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MICHIGAN

Restaurant expands, relocates

A local restaurant has moved to a larger space a few feet away as East Lansing officials discuss a plan to redevelop its old location. Peking Express, 611 E.

MSU

Sparty maintenance nears completion

Sparty might be freed from his tent-like surroundings tonight after repairs to the ceramic campus landmark took longer than anticipated. Work on "The Spartan" statue was supposed to be completed by Nov.

FEATURES

Plane crash play divides sexes

A mother has been grieving over her son's death for seven years. The seven years of grieving makes her grief look like a pointless obsession of a woman who has lost her mind. "The Women of Lockerbie," presented by the MSU Department of Theatre, revolves around a mother, Madeline Livingston, who lost her son in the crash of Pan Am flight 103. After all these years, she still wanders around a forest in Lockerbie, Scotland, where the crash took place, to find the debris of her son's body.

NEWS

Greener pastures

The early morning sunlight was just beginning to dry the dew off the field grass when Julie Slezak stepped onto the front porch of her Clarksville home to begin her day.

MICHIGAN

E.L. Council to review plan for condominium project

A plan to finance a $7 million condominium project on the west side of East Lansing has surfaced at the City Council level. Although the East Lansing Planning Commission still needs to review the project - which would classify vacant property next to Beaner's Gourmet Coffee, 270 W.

COMMENTARY

Smooth sailing

Late into the evening of Election Day, and even into the early morning hours, contention in the race for president was shared between three major candidates - the re-elected President Bush, Sen.

NEWS

U-M greek problems prompt evaluation of hazing

MSU greek officials will discuss implementing new rules Wednesday to avoid hazing as the University of Michigan continues to investigate recent incidents on campus. MSU has had no reports of hazing this semester, but has seen problems in past semesters. U-M officials investigated five fraternities and two sororities last month following reports that fraternity pledges were forced into a car's trunk, and sorority pledges were touched by fraternity members.

MICHIGAN

Beetle insecticide test results vary

Several insecticides tested against the emerald ash borer have proven to be somewhat effective, MSU researchers said. About six different products have worked fairly well, said David Smitley, a professor of entomology and an MSU Extension specialist.

MICHIGAN

Local health departments redistribute flu vaccines

Local health departments and private medical practices in Michigan are shifting their focus from local influenza vaccine shortages to a statewide scope. The main concern is now in the distribution of the vaccines to the highest-risk areas, rather than hoarding the vaccine for separate counties.

NEWS

Peace Corps provides global guidance

Educating students in Zambia, providing text books for children in Poland or organizing documentary film festivals in Romania are some of the tasks Peace Corps volunteers perform. Mark Holbert, an education graduate student and campus recruiter for MSU's Peace Corps Recruiting Office, volunteered in Sibiu, Romania.

NEWS

Thompson might ask for trustee race recall

State election officials could soon be gearing up for a second count of Michigan ballots as one MSU Board of Trustees candidate says he wants to make sure every vote cast for him will be counted. Phil Thompson, a Democrat running for the board, said because the Nov.