Conference to look at women's leadership

The Women's Leadership Conference and Banquet will take place Sunday to celebrate women on campus.

Peace and justice program raises global awareness

After three years on campus, faculty from MSU's Peace and Justice Studies program are hoping to support research development and a graduate student component, if more funding from the university and outside donors becomes available. "We're trying to think about how we can respond to this tremendous danger of warfare and the proliferation of weapons," said Richard Peterson, philosophy professor and co-director of the program.

Speed-limit hike draws criticism

The mayor of East Lansing will plead his case to state officials at a meeting today, in hope of preserving existing speed limits on two East Lansing roadways. Michigan Department of Transportation representatives and Mayor Mark Meadows will discuss the increase, which raises the speed limit 10 mph on sections of Saginaw Street and Hagadorn Road.

Domestic violence shelter to host race

MSU Safe Place is holding its annual Race for the Place 5K to benefit the nation's only on-campus domestic violence shelter.

Basketball tourney's end saves E.L. police money

With the MSU men's basketball team's short run in the NCAA Tournament, the East Lansing Police Department didn't have to dip deep into funds for riot protection and safety in the city. "We saved a lot of money by not having to invest in all of that prevention," said East Lansing Deputy Police Chief Tom Wibert.

Local clients keep barbershop going strong

In the mid-1990s, John Howard kept his barbershop open based on simple advice from one man: former L.A.

Libraries ask 'U' to donate extra books

The MSU Libraries are accepting entries for the annual MSU Student Book Collection Competition. The contest is open to both undergraduates and graduate students. Entries must be turned in to the director's office of the Main Library by Thursday. For more information, visit lib.msu.edu/events/contest.html.

Officials: 15 years after oil spill, land still vulnerable

Lansing - Fifteen years ago Wednesday, 11 million gallons of slick, black crude oil coursed from the Exxon Valdez tanker's struck hull, bleeding into the waves of Alaska's Prince William Sound.

MEAP alternatives debated

High school students might not have to take the Michigan Educational Assessment Program, or MEAP, tests anymore if some state lawmakers and members of the Education Alliance of Michigan get their way. Supporters of removing the MEAP are working to replace the test with the ACT Assessment, a common test taken by students seeking college admission.

E.L. murder suspects to head to trial in May

The two men charged in connection with the shooting at an East Lansing convenience store last month appeared in 54-B District Court on Wednesday morning for a pretrial hearing. Detroit residents Eric Charles Gordy, 35, and 29-year-old Hatarie Deamont McCorkle, were charged on March 2 with the murder of Lansing resident Joseph Lavon Parker and attempted murder of George Edward Whitfield, also of Lansing. Parker and Whitfield were shot at about 2:30 a.m.

WEB ONLY: Farm labor leader's speech to honor Chavez

Baldemar Velasquez, the founder of the Farm Labor Organization Committee, will speak at 3 p.m. Thursday in Spartan Rooms B and C in the International Center.

Dinner, music celebrates Chavez

The potent aroma of empedrado salad and enchiladas de jocoque wafted through the Wonders Hall cafeteria Wednesday.

Peace, justice focus of professor's speech

MSU's Peace and Justice Studies Program is sponsoring a speech by Michael Nagler at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in B104 Wells Hall.

Kerry to make 2 Mich. campaign stops Friday

Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry will make two stops in Michigan on Friday. The politician will visit Wayne State University in Detroit at 12:30 p.m.

Police: Assault might be linked to E.L. robbery

Police are investigating a possible connection between an early Saturday morning sexual assault in Meridian Township and an armed robbery on Monday near the Cedar Village apartment complex. Police said the descriptions of the male assailants is similar in both cases.

Cycling Club, Bike Project perform, discuss upkeep

Hoisting bicycles up on T-shaped bike stands as if they were cars on mechanic lifts, the MSU Bike Project and the MSU Cycling Club joined forces Wednesday evening to teach students how to fix their wheels. Set up in the Demonstration Hall Ballroom, the public bicycle clinic was created to help students and community members learn how to maintain their bikes.

Plans for greenhouse might cause debate if bill passes assembly

If a bill supporting MSU's Student Greenhouse Project passes through Student Assembly tonight, the two branches of ASMSU officially will have differing plans on what should be built behind Old Horticulture Building. The bill declares Student Assembly stands behind the project, a tropical biodome slated to be built on north campus.

Grant offers free trip for 'U'

Thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation, a research-based summer study abroad program will be free of charge to undergraduate students for the next three years.

60 E.L. teachers to receive layoff notice

More than 60 East Lansing teachers soon will be receiving layoff slips, but school-district officials say it's more of a technicality than a threat to teaching jobs. The slips are a preemptive move the district is making in preparation of a $1 million expected deficit in the budget to be released in July. Kelley Peatross, the director of human resources and public development for East Lansing Public Schools, said teachers shouldn't worry. "I really don't anticipate any permanent layoffs," she said.

Police briefs 03/25/04