Comfort Eagle flys high

Cake Comfort Eagle (Columbia Records) Any band willing to take a risk with its sound deserves to be commended.

People you meet make school more memorable

When you are young, the number of friends you have can be measured by the amount of valentines you receive every February.

U course looks at food hazards

Thirty-six participants from 16 countries have made their way to MSU to talk about food. They aren’t here to discuss entrees or desserts, they are here to talk about food safety. The third annual Food Safety Short Course, sponsored by the National Food Safety & Toxicology Center, kicked off Sunday.

TheStart decades behind with release

TheStart Shakedown! (The Label/Geffen) TheStart’s debut album “Shakedown!” would’ve been one of the great albums from the late 1970s and early 1980s. Unfortunately for early punk and new wave fans, “Shakedown!” wasn’t made until earlier this year. TheStart got its start when vocalist Aimee Echo and drummer Scott Ellis abandoned defunct cult band Human Waste Project, and hooked up with guitarist Jamie Miller of Snot.

School, Hix reach compromise

HOLT - Jeremy Hix and his twin sister Jessica, who shared a kindergarten classroom, will don caps and gowns together as part of the class of 2002. After two months of deliberation, the Holt High School administration and Hix’s family came to a settlement in the case that put Michigan’s zero-tolerance laws to the test.

Qdoba grill to increase E.L.s Mexican flavor

The tiles are halfway done and the walls are brightly painted for East Lansing’s newest Mexican restaurant. Qdoba Mexican Grill will be opening at 1127 E.

Bailey festival features 10 acts

The audience sat on red and yellow painted wooden box chairs or shag carpeting as Cathy Illman sang bittersweet songs on her guitar.The psychology junior was just one of the acts in the first Bailey Music Festival on Saturday at the Bailey Center, 300 Bailey St.The concert, which included 10 performances, was sponsored by East Lansing Recreation & Arts.Studio art junior Josh Kermiet, who helped coordinate the event, said the idea for the daylong music festival was his.“The idea was to throw together local talent that doesn’t get much exposure,” he said.The Bailey Center, he said, had at one time been a place for people to come and enjoy live bands.

ACLU continues search for answers

The Lansing-area chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union still hasn’t found what it’s looking for. After filing two Freedom Of Information Act requests with MSU and receiving no new information on the 2000 undercover police investigation of a campus group, the ACLU is looking at legal options. The second FOIA was filed June 25 and the information was returned June 27. Henry Silverman, president of the ACLU Lansing-area chapter and an MSU history professor, said the information was no different from that returned in May with the group’s last FOIA request - previously released official statements and no new data. “It was essentially the same,” Silverman said. He said the information was simply rearranged and points were made next to the answers to specific questions raised by the ACLU. Now, ACLU lawyers are discussing which possible legal actions they could take. “We have decided not to pursue a suit on the First Amendment,” Silverman said. “But we might do a suit on the FOIA.” The public outcry surrounding the infiltration began in April, when The State News first reported an MSU police officer posed as a student to join United Students Against Sweatshops - now Students for Economic Justice - for months, beginning in February 2000, to gather data about the organization. University officials have cited five different reasons for the infiltration, most recently that MSU was focusing a “specific unidentified subject” of the investigation of the 1999 Agriculture Hall arson. The New Year’s Eve fire ripped through the fourth-floor office of a genetically engineered crop program, causing about $400,000 damage.

Race is incidental to college success

Last Wednesday, I read your story “‘U’ examines graduation ‘race gap’” (SN 7/18) with a bit of disgust.

Political correctness can stifle expression

In February of this year, the venerable actor and NRA President Charlton Heston spoke at the Harvard Law School Forum.

Izzos 2002 recruiting class take shape after commitments

After losing Saginaw’s Anthony Roberson to Florida, MSU men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo had to look elsewhere for a guard to invite into his 2002 recruiting class.

U isnt here to hold your hand

This is an open letter to those who feel once you’re a student at MSU, you’re just a number. This may be true at first, but you must take some action so you don’t feel this way.

Grant enables U to study heavy drinking

Joel Luther, an assistant general manager at Rick’s American Cafe, welcomes students turning 21 with free passes for their next visit - and advice.“I’ll say ‘hi’ and welcome them and then instruct them to be safe,” Luther said.

Island deal spurs ecological fears

SOUTH FOX ISLAND, Mich. - The melodic mating call of the piping plover has been missing from the beaches of this Lake Michigan island since 1939. But even as the endangered bird’s population increases on Great Lakes shorelines, some are still worried the plover’s song could disappear forever from the island’s sandy beaches and dunes - which many say makes for a perfect plover habitat. “Plover don’t tolerate a lot of disturbance,” said Greg LaCross, a Northwestern Michigan College ecology and field biology professor.

Council to discuss new waste program

The East Lansing City Council will discuss a voluntary automated solid waste system program at its Tuesday work session. The program would give residents the opportunity to put out a 65-gallon container, instead of bags, that would be picked up by an automatic waste truck. Jean Golden, East Lansing deputy city manager, said the system would save time and prevent injuries, such as back injuries, to employees lifting heavy bags and waste cans. “Right now we have two-person trucks and people have to get out, pick up the trash bags and throw them back in the truck,” she said.

DNA dilemma

The state will soon be able to use DNA not only to convict criminals, but to help track them. This step in the use of DNA evidence is a positive tool for law enforcement.Convicted felons in Michigan will be required to submit DNA samples for police records as part of a bill Gov.

Bridge would fix traffic problem

I come from St. Paul, Minn. There are no fewer railroads running through St. Paul than through East Lansing, no fewer trains passing through and no fewer trains sitting idly, waiting until they can move along.

Police briefs 07/23/01

Cusack, Zeta Jones save Sweethearts

There’s a point in every relationship when one party is dragged by the other to a movie they don’t want to see.

Fire scorches E.L. apartment building

An East Lansing apartment building suffered heavy damages and 12 occupants were left homeless after an early Saturday morning fire.East Lansing firefighters arrived at Stonehedge Apartments, 1502 South Shore Drive, at 4 a.m.