Police Brief 03/11/08
A computer tower and several video games were among the $992 in items reported stolen from a Hubbard Hall dorm room during spring break, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
A computer tower and several video games were among the $992 in items reported stolen from a Hubbard Hall dorm room during spring break, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Liquor licenses and the redevelopment of a former nightclub site are among the items to be discussed at today’s East Lansing City Council work session. The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. in Conference Room A of City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.
A $146 million renovation project for MSU’s Life Sciences Building could enter planning stages this year, potentially marking the first state aid toward university building restorations in three years.
A trip to the restroom could contribute to MSU’s energy future if studies being done by the university produce cost-efficient results. The MSU Physical Plant is analyzing the cost of creating a fuel composed of coal, sewage and animal manure to reduce gas emissions.
The band Hellogoodbye will headline the seventh annual Sparty’s Spring Party on April 19 at Demonstration Field, according to a release. The University Activities Board, or UAB, announced Monday the free event will host local bands Bishop’s Collar and A Letter To You and another national band.
While probation departments in district courts across the state feel the pressure of growing caseloads, technological and personnel updates have helped East Lansing’s 54-B District Court cope.
The first place Lillian Collins searches for her required text books is her computer.Collins, a social relations and policy junior, started purchasing books from Amazon.com after spending about $800 for books her freshman year.
With Michigan’s Democratic delegates still not being counted at August’s national convention, pressure from the Democratic National Committee to hold a second primary in Michigan has been mounting as the presidential nominee race remains close.
Various items valued at $5,939 were reported stolen from a Hubbard Hall dorm room between 3 and 4 a.m. Feb. 29, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Police have suspended the criminal investigation into the death of MSU student Rylan Cotter following an Indiana coroner’s ruling that Cotter’s death was a suicide.
Fewer parking spots and apartments are among the changes that could be made to the proposed development between Abbot Road and Grand River Avenue.
After more than two years in bureaucratic gridlock, The State News may soon know whether MSU can withhold a 2006 police report detailing a campus assault.
To Liz Schweitzer, stories are the heart of the Catholic Church. So the best way to commemorate St. John Student Parish’s 50 years in East Lansing, she said, was to put personal stories of alumni on display. Collecting stories and experiences of at least 50 alumni from the past five decades was an easy feat, said Schweitzer, a pastoral associate who has been working at the parish for 30 years.
East Lansing police have ruled the death of a 21-year-old Lansing man who jumped from a downtown parking ramp Thursday a suicide.
Ernest Delfosse will become chairman of the MSU Department of Entomology May 1.
The value of a mechanical engineering degree from MSU could increase after a cutting-edge, 250-ton hydraulic press is delivered to campus in July.
Music blared through the Harry Hill Center Saturday night as more than 1,600 fans made their way around a massive cage at the center of the dimly lit room for the area’s first mixed martial arts showcase.
Clarification: The Oct. 17, 2006 letter mentioned in the page Page One article “Law school dean involved in possible conflict of interest” (SN 2/19), Page One article “College of Law seeks stable, reliable dean in new search” (SN 10/8/07), page 4a editorial “Stability, longevity needed for college of law” (SN 10/10/07) and Page One article “Move to strike” (SN 10/27/06) from the president of the law college to then-Dean Terence Blackburn said “the office of Provost has investigated the oral charges made against you by certain faculty members and found such charges to be unsubstantiated and without merit.”
A white iPod nano, gift cards, $8 in cash, a Motorola Krazr cell phone valued at $547 and a brown Dockers wallet containing various forms of ID were reported stolen from a West Holmes Hall dorm room between 2 and 8 p.m. Sunday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
While students seize the opportunity to forget everything about MSU for the next week, the Michigan Supreme Court will hear arguments about how much information the university can legally withhold from them.