The student group Battle Against Cancer will sponsor the “5K Run, Walk to End Cancer” on Saturday.

Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. at Conrad Hall. The race has a $10 fee.

At 10 a.m., runners and walkers can wind through MSU’s campus for the course, which begins at Conrad Hall .

All proceeds of the event will go to Lansing’s Sparrow Regional Medical Center’s Cancer Center. Two years ago, the group held the event and donated the proceeds to the American Cancer Society.

“We raised more than $5,000 for the last one,” said Jim McEvoy, a member of the group. “I‘d like to see us raise that much again.”

McEvoy said he hopes to see a large turnout at the event.

“I’m excited about the fact that so many people usually come out and not only support a great cause but have a good time as well,” the psychology senior said.

Youth violence forum scheduled for today

Public thought and reflection about youth violence will be encouraged today in a National Issues Forum arranged by two MSU faculty members.

The forum, free and open to the public, will be held from 7-9 p.m. in Union Parlors A and B.

American Thought and Language professors David Cooper and Eric Fretz and their students will participate in the forum, “Violent Kids: Can We Change the Trend?”

Cooper said the forum is experimental and hopes for the best.

Examinations of trends of violence among America’s youth will go hand-in-hand with the professors’ classes as students learn the code of conduct of public deliberation to formulate possible solutions to the problem.

Special emphasis will be placed on violence in the media and its effects on youth.

“We’re using it as a means of getting our students to develop good public writing and public discourse skills and to develop their voices,” Cooper said. “We’re working at getting students actively involved in shaping civic judgments.”

Alumnus to talk about nutrition, cancer Friday

MSU alumnus and Harvard University faculty member Walter Willett will lecture on campus Friday on “Nutrition, Cancer and Healthy Eating.”

Willett will appear as part of the Helen Shingleton Memorial Lecture Series to be held at 5:30 p.m. in the Radiology Building Auditorium. The lecture, open to the public, is presented by MSU’s Hematology Oncology Clinic.

Nikolay Dimitrov, professor of medicine, said Willett’s lecture will be beneficial to students, faculty and staff.

“He is probably the most knowledgeable in nutrition and healthy eating,” Dimitrov said. “We have brought him here mostly for our patients, the public and our students. We will deliver everything that is up to date to us in a very understandable language.”

Dimitrov said the lecture will avoid scientific language so the general public will be able to enjoy it.

In his career, Willett has published more than 650 articles, mostly about cancer and heart disease risk factors and their relation to a person’s lifestyle. Willett also has published a textbook and his name has appeared on nationwide bestseller lists for his recent work, “Eat, Drink and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating.”

Former surgeon general to discuss health care

The 16th surgeon general of the United States, David Satcher, will speak on campus Monday about racial and ethnic health disparities in U.S. health care.

Satcher’s free lecture will be held from 4-6 p.m. in Conrad Hall.

Satcher has held various positions, including director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. assistant secretary of health and chairman of the Department of Community Medicine and Family Practice at Morehouse School of Medicine.

One of Satcher’s primary goals as surgeon general and assistant secretary of health was to eradicate racial and ethnic health differences.

After receiving more than 25 honorary degrees, Satcher will take on the director position of the National Center for Primary Care at Morehouse School of Medicine.