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Peanut Barrel to host fund-raiser

Leslie Escobar
November 26, 2001

The MSU Student Food Bank will hold a fund-raiser at The Peanut Barrel Restaurant, 521 E. Grand River Ave., all day Tuesday. The annual event will raise money toward the purchase of foods for the bank, which gives students without a residence hall meal plan access to free groceries. Fund-raising coordinator Minerva Gebara said she thinks the event will be successful. “All day, whatever they make for the day, they’ll give us a portion of the profits,” the business administration graduate student said.

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E.L. revamps city Web site

Sara Luneburg
November 26, 2001

Even the city of East Lansing needs a face lift every now and then.But unlike the heavy equipment working on the city center and fountain square projects, this face lift was virtual.The city unveiled its newest improvement, an upgraded Web site, last week.The old site had been in place since 1996 but, while it was comprehensive with more than 15,000 pages of information, the site was not interactive or easily upgraded.“It wasn’t long after (the original site’s) shortcomings began to show,” City Manager Ted Staton said.

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ASMSU town hall meeting features area politicians

Steve Eder
November 26, 2001

State reps. Gretchen Whitmer and Paul DeWeese will stop to chat with MSU students about fake identification and election reform tonight. Whitmer, D-East Lansing, and DeWeese, R-Williamston, will be the guests at an ASMSU-sponsored town hall meeting at 7:30 p.m.

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Rogers works to improve travel safety, Michigan gets information technology director

Steve Eder
November 26, 2001

U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Brighton, along with Rep. Ellen Tauscher, D-Calif., began the Intelligent Transportation Systems Caucus in hopes of best using new transportation technologies.Rogers said the caucus will work toward applying high technology to make the nation’s airports, highways, railroads and transit systems safe, secure and efficient.“We will have applied technology to automobiles in the future that will allow us to be less oil dependent and have cleaner engines,” he said.

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Business donation expands Life Sciences Corridor

Eric Morath
November 26, 2001

Born nearly two and a half years ago, after a $1 billion state investment including a $40.4 million initial contribution to MSU, the Life Sciences Corridor is growing up.The corridor stretches from Van Andel Institute in Grand Rapids, through MSU and the University of Michigan to Detroit’s Wayne State University.

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Card sales expected to hold

Shaun Byron
November 26, 2001

The holiday season usually means a surge in greeting-card sales and more demands on postal services, and this year should be no different. Despite anthrax scares and a sluggish economy, retail shops are reporting sales have not slowed. A recent poll conducted by the U.S.

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Tree brings holiday cheer

Lansing - A 74-foot white spruce forced traffic away from Michigan Avenue in front of Oldsmobile Park for more than two hours Wednesday night.

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Group finds trouble in toyland

Shaun Byron
November 21, 2001

Lansing - This toy story might be more of a horror story. Public Interest Research Group In Michigan released a report Tuesday highlighting various toys that can be considered harmful and fatal for children. The report focused on possible choking hazards and toys made with toxic chemicals. Chemicals such as nail polish with toluene in teething toys are harmful for children younger than 3-years-old.

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Whats happening?

Events Medical Yoga Club of MSU: Yoga classes and meetings, 5:15 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Friday, D214 Fee Hall, 12:10 p.m.

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Vacancies rise in nursing field

Megan Frye
November 21, 2001

Although emergency rooms may have the same number of patients as they did a decade ago, the population of nurses is lacking. Information released by The American Hospital Association said 75 percent of hospital employee vacancies were for nurses.

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Students mentor Sudanese refugees

Eric Morath
November 21, 2001

Amanda Audo travels to a few miles to a Lansing church each Tuesday to help The Lost Boys, a group of Sudanese refugees who have spent most of their lives traveling to get to Michigan.The pre-vet sophomore and about 90 other Residential Option in Arts and Letters students help tutor, play sports, do crafts and chat with about 130 refugees in their late teens and early twenties.“Some of the boys that are in high school are not keeping up with their subjects so we are going to try to help them,” Audo said.

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Cottage Inn Pizza opens near U

Shaun Byron
November 20, 2001

MSU’s student population makes East Lansing the place for a pizzeria, said the owner of the new spot in town. Cottage Inn Pizza owner George Hoover said the new location in East Lansing was in part because of MSU.

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Racial slur mars black caucus poster

Camille Spencer
November 20, 2001

Despite university efforts to promote multiculturalism on campus, an incident last week displayed intolerance for minorities in residence halls. Social relations sophomore Kalaethia Hawkins is a member of Case Hall Black Caucus.