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MICHIGAN

Radio station loses 'Edge,' turns to pop

Blake McLendon was a devoted listener of WWDX (92.1-FM) The Edge, jamming to the station in his room in Akers Hall until the station changed its name and format."I used to listen to it 24/7 in the dorms and now I don't," the finance junior said.

MSU

ASMSU pushes to eliminate primaries

Some ASMSU members support a November ballot proposal to eliminate primary elections for the East Lansing City Council which could increase the chances of a student being elected to the council.

MICHIGAN

Shelter helps for 2 decades

Haven House, a homeless shelter for families, celebrated its 20th anniversary of service to the greater Lansing community Tuesday. The shelter, 121 Whitehills Dr., commemorated the anniversary with a celebration combined with the Haven House annual fall fund-raiser. Haven House originally opened as the Economic Crisis Center in 1983 to help Lansing area homeless families.

MSU

Effectiveness of new corporate laws still unclear

Professors and business officials from around the country gathered on campus Friday to discuss the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the law that changed the way corporations disclose their finances to the federal government.A symposium titled "In the Wake of Corporate Reform: One Year in the Life of Sarbanes-Oxley - A Critical Review" examined the act but also focused on problems it has caused.

MICHIGAN

E.L. hosts ethnic dance program

The Hannah Community Center will be filled with the musical sounds of modern dance, jazz, hip-hop, tap, Latin and East Indian as over 70 dancers from different ethnic groups participate in "Dance for a Cause."Now in its second year, the event raises money through ticket sales and sponsors to benefit Habitat for Humanity of Lansing.

MSU

Shots, strips fight influenza this fall

This flu season, cough drops might be mistaken for Listerine Pocket Packs and a digital doctor may diagnose whether patients should make the trip to Olin Health Center. Throat lozenges in the form of wafer-thin strips and Olin's online doctor are two innovations on a centuries-old illness this year, and experts are hoping they'll have a better handle on the disease than in recent years. Chloraseptic Sore Throat Relief Strips appeared on the shelves of Walgreens, 410 E.

MSU

German author visits 'U'

As Romanian author Karin Gündisch read from her book "How I Became an American" on Monday night, some bursts of laughter came sooner than others. Some members of the 40-person audience in the International Center got the joke as she read the German version, but the rest didn't follow until translator Angelika Kraemer read the English version a paragraph later. Gündisch stopped at MSU two weeks into her American tour for the book.

MICHIGAN

City quiet with first away game

It was the calmest, quietest weekend so far this semester in the city as the MSU football team took to the road, police said. East Lansing police didn't issue any citations under the city's new policy on party noise, which calls for jail time and steep fines for the most serious offenders.

MICHIGAN

Story time

Parents and children escaped the gloomy weather Monday by enjoying an afternoon of reading, songs and crafts at the East Lansing Public Library.

MICHIGAN

Council welcomes opinions

MSU students and city residents could have a chance to voice their opinions tonight at two meetings being held at the East Lansing City Hall, 410 Abbott Road.The University Student Commission will hold their first meeting of the year at 5:30 in Conference Room A.

MSU

Lecture focuses on Warsaw Ghetto conditions

Trinity College Professor Samuel Kassow will speak on his new book today in the Eustace-Cole honors lounge. Kassow's new book outlines Polish-Jewish historian Emanuel Ringelblum's efforts to organize an underground archive documenting conditions in the Warsaw ghetto during World War II. The lecture on "Between History and Memory" begins at 4 p.m.

MSU

Anti-discrimination policy on agenda for Academic Council

Budget reductions, a proposed amendment to the university's anti-discrimination policy and course and program changes will all be issues addressed at the MSU Academic Council's first meeting of the school year Tuesday.Provost and Interim President Lou Anna Simon said her report on the university will be more elaborate than normal because of McPherson's absence.