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Environmental magazine now available online

EJ Magazine, a product of MSU's Knight Center for Environmental Journalism, will now be available to readers on its Web site, www.ejmagazine.com. The magazine launched the Web site on Friday after circulating in print since 2002.

MICHIGAN

Association offers low-cost law courses

Call Lansing home to the $20 law degree. Or some derivative of it. For about 0.0006 percent of what a person would pay for a law degree at a typical university, People's Law School offers a $20 eight-week course on law topics. There's no law degree, but it offers students a cursory study of topics, ranging from real estate to criminal law. "Law school is a pretty serious commitment," said Jesse Green, communications director for the Michigan Trial Lawyers Association, which runs the school.

MICHIGAN

Proposed policy could devalue student housing

Developing student housing in the downtown area isn't a top priority for East Lansing officials. The City Council will discuss a policy that would give preferential treatment to housing projects targeted at permanent residents and young professionals at its 7 p.m.

MICHIGAN

Commemorating 9/11

Lansing — Beyond the blare of bagpipes and men bearing American flags, four rows of fire and police officials marched in the streets of Lansing — a sign of solidarity for their 343 "brothers" who died trying to save people after the Sept.

MSU

MSU Honors Sept. 11

Displayed in rows near the bank of the Red Cedar River, 2,977 miniature American flags stood in the drizzling rain early Monday morning — each flag for someone who died during the Sept.

MICHIGAN

E.L. environmental journal to be distributed

East Lansing residents will soon have a way to keep tabs on what's been done in the city to help the environment. The Curbside Journal, a publication to be distributed for free to residents later this week, highlights environmental events and provides information on special events and city services. The latest event is the book and media recycling collection scheduled for Sept.

MICHIGAN

Hubbard Hall case faces 3rd delay

Preliminary court proceedings for two men charged in connection with an alleged Feb. 23 assault at Hubbard Hall were postponed again Friday. The prosecution rested its case against 17-year-old Joel Hamlar, and representatives from both sides argued his case be bound to Ingham County Circuit Court. It is unclear when the judge, Richard Ball, will decide if Hamlar's case moves to circuit court. On Friday, the preliminary examination for Albert Robinson, 19, was rescheduled for Oct.

MSU

Professors create urban plans for Mich.

A new book written by MSU professor Kenneth Corey and associate professor Mark Wilson helps outline a course for Michigan communities to change their planning strategies to create jobs and wealth. Corey and Wilson, professors of geography and urban and regional planning, wrote the book in an effort to educate individuals and to create awareness for a knowledge-based economy.

MSU

Hubbard assault case in district court again

The two men charged in connection with an alleged Feb. 23 assault at South Hubbard Hall will appear in district court Friday for a continuation of their preliminary examinations, according to court records. This will be the third time the men — MSU student Albert Robinson and nonstudent Joel Hamlar — will appear for this type of hearing, as the other two examinations were adjourned. Robinson and Hamlar were two of three assailants arrested in connection with an alleged assault in which three South Hubbard Hall occupants were threatened.

MSU

Revolution in cultural studies

When Dionicio Valdés was at the University of Minnesota in 1984, he dreamed about the day universities in the United States would have a Chicano and Latino doctoral program. Valdés tried to create a program at Minnesota for more than 20 years while he worked as an assistant professor in Chicano studies.

MSU

MCRI opponents protest downtown

With agitated drivers honking behind them, students protesting the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative rallied on Grand River Avenue Thursday evening. Engineering junior Andrew Hoyles helped organize the rally against Proposal 2.

MICHIGAN

Capturing the culture

Lansing — Known for its mitten shape, freshwater lakes and two battling Big Ten universities, photojournalist Colin Finlay believes one of Michigan's most defining features is its status as the nation's automotive capital. Focusing the photo shoot on the local auto industry, Finlay, a renowned photographer, led a group of Lansing Community College photography students through a General Motors Corp.