Capt. Kelly Roudebush of the MSU Police Department said after a false alarm incident in Bessey Hall in Feb. 2014, MSU Police realized they needed more community education on how the MSU community can be safe in a scenario as such.
A little less than a week after a winter storm dumped 9-10 inches of snow on the Lansing area and over a foot in some areas of Michigan, East Lansing is again under a winter storm warning.
The Landings at Chandlers Crossing faced a fire Monday afternoon where six different fire departments responded.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has confirmed that the recent outbreak of illness at MSU's Kellogg Center was caused by norovirus, according to a press release.
This election cycle has seen some strange people register as a presidential candidate. With Donald Trump lacking in a political background and yet gaining a large following, The State News decided to look at who else in popular culture or elsewhere has previously run for president.
This spring, the city will be tearing down the parcel they own of the Park District, 303 Abbot Road, which was formerly a small bank. The rest of the properties are in violation of the codes in the dangerous building ordinances, which means the buildings could be demolished pending the outcome of hearings on March 17.
MSU Greenline hosted its second annual dodgeball tournament for charity Friday night and the proceeds were dedicated to help pediatric services in Flint.
A statistical breakdown of candidate performance.
For the first time since the last presidential election in 2011, Michigan will host Democratic and Republican debates. Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders will debate in Flint on March 6, while the Republican candidates will debate in Detroit on March 3.
With the Michigan primaries coming up on March 8, analysts from across the board have been scrutinizing poll data in attempts to predict who will take home the win for the Democrat and Republican Party.
He is as divisive as he is loud and unafraid. He speaks his mind and is unapologetic about his no holds barred campaign and it might just pay off.
On March 8, people of Michigan will vote in the state’s first official democratic presidential primary in decades. Primaries can either be closed, allowing only registered party members to vote, or open, allowing any registered voter to participate, political science professor Sarah Reckhow said.
Though the primary election will be on March 8 and during MSU’s spring break, many on-campus groups are now working to encourage students to vote and raise awareness about the primary election in addition to the candidates and their stances on a variety of issues.
The discussion surrounding higher education funding has been more vocal on the Democratic side than Republican side. The State News compiled information on where each presidential candidate stands in terms of higher education funding and debt relief.
The James Madison College Student Senate is sponsoring an alternative spring break to Flint with a public policy focus in the wake of the city’s water crisis.
In the fallout of the tragic shooting that took place in Kalamazoo last Saturday, leaving seven dead and one injured, Western Michigan students berated their alert system for not notifying them of such an eminent danger so close to campus.
MSU police added a new unit to the department called the Inclusion and Anti-Bias unit. The new unit will be headed by Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor.
Muslim people from the MSU and East Lansing communities came together and were given the opportunity to share their experiences in an event sponsored by the MSU College of Osteopathy called “Stories from your Muslim Neighbors,” on Feb. 23.
The College of Communication Arts and Sciences has recently planned a curriculum with the aim of giving students more options for a field of study. Namely, animation and comics storytelling in media will be a new minor within the School of Journalism in fall 2016.
For all intents and purposes the original home of MSU is not East Lansing, at least in name.