NEWS
Police Brief 03/08/08
Various items valued at $5,939 were reported stolen from a Hubbard Hall dorm room between 3 and 4 a.m. Feb. 29, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
NEWS
Coroner rules MSU student Rylan Cotter's death a suicide
Police have suspended the criminal investigation into the death of MSU student Rylan Cotter following an Indiana coroner’s ruling that Cotter’s death was a suicide.
NEWS
City Center developer proposes project changes
Fewer parking spots and apartments are among the changes that could be made to the proposed development between Abbot Road and Grand River Avenue.
MSU
State News, MSU appear in court
After more than two years in bureaucratic gridlock, The State News may soon know whether MSU can withhold a 2006 police report detailing a campus assault.
MSU
Alumni reflect on parish's 50 years in E.L.
To Liz Schweitzer, stories are the heart of the Catholic Church. So the best way to commemorate St. John Student Parish’s 50 years in East Lansing, she said, was to put personal stories of alumni on display. Collecting stories and experiences of at least 50 alumni from the past five decades was an easy feat, said Schweitzer, a pastoral associate who has been working at the parish for 30 years.
MICHIGAN
Man jumps from E.L. ramp, dies
East Lansing police have ruled the death of a 21-year-old Lansing man who jumped from a downtown parking ramp Thursday a suicide.
MSU
Delfosse named Department of Entomology chairman
Ernest Delfosse will become chairman of the MSU Department of Entomology May 1.
MSU
Campus to obtain new hydraulic press
The value of a mechanical engineering degree from MSU could increase after a cutting-edge, 250-ton hydraulic press is delivered to campus in July.
MICHIGAN
Mixed martial arts comes to Lansing
Music blared through the Harry Hill Center Saturday night as more than 1,600 fans made their way around a massive cage at the center of the dimly lit room for the area’s first mixed martial arts showcase.
MSU
Clarification
Clarification: The Oct. 17, 2006 letter mentioned in the page Page One article “Law school dean involved in possible conflict of interest” (SN 2/19), Page One article “College of Law seeks stable, reliable dean in new search” (SN 10/8/07), page 4a editorial “Stability, longevity needed for college of law” (SN 10/10/07) and Page One article “Move to strike” (SN 10/27/06) from the president of the law college to then-Dean Terence Blackburn said “the office of Provost has investigated the oral charges made against you by certain faculty members and found such charges to be unsubstantiated and without merit.”
NEWS
Police Brief 02/29/08
A white iPod nano, gift cards, $8 in cash, a Motorola Krazr cell phone valued at $547 and a brown Dockers wallet containing various forms of ID were reported stolen from a West Holmes Hall dorm room between 2 and 8 p.m. Sunday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
NEWS
SN, MSU head to Mich. Supreme Court over reports
While students seize the opportunity to forget everything about MSU for the next week, the Michigan Supreme Court will hear arguments about how much information the university can legally withhold from them.
MICHIGAN
Salting roads may harm environment
With an increase in the use of road salt this winter, Michigan environmental agencies are uneasy about the effects of its runoff. “The concern is that it can run off into nearby waterways and affect animal life and plant life,” said Robert McCann, spokesman for the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.
MICHIGAN
U.S. election both MSU, global event
The U.S. presidential election is an international affair. With the primary season coming to a close, many MSU faculty and students agree the world is focused on the race.
MSU
Student group leaves for service trips
Although some students choose to don bathing suits and relax on the beach during spring break, others are exchanging swimwear for shovels and paint brushes. Fifty-one congregates from Martin Luther Chapel will leave for mission trips to one of four sites today and Saturday: El Paso, Texas, Phoenix, Haiti and Nicaragua.
MSU
MSU to release endowment report
MSU is expected to issue a report to Congress today detailing MSU’s use of its $1.2 billion endowment, MSU spokesman Terry Denbow said.
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Student groups might join ASMSU if referendum passes
Students will decide if two organizations join ASMSU’s Programming Board during this spring’s student referendum.
MSU
GEU looks to waive fees
Just what do the College of Engineering’s program fees pay for? That was the question Art Covert and a group of other graduate students from both the Graduate Employees Union, or GEU, and the Computer Science and Engineering Graduate Association asked. The answer they discovered, they didn’t like.
MICHIGAN
Chances for TB low in Mich., hospitals prepared for outbreak
As drug-resistant tuberculosis cases soar to record levels in parts of Asia, local health care experts said there’s a slight cause for concern in Michigan.
MSU
Underage drinking in dorms tops 300
The sound of friends cracking cans open and the thump of ping-pong balls hitting party cups echoed off the dorm room walls when journalism sophomore Dan Schmidt heard a knock on the door.