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U can find out latest in E.L. entertainment without going outside

Dan Julian
January 11, 2001

MSU students can now find out what’s happening at their favorite club, when the latest blockbuster is being released or what the hottest CD is with the click of their mouse. LansingVibe.com is a company that started last fall and advertises local events such as bar specials, movie times and concerts online. “LansingVibe is an excellent site to see what\'s going on in the Lansing area, especially if you are looking for an East Lansing bar,” MSU journalism senior Dan DeCapua said.

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Best of Blurgood for all

Dan Julian
January 10, 2001

Blur The Best Of Virgin Records Brit-pop veterans Blur have proven themselves to be one of the brightest and best groups in their genre, but their success soars much farther than the adrenaline-packed Song 2, which is still played frequently during warm-ups at most high school and college hockey games. “The Best Of” was put together with their fans in mind - all the songs complimenting the next as the album flows along without a single downfall. “There’s No Other Way” is driven by a catchy blues riff, then molds itself into a great Top 40 tune.

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MTV: All talk, no walk

Matt Treadwell
January 9, 2001

All hail MTV. But you won’t hear me doing it.The mega-hip music network begins its yearlong “Fight For Your Rights: Take a Stand Against Discrimination” campaign Wednesday evening.

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Center offers month of excitement to U

Shaun Byron
January 8, 2001

The Wharton Center will be showcasing talent ranging from a Broadway touring company to the celebrated cellist Yo-Yo Ma this month.The Broadway musical Cabaret, which received four Tony Awards in 1998, will be performing Tuesday through Jan.

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Coffeehouse sponsors benefit show

Dan Julian
December 8, 2000

Jon Styf’s life changed two years ago when his best friend, Western Michigan University student Taylor Pierce, was diagnosed with leukemia.“That was a really important event in my life and I learned a lot about myself from it,” the journalism sophomore said.

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Godspell comes to Wharton

Justin D. Brown
December 8, 2000

Fusing God with technology is only one theme of the hit Broadway musical “Godspell,” which brings a spirited and technologically enhanced cast to the stage. The show opens Tuesday at Wharton Center’s Great Hall.

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Traffic drives behind scenes of drug trade

“Traffic,” a contemporary thriller set in the world of drug trafficking and enforcement, paints a bleak picture of the current state of the war on drugs and its casualties.Through a series of interrelated stories, the film tackles the world of drug trade as seen through the eyes of an undercover Drug Enforcement Agency officer, a Mexican policeman, an increasingly drug-addicted teenager and a pampered wife set to take over her husband’s drug empire.“I think what’s interesting is the scope of (the movie) - it’s vast,” said Emmy-winning screenwriter Stephen Gaghan.And “Traffic” just may be the feel-good drug movie of the holiday season, the stoner comedy “Dude, Where’s my Car?” notwithstanding.That’s what Gaghan said of the one to two minutes of cheer in the otherwise violent and intense movie.Gaghan went all around the country to research the story, he said in a telephone interview Wednesday from New York City, where the film was having a premiere.

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Weekend Guide

Friday The MSU Philharmonic Orchestra and Campus Orchestra perform at 8 p.m. in the Fairchild Theatre in the Auditorium.

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Cast of Communicating Doors shows looks are deceiving in complex comedy

Justin D. Brown
December 7, 2000

Although “Communicating Doors” has a complicated plot, it isn’t hard to enjoy this fast-paced, murderous comedy that involves everything from love to greed.The story, set in 2014, begins as an elderly and wealthy attorney, Reece, played by English senior Michael Scott Hunter, requests the aid of a Sexual Services Specialist, or a 3S, named Poopay.

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Creating a web

Jennifer Meese
December 7, 2000

Jeremy Meadows wanted to connect with a growing web of friends with sites on the Internet. “I knew a lot of people that had them and I wanted to jump on the bandwagon, too,” said the English graduate student, who created www.msu.edu/~meadows7 in 1996. In the past four years, Meadows has seen the number of student Web sites rapidly branch out. “There are definitely a lot more Web sites since I started college,” he said. The Internet “really took off” during the 1995-1996 school year, said Dave Krauss, a senior specialist in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences who began teaching over the Internet with MSU’s first Virtual University course in fall 1996. Since then, constructing Web sites has become part of the curriculum for classes such as Computer Science 101 and sections of American Thought and Language.