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Abstinence-based programs create sex ed controversy

Maddie Trier
July 19, 2004

For Casey Taubitz, the only reference to contraception during her high school health education class was a brusque "just use a condom." Taubitz, who graduated in 2004 from Fenton High School, said the curriculum at her school was abstinence-based - similar to programs President Bush would like to see more school districts utilize. In his 2004 State of the Union address, Bush added federal funding for abstinence-only sex education programs, expressing a desire to double the current amount.

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'U' student's essay appears in Newsweek

Traci Carpenter just wanted to make sure this year's presidential candidates took time from their campaigning to explain how they're different from each other, so the journalism senior took her own time to write an essay. That essay recently won the Newsweek/mtvU essay contest for her thoughts on the aforementioned issue and how candidates do not explain what they are going to do to help the young voters demographic.

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'Ambitious' sophomore receives $5,000 award

Rebecca Mcnulty
July 12, 2004

Physiology sophomore Alvin Davis Jr. got the chance to speak to one of his role models and a former president earlier this month, as well as to take home $5,000. Davis was one of 80 students awarded an Ora Lee Sanders Memorial PUSH-Excel Scholarship from the Rainbow/Push Coalition at a ceremony in Chicago, and one of 40 to get a $5,000 scholarship.

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AIDS study to benefit Africa

Carl Lindquist
July 12, 2004

In Sub-Saharan Africa, almost 27 million people are infected with either AIDS or HIV. About 10 million of those are between 15-24 and an additional 3 million sufferers are children under 15. A new study, presented last week in Thailand and authored by a nine-member group of MSU faculty and graduate students, clarifies how the disease is affecting poor rural farmers in Africa, where between 50 to 80 percent of people live outside cities. Contrary to popular belief, the study indicates the majority of people dying in four of the five countries surveyed were not parents but primarily their adult-age children.

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Change of life studied

Elizabeth Piet
July 8, 2004

The evolution of a single organism can take thousands of years, but two MSU professors, along with some scientists from California, have used a computer simulation to watch the process in seconds. Their findings - that the right environment can create a diverse group of organisms - were published in the July 2 edition of Science, a trade magazine.

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Police: Arson suspected

Arson is suspected to be the cause of two trash can fires, which occurred shortly before 4 a.m. Thursday at Owen Graduate Hall, according to MSU police. There are no suspects in the fires MSU police Sgt.

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Robbery probe continues with evidence collection

A small room in the MSU police building is made smaller and smaller as detectives move in and out like ants piling up stolen items on a table and chairs. The items, ranging from laptops to projectors, are evidence from an investigation involving multiple breaking and entering robberies in which East Lansing resident Yaaseen Jabraan Albert allegedly committed on campus since 2003. "Most of it came from pawn shops all over the state: Flint, Grand Rapids, Lansing, Detroit," MSU police Detective Steve Beard said. Beard headed up the investigation, and was familiar with Albert because he arrested him in 2000, the first time the 26-year-old was arrested for a breaking and entering felony in Ingham County. Because of the previous charge, prosecutors are asking Albert be tried as a habitual offender - which would allow the state to increase his punishment to life in prison, Ingham County Chief Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III said. His district court preliminary examination was waived by assistant prosecutor Angela Lloyd on June 23, and the case was immediately sent to the Ingham County Circuit Court level.

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Hate crime victim's memory inspires fund

Agnes Soriano
June 29, 2004

Beginning in the spring semester of 2005, the university will award scholarships to student activists who work with issues relevant to students of color who are also a part of the lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender community. The death of 15-year-old New Jersey resident Sakia Gunn, which resulted from a 2003 hate crime, became the motivation for a scholarship.

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Awards honor greeks for community service

Rebecca Mcnulty
June 28, 2004

Five members of MSU's greek community have been honored by their peers for their service to the community. President of Sigma Phi Epsilon and 2004 graduate Anthony Morabito received the title of Interfraternity Council Greek Man of the Year.

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Truckers display driving prowess

Carl Lindquist
June 28, 2004

If the upcoming National Truck Driving Championship is, as truckers say, the Super Bowl of safe trucking, then last weekend's 2004 Michigan Truck Driving Championship was the final competition of the playoffs.

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'U' presentation to discuss disabilities

Megan Gilshire
June 22, 2004

The MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine will sponsor a presentation Thursday entitled "Beyond Disability: Optimizing the Physician/Client Experience" as part of the ongoing Diversity Education Series. The event will begin at 12 p.m.

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Police spot, arrest 2 suspects on campus

MSU police made two separate arrests Monday involving one suspect who fled from IM Sports-West, ending on the roof of Munn Ice Arena and another who has admitted responsibility to at least 20 thefts of property from various campus buildings, MSU police Sgt.

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3 file sharing cases settled

Three of the nine MSU students who face legal action from the Recording Industry Association of America for illegally downloading and file sharing copyrighted music online have settled their cases. The amount of money agreed upon will not be disclosed, but RIAA spokesman Jonathan Lamy said the regular settlement trend remains the same.