On Wednesday afternoon, members of MSU Beyond Coal led a demonstration at the rock on Farm Lane in protest of the Energy Transition Plan, which will be voted on by the Board of Trustees this Friday.
Two officers from the MSU Police Department caught a Caucasian 49-year-old Lansing male in the act of stealing a bicycle between 8:25-9:30 a.m. April 10 at the Butterfield Hall bicycle racks, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
The East Lansing City Council got its first look at what could be a step forward into the digital age at its Tuesday night work session. During its 7 p.m. work session at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road, the council heard a presentation from Jack Melnicoff, a solutions specialist with a nationwide information technology company called Granicus that works with government municipalities to promote transparency.
On her way out the door Wednesday to meet some friends at the rock on Farm Lane, advertising freshman Steph Benson bundled up for the chilly day, putting on her coat and mittens. But as she met the other students, they all had left an item of clothing behind — their shoes. Despite cold weather, about seven students met at the rock on Wednesday for a barefoot walk hosted by the MSU campus club for TOMS Shoes. The walk was part of a worldwide One Day Without Shoes movement on Tuesday in which people ditched their shoes to spread awareness about TOMS Shoes, an organization that donates a pair of shoes to a child in need each time a pair of shoes is sold.
On April 19, 1917, a new homeland security calvary team trotted out onto the grounds leased from Michigan Agricultural College farmland with the goal of protecting Michigan residents from the threat of a looming war. About 95 years later, that team has grown to become what now is known as the Michigan State Police. Although state troopers no longer are riding horses and the land rented from MSU has been returned to the university, the institution is taking its upcoming anniversary to remember its roots.
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum dropped out of the presidential race Tuesday, paving the way for former Massachusetts Gov.
More than just spirits will be lifted thanks to MSU students who donated their bras to help stop sex trafficking in Africa.
With fair trade goods and programs lining a room in the International Center, local fair trade enthusiasts and curious students had their eyes glued to Jeff Goldman, the executive director of the Fair Trade Resource Network, as he spoke during the MSU Students for Fair Trade Club’s Fair Trade Bash on Tuesday at the International Center. Goldman read one of his favorite quotes about fair trade by Gisele Fleurant, director of the Committee for Haitian Artisans, during the event.
Students have a new option for cashing their checks and banking now that MSU Federal Credit Union relocated its Crescent Road branch to Farm Lane and Mount Hope Road.
Last month, members of the Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, elected Stefan Fletcher, who has been the COGS president for the past two years, to another term for 2012-13 after waiving a constitutional clause limiting executive board members to two terms. Fletcher and the other newly elected executive board members have spent the past few weeks transitioning before kicking off their new roles at the April full council meeting, which will be held at 5:30 p.m.
Shouts of “no” and the sound of hands striking pads echoed in the halls of the Union on Tuesday evening at the MSU Self-Defense Program and Women’s Resource Center’s self-defense program to instruct women how to stay safe on campus. Most sessions were open to students, faculty, parents and women ages 13 and up and about a dozen people attended Tuesday’s workshop. Jodi Roberto Hancock, educational program coordinator of the MSU Women’s Resource Center, said she has gone through the session herself and found it to be powerful information. “Even for someone who has seen it multiple times, it’s always great to (have) it fresh in your mind,” she said. Angela Michael, assistant director of Recreational Sports and Fitness Services, said the first hour of the session was aimed toward discussing information about sexual assault and how to be aware of potential dangers. “We try to break down myths and stereotypes regarding sexual assault, particularly on a college campus,” she said. Participants sat in a circle as members of the Self-Defense Program discussed a number of sexual assault-related topics, such as how to stay away from dangerous situations, what constitutes as rape and how society often inaccurately blames the victims of sexual assault for the incidents. During the last hour of the session, the women learned a few techniques to protect themselves if trouble should arise. “(They’re) not going to be skilled martial artists, but we teach easy-to-learn moves that cause enough pain so that (they) would be able to safely run away and get help,” Michael said. Instructors taught the women defense movements targeting assailants’ body parts from head to toe.
A company called Remind 101, launched in summer 2010, aimed to give students homework notifications by way of emails and text messages. When an assignment was due, an alert would be sent.
A 20-year-old student reported her Vera Bradley wristlet and black iPhone 3G were stolen between 11:40 and 11:50 a.m. April 5 from a women’s bathroom in South Wonders Hall, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
When Dan Snyder woke up Monday morning, he got ready for class with rolled up socks, a few Nerf guns and an orange bandana in tow. These are his essentials as a human hoping to make it through this week’s zombie apocalypse on campus.
Voter turnout for ASMSU’s representative elections increased significantly from last year, with 9.4 percent of eligible undergraduate students showing up to the vote, according to ASMSU officials.
When biology junior Christine Sattler had a bad day her freshman year, she dealt with it differently than most students. Instead of listening to music or exercising, all Sattler needed was to come home to her pet hedgehog, Honey. “If I had a bad day, I could always come back (to my dorm) and pick her up,” Sattler said. “She would play with me, and it was really nice. Pets always provide unconditional love.”
For the approximately 150 students who came to MSU from foster care, adjusting to college life without the support of a family can be difficult, but with help from a new state program, things might get easier. The new Young Adult Voluntary Foster Care program, which changed the age young adults can stay under foster care from 18 to 21, went into effect April 2.
When Winta Gebrezgher first enrolled in Geography of Environment and Development, she had no idea half of the class would be taught in Portuguese, half of her classmates would be Brazilian students and her professors would be teaching her from almost 3,800 miles away at a university in Brazil.
When students arrive back on campus next fall for a fresh semester, they will find many changes to MSU’s campus, including new engagement centers in the neighborhoods, said Kelley Bishop, assistant vice president in the Division of Student Affairs and Services. With renovations being made to several residence halls, MSU has decided to install two more engagement centers.
Facing misdemeanor charges for operating a vehicle under the influence of drugs and marijuana possession, MSU basketball player Derrick Nix waived his right to an arraignment on Friday in East Lansing’s 54-B District Court, according to court records.