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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.

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

Web site offers students book store alternative

As students rush around purchasing back-to-school items, a free online market, which allows students to exchange everything from textbooks to cars, is vying for students' shopping attention. Chegg.com, a national college classified online market, opened to MSU students about two weeks ago. "We created the Web site because, at the time, we felt we were being screwed by textbook companies," said Chegg.com co-founder Osman Rashid. Rashid, along with Aayush Phumbhra, created Chegg.com in 2003 at Iowa State University.

NEWS

Monster roommates

You arrive fresh-faced and bright-eyed at your dormitory, offering your friendship and futon to a complete stranger.

MSU

Alumnus honored by dairy science group

The American Dairy Science Association honored MSU alumnus Kevin Harvatine with the 2006 Alltech, Inc., Graduate Student Paper Publication Award. Harvatine received the award for his article "The Effects of Fatty Acid Supplements on Milk Yield and Energy Balance of Lactating Dairy Cows," which was published in the Journal of Dairy Science. Harvatine is currently studying milk-fat depression in dairy cattle at a molecular level as a doctoral student at Cornell University.

NEWS

MIDDAY UPDATE: Katrina victims continue to rebuild lives 1 year later

One year after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast region, those affected by the storm are still picking up the pieces and rebuilding their lives — often in cities and states far away from everything they knew. As of Friday, 23 Katrina evacuees in Ingham County have received assistance from the state Department of Human Services, said Maureen Sorbet, the agency's spokeswoman. In November, there were 2,293 evacuees in Michigan receiving state assistance, which could range from cash to food to Medicaid services, Sorbet said.

FOOTBALL

Season ticket sales hit 60K, suspended

With both public and student season ticket sales exceeding 60,000 for just the fifth time in school history, MSU officials suspended season ticket sales Monday. The 61,227 tickets sold represent the second highest number in school history, just fewer than the 61,479 tickets sold in 2000. The school also sold 12,722 student season tickets, the highest total since it sold 13,360 in 1991. The MSU football team has played in front of home crowds of more than of 72,000 for 45 consecutive games, with a capacity of 75,005. Two games, Notre Dame on Sept.

NEWS

Students charged in dispute at Crossings

Two MSU students were charged Monday in connection with an early morning dispute Sunday between a crowd of about 500 and police at Dover's Crossing Apartments in Lansing. Food management junior Wiley Graham and physics junior Woodard Williams were each arraigned Monday with one felony count of assaulting a police officer and one misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct in Lansing District Court. Graham and Williams, who are both East Lansing residents, are free on $5,000 bond, Lansing police said. The men are part of a group of seven people who were arrested.