Protesters Meet with the East Lansing Chief of Police

MSU Students United

East Lansing Police Department rejects the demands of the MSU Community

Town Hall called for Thursday to organize further action

East Lansing, MI, October 29, 2014: This morning two members of the MSU community, Crystal Gause and Rashad Timmons, met with Juli Liebler, East Lansing Chief of Police. The meeting was arranged to answer the demands presented by protesters who marched on the police station last week. After cancelling a meeting on Tuesday due to alleged sickness, Ms. Liebler finally met with Gause and Timmons on Wednesday at 11:00 A.M. Liebler informed them that the East Lansing Police Department would meet none of the demands presented by the protesters. This includes demands well within reach of the ELPD, such as officers wearing body cams and issuing a public condemnation of the excessive violence used by the police in Ferguson, Missouri.
In response to this total disregard for the needs and…

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Zeria Talks to People – Pt. 5

Carter and Winnie

Winnie is Carter’s emotional support dog, therefore, she can have her in the residence hall. Winnie is 10 months old and is a half dachshund, half black lab mix.

Carter is a junior studying psychology and creative writing, super cool! Does a lot of work with LGBT groups, Spectrum and Transaction; participates in fencing and a medieval recreation organization.

Has had her fair share of bad roommates but will try again at it this fall living in Shaw on the 4th floor.

Zeria Talks to People – Pt. 2

Jalang Coneth

Today I’ve been enlightened about the meaning of Ramadan. Fasting isn’t the sole purpose of Ramadan. The reason Muslims fast is to achieve Taqwa, which is the God consciousness. Another reason for fasting is to learn to be grateful. Think about it, when you’re fasting for 8-9 hours (17 in the summer for US) when you are finally able to eat, you are very grateful to have food.