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Alleged dog killer bond could be increased

Summer Ballentine
July 7, 2011

Prosecutors requested the bond for the alleged dog killer to be raised to a total of $1 million in court Thursday because of previous threats of violence to witnesses he made, among other things, Ingham County Chief Assistant Prosecutor Lisa McCormick said. Graduate student Andrew David Thompson’s lack of ties to the community after his suspension from the College of Osteopathic Medicine and the nature of the 13 counts of animal killing he faces also influenced the prosecution’s request, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Jeff Cruz said.

MSU

Asian carp pose threat to Great Lakes

Beau Hayhoe
July 7, 2011

A study led by an MSU professor asserts that Asian carp could pose serious damage to the Great Lakes ecosystem if they spread across the region’s waterways. University distinguished professor in fisheries and wildlife Bill Taylor’s research indicates the voracious species of fish could threaten existing fish populations in the state’s lakes and harm water systems and various commercial and recreational fisheries. “You know it’s big when academics and the management community say we don’t need five more years of study,” Taylor said in a statement. Taylor worked with three other researchers from institutions across the country to study the effects of potential Asian carp proliferation, examining key assertions from policymakers along the way. Taylor and his research team disputed claims by policymakers who say electrical barriers are an effective means of preventing the fish from entering lake waters, among other things. The most notable of those electrical barriers operates in rivers near Chicago.

NEWS

Strong Signals

Josh Mansour
July 6, 2011

As the directors for WDBM (88.9-FM) sat down for their weekly meeting, three gold records were stacked unceremoniously against the back wall, one on top of the other. This past decade the Impact — MSU’s college radio station — won the Gold Record Award for Michigan’s college radio station of the year 10 consecutive times.

NEWS

New details emerge about alleged dog killer

Summer Ballentine
July 6, 2011

Graduate student Andrew David Thompson admitted to killing 10 Italian greyhounds by grabbing them by the neck and beating them or throwing them against the wall or floor, court records show. Thompson admitted to killing the dogs during an investigation by Ingham County Animal Control, according to court records. Thompson faces charges of 13 counts of dog killing, three of which allegedly occurred in a condominium at 220 M.A.C.

NEWS

Developer faces tax lien

Ian Kullgren
July 6, 2011

The lead developer behind the multimillion dollar City Center II project is amid a sticky tax controversy with the federal government, further raising questions regarding the future of the project’s site and finances as it is slated to break ground this fall. On June 24, the Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, filed a personal lien notice on Scott Chappelle, the president of Strathmore Development Co. — the company developing the City Center II site — with Ingham County totaling $496,659.20. City Center II is a mixed-use development project planned to revamp the site of several vacant buildings located on the corner of Abbot Road and Grand River and Evergreen avenues in downtown East Lansing. The lien shows a string of debt owed to the federal government between 2007-09.****

NEWS

Gov. performance analyzed on day 182

Marina Csomor
July 6, 2011

The moves Gov. Rick Snyder made in his first six months in office to cut university funding and impose pension taxes have some Michigan residents worried if Snyder’s plan for reinvention really will bring about the state’s success. July 1 marked 182 days since the governor took office.

MICHIGAN

Food cart provides fast food alternative

Alyssa Zandi
July 6, 2011

Last week, Brennan Woods had a meal unlike anything he ever has had before — hand-squeezed sage lemonade, a burger made with tall grass beef, caramelized red onions, balsamic vinegar, organic greens, fontina cheese on foccacia bread — and he got it from a trailer. Woods, an MSU alumnus, first heard about Trailer Park’d “Slow” Fast Food, a nomadic local food trailer based in Lansing, from friends and was encouraged to try it. “It was pretty packed when I went there — there was a long line,” he said.

MSU

Colleagues remember late professor

Beau Hayhoe
July 6, 2011

Dave Closs still remembers when he first met Don Bowersox. Closs was an MSU undergraduate student when he started working with Bowersox on computer simulation games for conferences decades ago. Closs and many others in the academic community were struck by the death of the 79-year-old Bowersox at his Traverse City, Mich., summer home on Monday.

MICHIGAN

(SCENE) Metrospace to open social media exhibit

Jesse O'Brien
July 6, 2011

On Friday, an exhibit chronicling the effects of social networking in today’s society will begin its run at (SCENE) Metrospace, 110 Charles St. The exhibition, titled “Unfriended,” will be open through August 21 and features ten artists from both local and national scenes.

MSU

MSU Extension, southeast Michigan airports pursue clean fuels

Rachel Jackson
July 6, 2011

MSU Extension is partnering with the Wayne County Airport Authority, or WCAA, to grow bioenergy crops to promote alternative fuels in aviation. Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport and Willow Run Airport have begun growing, harvesting and processing biofuels to explore greener options for aviation fuel.

Birtteny Dee ·
MICHIGAN

Bailey Community Association hosts 37th ice cream social

Rachel Jackson
July 6, 2011

Children, ukulele players and a clown came together in East Lansing Wednesday evening to participate in the 37th annual Bailey Neighborhood Ice Cream Social Wednesday at the Orchard Street Pump House, 368 Orchard St. The event is sponsored by the Bailey Community Association and the Orchard Street Pump House board.

COMMENTARY

America’s unhappy birthday

On Monday, America turned 235. Normally, this would be a cause for celebration, but I had trouble setting off my fireworks and eating my normal double-digit amount of hot dogs this year. Why? Because this year doesn’t feel very celebratory.

NEWS

Alleged dog killer pretrials rescheduled

Summer Ballentine
July 5, 2011

Both pretrials for graduate student Andrew David Thompson, charged with 13 counts of dog killing, were rescheduled Tuesday. The pretrial and preliminary examination dates for three counts of animal killing in East Lansing Thompson faces were rescheduled to give his new lawyer time to prepare. Thompson, 24, temporarily was represented by attorney George Zulakis but now is represented by attorney Kimberly Savage. The change was finalized before Thompson went to court Tuesday morning when his pretrial first was scheduled. Thompson was held in the East Lansing jail and was unable to make it on time for his pretrial in the 55th District Court — scheduled for 1 p.m.

MICHIGAN

Lansing doctors plan new cancer center

Ian Kullgren
July 5, 2011

A group of Lansing area doctors are planning to build a facility geared to offer new options for cancer patients in the area. The affiliated physicians and businesses — collectively named Compass Health Care — are amid securing approval to open an outpatient cancer treatment center and will be ready to serve patients by late 2012 or early 2013, said Joe Wald, a spokesman for the physicians and an instructor in the MSU College of Communication Arts and Sciences.