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(This is a follow-up to http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1977792/posts) MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. - A Central Michigan University student who used a video camera and a Web site to criticize an assistant professor running for Congress was issued a letter of reprimand. Dennis Lennox, a 23-year-old junior, said Wednesday he would appeal the finding that he violated school code. A conduct proceedings officer ruled that Lennox provided false information to a university official, identified himself as Dick Cheney to a professor and improperly posted fliers on hallway benches. Lennox said he wasn't able to defend himself because a secret disciplinary hearing was held during...

<p>In their zeal to slice and dice Oakland County's volatile electorate to maximal advantage, Republican state legislators may have landed one of their party's congressional stalwarts in the fight of his political life.</p> <p>U.S. Rep. Joe Knollenberg of Bloomfield Township, who formally launched his campaign for a sixth term Friday night at a GOP pep rally in Troy, was first elected to Congress in 1992. In the decade since, his district has drifted slightly to the left -- Bill Clinton carried it in 1996, and Al Gore fought George Bush to a draw there in 2000 -- but Knollenberg himself has scarcely broken a sweat in four reelection campaigns.</p>