In an information age where copious amounts of data are collected by the second, some professors are using the data to revolutionize their fields.
President Barack Obama will be visiting MSU’s Mary Anne McPhail Equine Performance Center on Friday in the early afternoon to sign the recently passed farm bill into law, according to a Michigan Democratic source. The White House has not released further specifics about the visit. The Michigan Farm Bureau told MLive that the President will be meeting with area farmers. According to a representative from the bureau, immigration reform will be the topic of the President’s visit with the farmers.
The East Lansing Police Department has released several new images of the suspect wanted for killing one student and injuring another on the 200 block of Cedar Street Friday evening. Surveillance images show the suspect, who shot and killed hospitality business sophomore Dominique “D.J.” Nolff and injured another 20-year-old student, entering and leaving the complex on Friday evening.
Pontiac, Mich. – Convicted I-96 shooter Raulie Casteel was sentenced to six and a half to 10 years in state prison Tuesday morning in Oakland County Circuit Court. The prosecution and defense agreed to a plea agreement, which Judge Denise Langford Morris allowed. Casteel pleaded no contest to assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder and several felony firearms charges in October. The sentence included a felony guns charge of two years, for which Casteel was given 455 days time served. “You terrorized countless people,” Morris said during sentencing.
Finding solace in times of stress is something many students struggle with daily. But for Kate Londy, comfort can be found in a rather unique way. Londy, an osteopathic medical student, finds that her cat offers her more than just companionship.
Tuesday marks the 10th anniversary of the social media site many young people know, love and use for hours on a daily basis — Facebook. Facebook has traveled a long way from Mark Zuckerberg’s Harvard dorm room.
The possible motive behind a man who randomly shot at multiple cars on the highway might not be the most complicated thing about the Raulie Casteel trial. The MSU alumnus will be sentenced Tuesday morning in Oakland County after pleading no contest to assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder along with several felony firearms charges in October. Casteel, 44, shot at cars along the I-96 corridor in October 2012.
LANSING, Mich. — On Sunday night, MSU students and voters across the state crowded around televisions to experience the sensory barrage of advertisements and football that is the Super Bowl. Midway through the game, they witnessed a wetsuit and snorkel-adorned Gov.
The MSU Board of Trustees has given administration the go-ahead to buy back an $8.5 million property it once sold to the Michigan Biotechnology Institute in Lansing.
One of East Lansing’s newest bars was chosen as a top attraction in the country, and will soon break ground in a new location.
When it comes to recycling, MSU is trying to keep its spot on the throne.
It was the shot that no one heard. At 8:48 p.m. Friday evening, police responded to the report of a shooting on the 200 block of Cedar Street.
One word continues to come up in conjunction with hospitality business sophomore Dominique, or “D.J.,” Nolff as his friends remember the type of person he was. Selfless. “He’d give you the clothes off his back if you were in need,” friend and neuroscience sophomore Herve Nonga said. Nolff died early Saturday morning in Sparrow Hospital in Lansing from several gunshot wounds he sustained Friday night. He was shot in his apartment in the 200 block of Cedar Street around 8:45 p.m. The incident is still under investigation by the East Lansing Police Department, and the killer still is at large. Another student, a 20-year-old male from Grand Haven, was shot and sustained injuries in the incident as well. He was treated for his injuries at the hospital and was later released.
When President Barack Obama last visited East Lansing in 2008, it was a month before he was first elected president. On Friday, he’ll return as a president with one term under his belt who is looking to secure his legacy as he enters his final three years in the Oval Office. Obama is coming to East Lansing for an event about the economy on Friday, according to multiple media outlets citing an unnamed White House official. Little else is known about the event. Both MSU and East Lansing officials said they had not received any information about the president’s visit during the weekend. White House officials told several media outlets more details on the scheduled visit would be announced early this week. East Lansing Mayor Nathan Triplett said he was excited to find out about the scheduled visit from the nation’s leader. “Obviously we’re honored and ecstatic to be hosting the president in East Lansing,” Triplett said.
In an attempt to beat the cold weather and get in the spring break mind set, MSU students came out to IM Sports-Circle on Friday evening to participate in the University Activities Board’s swimming and inner tube water polo tournament.
Within hours of posting about his new taxi company on an MSU Facebook page, mathematics sophomore Daniel Dunwoody was driving his 2002 Ford Explorer with his first customer in the back seat.
More than 300 people celebrated the 2nd Annual Art and Craft Beerfest by experiencing a variety of arts and a variety of peculiar beers.
The MSU Board of Trustees approved the awarding of a contract for the construction of Munn field in their meeting on Friday morning.
Following the death of hospitality business sophomore Dominique Nolff, local officials have expressed their condolences for those affected by Friday night’s shooting on Cedar Street.
An MSU student has died from complications with a gunshot wound following a shooting that occurred in Cedar Village Friday night.