Locals cope with air ban

Lansing - Air travel across the country, including flights from Capital City Airport, will be suspended until at least noon today.Mike Lynn, assistant director of Capital City Airport in Lansing, said the Federal Aviation Administration ceased all domestic air travel and rerouted international planes in response to hijacked commercial airliners that crashed in New York and Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.Lynn said the attacks will change the way airports operate in the United States.“The world as airports know it changed this morning, and I think the world as you know it changed this morning,” he said.

Football could be rescheduled

Big Ten athletic directors will decide in a phone conference Wednesday morning whether or not this weekend’s football games will continue as scheduled, said Sue Lister, the Big Ten Conference associate commissioner.

International students react to tragedies

The possibility of international or terrorist involvement in the New York City and Washington, D.C., tragedies has caused MSU’s international students to question the events.Hours after the destruction of the World Trade Center, The Islamic Center of East Lansing, 920 S.

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From staff and wire reportsNew York - In the most devastating terrorist onslaught waged against the United States, knife-wielding hijackers crashed two airliners into the World Trade Center on Tuesday, toppling its twin 110-story towers.The deadly calamity was witnessed on televisions across the world as another plane slammed into the Pentagon and a fourth crashed outside Pittsburgh.“Today, our nation saw evil,” President Bush said in an address to the nation Tuesday night.

Band plays good old rock n roll

Dredg Leitmotif (Interscope) In the past few months I haven’t come across very many new bands that I’ve liked.

Vigil allows students to share grief; McPherson says university shocked

“MSU students in remembrance and reflection.”Those were the words painted on the rock on Farm Lane during the candlelight vigil Tuesday night, where more than 500 students gathered to do just that.The vigil planned by ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, focused on the Spartan community coming together to deal with Tuesday’s tragic attacks on the United States.“The main focus is to come together as students, community, faculty and staff to support each other and reflect on the tragic events that happened,” said Melanie Olmsted, an ASMSU Student Assembly member and coordinator of the event.Olmsted said she knew something had to be done when she saw one of the World Trade Center towers collapse.“I anticipated about 100 people and as the day wore on, the display of support grew,” she said.

Fill minds with peace during troubled time

This morning, while eating a bowl of Golden Grahams and a raspberry danish, my eyes were caught by the images on the television and the ghastly view of the New York skyline in smoke.

Set aside differences to overcome attack

As I walk along the tree-lined streets of MSU, it is hard to imagine a crisis in this world. The glowing sun and floral aroma stain my heart with happiness and safety. Yet, as the frigid shadow of reality sets upon me, I cannot bear the idea of such a tragedy that has befallen us.

Pistons begin media tour in Okemos, ham it up with students before attacks

Okemos - A day that ended up terribly somber started off in a fun, light-hearted way for some local school children.Four members of the Detroit Pistons took part in a pep assembly at Kinawa Middle School, 1900 Kinawa Drive in Okemos, to promote their upcoming season with the students and local media Tuesday morning.But in the wake of the terrorist attacks across the United States on Tuesday, Okemos was the only stop head coach Rick Carlisle, forwards Brian Cardinal and Rodney White and director of player personnel John Hammond made before the remainder of the four-city media tour was postponed.The four were also supposed to visit Grand Rapids, Traverse City and Saginaw.Before the news hit, the Pistons addressed and entertained the crowd of area adolescents with free T-shirts, motivational messages and a brief dunk exhibition by White.

Coed frisbee tourney brings spirit to U

Poetry Club starts new season

The Lansing Poetry Club will begin its fall season by kicking off the Old Town Poetry Series Wednesday at The Creole Gallery, 1218 Turner St., in Lansing. The season starts with a reading and publication party for Lansing Community College’s annual student literary magazine, The Washington Square Review.

Campus administrators react to surreal horror

The only noises in Howard Gobstein’s Washington, D.C., office Tuesday were the ring of a phone and the murmur of television news.Three blocks away from the Capitol, it’s rare for such a hush to fall over the busy MSU office in the District of Columbia.“They’re asking people not to come into town,” said Gobstein, MSU’s associate vice president for governmental affairs.

Bike lanes aim to ease congestion

As students walk, ride or skate to class, they may be noticing something different about the sidewalks.On Bogue Street near the traffic circle and around the major intersections on campus, bike lanes have made an appearance on campus to separate pedestrians from bikers.

Student, alumna see tragedy firsthand

While most MSU students watched the horror of Tuesday’s attacks on the United States unfold on TV sets, an MSU student in Washington, D.C., and a graduate in New York witnessed the chaos firsthand.Adam Crysler started his day like any other.Crysler, a communication senior, is an intern at the Department of Commerce and had just started work at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in downtown Washington.But it wasn’t long before he knew something was terribly wrong.“Someone announced that the World Trade Center towers had been hit,” he said.

Freedom itself was attacked

Tuesday morning looked more like a nuclear winter than the hustle and bustle we’re supposed to see in lower Manhattan. Hundreds of miles removed, safe within the ivy covered walls of campus, we watched in horror as the scene was replayed throughout the day.

Two Can Play too predictable

The new movie “Two Can Play That Game” is a movie full of catchphrases and pop phenomenon that builds up to the basic “player gets played” type of movie.

National tragedy strikes home for journalist

When I woke up Tuesday morning my biggest problem was that I wasn’t sure if I was prepared for my journalism ethics class.An hour later I wasn’t sure if I was prepared for anything.I consider myself a smart person.

Local government schedules altered by attack

Although plane crashes and bombs are hundreds of miles away, businesses, schools and offices in Michigan locked their doors and emptied their buildings Tuesday.East Lansing City Hall, 410 Abbott Road, added security guards to unlocked doors to ease the minds of employees.City Manager Ted Staton said the East Lansing City Council work session was canceled out of respect for the victims.“People are paralyzed by these events,” Staton said.

Campus expects additions, changes with new vision

The first of four 2020 Vision forums didn’t have a big turnout, but the faculty and students who attended took the opportunity to offer their input about the future of campus. “This is the first opportunity to give a response and see how the plan works,” said Bill Latta, director for Facilities, Planning and Space Management. Latta and other members of the 2020 Vision committee presented those in attendance with details from the plan to show proposed campus changes over the next 20 years. “We’re hoping to inform the public and give them a chance to hear their comments,” he said. The forum concentrated on the second of three components of the plan, which consists of looking at facilities, environment, land use and zoning studies. After the forums, the plans will be taken to the MSU Board of Trustees for approval. Director of Campus Park and Planning Jeff Kacos said he hopes the plan will be brought to the board by the end of the semester. Transportation and parking issues were among concerns and questions brought up at the forum. Faculty expressed concerns about how transportation will be affected by the proposed changes, including how to enter and exit campus easily. Ryan Stelzer, a manufacturing engineering senior, said he’s pleased with the plans so far but feels the group isn’t looking into students needs concerning parking and transportation on campus. Stelzer said transportation could be improved if bus services were made free for students or included in their tuition. “I think they’re concentrating too much on faculty and staff parking and aren’t concerned with students,” he said.

Lansing launches new center to help parents, young children

Lansing - Children helped Mayor David Hollister cut the red ribbon on Lansing’s first All Children Connected to Succeed Program Family Resource Center Tuesday. MSU President M.