While many MSU students were away on winter break, police in East Lansing concluded investigations into a string of home invasions and made arrests related to the Oct. 19 brawl between members of the MSU football and hockey teams.
The Amtrak station in East Lansing was a busy place to be at 8:21 p.m. Sunday, the day before classes resumed for the spring semester.
For five months last year, the future of MSU’s Cyclotron hinged on its bid for the federally funded Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, a half-billion dollar nuclear physics research site.
Computer engineering senior Ali Aqel was walking to his cousin’s house on Dec. 27 when he heard what he thought was a sonic boom. In reality, the noise was the beginning of Israel’s airstrike against Hamas, the Palestinian authority in the Gaza Strip. The airstrike killed at least 140 people. “I got to my uncle’s house, everyone was watching the news and everyone was horrified,” he said.
After a year of unanswered questions, the mother of an MSU student who was found dead on an Indiana golf course one year ago wants more investigation into her daughter’s death.
The Old Navy apparel store in the Lansing Mall, 5330 W. Saginaw Highway, will close Jan. 26 after opting not to renew its lease this year, a store associate said.
MSU Federal Credit Union is seeking candidates to fill vacancies left in its board of directors.
The East Lansing Police Department remains in mourning after former cadet and officer Mason Samborski was killed in the line of duty Dec. 28 while investigating a traffic stop in Detroit.
ASMSU Association Director Kara Spencer, who was found guilty in December of sending a “spam” e-mail to faculty, has appealed to the University Student Appeals Board and hopes for a decision in the coming weeks.
In his Student Book Store shopping bag, English junior Mark Schoenknecht carried something he’s never used — a wireless device called a clicker, which he will use this spring to answer questions in his physical science lab.
Replacing a campus favorite like BTB Burrito isn’t easy, but it’s not a concern for Eric Gunn, co-owner of Brother’s Grill, 403 E. Grand River Ave. “It was a nice establishment and a lot of people ate there,” Gunn said. “We want to do our own legacy.”
At the suggestion of MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon, the Board of Trustees recommended to not increase the president’s salary for the 2009-2010 year today.
A 20-year-old female student is missing $3,900 after purchasing a car on the Internet on Nov. 25 and never receiving the car as promised by the seller, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
It’s been a heck of a year. Between a presidential election, a worldwide economic crisis, local mayhem and sports successes — there was no shortage of news in 2008. Here’s a look back at some of the most notable stories of the past year.
Witnesses gave descriptions of how MSU student Katherine Brown, her boyfriend and members of her boyfriend’s family were killed during a preliminary hearing Thursday for the man accused of their murder, police said.
More than 170 people, 35 dogs, eight cats and one hedgehog-like creature called a tenrec, will come together for the Veterinary Teaching Hospital’s annual “Celebration of Life” event this weekend.
Because most East Lansing residents are MSU students, businesses often cater to them. But with their best customers leaving during winter break, many businesses are scaling back operations or relying on full-time residents.
Norbert Müller loves his job at MSU. But there is one thing beside his friends and family that he misses most about Germany — high speed trains.
The MSU Board of Trustees will convene for the last time this semester at 9:30 a.m. today in the Administration Building. The meeting will be the last for Trustees Scott Romney and Dorothy Gonzales, whose terms expire Jan. 1.
Students protesting the MSU project labor agreement contract were asking for equality when they rallied Thursday afternoon outside the Administration Building.