After battling an eating disorder, Kole has devoted the last 10 years of her life to serving as an advocate for eating disorder education and prevention. Crowned in 1998, she also serves as a consultant to aspiring contestants in national pageants.

Kole is being sponsored by Respecting and Understanding Body Image and Campus Crusade for Christ.

Robin Langford, Campus Crusade for Christ staff member, said the group wanted Kole to speak because eating disorders are such a problem for college students.

“One in five college women deal with an eating disorder or bad body image, we would be ignoring it if we just hid our head in the sand,” Langford said.

RUBI adviser Ronda Bokram said she hopes a lot of students will attend.

“We try to do activities that a lot of students can participate in,” Bokram said.

All students are invited to attend at 7:30 p.m. today in the Wilson Kiva or at 9 p.m in 1281 Anthony Hall.

Kristy Austin

Economic impact of Sept. 11 to be topic of discussion

The financial impact of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will be discussed by MSU President M. Peter McPherson, Federal Reserve personnel and faculty from the Department of Economics and the Eli Broad College of Business.

The forum will be held in the Kellogg Center Auditorium at 3 p.m. Wednesday.

“September 11 changed everyone’s lives,” economics Professor Charles Ballard said. “But the economic and financial implications are among the ones people are thinking of the most.”

Ballard, one of eight other speakers at the two-hour forum, will discuss the attacks effect on government policies.

“(The attacks) will force us to have to confront some difficult decisions about what our priorities are for the government,” he said.

Ballard said demand for defense spending coupled with a retiring baby boom generation will force the government to raise taxes, spend into deficit or cut programs, none of which he said are desirable.

“I really enjoy these kind of outreach activities” Ballard said. “These special events are a very important and very satisfying part of being a faculty member.”

Eric Morath

Library hosts Day of the Dead events

In honor of Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, Chicano activist Joel Magallan from New York will present “World Trade Center Mexican and Latin American Victims Remembered” at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Main Library lobby.

The event is sponsored by the Chicano Latino Studies Program, the Julian Samora Research Institute, the Center for Latin American Studies and Libraries, Computing and Technology.

Day of the Dead is an annual event celebrated in Mexico and by Chicanos to commemorate the death of a relative by displaying an offering of traditional food, candles and skulls make of sugar, in homes and public areas to celebrate the person’s favorite things.

In honor of the day, the Main Library is presenting a display centered around remembering lives lost in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that features traditional artifacts and photographs to commemorate the dead, librarian Diana Rivera said.

Danny Layne, network and publications administrator at the Julian Samora Research Institute, said it’s crucial for speakers like Magallan to come to MSU.

“Within Latinos, there are so many variations,” he said. “They each have their own cultures and it’s important to know they are individual within themselves.”

Layne said he learned about Day of the Dead a few years ago and encourages students to attend Magallan’s speech.

“This is a cultural experience, an enlightenment,” he said. “We view Halloween as a scary time, it’s not for Mexican Americans. It’s a very somber time, a time for reflection. I encourage people to go to it.”

Camille Spencer