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MICHIGAN

Smoking ban gives E.L. mixed feelings

A statewide bill that would ban smoking in workplaces, including bars and restaurants does not make exemptions for businesses like hookah lounges and cigar bars — and at least one East Lansing business owner is concerned.

MICHIGAN

Mexican eatery opens doors

Arnulfo Ramirez wanted customers walking into Los Tres Amigos, 1227 E. Grand River Ave., to feel like they were leaving Michigan for a brief vacation to Mexico. The bright colors, Mexican-style music and spicy entrées fresh off the grill contribute to the atmosphere of Ramirez’s new restaurant, which opened May 2. Los Tres Amigos has been providing customers with its own genuine Mexican food since the first Los Tres Amigos opened in 2001 in Jackson. The new location was originally scheduled to open in March, but Ramirez pushed back the grand opening for construction purposes.

MSU

Summer course teaches students wilderness skills

Fake blood, simulated heart attacks and being lost in the woods are some of the potential pitfalls awaiting participants of Wilderness First Responder, a summer class that ran May 4-12. While most students might not be able to treat a poisonous snake bite, the nine-day class tested students’ decision-making abilities and increases students’ confidence in critical situations, said Joe Arvai, program coordinator and MSU associate professor who teaches risk, values and decision making. “It’s not really a class where students have to memorize a long list of protocol,” Arvai said.

MICHIGAN

Students show design skills

Most high school, elementary and junior high students don’t typically get the chance to design a house for Tiger Woods, but those involved with the Michigan Industrial and Technology Education Society, or MITES, convention got the once-in-a-lifetime chance with their projects. Students entered projects in fields including wrought metal, plastics, graphic arts, construction and woodworking.

NEWS

Look back and recap

It was an up-and-down year. The MSU men’s basketball team made it to the Sweet 16, only to be knocked out of the NCAA Tournament.

MSU

Campus specialty coffeehouses to become convenient stores

Two MSU specialty coffeehouses will close their doors this fall and both be replaced by Sparty’s Convenience Stores. Barista Cafe, open since 2000 in Case Hall, and Aroma Borealis, open since 2007 in Snyder-Phillips Hall, will become Sparty’s Convenience Store hybrids, Joe Garza said, manager of Sparty’s. Both will offer both coffeehouse and convenience store items.

MSU

Students 'show off' for Design Days

Engineering seniors spent countless hours in the Engineering Building this week perfecting their final projects in preparation for Design Days, an event electrical engineering senior Nick Tram said is a chance “to show off” today.

NEWS

Police Brief 04/24/08

About $1,000 worth of stereo equipment was stolen from the McDonel Hall weight room sometime between April 16 and 2 p.m. Monday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.