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MICHIGAN

Area officials prepared for emergency

Kris Turner
September 9, 2005

The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks created the need for communities to be prepared for any large scale disasters, East Lansing police Chief Tom Wibert said. "Since 2001, several of us have participated in more tabletop exercises than we can count," he said. These exercises consist of area law enforcement officials gathering in conference rooms and working their way through fictional situations, Wibert said. From statewide efforts to neighborhood meetings, local law enforcement agencies and medical personnel from across the nation are training to handle large-scale emergencies.

MSU

Leadership meeting series to hone skills

Kristen Daum
September 9, 2005

The Executive Leadership Series will hold the first of five sessions at 6:30 p.m. Sunday in the Union's Green Room. The series, sponsored by the Department of Student Life, is intended to further develop leadership skills in students.

MSU

150th anniversary event to highlight MSU initiatives

Bob Darrow
September 8, 2005

MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon will unveil a series of plans for university growth during a public address today, with the goal of making the university the leading land-grant research institution in the United States by 2012. The announcement of a new strategic initiative Simon has titled "Boldness by Design" will come as part of a two-day academic convocation celebrating the university's sesquicentennial - or 150th anniversary - that kicks off this afternoon in the Kellogg Center. Simon's speech, scheduled for 12:30 p.m.

MICHIGAN

Business aids pets lost in hurricane

Jennifer Toland
September 8, 2005

Along with the rescue efforts to help the human victims of Hurricane Katrina, a local pet store is helping the pets of hurricane survivors. Preuss Animal House, 2119 Haslett Road in Haslett, started a fundraiser on Tuesday to raise money for the Humane Society of the United States and its relief efforts in both Louisiana and Mississippi. Those who want to donate can purchase a picture of either a boy or girl with a dog for $1 each, said Rick Preuss, owner of Preuss Animal House.

MICHIGAN

Volunteers to clean up Michigan Highways

Margaret Harding
September 8, 2005

More than 30,000 volunteers will be out this weekend collecting litter on Michigan highways. The volunteers, are a part of the Michigan Department of Transportation's Adopt-A-Highway program. Officials from the department expect 30,000 bags of trash to be collected this fall.

MSU

ASMSU bill to aid hurricane victims

Melissa Domsic
September 8, 2005

As a group that focuses on serving students - not only at MSU, but outside of the university - ASMSU's Academic Assembly unanimously passed a bill to honor and aid Hurricane Katrina victims as well as advocate taking in evacuated students at its Tuesday meeting.

MSU

MSU gets grants to study causes of ADHD

Jennifer Toland
September 8, 2005

Most people are exposed to small amounts of harmful chemicals every day, but MSU researchers will soon delve into the role people's genes play in developing Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD. The researchers will use two grants, a total of more than $3 million, to conduct a study of children's behavior, environment and genetic makeup to determine possible correlations, said Joel Nigg, associate professor in the Department of Psychology and lead researcher in the study. "The genetics part is important, but it's not in a vacuum," Nigg said.

MSU

Press secretaries to give lecture at MSU

Five current and former press secretaries of Michigan governors will speak at 5:30 p.m. today in the Big Ten A room of the Kellogg Center. "Meet the Press Secretaries" is the 2005 Edward Zabrusky Public Relations Lecture.

MSU

ASMSU to discuss new groups, parking rates

Melissa Domsic
September 8, 2005

Members of ASMSU's Student Assembly will vote on bills about everything from accepting student groups into the association to lowering parking-meter rates on campus during their meeting today. Academic Assembly members voted to give the MSU International Student Association and Arab Culture Society seats on their assembly, but the groups won't become members unless Student Assembly members vote them in as well. Student Assembly also will vote on a bill to support the lowering of parking-meter rates on campus, said Derek Wallbank, Communication Arts and Sciences representative for the assembly. The meeting is at 6:30 p.m.

MSU

McPherson accepts new post

Bob Darrow
September 7, 2005

There are a few recurring themes in former MSU President M. Peter McPherson's work - agriculture, land-grant universities, and national and international politics. McPherson, who stepped down from the top job at MSU in 2004 after 11 years, will renew his involvement with land-grant institutions when he takes over as president of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, or NASULGC, in 2006. He has spent the past year working with the Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa, an organization he co-founded to encourage agriculture and rural development in African nations. McPherson said he has begun meeting with the group's executives, but his main focus will be the Partnership for the remainder of the year. "I've got a lot to do here over the next few months," he said from the Partnership's Washington, D.C.

MICHIGAN

Canine assists in police investigations

Margaret Harding
September 7, 2005

The work just keeps coming for the furry, four-legged members of the MSU Department of Police and Public Safety. A German Shepherd known as Chico assisted Meridian Township Police in the capture of an individual after a car chase on Sunday. For his work, Chico and his handler, MSU police officer Chris Rozman, were presented with the "Distinguished Order of Canine Capturus," an award that is displayed on a bulletin board in the MSU police office. The morning of the incident, an officer pulled in to check out an alarm at Walnut Hills Country Club, and a car zoomed out of the driveway, said Lt.

MSU

A burning bush

Bob Darrow
September 7, 2005

A dark plume of smoke rose high above north campus Tuesday afternoon after what started as a small brush fire on the north end of Farm Lane grew to a nearly two-story blaze west of the Natural Science Building. "One of our officers was out and she noticed it smoking," MSU police Sgt.

MSU

ASMSU faces shortage of Academic Assembly college representatives

Melissa Domsic
September 7, 2005

Out of 26 possible college representative seats on ASMSU's Academic Assembly, 19 are empty. Each college has two seats available for representatives on the assembly, including the Undergraduate University Division, or no preference majors. James Madison College and the Eli Broad College of Business are the only schools with both seats filled, while eight colleges have no representatives. Academic Assembly has other representatives from campus groups, but the assembly needs more college representatives, said Jason Ardanowski, Academic Assembly's director of University Governmental and Budgetary Affairs. "This isn't enough people," Ardanowski said.