Student housing might be limited

Student housing in some East Lansing areas could be restricted or prohibited due to a new East Lansing rental housing ordinance. With signatures from two-thirds of property owners, community members can petition the City Council to turn their neighborhoods into rental overlay districts - which would limit or restrict new rental housing licenses from being issued in their areas. "With this ordinance people can keep the integrity of their single family homes, and the neighborhoods that are rental can keep their integrity," Councilmember Vic Loomis said. The ordinance will keep areas designated for university rental housing more separated from those designated for East Lansing families.

Officials confirm Fox's visit to Mid-Michigan

Lansing - Mexican President Vicente Fox is coming to speak in mid-Michigan, according to officials with the Michigan Commission on Spanish-Speaking Affairs. Invited to speak at the Lansing Center, 333 E.

'U' students to meet Nobel winners

Because of their research and studies, two MSU graduate research students are getting the chance to mingle with Nobel Prize winners in Germany. Chemical engineering graduate student Dina Eldin and physical chemistry graduate student Deborah Davies, who are both working toward their doctorate degrees, will spend five days in Lindau, Germany with 498 other International graduate students and 58 American students at the 54th Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates and Students.

Police briefs 06/07/04

WEB ONLY: Rare tiger cub dies at Potter Park Zoo

The rare Amur tiger cub born May 24 at Potter Park Zoo in Lansing died Monday. The seven-day-old female cub, born amidst heavy rain that flooded the park entrance and parking lot, might have had an infection or brain damage, according to a zoo veterinarian, adding infant mortality in Amur tiger cubs is highest during the first week of life. Last year two Amur tigers, Kendra and Charley, were given to the zoo for breeding purposes through the national Tigers Species Survival Program.

WEB ONLY: Lansing mayor to set example, participate in run

Lansing Mayor Tony Benavides wants to promote a healthy lifestyle and encourage area residents to get active. To prove his point, Benavides will strap on his shoes Saturday for the eighth annual Mayor's Family River Walk.

Police briefs 06/03/04

Gov., legislators battle over 'sin taxes'

Lansing - Gov. Jennifer Granholm's recent plea to increase the tax on cigarettes and liquor is being met with skepticism by some state legislators. Rep.

Local firemen 'bait up' for children's charity, Ele's Place

"This is a unique kind of event," said Rob Thompson, a Lansing Township fireman and event spokesperson.

WEB ONLY: 'U' professor to use grant to develop software

An associate professor in Michigan State University's Lyman Briggs School said he is hoping he can use a grant of more than $255,000 to transform a computer program about evolution into a teaching tool to show students how the process works. Robert Pennock will use funds he received from the National Science Foundation to create a new interface for the existing program to make it more visually stimulating and easier to understand.

WEB ONLY: Event to showcase area's gardens

Flower lovers can visit the Gardens Galore Tour 2004 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The event is sponsored by National City Bank, Great Lakes Capital Fund, and Local Initiatives Support Corporation to benefit the Greater Lansing Housing Coalition (GLHC). Ten area gardens are featured, including some in East Lansing, Okemos, Williamston and Lansing. Tickets for the event are $15, and are available at all area Beaner's Gourmet Coffee and Wild Birds Unlimited locations, Mole Hole, 234 S.

Bureau urges residents to be local tourists

Lansing - In an attempt to get people who live in the Lansing area to see it as a vacation destination, local officials are offering visitors to mid-Michigan on Saturday the chance to visit Potter Park Zoo, the Michigan Historical Center and about 30 other local attractions all for a $1 ticket. "Be a Tourist In Your Own Town," an event sponsored by more than 20 area businesses and the Greater Lansing Convention & Visitors Bureau, will give residents the opportunity to buy a passport for $1 access to attractions, such as; the Fenner Nature Center, Impression 5 Science Center, both in Lansing, and the Nokomis Learning Center in Okemos. The passport is good from 10 a.m.

Amateur-built aircrafts receive low safety stats

Three days after three people were killed in a home-built airplane crash, advocates of amateur-built aircraft are defending the genre's safety - claiming federal statistics portraying it as comparatively unsafe are invalid. Allen Ward, 52, from Ypsilanti, piloted the kit plane that crashed in Vermontville Township on Monday afternoon.

State police teach precision driving at facility

Lansing - Keeping control of his 2004 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor at 80 mph and whipping around nearly 90 degree turns wasn't the hardest part of Sean Khoo's three week trip to Lansing.

Home for the holiday

Although gas prices are at an all-time high, and the weather wasn't too inspiring, many local residents opted to stay home instead of traveling north or south, to experience what mid-Michigan had to offer this Memorial Day weekend. In Lansing, there was music, cheering and clapping on Saturday at the city's annual parade.

'U' students could win $8,000 for film

The idea of sharing and downloading music in 1995 was unheard of. In 2025, however, file sharing, particularly that of Napster, has almost destroyed the record industry, so the band Metallica sends a machine back to 1995 to kill the fictitious creator of Napster, Don O'Conner.

DPPS presented with flags flown in war by alumna

There are thousands of ways to say thank you - cards, flowers, flying a flag 7,000 miles away in the middle of Afghanistan. The latter was the choice of U.S.

Extension program to offer pasture walks

The MSU Extension Forage Area of Expertise Team, in cooperation with the Michigan Hay and Grazing Council, will hold a new pasture walk summer series.

Drinks could cost 'U' more

People buying milk in May faced record prices and they might not see cheaper prices until next month, according to industry officials.

Police briefs 06/01/04