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MICHIGAN

E.L. Council to review budget

Jamie Gumbrecht
April 24, 2001

The East Lansing City Council will continue discussing revisions to the 2001-02 budget at today’s work session. Council members are working to eliminate a proposed $325,000 dip into the city’s savings to cover recent increases in health care and recreational project costs. Another work session will be held Tuesday to discuss budget changes before it is finalized on May 15. During the April 10 work session, council members raised questions about possible ways to add revenue or cut costs. East Lansing Finance Director Gary Murphy said he hopes to provide more answers for the city council tonight. “These are just possibilities,” he said.

COMMENTARY

Infiltration story full of inconsistencies

Am I missing something or have others also noted an inconsistency in the administration’s explanation of police infiltration of Students for Economic Justice? On the one hand, MSU police Chief Bruce Benson responded to a Freedom of Information Act request for records and notes of the undercover operation by saying he destroyed them because they were no longer necessary. On the other hand, in grasping for straws to justify police spying on a legitimate student organization, President M.

NEWS

Group rallies to save shops

Shannon Murphy
April 24, 2001

Erin Tobey hopes a group of concerned students and citizens can preserve East Lansing’s individuality.The English sophomore and roughly 30 other MSU students and community members met Monday at Bagel Fragel Deli, 527 E.

MSU

ASMSU rejects proposal for editorial control of yearbook

Steve Bossi
April 24, 2001

Although another endeavor to get editorial control of the Red Cedar Log yearbook failed Thursday, Bryan Newland was not discouraged. Instead, the North American Indian Student Organization representative said he is pleased with the extensive discussion on the issue. Newland and Black Student Alliance representative Crystal Price introduced a bill that would have granted editorial power of the Red Cedar Log to the ASMSU Student Assembly.

MSU

Study focuses on patients

Cutler Fetherston
April 24, 2001

To doctors at the MSU Clinical Center, multiple sclerosis research isn’t all about tests and trials - it’s about the patients. Dr. Eric Eggenberger, an MSU associate professor of neurology and opthalmology, has worked throughout his career to find and use new treatments for the disease, but also to make it easier for those afflicted by MS. “Multiple sclerosis is a very common disease,” Eggenberger said.

NEWS

RU-486 not an option for Olin

Sarah M. Emery
April 24, 2001

While attempts have been made to encourage Olin Health Center to offer RU-486, officials say the clinic isn’t qualified to make the abortion drug available.Members of ASMSU, the university’s undergraduate student government, met with Olin Director Dr. Glynda Moorer in February, encouraging her to consider offering RU-486 at the health center.But despite requests, Moorer said there is nothing to consider when it comes to offering the drug.“It wasn’t something we really even talked about once we saw what the requirements were,” she said.In order to provide the drug, clinics must be able to provide surgical intervention in the case of an incomplete abortion, offer 24-hour service to patients who take the drug and diagnose an ectopic pregnancy - a pregnancy that develops outside of the uterus.Moorer said Olin is not able to offer any of these services, but the main reason for not offering the drug is the clinic’s inability to provide 24-hour care.“When you perform surgery on someone, for an abortion or otherwise, you need to have someone available at all times in case of emergencies,” she said.

COMMENTARY

La Fleurs logic doesnt add up

In John La Fleur’s column Friday, he states marriage should be reserved for heterosexuals because “marriage is a formal mechanism to establish order in the lives of children.” Therefore, because homosexuals are incapable of having children among themselves, he argues they shouldn’t be allowed to marry.

MICHIGAN

State senator faces decision about future

Eric Morath
April 24, 2001

David Jaye may learn his fate today as his colleagues discuss his future in the state Senate. Jaye’s future as a senator has come into question after he was jailed April 12 in Florida on charges of assaulting his fiancée. Senate Majority Leader Dan DeGrow, R-Port Huron, who relieved Jaye of his committee assignments, will announce today his recommendation regarding Jaye’s most recent actions to the Republican senators at a caucus meeting.

NEWS

Strong storms, wild weather shake up E.L

Jeremy W. Steele
April 24, 2001

The men living at 125 Fern St. had been planning a graduation party, but Mother Nature seems to have other plans.A gust of wind from a line of severe thunderstorms sent a huge limb crashing down on their two-story house at about 4:30 p.m.

COMMENTARY

SEJ investigation causes concerns

You have to feel sorry for the people of Peru if they are relying on President M. Peter McPherson to make sure they have a functioning democracy. McPherson’s paranoiac behaviors regarding Students For Economic Justice is far more damaging to this university than binge drinking and sports-related riots ever could be.

MSU

U clubs unite, put on Slavic festivities

Ed Ronco
April 23, 2001

Sergey Nesterenko found a little taste of home Saturday afternoon.The horticulture graduate student from Siberia was among the nearly 60 people who attended the MSU Slavic Festival, sponsored by the Russian, Polish and Ukrainian clubs.Nesternko, who has left behind family in Siberia to study at MSU, said being away from home is a difficult thing to do, whether you’re from another country or even another state.“I think for everybody, it’s really difficult,” he said.Alyona Yasnogorodsky, an international relations freshman and secretary of the Russian Club, said the organization and others like it offer comfort to people away from their native countries.“They get to see that they’re not alone in the community,” she said.Yasnogorodsky moved to the United States from Russia when she was 12.

MSU

Race raises money for Safe Place

Rachel Wright
April 23, 2001

Rain did not wash away the hopes of raising money for MSU Safe Place on Sunday.The sixth annual “Race for the Place,” an outdoor event at Spartan Stadium benefiting MSU Safe Place, raised $18,000.“The event went really well - well, except for the rain,” MSU Safe Place Director Holly Rosen said.

MICHIGAN

Community takes part in Earth Day events

Shannon Murphy
April 23, 2001

LANSING - Local environmental enthusiasts joined together Saturday with events to celebrate the day before Earth Day. The Adopt a River Program took place during the weekend with more than 400 volunteers collecting at least one bag of garbage each from the Grand and Red Cedar rivers’ banks, program Director Jennifer Rostar said. “I was very happy with the dedication people had with coming out,” she said.

COMMENTARY

Messages should be sabotaged

I am writing in response to Michonne L. Omo’s column (“Message shouldn’t have been tampered with,” SN 4/17). I found her essay hypocritical and a prime example of why such an act as the sabotage of Campus Crusade for Christ’s chalk messages were necessary. In my opinion, the whole point of writing such offensive things was not to be just childish, but rather to juxtapose the traditional viewpoints of the Christian and non-Christian. There are complaints every year about the chalkings, and every year CCC counters with the argument that the chalk is harmless and can be easily ignored.

NEWS

Bushs modest increase for student-aid programs doesnt satisfy receivers

Nicole Jacques
April 23, 2001

College students across the country, including the more than 19,000 students who receive federal aid at MSU, may not be collecting much more cash from the government next year. President Bush’s budget proposals for 2002 offer only modest increases for several student-aid programs, including Pell Grants - the government’s primary source of grants for low-income students. Rick Shipman, acting director of MSU’s Office of Financial Aid, said Bush’s budget follows a disappointing trend. “Financial aid administrations look for the federal aid dollars and Pell Grants to increase at least at the rate of inflation or the rate of increase for the particular institution,” he said.

NEWS

Construction ups dorm rates

Rachel Wright
April 23, 2001

With the construction and improvement of the residence halls on campus comes additional costs - and students will ultimately see those next year.The MSU Board of Trustees unanimously voted at its meeting Friday to increase housing rates by 4.6 percent, about $206, for the year.