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COMMENTARY

Additional parking needed in downtown E.L.

Finding parking downtown could become a little bit easier very soon — if the City Council approves a proposal to add 45 spaces to the 76-space parking lot on the southwest corner of Albert Avenue and Bailey Street, that is.

NEWS

Back on track

Mark Buckley has been in the railroad industry for 15 years — he remembers when trains took a back seat to automobiles and airplanes, and now sees them rising to the forefront.

MSU

Club raises research funds

Twelve thousand letters raising $50,000. Up ‘til Dawn, a nationwide college campus organization that raises money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, has an MSU branch that set those figures as a 2007 goal.

NEWS

Loomis debuts as E.L. mayor

Bubbling with humble pride, Vic Loomis cracked a smile while walking up to the podium at City Hall to officially accept his new position. Loomis was unanimously selected by the East Lansing City Council on Wednesday to serve as mayor during a ceremonious council meeting in Courtroom 2 of the 54-B District Court, 101 Linden St.

COMMENTARY

Principles of the middle ground

We, both as Americans and Michiganians, are constantly assailed by extremist partisan rhetoric. This holds true for city council elections just as much as it holds true for national ones. Political polarization seems to be a fact of life.