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Rogers staffer resigns after Vanity Fair interview

Steve Eder
November 13, 2001

The risqué tale of a 22-year-old staff worker in the office of U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers hits newsstands today in Vanity Fair.Last week, Rogers, R-Brighton, accepted the resignation of 22-year-old staff assistant Diana Davis, who told stories of young capital workers lusting to socialize with the powerful in Washington to a Vanity Fair journalist.The article portrays Davis as a young woman determined to climb the political ladder at bars frequented by capital workers.“Her resignation was tendered due to her comments in the December issue of the magazine, Vanity Fair,” Rogers said in a statement.

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City swears in members for council seats today

Sara Luneburg
November 13, 2001

Vic Loomis and Bill Sharp jumped a major hurdle last Tuesday when they were each elected to a four-year term on the East Lansing City Council.But today marks the home stretch with the official swearing-in ceremonies at the new council’s first meeting at 5:30 p.m.

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Police look into assaults

Police are investigating two sexual assaults that occurred in East Lansing student neighborhoods recently. The first assault occurred in late October and the second Nov.

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Legislators cut budget

Steve Eder
November 12, 2001

The state will begin to move forward this week after approving about $500 million in budget reductions. Spending decreases could negatively affect state workers and prisons, but education was left unscathed. “It appears that they did their best to protect education, but as a result, a lot of other things took hits,” said Bill Ballenger, editor and publisher of Inside Michigan Politics, a Lansing-based newsletter.

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Greeks to elect next presidents

Alison Barker
November 12, 2001

On Tuesday, members of the greek community will elect their 2002 presidents for Interfraternity and Panhellenic councils. International relations and economics junior Paul Hage and finance and Spanish junior Jennifer Nichols are the presidential candidates for each council.

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Tanning salon comes downtown

Shaun Byron
November 12, 2001

Cold and gray weather may have stopped many students from doing any sunbathing.But a new tanning salon in East Lansing will give students the chance to shed their white skin for a copper color.Jerry and Jenni Hartsuff are opening the Tanning Co., 432 Albert St.Jenni Hartsuff said the store will have 10 to 12 tanning units and is scheduled to open in the next few weeks.

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Long-awaited memorial opens

Steve Eder
November 12, 2001

Lansing - Greg Shepard never served America in Vietnam, but he paid tribute Sunday to friends he lost overseas. Shepard, a Lansing resident, was among hundreds who gathered to christen the Michigan Vietnam Monument on Veteran’s Day.

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Protest vents vaccine concerns

Shaun Byron
November 12, 2001

Lansing - Protesters stood in front of the Capitol on Sunday to voice their concerns over the anthrax vaccine being produced by Bioport Corp. The protest was held to inform the public about the concerns of people receiving side effects from the vaccine. Robin Hawes said she decided to get involved after she became sick from the vaccine. A member of National Organization of Americans Battling Unnecessary Service-member Endangerment, Hawes said she has testified to Congress on the dangers of the vaccine. Hawes was a supply systems analyst for the Michigan National Guard and retired last year because of her illness. She said she has migraine headaches, chronic fatigue and recurring rashes. “I take 8 to 15 pills a day, it just depends on what sickness is acting up,” she said. Hawes said she began receiving the anthrax vaccine in September 1998 and began getting sick a year later. “I had No.

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Party receives green light as national committee

Steve Eder
November 9, 2001

It became a little easier to be Green on Thursday. The Green Party - which branded Ralph Nader its poster boy during the 2000 presidential election - gained equivalent status with the Republican and Democratic parities, regulators ruled. The Federal Election Commission voted 6-0 to recognize the Green Party of the United States as a national committee. “I think it is wonderful,” said Tim McCarty, a political theory and constitutional democracy sophomore, who worked for Nader during the 2000 election. The party’s new status means it can accept $20,000 a year per donor, and use the money toward state and local party committees.

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City Center II plans underway

Shaun Byron
November 9, 2001

Slowly and steadily, the City Center project is nearing completion.But another is just getting underway.The city of East Lansing purchased the former Old Kent Bank building at 303 Abbott Road on Nov.

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Vote reaffirms E.L. annexation of golf course

Sara Luneburg
November 8, 2001

The petition to annex the Four Winds Golf Course into East Lansing was on the city’s ballot for Tuesday’s election - it was too late to have it removed after the city and Meridian Township decided the issue last month. But when all the ballots from the city of East Lansing’s election had been counted, the agreement was bolstered by a 78-percent voter approval rating. “I’m not surprised,” East Lansing Mayor Mark Meadows said.

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Kilpatrick lays out future

Steve Eder
November 8, 2001

Kwame Kilpatrick began talking about his plans for his new job as the mayor of Detroit on Wednesday. “I think young people across the country can look at Detroit as a beacon of light,” said Kilpatrick, the Detroit Democrat who defeated City Council President Gil Hill in Tuesday’s election. With 91 percent of precincts reporting Wednesday, Kilpatrick had 104,287 votes, or 54 percent, to Hill’s 88,992 votes, or 46 percent. After serving as House minority leader for the past 10 months, Kilpatrick earned a narrow victory over Hill early Wednesday.

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Students take action outside courtroom

Jamie Gumbrecht
November 8, 2001

Ten students who say they were the victims of racial profiling when they were asked to leave Meridian Mall last month are trying to solve the problem - without lawsuits.With the help of campus administrators, student groups and the American Civil Liberties Union, some of the students plan to meet with mall and store officials next week.The students were asked to leave the Deb Shop in the Okemos mall Oct.