2008 Woodie Awards
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Issue date: 10/15/07 Section: News
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EMU Dickinson murder
Fibers found
consistent with Taylor
A Michigan State Police trace evidence analyst testified fibers found on Laura Dickinson's body are consistent with a sweatshirt found in Orange Taylor III's home last year, according to the Ann Arbor News.
Taylor, 21, is facing trial in the slaying of Eastern Michigan University student Dickinson, 22. The incident took place in December in her EMU dorm room.
Washtenaw County Assistant Prosecutor Blaine Longsworth said Dickinson was dragged out of her bed in the early morning hours of Dec. 13.
According to the article, Dickinson was suffocated, strangled or both - and left half-nude on the floor with semen on her inner thigh and on her bed.
Longsworth said the semen on Dickinson's leg was matched to Taylor's.
Taylor is charged with first-degree murder and facing life in prison without the possibility of parole.
MSU to launch engineering program
Michigan State University will launch Spartan Engineering, a residential program that will give freshmen a hands-on learning experience, according to The Detroit News.
Freshmen studying engineering will live together and be able to take their courses in the residence hall.
"We talk about the need for not necessarily more engineers, but for smarter engineers," said MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon. "And this is an effort to produce those smarter engineers that we need for innovation."
The program was introduced Monday at a University Research Corridor conference.
WMU experiments with carbon dioxide
Researchers at Western Michigan University are experimenting with new ways to dispose of carbon dioxide, according to mlive.com.
They will pump carbon dioxide deep into the earth in northern Michigan as part of an experiment to find a safe way to dispose of the chemical compound. Many scientists believe carbon dioxide contributes to global warming.
"Anything we can do to decrease the amount of carbon dioxide going into the atmosphere is going to be a positive contribution, which some people believe to be our generation's major challenge," David Barnes said to the Kalamazoo Gazette.
Fibers found
consistent with Taylor
A Michigan State Police trace evidence analyst testified fibers found on Laura Dickinson's body are consistent with a sweatshirt found in Orange Taylor III's home last year, according to the Ann Arbor News.
Taylor, 21, is facing trial in the slaying of Eastern Michigan University student Dickinson, 22. The incident took place in December in her EMU dorm room.
Washtenaw County Assistant Prosecutor Blaine Longsworth said Dickinson was dragged out of her bed in the early morning hours of Dec. 13.
According to the article, Dickinson was suffocated, strangled or both - and left half-nude on the floor with semen on her inner thigh and on her bed.
Longsworth said the semen on Dickinson's leg was matched to Taylor's.
Taylor is charged with first-degree murder and facing life in prison without the possibility of parole.
MSU to launch engineering program
Michigan State University will launch Spartan Engineering, a residential program that will give freshmen a hands-on learning experience, according to The Detroit News.
Freshmen studying engineering will live together and be able to take their courses in the residence hall.
"We talk about the need for not necessarily more engineers, but for smarter engineers," said MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon. "And this is an effort to produce those smarter engineers that we need for innovation."
The program was introduced Monday at a University Research Corridor conference.
WMU experiments with carbon dioxide
Researchers at Western Michigan University are experimenting with new ways to dispose of carbon dioxide, according to mlive.com.
They will pump carbon dioxide deep into the earth in northern Michigan as part of an experiment to find a safe way to dispose of the chemical compound. Many scientists believe carbon dioxide contributes to global warming.
"Anything we can do to decrease the amount of carbon dioxide going into the atmosphere is going to be a positive contribution, which some people believe to be our generation's major challenge," David Barnes said to the Kalamazoo Gazette.
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