Community policing brings officers into neighborhood

More police departments are getting officers out of their squad cars and into the neighborhoods they patrol, according to a U.S.

Proposal doesnt help lower incomes

Reaganomics supporters say tax cuts benefiting the wealthiest Americans spur unprecedented growth and cite the tremendous economic expansion during President Reagan’s time in office as proof that we should again cut taxes in this manner.

Rogers opens local office, plans more

LANSING - U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers opened his doors Monday to the constituents he speaks for on Capitol Hill.The Brighton Republican opened his new central district office, at 1327 E.

Senator considers run for governor

By KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN The Associated Press LANSING - State Sen. John Schwarz, who helped guide John McCain’s upset GOP presidential primary win over George W.

Tax cuts should benefit wealthiest

Dan Woike states the tax cut plan does not benefit everyone (“President’s tax cut doesn’t benefit everyone,” SN 2/23). He is correct.

Williams appoints second new coach to defensive position

It took MSU head football coach Bobby Williams only 11 days to name Troy Douglas the new defensive secondary coach, the second person to be named to the post in just more than a month.“We’re very fortunate to have Troy Douglas on our coaching staff,” Williams said in a written statement.

Police briefs 02/27/01

ASMSU allocates money to build ropes course

MSU’s undergraduate student government is betting money that students will want to improve their teamwork skills - $50,000 to be exact.

Alumna returns for benefit show

Kirt Herronen said the Student Alumni Foundation likes to present a benefit event of some sort every year for a good cause, and this year it decided to do something different. “We had several people on the board who had turned 21 and received the B.R.A.D.

Local radio station wins award

Katy Carolan wasn’t surprised when she found out the Michigan Association of Broadcasters named WDBM, 89 FM The Impact, College Station of the Year for the second year in a row.

College photographers earn awards at state competition

Jennifer Jankowski walked into a Lansing Holiday Inn hotel last weekend believing she was not an experienced enough photographer to win a statewide award.But Jankowski, a State News photographer, ending up taking second place in three categories at the annual Michigan Press Photographers Association Picture of the Year Awards.

Construction management team brings home honors

Six MSU construction management students brought home third place honors in the National Association of Home Builders student competition in Atlanta during the weekend.The MSU group competed against 20 universities.

Group asks U to switch paper types

An MSU student environmental group is not asking the university to trash its recycled paper practices, but instead modify them. Group members of ECO are working hard to convince the university to use 100 percent recycled paper by the end of the spring semester. “We are trying to raise awareness a lot on the department’s part,” said ECO co-coordinator Liisa Bergmann, an environmental policy sophomore. The environment group is asking all university departments to switch over from the commonly used 30 percent recycled paper to a chlorine-free, post-consumer 100 percent recycled paper. The group will hold a public demonstration today at the rock on Farm Lane to urge MSU to use only 100 percent recycled paper processed chlorine-free. ECO members say they believe the 100 percent recycled paper is not used more at MSU because the departments are not aware it’s available.

Administrators: Thumbs down to Pie sequel

When the sequel to the 1999 blockbuster “American Pie” hits theaters this summer, don’t expect any references to MSU - regardless of the fact that the university was represented several times in the original film.Earlier this month, Universal Studios sought permission to represent MSU in a short scene in the sequel, titled “Secret Disguise,” but the request was rejected by university officials.Terry Denbow, university spokesman, said the scenes did not appropriately represent MSU.“It was a classroom setting that was not deemed appropriate or reflective of our classrooms or our students,” said Denbow, also the vice president for university relations.

Lent is filled with religious, tasty traditions

This is a very special day. It has many names: Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday. But most importantly to me and many others with some sort of Polish connection, it is Panczki Day.Panczkis are a Polish tradition originating from the need to get rid of eggs and fat in the house, which would be forbidden from consumption during Lent.Anyone who just said “Huh?” will immediately get the response, “You’re not Catholic, are you?” from someone who is.

Dismal turnout expected in special primaries

LANSING - The polls open today to narrow down the field for an upcoming special election that will fill the three open seats.Those seats were left empty after Brighton Republican and U.S.

Baseball loses opening weekend

It wasn’t a good start to the season for the MSU baseball team this weekend as it dropped two games to Troy State, in Alabama, both by identical 5-4 scores, according to MSU Sports Information. The two teams were supposed to play a three-game series, but Sunday’s game was canceled because of severe weather.

Meeting to focus on Huntingtons Disease

The Huntington’s Disease Society of America’s Michigan chapter will host an informational meeting on the disease from 6:30 p.m.

Council to discuss ordinance

The East Lansing City Council will continue discussion of an ordinance that may limit the maximum allowed height for buildings throughout the city at today’s work session.Council members requested to amend the ordinance at the Feb.

Restricted living is better, study shows

MSU students living in alcohol-free residence halls may be less likely to wake up to vandalism and police sirens, a recent report found.The report, released by the Harvard School of Public Health, showed students choosing to live in substance-free dorms were less likely to drink heavily or to be affected by alcohol-related problems than students living in unrestricted housing.“The best bet for students who come into college and want to avoid the secondhand effects of drinking, like having their studying interrupted for having property vandalized, is to request substance-free residences,” said Henry Wechsler, the lead author of the study, in a statement.Wechsler, who is also the director of College Alcohol Studies at the Harvard School of Public Health, said students wanting a better living environment at college would most likely get it in an alcohol or substance-free residence hall.When Rather Hall was designated alcohol-free in fall 1998, it was the first residence hall at MSU to offer a substance-free living environment.Since Rather Hall became alcohol-free, the overall grade-point average of the hall has risen every year, and vandalism has decreased drastically, said Mark Rinella, director of Residence Life for Rather Hall. “These students come to school and realize that their priority is academics, and they want to be free of distractions that may be associated with alcohol in residence halls,” Rinella said.