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Meeting to focus on transgender issues
Issues members of the transgender community face everyday will be discussed at a town hall meeting from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
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Ride to Detroit prompts reflection
Nearly 50 years after a quiet, black seamstress refused to give up her seat to a white man on a public bus in Montgomery, Ala., Mary Hubbard quietly sat on a different bus, in a different place, at a far different time, scrawling slogans on sheets of poster board. Hubbard's seat was near the back — in fact, one of the last rows — but she sat there by choice, not by restriction. She was traveling to Detroit from East Lansing to pay her last respects to the seamstress.
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Honor group collects books for donation
Sprawled out on the hallway floor of an East Lansing apartment building, members of MSU's student group Mortar Board rifled through disordered piles of books Tuesday night, deciding which one's should go where. "It's going to be the hardest to load the books back into the SUV," said Mortar Board member and journalism senior Sarah Swistak. The senior honor group collected 1,112 books to be donated to local organizations.
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Ice cream of the future lands at Meridian Mall
If it were another ho-hum ice cream shop, Dan Stevens wouldn't have dropped out of college to work 80-hour weeks at its Meridian Mall kiosk. And he'd probably reconsider a job requiring him to stand during almost all of his 11-hour shift. But this is a Dippin' Dots franchise.
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E.L. official seeks House seat
Although the election to appoint a new representative for East Lansing in the state House is a year away, three candidates have announced they want to run for the position. East Lansing Mayor Mark Meadows and East Lansing residents John Currie and Mary Lindemann have announced their plans to fill the seat currently held by Rep.
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Bush pushes for bird flu vaccine
President George W. Bush outlined a $7.1 billion plan on Tuesday to prepare for the possibility of a bird flu pandemic, saying he wanted to stockpile enough vaccine to protect 20 million Americans against the current strain of bird flu. He also said the United States must approve liability protection for the makers of lifesaving vaccines.
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Vacancy at hearings a concern
Sparsely attended public hearings at East Lansing City Council meetings have one council member worried about the number of people speaking out about issues affecting the community. Councilmember Bill Sharp said attendance at public hearings held during City Council meetings fluctuates depending on the issues being discussed. "It's usually the NIMBY effect," he said.
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Word on the street: Are you scared of getting the bird flu?
"Not really. We really don't have much information about it. I haven't heard much about it in the area."Claudia Gonzalez interdisciplinary studies in social science and community relations junior "Not currently.
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Judge orders new jury trial for MSU student appealing April 2-3 disturbance related charges
The jury trial for the only student fighting his April 2-3 disturbance-related charges was finished before it began on Tuesday. MSU advertising senior Scott Riddle was charged with obstructing a police officer and a roadway following the disturbances. After the prosecution asked for an adjournment to gather more witnesses, East Lansing 54-B District Judge Richard Ball commented on articles about Riddle published in The State News and decided to release the jurors and select a new jury pool on Nov.
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AIDS caravan stops, rallies in Lansing
Ever since Charley Fawcett was diagnosed with HIV, he has dreamed of being able get the word out about HIV/AIDS. "It's been 10 years since I was diagnosed with HIV and the whole time I wanted to go to Washington and talk to Congress," Fawcett said.
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Council asks for input on yard signs
A public hearing to remove limits on the number of political yard signs displayed per premises will be held at the East Lansing City Council meeting today at City Hall.
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Man dies at stadium during football game
A DeWitt Township man died while at Spartan Stadium during Saturday's game. MSU police say David Gamble, born in 1938, had a heart attack at about 1 p.m.
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Mich. author to talk about local pottery
Mich. author to talk about local pottery Marcy Heller Fisher, author of "Fired Magic: Detroit's Pewabic Pottery Treasures," will present a history of Michigan Pewabic tiles and Pewabic pottery at 7 p.m.
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Lineup requested for Welcome Week assault
The preliminary examination in the Welcome Week felonious assault case has been rescheduled to Nov. 18.
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Woman hit by car on Grand River Avenue
A Troy resident was struck by a Honda Accord as she crossed Grand River Avenue near Milford Street on Friday night, East Lansing police report. The 18-year-old pedestrian was in the far westbound lane when the car, driven by an 18-year-old East Lansing resident hit her, East Lansing police Sgt.
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Cartoonist to visit E.L. Public Library
The creator of the comic strip "Frazz," Jef Mallet, will speak about his work at 7 p.m. on Nov.
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Funeral for Parks to be in Detroit on Nov. 2
A public viewing of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks will held from Monday until Tuesday at the Charles H.
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Commission OKs plans to relocate, upgrade Taco Bell
Taco Bell, 565 E. Grand River Avenue, will be moving to Stonehouse Village I, 601 E. Grand River Avenue, within the next year. An unnamed smaller restaurant will share the first floor of Stonehouse Village I with Taco Bell.
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Antiques appraised at local roundtable event
Looking through a microscope, Nikki Hart determined what Shree Williams had already been sure of. Williams' garnet ring, passed down from her great grandmother, was in fact a true gemstone mounted in 10 karat gold.
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Spirited trick-or-treaters haunt downtown E.L.
The streets of downtown East Lansing were crowded with little princesses and Bob the Builders in the 14th annual Great Pumpkin Walk on Thursday. The event, which was held from 5 to 7 p.m.