Primary election on Aug. 2

Candidates for Lansing mayor and Lansing City Council members and two proposals are items that will be on the Aug.

Open diagnosis

Tuesday afternoon in the toxicology lab, technician Kevin Pustulka was flipping through an animal cruelty case sent from an Atlanta veterinary clinic. The case is just one of the 600 to 1,000 the center receives every day from all over the country. Pustulka, a veterinary lab technician at the MSU Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health, said he planned on cracking open-bone specimens to check the fat content and determine if the dog in question had been malnourished. Animal cruelty prosecutors in Georgia are awaiting the results of this test, which will be sent out with the more than 4,000 pieces of outgoing mail the center ships each day. This Saturday, members of the public will get a chance to step in the shoes of the center's diagnostic experts, and for the first time, peek inside the state-of-the-art laboratories at the expansive, 153,000-square-foot facility. The center, located south of campus near the intersection of Forest and Beaumont roads, will offer a public program from 1 to 4 p.m.

Spartans golfer Brehm qualifies for Buick Open

MSU sophomore golfer Ryan Brehm qualified for the 2005 Buick Open, which will be held from Thursday to Sunday at the Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club in Grand Blanc. Brehm shot a 5-under 67 and tied for third place at the open qualifier on Monday at the Fieldstone Golf Club in Auburn Hills, Mich.

Local radio remains popular despite competition

Despite the recent emergence of alternate music sources, people are remaining loyal to their local radio stations, according to a local report. The Communications Research Institute of East Lansing, or CRI, conducted a project to determine whether radio interest is being replaced by the high-tech world of satellite radio, personal MP3 players and Internet radio, CRI research team member and MSU Chair of the Department of Communication Charles Atkin said. "In each case, the total size of the audience isn't as large as for radio," he said.

Church often are accepting of LGBT

This is in response to Brandi Walker's letter ("Other viewpoints toward Bible exist" SN 7/26). While I do not hold a formal degree in theology, I have received many years of theological and doctrinal instruction (from Christians of many different traditions) and have served as a missionary in Latin America.

Spartans Suton makes Big Ten foreign team

MSU redshirt freshman center Goran Suton will travel with the Big Ten Men's Basketball Foreign Tour Team from Aug.

SN coverage omits, edits occurrences

This is in response to a letter of mine that was edited ("RHA embezzlement articles redundant" SN 7/26). The part that was removed was detrimental to the following statement: "It seems to me that MSU, RHA and The State News are into covering up and revealing only what they want to." The preceding statement was about money that was stolen from the dorm movie offices - money that accrues from late fees. On police blotters from the MSU Department of Police and Public Safety dated Jan.

Bible not always to be taken literally

Regarding the Bible, homosexuality and sin: If the Bible is to be followed to the letter, all male students at MSU must leave.

Cafe offers unique coffee experience

Lansing - Only in its first few months of existence, the Gone Wired Cafe has thrived selling coffee in a unique atmosphere - two floors, a children's area and the same booths from the diner scenes in "Pulp Fiction." The menu offers coffees, espresso drinks, teas and smoothies with all-natural fruits and no preservatives, co-owner Kevin Franke said.

New baseball coach hires 2 assistants

MSU baseball head coach David Grewe announced the hiring of two assistant coaches, Mike Steele and Tony Baldwin, on Tuesday. Steele has been playing Minor League Baseball for the last five years as a pitcher and is a former Central Michigan player and Midland, Mich., native.

Alcohol inhalant could be banned

Two bills recently introduced to the state House of Representatives would ban the use of alcohol without liquid, commonly called AWOL, in Michigan. AWOL is an inhalant that is a combination of alcohol mist and pure oxygen and can create a euphoric sensation.

Dropsonic far from Led Zeppelin, but not bad rock 'n' roll

Atlanta rockers Dropsonic can't resist linking themselves to classic rock greats. Reviewers of the group's previous efforts, and even the band's official Web site, repeatedly mention the trio in the same breath as legendary groups such as Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones.

Student drowns in Lake Michigan

A 20-year-old MSU student died Sunday when he drowned in Lake Michigan, officials from the Muskegon Police Department said. Jiang Wei Lim, a computer science and engineering senior and international student, was spending the weekend at a friend's home.

Police briefs 07/26/05

'Bears' not as good as original

As a remake, "Bad News Bears" is yet another example of a movie that does not live up to the original version and is kept afloat only by its comedy.

The summer degree

In May, Jaime Engelhart walked across the graduation stage to receive a token of her achievements at MSU, but unlike her classmates who received their diplomas that month, Engelhart has to wait until the end of August.

Martinez first-time candidate for mayor

Editor's note: This is the fourth in a series of four profiles of the candidates in Lansing's mayoral race. As the only female candidate running for Lansing mayor, former Michigan Children's Ombudsman Lynne Martinez said she looks to other women in leadership positions for inspiration and hopes to be among them. "We have from this community a number of strong women who are in leadership roles; Gov.

Word on the street

"I think any type of celebration (the university) puts on isn't going to be what we want it to be." George Konstantopoulos accounting senior "It would be nice to do something like that if it got down to the Elite Eight or Final Four, but I don't think it would defer anything riot-wise." Colleen Duff kinesiology senior "That'd be fun.

Spartans help team push past Belgium

MSU junior guard Victoria Lucas-Perry and junior center Katrina Grantham and the Big Ten Foreign Tour team continued their winning ways in Belgium on Saturday night, with a 78-77 win over the Belgium National Team in Brussels. Lucas-Perry had 11 points and six rebounds, and Grantham had two points and two rebounds in the victory. Lucas-Perry made only one field goal, but made 9-for-10 from the free-throw line, for her second double-digit point total of the tour.

University-sponsored celebration debated at meeting

Next March, basketball fans could party at a university-sponsored event after MSU loses or wins. But Caitlin Morin said she isn't sure if students would attend a chaperoned gathering instead of heading to Cedar Village. "Students just want to celebrate together and feel united," Morin, a psychology junior said.