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MSU

Farm Lane project results may justify traffic delays

Charlotte Wilks knows firsthand that railroad crossings can be dangerous. She once saw a fellow employee climb between the cars of a stopped train near her laboratory in the Life Sciences Building. The employee’s daughter had gotten sick while in day care on the other side of the tracks.

NEWS

Tragic turning point

For then-MSU senior Derek Gessert, April 16, 2007, was already a gloomy day. And it turned into a nightmare. Gessert, a Virginia native and MSU alumnus, was at a funeral reception for his ex-girlfriend when he first heard the news of the campus shootings that left 33 dead at Virginia Tech University one year ago.

MICHIGAN

Northwest-Delta merger could increase airfare

Flights to and from Lansing could be more expensive if a proposed merger between Northwest Airlines Corp. and Delta Air Lines Inc. is approved. The merger would create the world’s largest airline carrier and the Delta name would be retained.

BASKETBALL

Izzo, Baum made coaches for Saturday's intrasquad football game

It’s evident MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo is a football junkie. With Saturday’s intrasquad spring game quickly approaching, MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio made a couple of quick coaching additions – designating Izzo as a coach of the Green squad and men’s soccer coach Joe Baum a coaching member of the White.