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Accident takes lives of two students over break
Maura Brandi and Carolena Elowsky, both sophomores and close friends, "had a way of lighting up a room anytime they were in one.”
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Man killed when car leaves road on Christmas Eve
A 53-year-old man was killed at about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday evening when his SUV left the road and struck several trees on State Road in East Lansing.
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Oswald Wilder, charged in sexual assaults of four MSU women, given maximum sentence
East Lansing Police Chief Juli Lieber said in a statement she was happy Wilder received the maximum sentence and expressed that the police department "hope(s) the victims will find some peace in knowing that he will be going away for a long time.”
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While most students relish graduation, some protest
As a response to the decision, about 50 students, faculty members and members of the community came together outside of the Jack Breslin Student Events Center on Saturday morning to protest before commencement began.
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Students protest controversial commencement speaker George Will Wednesday afternoon
"Un-invite Will!” “It’s on you MSU!” “Rape is not a privilege!” Those were just a few of the chants recited by the 30 or so protesters during the a march protesting MSU commencement speaker George Will on Wednesday afternoon.
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Alumni, students procrastinate studying by swimming in frigid Red Cedar River
"My favorite part is heading into the library soaking wet and everyone looks at you like you're crazy," said electrical engineering senior Anthony Garvert, who participated in the dip.
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Car crashes into River Park Apartments
A car crashed into a patio in River Park Apartments late Friday night, potentially damaging the building and unsettling the apartment's residents.
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Police urge students to take home valuables over break
Due to a notable increase in the report of home invasions after students return from break, the East Lansing Police Department increases focused patrols in popular neighborhoods to safeguard vacant residences.
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Winter Glow festival comes to downtown East Lansing
Winter break is around the corner and the festivities are closer every day. Before disconnecting from everything, East Lansing will celebrate its annual Winter Glow festival in downtown on Dec.
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Does the MSU alerts system achieve its goal?
One bomb threat. More than 70,000 MSU alerts sent out.
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Protestors continue to rally after Ferguson unrest
“We want to make it clear that what happened in Ferguson could happen anywhere, anytime,” said Alicia Hicks, a longtime Lansing resident who helped organize the event. “That just isn’t okay, and we want to make sure we stand up for it.”
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MSU, East Lansing schools faced violent false threats last week
After a shooting threat announced via social media app Yik Yak and a false bomb threat to all of campus, one MSU student is in custody and police are still investigating the bomb threat.
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Student charged in connection with Yik Yak shooting threat
After being arrested on Monday in connection with a false shooting threat on the social media site Yik Yak, finance freshman Matthew Michael Mullen, 19, was arraigned in East Lansing’s 54-B District Court by Judge Richard Ball.
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Officer won't be charged in shooting of Mike Brown, linchpin of protests at MSU
While potentially spurring unrest on the national stage, it's unclear what, if any, effect the ruling will have on the MSU activists' plans moving forward.
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Despite failure of parking lot sale, some redevelopment moving forward
The project will include retail space, a coffee shop, a restaurant, 121 hotel rooms, six studio apartments, 12 one-bedroom apartments, 78 two-bedroom apartments and six three-bedroom apartments, along with two underground levels with 283 parking spaces.
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Charges will be sought against student arrested following Yik Yak threats
A "secure in place" alert at East Lansing Public Schools was lifted around 12:30 p.m., and MSU police have one person in custody. msu police received unformation about t athread made in Yijk Yak ourpolice recieved the information, there was a non specific threat against the schoo, our police elps get a secure in place meanwhile here our police were able to quickly trace the IP address and arrest the individdual tye person was arrested on campus, we don't have the information yet all of that information will eb releases when the suspect is arraigned. it mght happen today. MSU police arrested the individual, they are conducting the information. They notify us that there was a threat for the school, because the threat they initially received was so general, it didm;t say if it was a threat to the university or the school district we only got with the el public schools the university police conducted the initial investigation to identify the suspect and make the arrest.
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Michigan Supreme Court Justices give insight to law students
Three Michigan Supreme Court Justices gave professional advice and insight to students in a packed lecture hall last week in the MSU law school building.
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Final teen sentenced with first degree murder of MSU sophomore Dustyn Frolka
Brendan Heim, the third and final teen charged with the death of marketing sophomore Dustyn Frolka, was sentenced today in Clinton County Court to between 32 1/2 and 60 years in prison for first degree murder.
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Bill to change Michigan's Electoral College system introduced
The Electoral College, the winner-take-all system that awards all of the state's electoral votes to a presidential candidate and a system that has served Michigan for more than 100 years, is being challenged in the House of Representatives.
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Death of student Jiayi Dai ruled an accident due to acute alcohol intoxication, had .415 BAC at time of death
The toxicology report for Jiayi Dai, an MSU student who died this August, has revealed that her death was an accident. Dai's death was due to acute alcohol intoxication and her blood alcohol level was .415 at the time of her death.