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Police apprehend suspect involved in purse theft

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Last Wednesday, a patrolling Lansing police officer noticed a Sparrow Hospital security officer running down Michigan Avenue near Pennsylvania Avenue. The security officer explained he was chasing a female who stole a purse from an elderly lady in the hospital, Lansing Public Information Officer Robert Merritt said. The female was located and arrested without incident after obtaining a description of the suspect and the direction she headed. After further investigation, the officers discovered the female suspect stole the purse while inside the hospital lobby. A parking attendant was notified that the suspect exited the hospital with the purse and was able to apprehend the suspect. While talking to security and the victim, she took off running again and officers were able to find and arrest her. Holly Baranowski

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Carmack sentenced Brandon Carmack was given a two-year probationary sentence on July 31 before Ingham Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina. After seeking his ex-girlfriend, Therese Kerr, on the night of Aug. 27, 2012, witnesses say that Carmack grabbed Kerr by the neck and shoulders, yelling at her until other males at the party intervened. Carmack faced charges of filing a false report of a misdemeanor, third-degree home invasion and a misdemeanor of stalking. “We are all going to win if Mr. Carmack can take this opportunity to get rehabilitated,” Ingham County Prosecutor Andrew Stevens said in court. “He, of course, has a wonderful benefit in front of him if he can do so.” Morrill Hall in flames When Morrill Hall caught fire on May 15, crowds of spectators watched as what was one of the oldest buildings at MSU spewed smoke and flames. Built in 1899, Morrill Hall was approved for demolition in June 2010 by the MSU Board of Trustees. It was built of wooden beams that had become rotten, history professor David Bailey said, and the demolition had been started a week prior to the building catching fire. “There’s an awful lot of history and an awful lot of wonderful people who have come through that building,” Bailey said in a previous interview. “In a way, MSU never, until recently, had the funds to build buildings properly. It looked like it was sturdier than it turned out to be.” The cause of the fire was determined as unknown with no indication of arson, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said in a previous interview. The investigation was closed early the next week, and the building’s demolition resumed. Board of Trustees meeting During the MSU Board of Trustees meeting on June 21, the board approved budget and tuition rates for the 2013-14 academic year and planned preliminary rates for 2014-15. Students can expect

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Multiple variations of classic folk music were on display in downtown East Lansing last weekend from page one

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Firefighters respond to a fire on May 15 at Morrill Hall.

an average rise in tuition of 2.8 percent next year. The rise in tuition will bring a split rate between upper- and lower-level undergraduate students. It’s the first time the rates have changed separately, according to a previous State News article. “It’s a way of signaling and having an advantage for people making that high school to college transition, but also it simply is a technical adjustment to keep those rates more in balance and keep them in the same place over time,” MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon said during the meeting. Additionally, during the meeting, trustees discussed the ongoing battle between administration and ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government. The board agreed that if ASMSU didn’t move all of its funds to an on-campus account by July 1, administration would determine a new means of collecting the tax. The board also made plans to renovate Chittenden Hall — a building that has been vacant since the 1990s — Spartan Stadium’s north end zone and Munn Ice Arena’s ice plant and ventilations system. ASMSU tension This summer, MSU’s undergraduate student government, ASMSU, made the decision to move all funds on campus after a long and tiresome battle with administration. Representatives gathered for an emergency General Assembly meeting on June 21, where they voted 12-2 to make the transition. “We’re not going to lose our integrity as a student organization because of certain circumstances that have arisen,” ASMSU Vice President for Student Funding Mike Mozina said in a previous interview. “We’re going to keep doing the things that we do best, and that’s engaging students at a very base level.” The battle began back in 2010 when Maner Costerisan Certified Public Accountants performed two audits, both of which showed issues with how ASMSU was keeping track of its funds.

“We have a responsibility (because we are the collector of the student dollars) to assure that if there are audits — as there would be in any aspect of the university — that raise any questions about the financial integrity in how they use those dollars, it is our belief that the university has the responsibility to deal with it,” MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon said during the meeting. Common Ground Common Ground Music Festival returned to downtown Lansing for its 14th year, featuring a variety of both local talent and nationally recognized artists. The festival kicked off on July 8 and continued for six more days, with more than 70 acts performing. When the festival began, it focused more on classic rock, but branched out with artists such as MGMT and Ludacris this year. “Common Ground is like the Super Bowl as far as Lansing is concerned,” rapper and member of BLAT! Pack Jahshua Smith said in a previous interview. “The opportunity to play a great card and still get the proper spotlight — that’s the culmination of everything we’ve worked so hard for over the past four years.” Park District project After a summer of deliberation, the East Lansing City Council chose DTN Management Co. as the preferred private development partner to revitalize the west side of downtown on Aug. 6. Known as the Park District project, the plan includes a 400-space parking structure and a 10-story building with hotel and residential units, according to a past State News article. The Park District covers 2.82 acres of land, stretching from Abbot Road to Valley Court, near The People’s Church, Dublin Square Irish Pub and Valley Court Park. The next step is to work on a predevelopment agreement with the city. This will detail the process of working with different companies, citizen groups and area stakeholders.

ple, but then you can also step outside of your experience and learn a little bit about another culture at the same time," Helou said. Lansing resident Mary Taylor, who just recently returned to Lansing after 25 years, said camaraderie among such a diverse crowd is what she enjoyed and missed most from Michigan festivals. "I love the diversity of people the festival draws, and I love how it brings everyone in the community together," Taylor said. "The location is great, and it's a beautiful, festive atmosphere. I just moved back this past year, so I came home to make the folk festivals a part of my life again." Taylor, who attended the festival two days in a row with her husband, said the music this year was so wonderful that she had trouble picking a favorite. "The festival had a lot of great artists, but it was a tossup between Clear Fork Bluegrass Quartet and Dentdelion," Taylor said. "We left during Cathie Ryan, the Celtic singer — she was really good, too. So it was really a tossup; they were all really great." Helou said the MSU Museum has been producing folklike festivals for 25 years and aims to showcase different folk artists every year so that patrons get to experience all types of cultural traditions. "We work with a group of community music advis-

“We work with a group of community music advisers who are kind of plugged into some of the different cultured traditions.” Lora Helou, MSU Museum acting director

ers who are kind of plugged into some of the different cultured traditions," Helou said. "We work with the Smithsonian, (and) we work with colleagues from across the country who also produce events. And we also do a lot of community outreach to identify craft and food vendors that are also tradition barriers and give us a strong sense of authenticity and sustaining these traditions in music, food and crafts and homemade goods." Cathie Ryan said returning to the festival after 10 years was a wonderful feeling. "It was so great to be back; it was like a homecoming," said Ryan, who has Irish roots. "I forgot how great it was." This year, Ryan said she noticed there was a unique and unifying quality among the audience that she felt honored to be a part of. "The Community Sing was a new thing to have a tent … full of people who wanted to sing — and who sang at the top of their lungs with a full heart, big smiling faces and were totally present for the music," Ryan said. "People are wanting to sing in East Lansing, and I was very honored to be asked to be a part of the Community Sing and to share songs and singalong songs. ... It's just a lovely way of being in the community, and I think we all need that. It's a good way to be connected to people, express yourself and have fun. I loved that."

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a previous statement. “Each and every one of us would give anything to have her here with us. Our family has just endured the worst 14 months of our lives.” Cannon, 18, took full responsibility for the occurrence and told the judge he would serve his time with his head held high. Although alcohol was found to be the cause of Pryor’s death, Cannon was found standing above Pryor while she was unconscious and unclothed from the waist down

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SCRIMMAGE

Defense emerges victorious over offense in first preseason scrimmage from page one

Freshman kicker Michael Geiger continued to make his case for replacing the graduated Dan Conroy by making seven-of-eight field goals in the scrimmage, which included two from 48 yards out. “ Wit hout watc h i ng t he video, you’ve got to look at Michael Geiger as the bright spot of the scrimmage,” Dantonio said in the release. “Right now, he’s in the lead for that position.” On the ground, freshman Gerald Holmes was the most efficient runner, gaining 55 yards on seven carries, albeit mostly against the freshman

defense. Fellow freshman running back Delton Williams also carried the ball more than seven times, but MSU did not provide his statistics. Juniors Nick Hill and Jeremy Langford each rushed for touchdowns while contributing 24 and 31 yards, respectively. Redshirt freshman running back Riley Bullough did not play in the scrimmage because of an injury. Dantonio singled out the backfield after practice on Friday as a group he was going to watch caref ully in the scrimmage. “I want to see the tailback situation, who’s running well, you know, breaking tackles, being able to run through smoke,” Dantonio said. “… We want to make sure everybody has an opportunity to show themselves. So it’s going to be important that everybody gets some reps.”

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