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Artists to honor life of Malcolm X

Shannon Murphy
May 17, 2001

LANSING - Jothan Callins and Lorenzo Pace grew up together in segregated Birmingham, Ala., and now they are spending the week educating Lansing community members about the life and legacy of Malcolm X. Callins, a jazz composer, and Pace, an artist, sculptor and author, are in Lansing as part of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz Public School Academy’s weeklong celebration of Malcolm X’s birthday. Malcolm X, whose Muslim name is El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, was a civil rights activist who was assassinated Feb.

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Lansing locals seek ward position

Lisa Satayut
May 17, 2001

Three Lansing residents filed by the Tuesday deadline to run for the Fourth Ward council seat, replacing Kris Nicholoff.And they all had the last name of Smith.The Fourth Ward has jurisdiction on the northwest side of Lansing and all of the downtown area.Geneva Smith, who is also the president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s Lansing chapter, said she was asked by a “prominent group of residents” to run for the seat.

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Workshops discuss status of hate crimes

Drew Harmon
May 17, 2001

The Michigan Alliance Against Hate Crimes convened Wednesday in Lansing for a conference discussing victim support training and the psychological impact of hate crimes. The conference featured a series of workshops and discussions highlighting the state of progress of combating hate crimes in Michigan. Saul A.

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Council completes budget

Shannon Murphy
May 17, 2001

After a month of discussion, the East Lansing City Council has finalized a budget that all members can agree on.Gary Murphy, the city’s finance director, said the biggest cut the council made was reducing major maintenance for remodeling in city hall - council members cut the $150,000 in half.The $75,000 from the remodeling was used for two purposes: $15,000 will be used to make a wetlands inventory for the Commission on the Environment and $60,000 will be used for a new police officer.“We did some creative financing,” Councilmember Beverly Baten said.

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Eight to run for E.L. City Council

Shannon Murphy
May 16, 2001

Eight people filed petitions for East Lansing City Council elections by the 4 p.m. deadline Tuesday, but Mayor Pro Tem Beth Schwarze was not one of them.Schwarze has been on the council since 1997 and was elected mayor pro tem in 1999.

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Officials say Lansing could retry for bond

Shannon Murphy
May 14, 2001

After the Lansing school bond failed May 1, Lansing officials are now trying to decide how and when to have another school bond proposal.The $338.5 million proposal, based on an eight-year construction schedule, would have been used to renovate 39 Lansing schools.

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E.L. tries to Stamp out Hunger

Matt Treadwell
May 14, 2001

Letter carriers in the East Lansing area collected an unusual amount of outgoing mail Saturday - an estimated 10,000 pounds worth. But it wasn’t a standard load of letters that filled mail trucks at the end of the day; rather it was a collection of nonperishable food items donated by residents who took part in the U.S.

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FBI investigates possible robbery link

Lisa Satayut
May 14, 2001

Though local authorities say it’s too early to draw a connection between a recent bank robbery and a previous one at the same location, an FBI agent stationed in Lansing believes the East Lansing bank that was robbed Thursday could possibly be connected to a November robbery. The Thursday incident marked the third time in six months the Michigan National Bank, 1390 W.

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Commissioner to run for council

Shannon Murphy
May 14, 2001

Kevin Beard says he’s ready to move on to the East Lansing City Council after seven years on the city’s planning commission.Beard, 45, has been an East Lansing resident for 17 years and has been chairman of the planning commission for the past five years.He said with the experience he has gained on the commission as well as six years on his neighborhood association board, he is more than ready to be a city council member.“I really think I am prepared and qualified to tackle the big challenges the city has before it,” he said.

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LCC inaugurates fourth president

Brandi Lewandowski
April 27, 2001

LANSING - More than 300 people attended the inauguration of Lansing Community College’s fourth president, Paula Cunningham, on Thursday at the Lansing Center, 333 East Michigan Ave. “As most of you know, being a community college president was not my plan,” Cunningham said during her inaugural speech.

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Cameras catch motorists running red lights

Jamie Gumbrecht
April 27, 2001

Red lights, camera, preventative action.A study completed in Oxnard, Calif. by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety this week reported that cameras installed at intersections to catch red-light runners are decreasing the number of collisions and injuries.The institute estimates that more than 800 people are killed and 200,000 injured every year in red - light crashes in the United States.The city of Oxnard placed cameras at 11 of its 125 intersections in 1997.

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Center to offer new shopping selections

Shannon Murphy
April 27, 2001

LANSING TWP. - Krystal Teamer shops at Meridian Mall, 1982 W. Grand River Ave. in Okemos, because it is the closest one to MSU’s campus. The criminal justice senior has no car and said Meridian can be easily reached by bus. But next summer, Teamer and other students can enjoy shopping at the Lansing area’s newest shopping center, at the northwest corner of Lake Lansing Road and U.S.

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Greeks awarded for efforts

Steve Eder
April 27, 2001

A pair of marketing seniors earned the titles of “Greek Man” and “Greek Woman” for 2001. Jennifer Dirksen, former president of Sigma Kappa sorority, was awarded by the Panhellenic Council for her efforts in her organization.

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Byrum to address voting reforms

Eric Morath
April 27, 2001

LANSING - State Sen. Dianne Byrum will visit MSU’s campus next week to discuss concerns voters faced in last year’s troubled election. The Onondaga Democrat serves as chairwoman on the 19-person Michigan Task Force on Voting Reform.

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Relations Coalition adds new members

Jamie Gumbrecht
April 27, 2001

The Community Relations Coalition family is growing - pending approval from the East Lansing City Council.The group of students, residents, city officials, landlords, business owners and MSU faculty work together to create bonds between student residents and permanent residents in city neighborhoods with the help of three new student neighborhood resource coordinators, which brings the total to six.“Our plan is to expand,” coalition member Pat Enos said.

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Michigan celebrates Arbor Day

Brandi Lewandowski
April 27, 2001

Kate Bernard, and 48 other local elementary teachers, are bringing their students to the zoo today, to help them learn about trees.More than 1,000 second- and third-grade students from the Lansing area will meet today at Potter Park Zoo, 1301 S.

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Lawmakers consider hate crime legislation

Drew Harmon
April 26, 2001

State legislators are trying once again to pass new regulations including the term “sexual orientation” into previous discrimination laws.“This has been proposed before, and we decided we wanted to move it forward,” said Rep.

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Education bond incites protest

Brandi Lewandowski
April 26, 2001

LANSING - Less than a dozen people gathered on the steps of the Capitol on Wednesday to urge community members to “Vote No May 1” and protest Lansing’s school bond.Although hundreds of community members showed up at previous rallies supporting the $388.5 million school bond, only a handful of residents took a stand against the bond, saying they’ll “Vote No” when the city of 127,000 people sends voters to the polls on May 1.