish to use their spring break as an opportunity to learn about social issues and give back to communities in need.
Chris Scales initially started the open jam session in Snyder Hall five years ago after a collaboration between the Community Music School and the Residential College in Arts and Humanities formed.
Just last May, the river crested its banks at 7.33 feet, flooding much of the DeMartin Soccer Stadium and only portions of the McClane Baseball Stadium and the W.J. Beal Botanical Garden. The year before, it was half a foot higher, rendering parts of the river trail totally impassable.
Lou Anna K. Simon took over the reins as MSU's 20th and first female president in 2005. Simon, whose tenure has been marked with initiatives and an overhaul of many of the residence and dining halls, is still going strong.
The Veterinary Medical Center was evacuated Wednesday afternoon for a gas leak. MSU police have blocked off Wilson Road near Bogue Street while the fire department investigates. An MSU alert said the Cyclotron was the only building evacuated, conflicted with reports on the ground, but students are being told to "avoid the area." WLNS reported that traffic was being diverted from a half-mile radius, but that has not been confirmed. Stay tuned for more information.
Acting with the desire to help both professors and students, the Faculty Senate endorsed changes to the Integrity of Scholarship and Grades policy on Tuesday afternoon.
Demands range from environmental issues to racial and political issues in Michigan, including ending gerrymandering, recognizing the failed nature of the war on drugs, repealing the right-to-work law, eliminating the educational achievement authority and including gender identity and sexual orientation in all anti-discrimination laws.
The Gateway construction project, first proposed in 2013, required demolishing the coffee shop to make space for a six-story apartment building. The plan has since changed to a four-story building as the proposed project would have cut off public views to Valley Court Park.
In an effort to better secure Enterprise Business Systems, MSU’s resource for payroll and finance data, the university has adopted a two-factor authentication for its users, including faculty and student workers.
Less than 24 hours after he was apprehended by MSU police, sophomore running back Delton Williams pleaded not guilty to one charge of brandishing a firearm in public after an alleged road rage incident on Monday night, according to 54B District Court documents.
The appeal was filed on behalf of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and asks the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to uphold the December 2011 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision that removed the Great Lakes Distinct Population Segment of wolves from the federal endangered species list.
During the shelter-in-place, social media platforms such as Twitter and Yik Yak were filled with rumors about a shooter in Mason-Abott and Snyder-Phillips.
Five of MSU’s graduate programs — elementary education, secondary education, rehabilitation counseling, organizational psychology and nuclear physics — were recognized as No.
Two MSU cultural staples — the color green and beer — are combined to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Adopted and altered by Americans more than 100 years ago, St. Patrick’s Day has acquired the new tradition of consuming green beer on the holiday.
No open parties with alcohol. No kegs or jungle juice. No hard liquor. Since 2008, these policies have been a part of MSU’s greek life, but as many students have experienced, they were not widely enforced. That is now changing, according the Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Council.
On one of the first “blind audition” episodes of the singing show “The Voice,” MSU alumnus and Michigan native and former MSU student ??Joshua Davis took the stage, singing “I Shall Be Released” by Bob Dylan.
Law enforcement officials from both the city and the university said their departments are increasing staff numbers for St. Patrick’s Day, but, as the holiday falls near the middle of the school week this year, many students might forgo an all-night celebration for some shuteye before classes.
Following the MSU basketball team’s 80-69 loss to the Wisconsin Badgers on Sunday evening, there was a couch fire on Oak and Center streets, East Lansing police Lt. Steve Gonzalez said.