NEWS
Youth choir to sing at world event
In the MSU Community Music program there exist several small voices uniting to make one substantial sound full of spirit and soul.
MICHIGAN
Towns to vote on millage for emergency-fund
Voters will decide on the necessity of an emergency services millage during the Aug. 6 primary. For every $1,000 of taxable property, residents must have an additional $1.25 in property taxes.
FEATURES
Guest appearance helps Fetus-X move forward
The fetus in a jar that brought controversy to MSU a few years ago now is taking it all in stride.“Fetus-X”, the comic created by Eric Millikin and Casey Sorrow that once ran in The State News, has picked up momentum and expanded beyond being a college comic.Despite the inherent controversy involved with having the main character as a human fetus in a jar, “Fetus-X” was chosen by online comic “Goats” to be a featured guest during its “Goats Guest Week” on July 24.
FEATURES
Fair offers fun for all
The fair is held at the Ingham County Fairgrounds, 700 E. Ash St. in Mason, and boasts numerous activities for families to enjoy.
NEWS
Analysts: GOP race finished, Dems race tight
The gubernatorial primary is days away, but political analysts say the fate of the two Republicans already is sealed, leaving the only race among the three Democratic hopefuls. Attorney General Jennifer Granholm leads her opponents with 38 percent of likely voters, according to the most recent poll by Lansing-based polling firm EPIC/MRA.
COMMENTARY
High school sports working fine as is
While I understand the State News editorials are opinions of the editorial staff, I would think that the staff would do at least a little research on the topic of the day.
MICHIGAN
Coffeehouse set for reopening
A red garage door marks the entrance to downtown East Lansing’s newest business, but instead of cars and motorcycles rolling in and out, it will be cappuccinos and espressos.
COMMENTARY
Obesity not to be blamed on food
I just read Jacquelyne Froeber’s column regarding the obese man that is trying to sue the fast food places (“ Obesity not the fault of the food chain, everybody knows burgers aren’t health food,” SN 7/29). Froeber was so right and I loved the column.
SPORTS
Hoops team releases 2002-03 schedule
The MSU women’s basketball team missed out on the 2002 NCAA Tournament, but it will get a sufficient dosage of last year’s qualifiers in the upcoming season. Of the 27 games the Spartans are slated to play in the 2002-03 season, 11 - five at home - will be against teams that were in the Big Dance last March. The schedule features 14 games at Breslin Center.
MICHIGAN
Judgeship candidates look to speed up deciding cases in 4th District Court
With as much of a two-year waiting period for decisions, candidates for 4th District Court of Appeals judgeships said they are hoping to increase court efficiency.Three candidates - a judge, a senator and a lawyer are vying for the position in the Aug.
NEWS
Dukes cleared of assault charges
MSU defensive end Clifford Dukes was cleared of four counts of assault and battery and two counts of aggravated assault in 54-B District Court on Tuesday. The charges were brought against Dukes in March after an Oct.
MSU
Campus fountain to begin flowing soon
The fountain outside the Main Library is expected to be filled today and should be flowing this weekend, campus officials said. There is a chance maintenance work on the steps near the library’s north entrance might delay plans to fill the pools, Campus Park & Planning director Jeff Kacos said Tuesday, but officials don’t expect a problem. In mid-June, Kacos said cold spring weather, budget concerns and possible repairs were delaying the fountains’ opening.
MSU
Doctors hope to fix obesity problem
Child obesity has become a problem in the United States according to medical officials.To address the issue of childhood obesity and ways to remedy the problem, 100 physicians, pediatricians and nutritionists will meet today at MSU.
COMMENTARY
SN endorses
With continued budget shortfalls expected in Michigan’s immediate economic future, the decision of who will be the state’s next governor is one voters shouldn’t take lightly.
MICHIGAN
CATA pushes for millage
Capital Area Transportation Authority officials want area residents to approve a proposed five-year millage increase on Tuesday’s primary election ballot. But with a weak economy, some might not want to increase CATA’s property tax of 1.4 mills by about 58 percent. The .82-mill increase would cost an owner of a $60,000 home $24.60 more a year in property taxes.
MICHIGAN
Students make mural of McDonald House
Art students at Lansing Community College have been making a glass mural for the Ronald McDonald House of Mid-Michigan, 121 S.
COMMENTARY
Hippies, med students and the hip: time to finish list of campus groups
As promised, this week I have composed a second and final part to my “Field Guide to Spartan Cliques.” The first part, published in these pages two weeks ago, stirred up a veritable hornet’s nest of indignant feedback, provided that those hornets are all dead and the nest is in the trash - in other words, nobody wrote me a damn thing.
MICHIGAN
Cigarette-tax increases to begin today
With the cigarette tax scheduled to increase by 50 cents today, some smokers are feeling the burn.Wesley Thomas contends the change, along with measures across the country to eliminate smoking in public, is discrimination against smokers.“It’s stupid that they’re raising taxes and saying that we can’t smoke where we want to,” the 19-year-old Lansing resident said.
MICHIGAN
Six candidates enter primary for vacant Lansing council spot
Six candidates will face off in the Lansing City Council primary Tuesday, but only two will move on to the November election.The winner in November will fill the remaining three years of former Councilmember Lou Adado’s four-year term.
NEWS
Bath deal focuses on safety, officials cry foul
Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part series about East Lansing’s expansion into other communities. Jonathan Rosenthal said everyone walked away with a smile when Bath Township and East Lansing leaders struck a land-share deal earlier this summer. But it seems the business administration and pre-law senior was wrong.