A view of police cars dealing with the shooting taken from inside Raising Cane's

The surreal experience of witnessing a university mass shooting

On the night of Monday, Feb. 13, I had just gotten out of a late class at Michigan State University and stopped at Raising Cane’s on Grand River Avenue. The plan was to get a bite to eat before going home and talking to some of my friends on the phone back in Chicago. Instead, I spent the next four hours in the dark restaurant, peering out the window. 

Mar 2 Lansing School Board Meeting

Lansing Schools to continue work with county health services

On Mar 2, the Board of Education conducted a regular meeting in the Shirley M. Rodgers Administration Bldg. 519 W. Kalamazoo St, Lansing. The Action Items section of the meeting focused on Interagency Agreement which the Board of Education partnered with the Ingham County Health Department to provide high school students in Lansing healthcare service.

East Lansing high school Principal Shannon Mayfield addresses the audience at a podium on stage.

East Lansing public schools offer new safety enhancement plan after teacher finds gun

Teachers, parents and students crowded inside and outside the auditorium for the school board meeting at East Lansing High School on Monday, Jan. 23. Violence and safety issues at the high school were the focus of the meeting.

The meeting specifically focused on an incident that occurred on Thursday, Jan. 19, where a group of students started fighting after the school’s triple-header basketball game. Second-year teacher Madelyn Zink was the first to intervene in the fight. When she did, a gun fell out of a backpack and onto her foot.