False e-mails claiming to be from the "msu.edu team" have been blocked from entering faculty, staff and student inboxes. The MSU Computer Center, now known as Academic Computing and Network Services, has blocked the known sending addresses at a rate of one per second.
Some bus routes of the Capital Area Transportation Authority will be modified during the week of spring break, March 8-14. • Regular campus routes 30-39 will operate until 2 a.m.
Students looking for a change of pace for spring break this year are volunteering their time to help in communities throughout North America. The MSU Center for Service-Learning and Civic Engagement is involved with the Alternative Spring Break program that will take about 330 student volunteers to 17 different locations from Pennsylvania to Puerto Rico.
The culture of East Lansing will be put on display when the city's public art gallery celebrates its grand opening on Saturday. A variety of art, from hulking metal sculptures to Asian-influenced fantasy sketches, is set to fill the Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbott Road, which will be transformed into a black-tie gala for the christening. "For several years, the city has said, 'This is what we need,'" said Yvette Robinson, vice chairperson of the city's arts commission and coordinator of the gallery's opening.
Campus programs such as State Walk are seeing increased foot traffic, and members say the rise could be caused by several factors such as an increase in promotion or the recent crimes in the area.
Bulletin boards with same-sex marriage information have been targets of vandalism in four residence halls.
A march recognizing International Women's Day is being organized by a coalition of local and statewide groups.
A memorial service will take place later this month for Ernst Lucas, known to many members of the MSU community as Ernie the Can Man. Lucas died in January at the age of 68. The memorial is being planned by his brothers, Jack Lucas of West Hartford, Conn., and Alexander Lucas of Rochester, Minn.
Following the early Sunday morning shooting at an East Lansing 7-Eleven, police are asking witnesses to come forward with information. Officers are looking for those who might have talked to police the morning of the incident to discuss the case further. Police also are asking anyone who was near the area of the shooting, which happened at 210 E.
A man whom police believe was involved in assaulting an MSU student in Hubbard Hall was arraigned Thursday in East Lansing 54-B District Court.
Gina Frigo also was recognized for College Photographer of the Year as an honorable mention, and received an honorable mention for spot news covering a war protest.
A downtown East Lansing business is preparing to exit the area and switch with another bar and restaurant. Troppo, 213 Ann St., closed its doors late last month.
For the first time in at least four years, an ASMSU chairperson had to break a deadlocked vote Tuesday night. Chairperson Jared English broke the tie to pass an Academic Assembly bill that stated MSU's undergraduate student government condemned the actions taken by the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action & Integration and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary, or BAMN, at a MSU College Republicans meeting last week. Barbara Grutter, plaintiff in the University of Michigan Law School admissions case, spoke at the meeting while BAMN members countered her views.
Trials will begin today for accused murderer Bramlett Hamilton. Hamilton will appear in court for a competency hearing, when a judge will determine if he is fit to stand trial.
An MSU alumnus and terrorism specialist has convinced some legislators it's worthwhile to begin devising plans to thwart terrorist efforts in the state. Jonathan White, a 1982 doctoral graduate who studied criminal justice at MSU, also is the director of the State and Local Anti-Terrorism Training Program.
Journalism junior Nick Mrozowski received two awards for his design work in The State News from the Society for News Design. The society, an international professional organization, gives out awards each year for excellence in newspaper design.
ASMSU's Academic Assembly caught up on old business and internal housekeeping at its last meeting before spring break. MSU's undergraduate student government voted on a set of bills introduced Feb.
After spending the past year shooting photographs across the nation, Megan Spelman was named College Photographer of the Year by the Michigan Press Photographers Association last weekend. This was Spelman's second year receiving the award.
Two MSU students recently received nominations for the nationally competitive Truman Scholarship. Animal science senior Annora Sheehan and Randy Neice, a political theory and constitutional democracy and international relations senior, earned their nominations after a MSU faculty committee reviewed their applications. Although neither is a finalist for the national award, a $26,000 grant, the university's nomination still is an honor, they said. "It certainly has opened up a lot of doors, just the process of being a nominee," Sheehan said. She found out that she was a nominee on Dec.