Michigan-area performers put on Christian concert at Union

The Union Ballroom was bursting at the seams with energy Sunday from the singers of Expressions of Praise, a gospel concert sponsored by the Women of Color Task Force.The event, featuring Lansing's own brother-sister gospel hip-hop group Tre'-Kin,Detroit's Heavenly Hands, an American Sign Language choir and Lansing's New Mount Calvary Choir, was a night of "special praises in song."Students and church members attended the event and had nothing but good things to say about the concert.

Campus split on possible Brody addition

Emmons Hall roommates Lisa Lubinsky and Keara Cromie have mixed feelings about the possible construction of a new residence hall in the Brody Complex. MSU officials said Friday a 300-student building could be added between Emmons and Butterfield halls within five years.

Answers sought about meningitis

While sitting in her Haslett home, Pat Bezdek saw her daughter's residence hall on a television news report Friday night. Her daughter had called the night before saying one of her floormates was taken to the hospital with an illness similar to meningitis. Thirty minutes after seeing the news report, she was with residents in a Hubbard Hall classroom looking for answers. A female journalism sophomore living on the building's ninth floor contracted meningococcemia, a disease similar to bacterial meningitis.

Broken sprinkler causes fire, flood

Shaw Hall was evacuated at about 3 a.m. Saturday after a fire alarm sounded and sprinklers activated on the ground floor."A sprinkler got broke off on ground east," said Assistant Building Manager Ken Hoffman.

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LCC chooses new trustee

The Lansing Community College Board of Trustees selected Marylou Olivarez Mason on Friday to fill a vacancy left by C.

LeFrak forum and symposium kicks off lecture series

Cloning, stem cell research and the ethics behind the issues is brought to the Kellogg Center this semester by representatives from the White House and research labs around the country.

Police continue investigations

Preliminary results from an autopsy on the Lansing woman found dead in her home Tuesday indicate she died from being stabbed, the Lansing Police Department said Friday. Tehesha Wallace, who lived on Call Street, was found by family and police about a week after she died. Toxicology reports aren't complete and the final autopsy report still is not finished.

'U' team presents prevention workshop on online identity theft

The text message from user "Diet Pepsi" flashed across the computer screen: "Is there anyone who can make perfect Michigan IDs?" A user called "Enkrypt" responded, "Kevlar's the man." Messages such as these filled a Web site's chat room notorious for being a haven for people seeking contacts with those making fake IDs, trading information and resources - all in front of police Officer Marty Smith, a 15-year police veteran who accessed the site moments earlier. "This is a great tool," the Oak Park police detective said.

City denies 2 liquor licenses

After being denied a request to obtain a liquor license from the East Lansing City Council, India Palace managers are saying they were treated unfairly - and are shocked by the outcome. India Palace manager Harmail Sidhu said he can't understand why the council would want to hold out for another business and not help local businesses.

Clinic provides travel help

Along with securing a passport, packing bags and filling out paper work, MSU health officials encourage students to take health precautions when studying abroad.

22-year-old state Rep. faces challenges of youth

Lansing - Standing in front of a 4-H Club judge, with a dead chicken in his arms and his shirt covered in chicken vomit, state Rep.

RHA movie budget not overspent

MSU's Residence Halls Association said Thursday the 2001-02 movie budget was never overspent. "The RHA administration told the general assembly that they were going over budget," said Brian Winters, the association's public relations director.

'U' switches online program

Students and professors who use the course management system Blackboard will notice a change after MSU announced Tuesday it will switch to a new program. ANGEL, or A New Global Environment for Learning, is similar in appearance and will provide many of the same services as the 4.0 version of Blackboard MSU uses. "Version 4.0 reached the point where we couldn't make it hold as many users as MSU needed," said David Gift, vice provost for libraries, computing and technology.

City, school board work to solve budget issues

The East Lansing City Council and school board members are looking to unite - hoping to soften the blow of budget troubles. Members of both groups met and discussed possible collaborations including sharing mowing and plowing services, human resource and auditorium staffs and pool management expenses. "I can say that I don't know any other place in Michigan that's working together like this," Mayor Mark Meadows said. Officials say they plan to find ways to combine city and school district staff positions. East Lansing lost nearly $720,000 from state revenue funding and fire protection grants in December after an executive order by then-Gov.

Fieger makes inagural lecture series speech to DCL students

Attorney Geoffery Fieger reflected on a long career at the MSU-Detroit College of Law Building on Thursday. Fieger, who gave a $4 million donation to DCL in 2001, was the inaugural speaker in a lecture series that bears his name. "He is wonderfully inspiring," DCL Dean Terence Blackburn said.

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Students lead commission to review city noise policies

Student leaders are recommending several initiatives to expand prevention and enforcement activities to the city in hopes of reducing noise violations.At East Lansing's University Student Commission meeting members discussed making changes to East Lansing City Council's noise reduction recommendations Tuesday for residents before a policy is implemented.

Lecture to discuss bioethics

MSU's Department of Political Science will host their 14th annual lecture series, "Biotechnology and Modern Democracy" beginning at 8 tonight in the Kellogg Center Auditorium.