NEWS
MIDDAY UPDATE: Resident fed up with speed of East Lansing traffic
Concern over an increase in traffic speeds throughout East Lansing has one resident looking for help from city officials.
MICHIGAN
E.L. official seeks House seat
Although the election to appoint a new representative for East Lansing in the state House is a year away, three candidates have announced they want to run for the position. East Lansing Mayor Mark Meadows and East Lansing residents John Currie and Mary Lindemann have announced their plans to fill the seat currently held by Rep.
MSU
New products, tech focus of Usability Day
A World Usability Day conference will take place from 1 to 5:30 p.m. today in the Union Ballroom. World Usability Day is an international series and an effort to raise awareness about making technology easier for everyone to use. The free event — which is presented by the MSU Usability & Accessibility Center and the Michigan Usability Professionals' Association — will include experts and authors on usability and new product accessibility.
NEWS
WEB ONLY: Bernero, Benavides face-off in televised debate
Red-tagged homes in Lansing were part of a heated debate between Lansing mayor hopeful state Sen. Virg Bernero, D-Lansing and incumbent Tony Benavides in the WKAR studios Wednesday night. Red-tagged homes are places that have been deemed as insufficient living areas.
NEWS
The bartender
Let's say you and your friends want to get right for the night, but are low on cash. You don't want to spend too much — maybe you'll have to take a cab somewhere, a bar might charge cover, and a late-night Taco Bell run is probably in the works.
NEWS
Shimek, Bowen pace team in exhibition victory
The women's basketball season tipped off as expected — with two standout seniors leading the way. Forward Liz Shimek scored 28 points and grabbed nine rebounds, while guard Lindsay Bowen scored 22 in a 94-67 MSU victory against Athletes in Action, or AIA.
MICHIGAN
Ice cream of the future lands at Meridian Mall
If it were another ho-hum ice cream shop, Dan Stevens wouldn't have dropped out of college to work 80-hour weeks at its Meridian Mall kiosk. And he'd probably reconsider a job requiring him to stand during almost all of his 11-hour shift. But this is a Dippin' Dots franchise.
MSU
NY Times reporter to talk about Middle East
At 4 p.m. today in room 342 of Case Hall, The New York Times reporter Ethan Bronner will give a speech on the contemporary Middle East. The event is open to the public.
MSU
Provost approves MSU study abroad to Israel
Students and faculty will be able to go to Israel with MSU study abroad programs this summer — five years after the university canceled them because of violence in the area. Provost Kim Wilcox signed a letter Wednesday announcing the reinstatement of faculty-led study abroad programs in Israel. Kenneth Waltzer will lead the Jewish Studies Program at the Rothberg International School at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem this summer. "The university remains concerned about maximizing the safety and security of all participants of study abroad, but they also feel the situation has changed substantially in Israel," said Waltzer, Jewish Studies Program director. The U.S.
COMMENTARY
Writer needs to give team, coach chance
In response to Steven Irlbacher's letter "Writer carries too much hope for football coach," I have only one thing to say to him — get off your high horse, man. He complains that Coach John L.
NEWS
'Idol' to feature hopeful singers
Stephanie Orvis sat outside the MSU Union Ballroom mentally preparing herself for her audition. Even though the zoology senior made it into the top 20 during last year's "Spartan Idol," this year's tryouts still made her a bit uneasy.
NEWS
'Jarhead' provides insight into Gulf War
Hey, remember when the elder Bush ignited a war in the Middle East before his son followed suit? Well, if you can't think back far enough, "Jarhead" is opening nationwide on Friday, and the film is all about the Gulf War. Crude oil and humor are the backbone for the war flick.
NEWS
Students look for evidence that drinking games add to noise problem
The University Student Commission is responding to a proposal that would add outdoor drinking games as an "aggravating factor" to the city's existing noise ordinance. Two or more of the "aggravating factors" such as overcrowding in a house or apartment, loud music, a common source of alcohol such as a keg and charging people for entry, can result in a noise violation. Cody Dawson, chairman of the commission and an economics senior, said the group has discussed the issue of excessive alcohol consumption by students, in addition to noise complaints and the amount of trash in the community after game days.
NEWS
The happenings
Music happenings Tonight: Know Lyfe with The Final Chapter, Hyperbole, Dagon, Born and Bearforce at Temple Club, 500 E.
NEWS
We Are Wolves is back again
We Are Wolves is coming to Mac's Bar again just five weeks after the band's first performance in Lansing.
MSU
With ribbons, CATA honors luminary
Evan Fiddler swipes his student pass and sits close to the front of the bus, without much thought. He says he doesn't think about where he sits when he boards a Capital Area Transportation Authority bus. "I just look for one that's open," the telecommunication, information studies and media freshman says.
COMMENTARY
Group's efforts very effective worldwide
I feel backstabbed by Joseph Ryzyi's letter "'Fashion show' does nothing significant" due to the lack of research used in attempting to ruin the reputation of Students for Economic Justice, or SEJ. To correct his largest error, as a member of SEJ, I guarantee you that MSU has joined the Worker Rights Consortium, or WRC (see for yourself www.workersrights.org). And despite Mr. Ryzyi's claim, we were only able to get our university to do this after five years of creative, determined actions and demonstrations. The fashion show that Mr. Ryzyi discusses was an action geared toward education and it accomplished its goal.
MICHIGAN
Honor group collects books for donation
Sprawled out on the hallway floor of an East Lansing apartment building, members of MSU's student group Mortar Board rifled through disordered piles of books Tuesday night, deciding which one's should go where. "It's going to be the hardest to load the books back into the SUV," said Mortar Board member and journalism senior Sarah Swistak. The senior honor group collected 1,112 books to be donated to local organizations.
NEWS
97.5 switch annoys listeners
Elvis "Mr. Heartbreak Hotel" Presley has left Lansing radio. The "Good Vibrations" of The Beach Boys can no longer can be heard on the FM dial. No more early Beatles, no more Buddy Holly tunes, no more Chuck Berry, no more Tommy James & The Shondells, no more Diana Ross and The Supremes, and no more of Donovan's "Mellow Yellow" vocals broadcast locally. The list goes on for all the musicians popular during the '50s and '60s that have gone hush since there is no longer an oldies radio station in Greater Lansing. At 10 a.m.
MSU
Physics, math help police reconstruct car accidents
MSU police Officer Steve Brandman said he wondered when he would ever actually use the math taught in schools. That time came when he began his training in accident investigations. "I haven't had physics or math in 20 years, but I do remember it," said Brandman, who is finishing up his ninth level of accident investigation training this week at the MSU police station. Dan Lee, director of MSU's Highway Traffic Safety Programs, said he has been running the program for 20 years at MSU. There are 23 levels of accident investigation training, Lee said.