MSU police arrested a man on April 15 for an armed robbery which occurred the day before at East McDonel Hall, according to a statement. Tyrese Dajon-Rayshawn King, 18, is facing two charges of armed robbery, one count of home invasion in the first degree and one felony firearm charge.
In a letter to The State News, Elliott discussed a situation in one of his classes where a professor refused to call him by his approved name.
While the sun set over campus, runners were lacing up for the Glow Run 5k put on by The State News. Students and members of the community gathered at the rock on Farm Lane on Sunday for running and fun in the dark. The race will benefit The Listening Ear, a 24-hour crisis hotline in Lansing.
On Sunday, the MSU Fisheries and Wildlife club hosted its Red Cedar River cleanup.
Cara Nader said she’s been making coffee professionally since she was 18. Now, she runs a third-wave coffee shop in Lansing, specializing in bringing “high-quality coffee to the residents, students, and tourists of Lansing Michigan," she said.
With the MSU community still reeling from the recent suicide of Patrick Kegan Cochrane, mental health expert Victor Schwartz of the NYU School of Medicine weighed in on the current state of mental health on college campuses around the country.
On April 17, MSU's Board of Trustees adopted the 2016-2017 2.75 percent room and board rate increase. The residence hall rate for double room rate for undergraduate students will increase by $108.
Ed Stielstra, a 1993 graduate of MSU’s Lyman Briggs, was supposed to be a doctor. Application finished and ready to send to medical schools.
When students, one of the largest crowds of consumers in the East Lansing area, go home for the summer, many local businesses near MSU’s campus are forced to try and find new ways to stay profitable throughout the slow, summer months.
Differences in the staffs of the Big Ten’s counseling centers often boil down to the needs and budget of the centers, some Big Ten mental health service providers and administrators said. “Some of it comes down to some states being really conservative in how they give money,” University of Nebraska Counseling and Psychological Services Center outreach coordinator Charlie Foster said.
The Stonewall Society, the representative student body for LGBT students within James Madison College, hosted an emergency meeting on April 15 to discuss issues of transphobia within the college.
On Saturday, MSU students and alumni throughout the world participated in the Global Day of Service, an annual event designed to prove how much Spartans can help their community in one day.
MSU police are currently investigating a sexual assault which was reported around 1:20 a.m. Saturday morning, according an MSU alert.
Students and family gathered to honor their loved ones this Friday at the annual Student Memorial Tribute in the garden next to Student Services Building.
Spread across the grass near The Rock on Farm Lane, students could be seen playing with 6-week-old puppies, and donating to a good cause in doing so. On Friday, Pi Kappa Phi fraternity hosted a fundraiser called "The Puppy Experience." The fraternity charged $3 for five minutes and $5 for ten minutes with the puppies. Money raised will go to the fraternity's national philanthropy, The Ability Experience. The philanthropy works to support people with disabilities.
MSU's Board of Trustees met Friday, April 15 to discuss various items from Residence Hall rates to endowments.
MSU police identified and arrested a man Friday for his role in the reported armed robbery at East McDonel Hall Thursday night.
A new Whole Foods Market had its grand opening Wednesday in Meridian Township. Check out the video above for more information.
The missing body MSU police found April 13 on the south side of campus has been identified as missing French senior Patrick Kegan Cochrane.
The month of April is National Poetry Month, and MSU is recognizing the month through the Spring Poetry Festival.