Mason - In an effort to reduce problems with overcapacity, the Ingham County Jail will undergo a $1.8 million expansion project.The move will add 90 beds, which is important because the jail books more than 11,000 criminals annually and is over capacity nearly every day, Ingham County Sheriff Gene Wriggelsworth said.
Civil engineering junior Brandon Kinter got an early wake-up call around 9 a.m. Monday, courtesy of the Shaw Hall fire alarm.The alarm system was activated when steam started leaking in the mechanical room."I'd rather have them working than not working," he said.
Another person allegedly involved in the March 28-30 disturbances was arraigned Monday in 54-B District Court.Daniel Callton, a hospitality business sophomore, faces felony charges of rioting, malicious destruction of property and a misdemeanor charge of arson.Police believe Callton is partly responsible for damaging a 1996 Dodge Neon, which was parked outside the Auditorium on March 30.The felonies carry up to a five-year sentence and up to a $10,000 fine.
Employees at the MSU Computer Center are still investigating the cause of Sunday's inaccessibility to a new Web-based e-mail system launched last month. The site, located at mail.msu.edu, was inaccessible for most of Sunday.
A forum to discuss the effects of the war on the United States and the reconstruction of Iraq is scheduled from 7-9 p.m.
Less than one week after a former member accused MSU Residence Halls Association officials of not promoting diversity, RHA President Derek Wallbank said diversity is one of the organization's main focuses.The distribution of a letter written by former Director of Racial, Ethnic and Progressive Affairs LaToya Logan accused RHA of poor representation of diversity among constituents.But Wallbank said the organization has allocated most of its funds to programs for campus diversity, and recently won the statewide award for diversity given by the Michigan Organization of Residence Housing Association.
A fashion show at Harper's Downtown on Friday could have been what the city and Cool Waves need before the summer migration of students, showgoers said. Cool Waves owner Gaston Garcia collaborated with the club to put on the VIP Fashion Show, bringing together students, models, music and fashion in East Lansing.
ASMSU officials are trying to bridge the gap between representatives and their constituents and have created a new position to help.MSU's undergraduate student government reworked its executive positions for the next academic year - eliminating its director and assistant director of public relations in exchange for a new director of digital media and graphic marketing and constituent activism."(Activism) is something we're going to stress to all the positions," Student Assembly Chairperson Missy Kushlak said.
MSU's new e-mail system was inaccessible Sunday for unknown reasons. Users of the system who called the Computer Center for maintenance were greeted by a message saying employees were aware the Web site, located at
The East Lansing City Council plans to hear recommendations Tuesday to increase penalties for loud and unruly parties in the city. In a continuing effort to combat noise problems in the city, council members can move forward with considering a series of revised recommendations submitted by student, city groups and local commissions.
If Janie Fouke thinks Michigan is cold compared to her native North Carolina, she hasn't seen anything yet.The College of Engineering dean, left Saturday for the Arctic Circle with a group of students from Bay Mills Community College in Brimley, Mich., a physics professor from Virginia and a NASA scientist.The team will measure the thickness of sea ice north of Norway, which will allow them to gauge the rate at which polar ice is melting.
State health department reports 3rd SARS case The Michigan Department of Community Health announced the third suspected case of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS in Michigan on Wednesday.
Black Greek Week, an annual week of community service and entertainment events performed by fraternities and sororities of the National Pan-Hellenic Council, begins today. The council consists of eight historically black greek-letter organizations.
The MSU Department of Police and Public Safety is now signing up interested people for its Citizen's Police Academy. The next class is scheduled to begin 7 p.m.
MSU's Residence Halls Association members were presented with a letter Wednesday night that accuses the government of representing a "false sense of diversity."LaToya Logan, former director of racial, ethnic and progressive affairs for MSU's Residence Halls Association, distributed a letter she wrote to the hall government's general assembly. In her letter, Logan referred to hate crimes committed on campus and the lack of attention paid to diversity issues as a whole within RHA.
City officials decided they have enough evidence against three students who have been charged with involvement in the March 28-30 disturbances to move their cases for jury selection next month. The students, the first to appear for a pretrial, were in 54-B District Court Thursday for their pretrials and East Lansing Assistant City Attorney Molly Clark said although the students were hoping for an offer to lower possible repercussions, none were granted.
A new program will be added to MSU-Detroit College of Law's repertoire. The Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Program will begin next fall.
Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land will be redesigning branch office signs in an effort to save money and raise online awareness with her new campaign, "Save Time, Renew Online!" The new design will not force a complete replacement of existing signs.
GastonGarcia is organizing 25 models, their clothes and the order they strut down the runway in the VIP fashion show tonight at Harper's Downtown, 131 Albert Ave. Garcia will bring together Detroit DJs, 25 models and more than 500 people for the East Lansing retailer's first fashion show. "I want to make it very local where everybody knows these people and to be able to identify with these people," he said.