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E.L. reports rise in noise complaints

East Lansing council members say they have received an increase in the number of noise complaints in neighborhoods, and East Lansing police say a ban on drinking games on campus has led to the increase. "I have had substantially more e-mail and telephone calls this fall than I have had the three previous falls that I've been on council," Councilmember Vic Loomis said.

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Chinese restaurant from Ann Arbor opens new location in Northern Tier

Three years ago Kai Zheng decided it might be time to look outside the blue and maize mindset. He had worked at his father's Panda House restaurant in Ann Arbor as a dishwasher, cook - almost every job at the restaurant - for four years and wanted his own piece of the restaurant business. So Zheng and his father started to look at locations in East Lansing to open another Panda House. They gravitated toward the Northern Tier area because of its high-traffic volume from student apartments.

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American Indian history taught at museum event

By Jenni Lewis Special to the State News People got the chance to learn about American Indian history Saturday by tossing spears and touching stones that were once made by American Indians at Michigan Archaeology Day at the Michigan Historical Museum. October has been proclaimed Michigan Archaeology Month by Gov.

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Civil War comes alive in Lansing

A Civil War camp came to the Lansing area on Sunday, as a group of battle reenactors gathered to participate in a "living history" event. An infantry group set up tents with weapons and uniforms from Civil War soldiers at the event, held at the Michigan Library and Historical Center, 702 W.

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Float money to help Gulf states

By Michael Steigmeyer Special to The State News East Lansing High School faculty and students are donating the money and supplies they raised for homecoming floats to the victims of the hurricanes in the Gulf states. More than $1,000 is typically spent on each of the four student-constructed floats, said student congress adviser Juliet McQueen-Dagbovie.

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Shop sprouts new locale

Maher Mahmoud is bringing his flowers to Grand River Avenue in hopes of attracting more students to daisies, carnations and venerable roses. Mahmoud moved Petra Flowers, 315 W.

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Health, fitness day raises awareness among women

National Women's Health & Fitness Day was celebrated Wednesday with some marking the occasion at Contours Express in Okemos with special events. People at the small gym listened to guest speakers that provided services such as blood pressure readings, presentations on how to find the right workout shoes and medical massage therapy, Contours manager Margee Hutchinson said.

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New initiative advocates oral health

The Michigan Department of Community Health announced on Monday a new oral health action plan that officials hope will improve dental health in Michigan. The plan has several points, but mainly focuses on improving oral health care and making it more available to Michigan residents, said T.J.

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Commission closer to selecting party spots

The independent commission charged with investigating the April 2-3 disturbances moved closer to recommending a designated celebratory area for students on Tuesday, commission members said. The commission may suggest East Lansing officials allow property owners to apply to close streets to support large crowds, said commissioner Joe Tuchinsky, treasurer of American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan and its Lansing branch.

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Lansing AIDS group to hold benefit walk

AIDS Walk Michigan and the Lansing Area AIDS Network will be holding a walk at 1 p.m. on Sunday at Valley Court Park in East Lansing. The event is being held in association with seven other walks throughout Michigan.

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New cleaning business cashes in on busy, partying students

Sunday morning hits and the proverbial scene is set: Cups are everywhere, trash litters the floor and cupboards are sticky. An East Lansing house party has come and gone, leaving devastation in its wake. It's a student's demise, said electrical engineering junior Jim McGinn, whose apartment still has beer cans from Thursday. But to Charlie Moore the scene equals money. Or potential business at least. Twenty-nine-year-old Moore founded Get That Dirt Inc. to fill a business niche he discovered after talking with East Lansing friends and calling area cleaning services. "I heard (from) a few my friends who said they wished there was a cleaning service here - they were too busy, too tired to clean their own room," said Moore, a graduate student at Western Michigan University and an Okemos resident.

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Public forum to focus on East Village plan

The East Lansing Planning Commission will host a public forum to discuss the East Village Master Plan on Wednesday. The plan could redevelop the area, which houses the Cedar Village apartments and six fraternities among other buildings, into retail space, apartments or condominiums. The affected area is bounded on the north and south by Grand River Avenue and the Red Cedar River and on the west and east by Bogue Street and Hagadorn Road. Peter Dewan, vice chair of the planning commission, said the forum will allow for "inclusiveness" with the public.

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Commission to hold meeting about melee

The independent commission will meet from 8 a.m. to noon today in the Executive Conference Room of the Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbott Road. Commissioners will discuss possible recommendations for their draft report, due out before the Oct.

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Court to rule on abortion

The Bush administration has asked the Supreme Court to reinstate a ban on the procedure commonly referred to as a partial-birth abortion on Monday. The case is part of a two-year, cross-country legal fight over the federal law and might be the beginning of a showdown that could eventually be swung by the president's new court nominee, John Roberts. On Sept.

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E.L. woman crashes car in Spartan Village

An East Lansing woman crashed her car into a building in Spartan Village on Saturday, causing an estimated $25,000 worth of damage, according to an MSU police report. The 28-year-old woman was driving a silver 2005 Mazda 6 eastbound on Middlevale Road when she said she hit a curb and struck the building, MSU police Sgt.