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Student funeral plans announced
Funeral arrangements have been announced for Robert Atherton, an MSU senior who died Sunday evening after being taken off life support.
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Students bring safety back
When students in Martha Kefgen’s Life Skills class at C.W. Otto Middle School, 500 E. Thomas St., came to class Tuesday to hear a presentation from MSU students about car safety, most were expecting nothing out of the ordinary.
MICHIGAN
Lansing Diocese to name bishop
Rev. Carl Mengeling’s successor for Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lansing will be announced at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in St. Mary Cathedral in Lansing.
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Political pupil
Pancake House waitresses wearing maroon T-shirts – the color of choice for the restaurant’s carpeting, tables and booths – float around the dining room, taking orders and delivering food.
NEWS
Police Brief 02/26/08
A wallet containing two gift cards of an unknown value and $23 in cash was stolen from a 19-year-old student’s Armstrong Hall dorm room at about 3 p.m. Sunday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
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Council to discuss East Village plans
The East Lansing City Council will hear a presentation and discuss plans today to redevelop East Village, a 35-acre area bounded by Bogue Street and Hagadorn Road that is home to more than 2,000 students.
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E.L. officials hear criticisms, plan to reduce redevelopment
City officials said Monday they will examine ways to reduce the number of apartments, condominiums and parking spaces for the proposed City Center II project after receiving criticism from citizens and MSU.
NEWS
Controversial Young Americans for Freedom leader resigns
MSU’s Young Americans for Freedom chairman Kyle Bristow announced his resignation via e-mail Sunday night after leading the organization for more than 18 months.The resignation was “100 percent my decision,” Bristow said in a phone interview.
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MSU Coffee Club gets insider tour
It was like a trip to Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, but with coffee. That’s how members of the MSU Coffee Club described the group’s Monday tour of the roasting plant at Paramount Coffee Company, 130 N.
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Public briefing on Farm Lane closure to be held Tuesday
MSU and Michigan Department of Transportation officials are co-sponsoring informational meetings to notify the community about the best detours available during the 15-month-long closure of Farm Lane.
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ASMSU seeks concert update from absent representative
Representatives of ASMSU’s Student Assembly are concerned about the recent absence of one of its members planning a quarter-million-dollar concert since a bill funding the concert was passed Feb. 7.
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Police: woman reports being drugged, sexually assualted
MSU police are seeking a suspect in a sexual assault reported on campus Sunday morning. A 21-year-old woman with no university affiliation told police she believes an acquaintance drugged her at a Lansing bar, took her to an unknown MSU residence hall and sexually assaulted her sometime between 4:15 and 8 a.m. Sunday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
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Police investigate student death, await autopsy results
A 22-year-old finance senior from Shelby Township died Sunday evening at Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital after his parents had him taken off life support. Robert Atherton was taken to the hospital when he stopped breathing at a friend’s apartment early Saturday morning.
BASKETBALL
Men take revenge on Iowa Hawkeyes with 66-52 win at home
In the Big Ten race, the MSU men’s basketball team might almost be out — but the Spartans are going into every game like they have everything to play for.
MICHIGAN
Residents, city to discuss City Center II project
Students and residents will have an opportunity today to critique a $117 million project that could lead to the elimination of rental housing along the 300 and 400 blocks of Evergreen Avenue.
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ASMSU receives death threats for hate speech legislation
Members of MSU’s undergraduate student government received death threats before passing a bill asking the university to define hate speech during a Thursday meeting.
NEWS
Police crackdown causes increase in drunken driving arrests
A month before East Lansing police Chief Tom Wibert’s May 2005 appointment, he stood at the scene of a fatal accident on Grand River Avenue and vowed to take on drunken drivers.
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Law school may try in-house counseling
Going through law school can be a stressful experience for a student, and Connell Alsup knows it. That is why Alsup, the associate dean for student affairs with the MSU College of Law, is working with the school to start an in-house counseling center for law students.
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Powwow celebrates Ojibwe
Nichole Shepherd has danced to heal people in need ever since the idea came to her in a dream 10 years ago. “I had a dream about it, and if you dream about it, you’re supposed to do it,” said Shepherd, an English doctoral student enrolled in an Ojibwe language course. Shepherd performed the women’s jingle dress dance, a healing dance, during the seventh annual Ojibwe Language Pow Wow in Snyder-Phillips Hall Auditorium on Saturday.
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MSU, WJR launch environment website
Radio station WJR (760-AM) and MSU recently launched Greening of the Great Lakes, a Web site aimed at providing insight into Great Lakes environmental issues.