MICHIGAN
$250K to promote alternative fuel pumps
More Michigan gas stations might have an ethanol or biodiesel fuel pump by 2008, Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Tuesday.
NEWS
After the storm
He was born and raised in New Orleans. But the city is no longer home for Peter J. Badie III. "I don't see nothing in New Orleans that could bring me back," said Badie, who lost his Lower Ninth Ward home — the home his father built 51 years ago — in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina last August.
SPORTS
No longer starter, Vicari opts to go pro
The Spartans hockey team lost goaltender Dominic Vicari prematurely Tuesday when he announced he will forgo his senior year of eligibility to pursue a professional hockey career. "I made the decision based on the matter I thought I was treated last year and not being able to play," Vicari said Tuesday. Vicari entered the 2005-06 season as the team's starting goaltender, but lost the job midway through the season to then-freshman Jeff Lerg. With Vicari temporarily sidelined in January because of an eye infection, Lerg got hot between the pipes and jump-started the Spartans to a CCHA Championship and a No.
MSU
Innovations: Bird viruses
Name: Richard Fulton, associate professor Department: Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health Location: Diagnostic Center, 4125 Beaumont Road in Lansing Type of research: Bird diseases Basics of the research: The "Asian Bird Flu" is a deadly form of avian influenza virus.
NEWS
E.L. businesses make their move
Notice anything different on the main drag? A misplaced Taco Bell? And where did B-Tan move to?
NEWS
Assault raises security concerns
Amber Nusbaum said her friend was just trying to protect her from a "big, scary guy." That act of chivalry landed the 19-year-old male junior in the hospital for three days with a grade-three concussion, which involves any loss of consciousness. The student, who said he still can't hear in his left ear, was released from Sparrow Hospital on Tuesday.
NEWS
Back-to-school excitement soon to fade for columnist
Every August without fail, I get excited about school. It doesn't matter how difficult my fall schedule appears or how busy I know I'll be — especially compared to the lazy days of summer.
COMMENTARY
MSU students need to respect neighborhoods
Welcome Week activities may have been tamer overall than in years past, but having had people pound on my door at 2:30 a.m.
COMMENTARY
Guest ID policy doesn't fix problems
East Lansing is alive again with the hustle and bustle of MSU's student body. It's official — fall semester has begun. But before classes even started, an off-duty night receptionist was assaulted while trying to enforce the university's new, stricter dorm-visitation policy.
COMMENTARY
Contraceptive choices expand, should be available for everyone
Condoms don't discriminate. Available almost everywhere from Olin Health Center to Walgreens, condoms are sold to anyone willing to dish out a couple bucks in exchange for pretty good protection against unwanted pregnancies and most sexually transmitted infections. But think of all the sperm collected in that thin, latex contraption that could have otherwise fertilized an egg and developed into a real-life walking, talking human being. Still, condoms live on.
NEWS
Survey: Academic success hurt by outside influences
I was going to start this year's column with a rousing "Welcome Back," but then it hit me that in terms of freshmen, transfer and some graduate students, it is much more appropriate to say, "Welcome to your life here at MSU." The fact is, no matter what you might read on someone's facebook.com profile about MSU being about "booze, babes and sports," the overwhelming majority of students based their decision to attend this university on its academic reputation.
MICHIGAN
Trial date pushed back in playground fire case
The scheduled pretrial hearings of the two 17-year-olds charged with burning a Harrison Meadows Park playground structure has been delayed. Alex Charles Ellis and Jace Wickman, both of East Lansing, will appear in court on Oct.
SPORTS
Lions sign Dukes, Smoker cut by Chiefs
The Detroit Lions on Tuesday signed former MSU defensive end Clifford Dukes, the team's Web site reported.
COMMENTARY
DeVos panders to wealthy, hurts Mich. middle class
With less than 100 days until the Michigan gubernatorial election, what we need to be worried about is direction.
NEWS
Night receptionist deals with Welcome Week chaos
The life of a night receptionist can include anything from watching DVDs to dealing with belligerent residents, and — as was the case early Sunday — even putting one's life in danger.
MICHIGAN
Voters support wiretap verdict
A majority of Michigan voters agree the Bush administration's warrantless surveillance of international e-mails and phone calls is unconstitutional, according to a poll conducted last week by Lansing-based EPIC-MRA. Fifty-six percent of 600 likely voters agreed with last week's ruling by U.S.
MSU
Construction Zone
Construction at MSU didn't end with roads this summer, as dust, dirt, orange barrels and equipment still linger around campus buildings.
NEWS
Students help relief efforts
Every day, Rob Brown remembers the dead bodies left behind by Hurricane Katrina. The houses splattered with red paint and a body-count number are still fresh in the no-preference Lyman Briggs sophomore's mind. "Every single house has spray paint on the front of the house, usually a red circle with an 'X,'" Brown said.
NEWS
MSU history part of local eatery
A piece of MSU basketball history is inside of Hobie's Cafe & Pub, and it's bigger than a 6-inch sub. Sitting alongside the walls inside the restaurant, 930 Trowbridge Road, are high tables made of the hardwood floor that Scott Skiles played on at Jenison Field House from 1982 until 1986.
MSU
Freshmen 'get lost' on MSU's campus
Dazed and confused with maps in hand, lost freshmen are a common sight on campus at the start of the school year. On a 5,200-acre campus with 660 buildings, MSU can be a difficult place to navigate. "As long as I can see the stadium, I'm good," pre-nursing freshman, Katie Hughes said. Capital Area Transportation Authority, or CATA, bus drivers often are asked for directions around campus, but if students don't name the building or know which buses run during a certain time of day, the driver's guidance can be more confusing than helpful. "I was advised by a bus driver to take the #37 Sparty East to the Pavilion (for Agriculture and Livestock Education), but it never went there.