To push themselves and each other to obtain diploma, about 300 students have gripped markers and signed an MSU student group’s banner intended to increase graduation rates among black students.
Sweet wafting steam billows out of the “little Frankenstein-looking thing” in a field off Hagadorn Road. That “Frankenstein thing,” as Jason Darling describes it, is a maple sugaring evaporator.
MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon released a statement on her blog Monday in response to the riot during Cedar Fest this weekend.
MSU officials declined to issue an official statement Sunday regarding the Cedar Fest riot, which drew about 3,000 to 4,000 revelers. MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon said she will issue a statement in her university blog sometime today, but was spending Sunday assessing the situation.
When clouds of tear gas cleared early Sunday morning, the aftermath of Cedar Fest came into focus. Shards of glass covered the street. Crushed beer cans and plastic cups littered lawns. And for an unlucky few, windows and car windshields were shattered.
As East Lansing police Chief Tom Wibert stood at a press conference Sunday morning in the aftermath of Saturday’s Cedar Fest revival, weary from a sleepless night, he made a prediction. “As far as I’m concerned, Cedar Fest is over and we’re not going to allow it to happen again,” he said. “It’s not a tradition that East Lansing or Michigan State University wants to continue.”
ASMSU Student Assembly officials plan to attend the next MSU Board of Trustees meeting after approving a bill advocating the university amends its anti-discrimination policy.
After months of uncertainty, the Michigan Democratic Party announced Friday that it will not hold a “redo” primary, according to The Associated Press.
Taking the bus in East Lansing will require more cash beginning today. The Capital Area Transportation Authority Board of Directors voted Feb. 20 to raise fares by 25 percent for adults and 10 percent for student semester passes to stay on pace with budget costs.
An MSU student who died while playing basketball during summer 2006 was remembered by his peers Sunday at the Multi-Racial Unity Living Experience’s charity basketball tournament.
Nicole Letourneau grew up watching her four younger brothers play hockey. “They’ve been doing it since they were as young as 2,” Letourneau said. “That’s the way I wanted to start. When I stepped out on the ice at that age, I cried to play.”
A press conference was held today to review the events of last night’s Cedar Fest in Cedar Village apartments, which police are officially classifying as a riot. Police estimate between 3,000 and 4,000 people from MSU and other areas crowded into the 200 block of Cedar Street for the event.
Thousands of people at Cedar Fest dispersed by about 3:15 a.m. Sunday after police declared an unlawful protest and fired tear gas and other munitions into the crowd. East Lansing police Chief Tom Wibert said the decision to fire munitions was made after repeated loudspeaker commands urging the crowd to disperse were ignored.
Police have fired multiple canisters of tear gas into crowds at Cedar Fest, where thousands of people have gathered throughout the night.
A few thousand people descended upon Cedar Village tonight for Cedar Fest, where police have patrolled a rowdy crowd that has shouted various Spartan chants, occasionally tossed beer cans and bottles into the air and sparked several small fires.
It’s a tradition. A “weeklong” transitional period after students pour back into East Lansing and pack their stuff into their dorm rooms for the first time as summer draws to a close. During Welcome Week at MSU there is no class, and required activities are minimal. Welcome Week was the craziest experience of Jake Willis’ life, a week full of nonstop partying, meeting friends and getting to know the campus.
Runners, walkers and members of the community will participate in the first American Medical Association’s 5K RACE (Run for Access to Care for Everyone) at 9 a.m. Sunday.
A five-day trip to Spain is among the top prizes being given away at Dice & Ice, a University Activities Board program Friday at Munn Ice Arena.
As thousands of people walk into the Beijing National Stadium for the 2008 Olympic Games, they will be greeted with 100-foot banners with the signatures of people from around the world — one sporting the John Hancock of MSU students.
On the 40th anniversary of his assassination, Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered for his dream and contributions to the American civil rights movement.