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MSU

Board of Trustees preview

The MSU Board of Trustees will conclude the spring semester with a meeting today that’s more about celebration than hard decision-making, board members said.

MICHIGAN

Retailers unaffected by economic slump

The slumping national economy seems unable to harm Lansing-area shopping centers. Even with a wave of recent national retail chain bankruptcies and closings, including Sharper Image Corp., local malls and strip malls aren’t worried about the economic impact on their shopping centers.

NEWS

Saving for the summit

After watching Africa’s tallest mountain on the big screen at age 13, Britt Larson made conquering Mount Kilimanjaro her personal goal. “You always hear about Mount Kilimanjaro, but after I saw an Imax film when I was around 13 years old, it’s been on my to-do list ever since,” the zoology sophomore said. “For the last five or six years I’ve really wanted to climb it.”

MSU

Farm Lane project results may justify traffic delays

Charlotte Wilks knows firsthand that railroad crossings can be dangerous. She once saw a fellow employee climb between the cars of a stopped train near her laboratory in the Life Sciences Building. The employee’s daughter had gotten sick while in day care on the other side of the tracks.

NEWS

Tragic turning point

For then-MSU senior Derek Gessert, April 16, 2007, was already a gloomy day. And it turned into a nightmare. Gessert, a Virginia native and MSU alumnus, was at a funeral reception for his ex-girlfriend when he first heard the news of the campus shootings that left 33 dead at Virginia Tech University one year ago.

MICHIGAN

Northwest-Delta merger could increase airfare

Flights to and from Lansing could be more expensive if a proposed merger between Northwest Airlines Corp. and Delta Air Lines Inc. is approved. The merger would create the world’s largest airline carrier and the Delta name would be retained.