The Spartan Statue was plastered with posters containing negative speech towards Muslims and others Tuesday night, MSU Spokesperson Jason Cody confirmed.
A development company composed of MSU students and an alumnus has won three East Lansing startup competitions since the beginning of November, netting $11,000 in funding among other resources.
Despite an ongoing court battle, Michigan’s recount effort is underway. At the request of Green Party Presidential Candidate Jill Stein, recounts are in progress or being disputed in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, three battleground states closely won by President-elect Donald Trump in the Nov. 8 election.
After an hour and a half of public hearings and lengthy discussions, East Lansing City Council unanimously approved the site and brownfield plans for a Costco Wholesale in the city.
At 10:35 p.m. Tuesday night, an MSU alert was issued warning of an armed robbery in East Lansing.
Three men were involved in a break-in at a residence in the Timberlake Apartment complex in East Lansing early Tuesday morning, East Lansing Police Department Sgt. Chad Pride said. Pride said the incident occurred at 3 a.m. on Tuesday and said the victim of the break-in indicated that the suspects had one weapon in their possession at the time of the crime.
Since Nov. 8, when Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, three bias incidents have occurred on campus, MSU Police confirm.
A Monday rally at the Capitol Building in solidarity with the Standing Rock Pipeline protests took on a different tone following the surprise Sunday night announcement that the Dakota Access Pipeline, or DAPL, would be rerouted. Despite the last-minute victory, many attended the Michigan Stands with Standing Rock event, originally intended to show solidarity on ‘eviction day,’ as protesters were told to leave their camp by Monday.
Former MSU basketball player Mateen Cleaves was released after the judge found no sufficient probable evidence in his sexual assault case.
Since 2009, MSU has been working with the community of Detroit to expand MSU’s educational services.
Two hours and 17 minutes — that’s how long it takes to walk from Shaw Hall to LMTS Community Outreach Services, one of the Lansing-area food pantries.
Thousands of parking tickets are written on campus and in East Lansing each year. Some people get several, as one alumna decorated her cap with parking tickets last spring
MSU's Zeke the Wonderdog, the high-flying Frisbee catching Yellow Labrador passed away unexpectedly Friday night around 11:45 p.m. His owners, Jim and Terri Foley, said Zeke was shaking and had troubling eating upon returning home from the MSU women's basketball game yesterday against Oakland University.
The Islamic Society of Greater Lansing received a hate letter that has been sent to mosques across the United States. The letter arrived via mail on Tuesday, Sohail Chaudhry, an Imam at the Islamic Society of Greater Lansing said.
MSU will spend an estimated $2.9 million on identity theft protection in the wake of the data breach that exposed university records of 400,000 people.
The construction site of the 565 Building on E. Grand River Ave. has brought an ongoing labor dispute to East Lansing, as picketers demonstrate against one of the building’s contractors.
MSU alumni John Duffey, Barbara Ross-Lee and Michael Longaker will be the commencement speakers at MSU’s fall commencement.
On Nov. 16, United Students Against Sweatshops marched with signs in hand to the Office of the President to deliver and read a letter requesting that the university reevaluate its relationships with the Worker Rights Consortium and Nike Athletics. The university responded to the student group’s request with a letter from Vice President for Auxiliary Enterprises Vennie Gore on Nov.
The Eastwood Towne Center Max and Erma's has closed. This restaurant’s closing is one in a long series of closings for Max and Erma’s in Michigan. In January 2015, eight locations across the state of Michigan, according to a Detroit Free Press article.
A man hit and damaged multiple vehicles Wednesday morning near Lake Lansing and Coolidge roads according to a report from the Lansing State Journal.