MidMichigan Art Guild to hold exhibit

The Fall MidMichigan Art Guild Membership Exhibit will be on display at the Michigan Library and Historical Museum, 717 W.

Air travel rises as economy improves

If the popularity of Lansing's Capital City Airport in past months is any indication, Michigan's economy is improving, experts say.The airport experienced a 20.4-percent increase in passengers in October compared to the same time last year, making the month the busiest the airport has seen since March 2001.The landmark travel volume in October is at the tail of four consecutive months of passenger increases, Capital Region Airport Authority Executive Director Robert Selig said.Selig said the increased business coming into the airport is the result of several factors, including increased advertising, lower fares and the addition of a new airline, Allegiant Air, which provides several weekly nonstop flights to Las Vegas.The improvements attract area residents to fly out of Lansing as opposed to driving to larger airports such as the Detroit Metro Airport or the Gerald R.

People season starts as deer attacks campus hall

Just days before hunters around the state will take to the woods to begin firearm season, one deer made a pre-emptive strike on MSU's campus. A back door in Owen Graduate Hall's northwest corner was destroyed early Tuesday afternoon when a buck smashed through it, leaving broken glass and pools of blood. The deer jumped over the door's opening lever and climbed seven stairs to the another landing before jumping out the door and escaping from the scene, said hall manager Ron Smith. "I've been here a long time, and I've never seen anything like this," said Smith, who noted that he's spotted deer in the wooded area behind the graduate hall on two separate occasions. Replacing the door cost about $500, and the work was completed by Tuesday afternoon, he said. Computational mathematics junior Jason Hunt was walking by the graduate hall on his way to class when the incident occurred. "I heard a bunch of girls screaming, and I saw them pointing at the door," he said. When he approached the scene, the deer was on its way out, running north through a ring of more than 20 people that had gathered in front of the door, he said. "There was lots of blood - pools of blood," said Hunt, who moved broken glass out of the walkway.

E.L. boycott could create 'U' respect

I've lived in this area all my life. I'm from Haslett, I went to MSU and graduated this year on the super-extended program.

3 incumbents sworn in to E.L. City Council

Three East Lansing City Council members were sworn into their positions Tuesday night, followed by the election of the mayor and mayor pro tem.Council members Beverly Baten, Mark Meadows and Sam Singh took their turns at the podium to take an oath of office, led by City Clerk Sharon Reid.

Police briefs 11/12/03

Bad behavior fault of stadium guests

As a Department of Police and Public Safety employee working security at the MSU-University of Michigan game, I find Valerie Fournier's letter "'U', police should communicate more" personally offensive and full of false statements. First, to "someone who has been to every home football game for the past three years," Fournier — and other Spartan football veterans — should know better than to bring prohibited items into the stadium (which includes larger purses). Not only is it posted on homefootball.msu.edu, outside the stadium and broadcast on local TV, there also were security personnel warning patrons before they got to the gates.

Dignity of unborn child forgotten

In "Right to abort between woman, doctor not her legislators", Preeti Prasad claimed that through a partial-birth abortion ban, women are losing their right to "dignity." I wonder, however, where the dignity of the unborn child is in this matter? Merely because the child, or fetus, if you must, is growing in his or her mother's womb, does that mean that the child becomes a choice?

Beat poetry nights continue at Creole

Calling all hep cats. Tonight at the Creole Gallery, 1218 Turner St. in Lansing, the Old Town Poetry Series will continue its monthly poetry installment with beat-poetry night kicking off at 7:30 p.m.

Female applicants rise for med school

When Heather Wolf entered MSU, she said she was surprised to find so many women in her major.

DCL raises bar, passes test

MSU-DCL College of Law students are setting the bar each time they hit the law books. The law school ranks third out of six law schools in the state for first-time student applicants who passed the Michigan Bar exam in July.

Rare chance

While the words "Superconducting Cyclotron" and "Rare Isotope Accelerator" might sound like characters from a blockbuster science-fiction flick, they actually apply to a real possibility here at MSU. The U.S.

15 years of 'The Simpsons' a fan's delight

Every Sunday night. 8 p.m. If we're lucky, 8:30, too. There is no better place to be, no place I'd personally rather be, than on the couch.

MIDDAY UPDATE: Police say professor's son responsible for Tuesday murder

Authorities believe urban affairs Professor Ruth Simms Hamilton's son stabbed her in the back four times with a kitchen knife, leaving her to die in her Meridian Township home Tuesday afternoon.The Ingham County Prosecutor's office said Bramlett Hamilton, 35, of Meridian Township, is scheduled to be arraigned today in 55th District Court in Mason on charges that he murdered his mother at her Seneca Drive residence.Meridian Township police said the suspect voluntarily turned himself in to authorities on Tuesday.

CRU leader strives for diversity

When Taina Jorda-Cid arrived at MSU four years ago, she said she felt cheated.After reading brochures hailing a diverse student body, she said she arrived at her Academic Orientation Program and saw few people who looked like her."I was thinking they had lied to me," said the political science senior who identifies as Mexirican - combining her Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage.

Body found in professor's home

Okemos — Police are investigating an apparent homicide in the Okemos home of an MSU professor on Tuesday afternoon. At about 1 p.m., a 66-year-old woman was reported dead at the Seneca Drive residence of Ruth Hamilton, a professor of sociology and urban affairs.

MIDDAY UPDATE: 'U' Democrats caucus to focus on LBGT issues

A new College Democrats caucus will focus on lesbian, bi, gay and transgender concerns, organizers said this week.Members of MSU Stonewall Democrats, formed last week, hope to unite LBGT and Democratic voters to benefit both sides."Essentially it's an organization that tries to not only make the Democratic Party better on LBGT issues, but to get the LBGT community involved," said Nathan Triplett, youth organizer of the Michigan Democratic Party and MSU College Democrats executive board member."It's about getting more people who sometimes feel left out of the system and push it left instead of not voting or voting for a third party." MSU Stonewall Democrats interim chairman Jon Hoadley said, adding that although the party doesn't always line up with LBGT concerns, he hopes to see it improve.MSU's chapter is the second in the country behind the University of Michigan, which also started last week.

McPherson lowest paid president in Big Ten

MSU President M. Peter McPherson has the lowest base salary of any president in a public Big Ten school for 2003-04, but university officials say it's because he refuses to accept market-value pay. McPherson receives $216,000 in base salary plus $69,100 in annual deferred pay given to him at a time decided by top administrators. In comparison, McPherson's salary is only 45 percent of the University of Michigan's President Mary Sue Coleman, who tops the rankings in the Big Ten with a base salary of $475,000. MSU Trustee David Porteous said he recognizes that McPherson is underpaid, but a high salary isn't a main concern for McPherson. "The board was willing to put him in a range that would make him more competitive," Porteous said.

Breslin to be invaded by friendly dragons

The hit PBS children's show, "Dragon Tales," will come to life and play its final shows at the Breslin Center at 10 a.m.

Pacemaker Award given to liberals

Left campus is further illuminated every day when people pick up a copy of The State News. A staff of more than 150 hard workers turns out leftist stories daily, serving their contingency well.