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Building a home

Mason — The Wanger family's 84-year-old farmhouse is beyond repair. The living room walls are lined with makeshift-plywood shelves piled with games and Braille books, the carpet is worn, walls chipped and the foundation is crumbling. But despite the loose doorknobs and chipping paint, Francis, 67, and his wife Arlene, 65, have made the deteriorating stone farmhouse into a laughter-filled home for their seven children. So when Mark Voss told them the Greater Lansing Home Builders Association — a nonprofit association made up of companies in the home-building industry — was raising money to build them a new house, they didn't know what to say.

MSU

Dairy Store expands to Union

The freshly painted pink and green walls of MSU Dairy Store's new branch in the Union are ready to welcome waves of ice cream lovers during the upcoming hot summer months. The store opened Saturday and already welcomed a crowd during the East Lansing Art Festival this past weekend.

FEATURES

MTV, BET fall short of potential

I hate MTV. I hate MTV because it's fresh. The art and graphic design, the editing, the visual imagery, the promotion, the press, the news updates, the wardrobe, the voice-overs, the cuts, the commercials, the intricate marketing, the liberal-based advocacy stuff, the guitar-chord feel, the obviously intelligible top-dollar, on- and off-screen talent.

MICHIGAN

Former mayor to vie for House position

Kris Turner
May 23, 2006

Surrounded by family and some of the area's political elite, former East Lansing Mayor Mark Meadows kicked off his campaign for a seat in the state House on Monday. Meadows — a member of the East Lansing City Council — is vying for the House's 69th seat, which covers the East Lansing area. "I want to be the choice of the people," the Democratic candidate said to a crowd of about 35 people at his campaign headquarters, 2660 E.

MSU

MSU professor dies, funeral to be held Friday

Holly Klaft
May 23, 2006

Political science professor Doug Hoekstra died Sunday from knee surgery complications. Hoekstra worked at MSU since 1969 and was a James Madison College faculty member. His funeral will be held Friday at the Okemos Presbyterian Church, 2258 Bennett Road, in Okemos.

MICHIGAN

FDA to possibly OK HPV vaccine

Mara Deutch
May 23, 2006

Women and girls may soon be able to further protect themselves from cervical cancer if the Food and Drug Administration approves a new vaccine next month. On Thursday, an FDA advisory committee endorsed the safety and effectiveness of Gardasil in a unanimous decision.

NEWS

City council falls short of votes for override

Stephanie Pittman
May 23, 2006

The City Council failed Monday night to muster the six votes needed to override Mayor Virg Bernero's veto of the Lansing city budget. Five members — Council President Harold Leeman, Vice President Brian Jeffries, Carol Wood, Sandy Allen and Randy Williams — voted to override the veto.

NEWS

Philosopher's legacy travels home to Moscow

Lindsey Poisson
May 23, 2006

In the MSU Main Library, important works are a dime a dozen. But the manuscripts and personal writings of Russian philosopher Ivan Il'in are harder to come by. MSU library officials returned Il'in's collection to Russian representatives of President Vladimir Putin and other significant scholars in a formal ceremony Monday.

MICHIGAN

Zoo family gets new baby

Andrea Byl
May 23, 2006

The Bactrian camel population at Potter Park Zoo in Lansing increased from two to three on April 29 with the birth of a two-humped baby. The nearly month-old Bactrian camel is covered with a fuzzy fur coat and has two humps, a feature that differentiates it from the one-humped Dromedary camel. "In the wild, there's not that many," zoo veterinarian Tara Harrison said.

FEATURES

Exciting acting missing in 'Da Vinci Code'

Ryan Mccormick
May 22, 2006

The novel was better than the film. But what's new? Because Dan Brown's fictional tale "The Da Vinci Code" had to be stripped down to the bare bones to fit into an acceptable length of time, the level of suspense in the film was considerably less than the novel's. The action wasn't able to build upon itself because the scenes quickly flicked between the most important aspects of the plot.

NEWS

Pistons advance

Andrea Byl
May 22, 2006

Every head was arched up toward one of the five large T.V. screens at Buffalo Wild Wings, 360 Albert Ave., Sunday during the Detroit Pistons' Game 7 in the playoffs against the Cleveland Cavaliers. "We expected at least this crowd," said General Manager Aaron Weiner amid the packed bar.

COMMENTARY

Massive police force out of control, worse than Nazis

Attending the April 22 Nazi rally in the state capital gave me a lot to worry about. But the small group of quaintly clad National Socialists was not one of them. The really disturbing aspect of the event was the close-to-500, helmeted, black-clad and fully armored police force who used the event to showcase the new police state being built around us.