MSU’s Council of Graduate Students will soon say goodbye to its four-term president, Stefan Fletcher, and elect a new leader in his place.
The Residence Hall Association, or RHA, elected its new president during its meeting on Wednesday night.
The stress and importance of getting good grades is something every college student across the country is forced to deal with.
The MSU Extension Climate Change Team, a new on-campus organization working for protecting the environment, hosted a chili cook-off on Wednesday.
Biomedical laboratory diagnostics senior Patricia Malang started at the MSU Salsa Club with zero dance experience.
The fires have been extinguished, but discussions surrounding the civil disturbance following the Big Ten championship game is far from over. As the court proceedings continue for those arrested on the morning of Dec.
In the wake of sexual assault allegations and two recent student deaths, MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon took time to address student behavioral concerns during the Faculty Senate meeting Tuesday. Simon noted that although MSU is not the worst university when it comes to destructive behaviors, issues such as violence, sexual assault and drug and alcohol use were “still a significant problem” on campus. “If I looked at the conversations we are currently having, they are very similar to what is happening across the country,” Simon said.
“Tax relief” became a well-worn buzzword in Michigan’s capital early this year when the state estimated it would have almost a billion dollars in extra revenue on hand. Since Gov.
Police departments in the Greater Lansing area and local businesses gathered at the Kellogg Center on Tuesday morning to have breakfast with Special Agent in Charge Paul M.
Curbside recycling is a luxury not afforded to on-campus students, but a new pilot program soon will offer a similar service to dorm residents.
A person of interest in the shooting of Dominique Nolff has been arrested for a parole violation in Grand Rapids, according to police. Marqua McCoy, 19, was arrested Tuesday night, police said.
Late Saturday evening, MSU student and aspiring musician Dustyn Frolka died after being found partially clothed and in respiratory distress at the side of an entrance ramp on Interstate 69 in Bath Township, authorities said Monday. Bath Township police said his death “is being treated as a homicide until detectives learn otherwise.” He is survived by his daughter Melody Lou, who was born in April 2013. Frolka was featured in a March 2013 State News article highlighting rap and hip-hop artists in the MSU community. “I just grew up listening to the radio as a kid,” Frolka said in an interview at the time.
Frigid weather and a boatload of new snow on the way is leading students to skip classes, flock to bus stations and bundle up to combat the elements. Visibility could remain hindered by drifting snow throughout Tuesday. Further weather woes are predicted for Wednesday and Thursday.
Graduate teaching assistants are set to receive more than $100,000 in back wages that the university hadn’t paid them in two semesters after a dispute between the Graduate Employees Union and MSU was resolved. The union’s successful claim stemmed from a complaint that teaching assistants were not paid during a three-day overlap between the past spring and summer semesters, where more than 300 teaching assistants were essentially working two jobs. Union president Dan Clark said per their contract with MSU, the spring semester appointment period for teaching assistants went from Jan.
A series of power outages and water main breaks have affected hundreds of residents in East Lansing this winter. The power outage on Sunday affecting 200 Lansing Board of Water and Light customers was caused by an underground cable fault completely unrelated to the cold or snow, BWL communications director Stephen Serkaian said. The water main breaks, however, have much to do with the winter weather. “These last few weeks we’ve had extended severe cold weather and that causes an increase in broken pipes,” Serkaian said. There were 19 water main breaks between Jan.
Michigan is a top-producing state for the Peace Corps and apparently that trait has been passed to its universities as well.
As sub-freezing temperatures persist this winter, some parts of the Red Cedar River are icing over for the first time in 10 years.
Bath Township police are investigating the death of an MSU student who they believe was murdered this weekend.
Lansing Board of Water and customers momentarily lost power Sunday. At 11:35 a.m., about 200 customers lost power, according to a statement from BWL communications director Stephen Serkaian. The outages extended west to Kensington Road, east to Abbott Road, north to Grand River Avenue and south to Michigan Avenue. The statement said an underground cable fault was to blame for the outages.
Following claims of intimidation and harassment between Theatre students, many questions remain unanswered. Last week, officials confirmed that harassing messages were written on a white board in Fairchild Theatre.