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MICHIGAN

New ad tries to keep minors from drinking

Lansing - A new ad campaign that will attempt to discourage underage drinking was launched in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday, accompanied by signs proclaiming “We all lose when kids buy booze.”“We want to address the issue that comes home to parents when kids drink,” said Mark Smith, director of enforcement for the Michigan Liquor Control Commission.Smith and Michigan Liquor Control Chairman Dan Gustafson said they plan to have a hotline, or a central place to call to report those who are selling to or providing minors with alcohol.“We’re going to start in the Lansing and Jackson area,” Gustafson said.

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Rally held for health care

Lansing - Last year Amanda Meulenberg spent $500 on health care. As a first-year medical student at Wayne State University, she’s not covered for preventative health care insurance.“I have chronic asthma and I have to go the doctor every three months,” she said.

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Scheduling conflicts delay preliminary examination

The preliminary examination has been postponed for four female MSU students charged in connection with the drowning of an 18-year-old Bay City man. Nicole Bukowski, 21, Cassandra Duggan, 20, Laurel Trezise, 20, and Sara Kaufman, 21, were charged with running an unlicensed bar at a party that Delta College student Eric Blair attended before he drowned in the Red Cedar River. Police say the four females had a party on Oct.

MICHIGAN

State quarter awaits U.S. Mint approval for design

Thousands of Michigan residents chose their favorite pick for the new Michigan quarter in an online poll Monday. The winning design, gaining one-third of the total votes, depicts an outline of the state, the Great Lakes and six other icons.

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Spartan Bigs provide companionship

Annie Schave met her little sister about three months ago and the pair has spent about four hours a week together ever since - but they’re not related.Schave, a science education junior, is president of Spartan Bigs, an MSU extension of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Lansing Inc. in its first year as a registered student organization.Her match, Jazmine, likes to spend their time together talking, eating ice cream and playing outside.“I like just hanging out, laughing and being a kid again,” Schave said.

MSU

Assembly top job still open, seeking fresh faces for election

Undergraduate students will have the opportunity to unveil a decision to run for a chairperson position on ASMSU’s Academic Assembly tonight - just before the elections begin.The undergraduate student government applications will be collected up until an hour and a half before the assembly is to elect its three paid 2002-03 leadership positions at 6:30 p.m.

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MBA students win top title in competition

A team of students from the Eli Broad Graduate School of Management took home the title from the 2002 Big Ten Case Competition. The annual competition, held earlier this month at The Ohio State University, pits teams of students against each other in analyzing, researching and solving real-world business problems.

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Paternity bills could increase fathers rights

Biological fathers’ rights in establishing paternity and paying child support could be reinforced if a group of bills passes. The bills would make it harder to terminate the parental rights of unwed biological fathers, allow courts to order genetic testing and terminate child support and make it a misdemeanor to knowingly misidentify a biological father.

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Pipeline raises safety, discrimination concerns

Just as gas prices rise for the summer, the issue of where a new gas pipeline will go is heating up.Ingham County Commissioner Lisa Dedden filed a brief Friday opposing the Wolverine Pipe Line, 2691 Lake Lansing Road, proposal to route a new gas pipeline along Insterstate 96 in Lansing.The route is the second proposed by the company after its first, running through Meridian Township, was denied by the Michigan Public Service Commission on the basis of safety.An issue still at large in the new proposal, Dedden said.“The same things exist so therefore the public safety commission needs to deny this, too,” she said.

MSU

Convocation speaker reminisces

Robin Sloan sits up a little when he talks about the stench of open sewers in Bangladesh.The economics senior and Student Convocation speaker lived in the country’s capital, Dhaka, for three months while on an independent internship.“Living in Dhaka, you sort of exist every day with the rest of the crowd,” Sloan said.Sloan conducted research while in the small Asian nation, working on a project to determine the impact of information technology on people in developing and impoverished countries.The country has more than 131 million people and is slightly larger than Iowa.“I went there with the intention of really understanding what it was like in a developing country,” Sloan said.

MSU

Students seek help for organ donations

About 20 students from MSU’s chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America are holding a campaign to increase awareness of organ donation. Group members hope to encourage students and community members to talk to their friends and families about organ donation.

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Residents protest E.L. rezoning, commercialization

City officials will make the decision tonight whether to rezone a 64-acre golf course.Neighbors of the Four Winds Golf Course, 5800 Park Lake Road, have been concerned the owner will develop the property.But officials say it won’t happen.“We have opportunities to address the concerns of the neighbors,” Mayor Pro Tem Sam Singh said.

MSU

Visiting professor to preview IAH classes

Before coming to MSU to teach an honors section of Integrative Studies in the Arts and Humanities 211C, Area Studies and Multicultural Civilizations: The Americas, Jualynne Dodson will present and discuss her work on campus. Dodson, who is from the University of Colorado, will be next fall’s visiting Hannah Professor of Integrative Studies.

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Junior League fund-raiser promotes community with auction, entertainment

Okemos - It wasn’t unusual to see a Porsche and a BMW parked inside Williams Auto World. But the hanging banners showcasing a man riding an elephant, a hot-air balloon floating by a mountain and other traveling sites and the buffet lines were certainly out of the ordinary for the Okemos auto dealership, 2186 Jolly Road. The dealership’s altered state provided the ambiance Saturday for the Junior League of Lansing’s fund-raising dinner. The night included food provided by restaurants such as Troppo, Beggar’s Banquet and Coral Gables, a live auction and dancing. The event normally is held in November to raise money to support the organization’s goals of community, volunteerism and increasing the role of women, but the date was changed this year. Junior League members still expected 500 guests, each paying $45, despite the change, league President Kim Hartman said. “This year we decided we would try a different venue and a different time, for a change of pace,” she said. Lansing resident Alex Dimmig said he attended because of his girlfriend but supported the group. “I like the whole idea,” he said. The auction, with auctioneer MSU women’s basketball coach Joanne P.

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Program to be suspended for lack of funding by state

East Lansing may suspend a program that would create more sidewalks for joggers and bicyclists.The program was passed in 2000 and would connect major portions of the city that do not have sidewalks, City Manager Ted Staton said.“We are just going to suspend it for a year,” he said.