ASMSU members sworn in, pass one bill in first fall meeting

ASMSU passed a bill approving their new director of IT Nichole Dastmalchi and director of marketing Spencer Horan. 

First Black person to buy a home in East Lansing shares memories at Human Relations Commission

Dr. Robert L. Green, an activist against racial discrimination, spoke at the Human Relations Commission's special online meeting commemorating the first meeting in 1963. Other discussion revolved around making edits to Ordinance 1491, East Lansing's disorderly conduct code.

MSU Vice President of Student Affairs Denise Maybank accepts new role at CUNY

The Michigan State student affairs department may be getting makeover after Maybank's departure.

3rd Chief Diversity Officer finalist James Page Jr. holds virtual open forum

“The chief diversity officer has to hold himself, herself or theyself to a standard where they are creating the same level of expectation as every other chief leader in the organization," Page said.

NextGen Michigan launches virtual fellowship program for students to educate young voters

The fellowship, which pays $1,050 per month for 15 hours a week, allows college students the opportunity to educate their peers on the importance of participating in elections.

124 MSU students and 2 MSU employees test positive for COVID-19

This week of results is the highest number of positive cases among students since the week of July 27, according to the website.

Students react to MSU Dairy Store and Plant pausing operations

 Director of Communications and Marketing for the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Eileen Gianiodis said this decision comes as a result of business and economic disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. With MSU moving to remote learning for the fall, Gianiodis said they realized sales would only continue to decline.  

MSU off-campus students react to the shift to online learning

"In actuality, MSU doesn’t have any sort of obligation to help us," Chase Maples said. "We are the ones who signed contracts, right, we are the ones who signed the leases. But on the other hand, we also had signed that not expecting there was going to be a global pandemic, expecting that we were going to be going to go to school full-time with in person teaching."

East Lansing City Council selects new city attorney

The city of East Lansing interviewed the four finalists for the city attorney's position on Thursday, Sept. 3 and voted 4-1 to select Foster Swift Law Firm as the next representing firm for the city attorney. 

Michigan State to remove name from building for connections to KKK

The motion will be voted on at next week's Board of Trustees meeting. 

History: How Michigan State lost the College of Urban Development

Michigan State University is planning to create a stand-alone multicultural building. Though, this isn't the first time the university has went through this process.

Gov. Whitmer announces gyms and pools may reopen, organized sports permitted

Michigan gyms and pools may reopen and organized sports may resume according to executive orders released by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Thursday.

Sparticipation goes virtual: Organizations face technical difficulties, low turnout

Low turnout, technical problems and thankfulness for the event define 2020's virtual Sparticipation.

Meet the 4 finalists for East Lansing City Attorney; interviews to take place on Sept. 3

The City of East Lansing is interviewing the candidates for the city attorney's position on Thursday, Sept. 3. Here is some of the important information about the finalists.

Chief diversity officer finalist DeBrenna Agbenyiga holds virtual open forum

The third CDO finalist — DeBrenna LaFa Agbenyiga — wants the education to go beyond the campus, and for the MSU community to take it with them when they leave. 

How COVID-19 has impacted the local music scene

“Mostly we just really miss shows. It’s fun doing live streams, but it’s not the same. I just really miss that live human interaction that comes with playing live shows and getting that energy from the crowd,” Burdick said.

MSU Dairy Store to pause operations until further notice

Confirmed cases for Black residents in Ingham County nearly triple white residents

As of Tuesday evening, the Ingham County Health Department (ICHD) reported the rate of cases per 100,000 for Black residents was nearly triple those of white residents. With students beginning to return to campus, health officials urge students to follow social distancing guidelines.  

ELHS navigates first week of remote learning for fall amidst COVID-19 pandemic

As classes begin remotely for East Lansing High School, students and parents share their experiences adapting to the new learning model. 

New water treatment plant operational, quality may not improve for 2 years

IPF switched their water supply to the new water treatment plant and tower Wednesday. Although, it may take up to two years for a noticeable change in water quality to occur.