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Pioneer of campus-growth exits U
The MSU administrator who started University Services is retiring after 36 years with MSU.University Services Director John L.
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Police, educators worry about GHB legalization
Drug educators and law enforcement officials say there is a window of opportunity for GHB, or gamma hydroxybutyrate, to become more available.The drug feared by women and coveted by clubgoers was approved as Xyrem on Wednesday by the Food and Drug Administration to treat narcolepsy.
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Registration deadline approaching for day camps
The Harris Nature Center, 3998 Van Atta Road in Okemos, is holding three separate day-camps. All camps will run July 30 through Aug.
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Waterslide to drop into E.L. Family Aquatic Center
If you see swimmers flying through the air at the East Lansing Family Aquatic Center, don’t be alarmed.The park, located at 6400 Abbott Road, after inspection, could debut its fourth slide Friday.
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Dems to debate isssues in gubernatorial event
The first of two debates for the three Democratic candidates for governor is scheduled for Thursday. The first will be at 10:30 a.m.
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Bill seeks to raise child protection
After a Detroit woman was charged in the death of her 2 children when she left in a car on a hot day, a state lawmaker is working to increase the penalties in child-abandonment cases.Rep.
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Plan in place to clean up river
MSU researchers studying the path of pollutants into the Red Cedar River could help neighboring upstream communities with efforts to clean up Michigan streams, lakes and rivers.The research is part of an ongoing $1.4 million project called MSU-WATER, or Watershed Action Through Education and Research.
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Animal lab officials seek more funds
The new Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory scheduled to open this fall could have the capabilities to stop the spread of diseases affecting animals, but the facility is $3 million short of funding.In hopes of receiving the difference, the Michigan Farm Bureau organized a walking tour of the existing Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory for government representatives and legislative aides Thursday.
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Ag Expo to bring demonstration, education, farming strategies
More than 300 exhibitors will highlight the 23rd MSU Ag Expo, the largest and oldest farm show in the state.
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Funding problems close Butterfly House
The Butterfly House closed its wings and was laid to rest in early July because of funding and spatial problems.
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Unicycling priest raises money for Eskimos
A former pastor at East Lansing’s University Lutheran Church hopes to wheel his way into the Guinness Book of World Records by unicycling from Washington to the Statue of Liberty.His trip, “One Wheel, Many Spokes,” began on April 29 and he is scheduled to arrive at the Statue of Liberty at August 10.
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Police dog brought to patrol, search, protect
The newest member of Meridian Township Police Department comes straight from the Netherlands and listens to all her commands in Dutch.Full of energy and generous with her kisses, 2-year-old Asta is the new township police dog.Asta, a Belgian Malinois, was flown in after a dog trainer in the Netherlands recommended her to Brian Gregory, vice president of Northern Michigan K-9.After two months of training, Asta is worth about $10,000.
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Possibility of added commercial business causes upset in community
Lansing - Residents near a busy shopping district on the city’s south side voiced their opposition Monday to Chris Baryames Jr.’s plans to lease his property to a commercial business at 4720 S.
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McCain aids friend in race
State Sen. John “Joe” Schwarz enlisted the help of fellow military veteran U.S. Sen. John McCain to encourage voters to cast their votes for the Aug.
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Tobacco money may go on ballot
A coalition working toward amending the Michigan Constitution to direct tobacco settlement money to health care turned in enough signatures Monday to place the initiative on the ballot. Citizens for a Healthy Michigan, a coalition consisting of the American Lung Association of Michigan, the American Cancer Society, the Michigan Health & Hospital Association, among others, submitted 476,083 petition signatures to the state Elections Bureau.
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Jacobsons financial future in jeopardy
Okemos shoppers may soon have one less fashion-franchise to cruise through as legal matters threaten to affect a department store in Meridian Mall.Jacobson’s Stores Inc. is expected to make a decision within the next few weeks on whether to sell the franchise or go out of business.The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on January 16.
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Nonprofit organizations suffer shortage of summer help
Area nonprofit organizations have to deal with program cuts every summer when MSU student volunteers leave campus. But some groups who rely on volunteers say this year is worse. John Tucker, executive director of Lansing-based Youth Development Corp., said the group had two volunteers working 40 hours a week last summer, but this year there are none. “We use MSU students as mentors for kids, but (summer) reduces our program a good 75 percent,” he said.
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Organizations ask for blood
Associations across the nation are joining voices in a call for blood as supplies have reached a critically low point.Alicia Mitchell, spokeswoman for the American Hospital Association, said she believed a possible explanation for low donations may be misinformation about who can donate and statistics say she’s right.
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Recount shows Donohue wins by 3 votes
A recount Monday agreed with what chance had decided in the race for a seat on the East Lansing school board.After recounting the ballots cast in the East Lansing school district election, William Donohue defeated Randy Bell by three votes for a seat on the board of education.
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Tuition continues to rise for U students
For the second year in a row, MSU students will witness their tuition jump higher than usual. For the fourth year in a row, faculty members will witness an salary increase as part of the 2002-03 MSU budget approved by the MSU Board of Trustees on Friday. The increased tuition fees may also return next year might, MSU officials say. “It’s going to be a rugged year,” Provost Lou Anna Simon said.