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Technology opens doors for disabled

Kristofer Karol
August 24, 2002

Technology allowing learners to glide through computer programs with the wink of an eye is just one of many devices available to students with disabilities at MSU.Both the Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities and the Artificial Language Laboratory have been working for more than 20 years to provide software and devices to students with mental and physical disabilities to help them communicate with others.“With the help of technology, you can get a job and have a normal life,” said Stephen Blosser, Assistive Technology Center coordinator.

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Wanna roll? Belly-dancing surges in area

Tanee Elston
August 24, 2002

What’s the sexiest part of the human body? Well, according to the latest trend in the entertainment industry, it’s the tummy. As pop starlets such as Britney Spears continue to flaunt their sexy midriffs, many are looking for a way to accentuate it. A popular solution appears to be belly-dancing, the ancient Middle Eastern form of dance.

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U offers help for students

Brandon Bennett
August 24, 2002

Questions about hardware status, Ethernet capability or insufficient gigabytes? You may want to head to the Computer Store, 305 Computer Center, where all these questions and more are brought up and answered.

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New park attracts boarders

Jacquelyne Froeber
August 24, 2002

They flip, dip, turn and twist on rails, concrete or any surface they can get their hands on.And they do it on four wheels.They are skateboarders - an increasingly popular sport that is taking over the East Lansing and Lansing areas.“I used to be a surfer, but since I’m stuck in Michigan, skateboarding is the next best thing,” MSU-Detroit College of Law junior Rich Decky said.

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A taste of local class adds up

Jacquelyne Froeber
August 24, 2002

If you’re sick of Bell’s 89-cent pizza, maybe it’s time for a more upscale change. East Lansing has many fine-dining restaurants to cater to students’ and residents’ tastes. Evergreen Grill, 327 Abbott Road, offers a menu with selections ranging from fresh fish to pastas to poultry.

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Online programs boost security

Tara May
August 24, 2002

Security officials around the world could be better prepared for protecting the globe after participating in an online institute offered by MSU. The Global Community Security Institute is an online program that educates and certifies security officials and public servants to improve security and safety. The programs, stemming from some already existing and others newly formed, can be custom designed for individual organizations or communities. Community officials from across the nation have shown interest in participating in programs like the global institute, said Ed McGarrell, director of the School of Criminal Justice. “Obviously we want to first meet the needs of Michigan, but we’re thinking nationally as well,” he said. The program is funded entirely by federal dollars from the homeland security initiative, he said. “Every community within the state and country since Sept.

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U screams for ice cream

Audrey Barney
August 24, 2002

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream, especially in the summer.While July was National Ice Cream Month and July 21 was National Ice Cream Day, local residents are still coming in droves to ice cream parlors to indulge in the tempting treats.“I love ice cream,” Okemos resident Nelu Azadnia said earlier this summer.

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Weekend Guide

Thursday • The Lansing Lugnuts play Kane County at 6:05 p.m. at Oldsmobile Park, 505 E.

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Call it the great divide

The home computer market has long been a two-sided coin, with consumers being divided into two groups - the proud PC camp, and the fiercely loyal Apple camp.

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Facility aids safety

Okemos - The 3.5-foot-thick slab of reinforced concrete will ensure that materials being tested by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering won’t budge - even when they’re hit with simulated earthquakes, fires, explosions and pressures in the new Civil Infrastructure Laboratory.

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Battle of the boxes

Ben Landes
August 24, 2002

If you’ve always sucked at sports but dreamed of playing for the Tigers, hitting the game-winning home run in extra innings or dunking over Shaquille O’Neal as the point guard for the Pistons, then you might be a video game player. Or maybe you just don’t have any friends, and the combobulation of pixels beaming with light make for a good replacement when the hours drag by. If you don’t play video games, get a friggin’ console already.

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Clubs boost business with minors

Antonio Planas
August 24, 2002

The line stretches out the door, guys and girls draped in the latest fashions rhythmically bob their heads to the sound system resonating from within.Anticipation is high as 18-year-olds are about to get a taste of area nightlife.Once again, The Dollar Nightclub, 3411 E.

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See Spot walk

Kurt Ludke
August 24, 2002

Students who are away from home for the first time often miss their families, friends and pets.The traditional cures for homesickness, of course, are a phone call or a trip home.But Fido can’t talk on the phone.So students who miss their beloved pets can turn to the MSU Small Animal Veterinary Teaching Hospital.The hospital has a program that lets people check out a dog to walk for half an hour during the hospital’s normal business hours, from 8 a.m.-5 p.m, Monday-Friday.Gretchen McDaniel, who has worked as a vet technician for about 18 years, said the free program began gradually, with a few students coming in and asking if there were any dogs they could walk.McDaniel said the clinic can’t allow people’s ill pets to be sent out, but there are about six to 10 dogs used as blood donors that live there.“That’s kind of how it started,” she said.

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How to turn bare walls into home

Jacquelyne Froeber
August 24, 2002

Allison Coleman may be a senior, but she remembers decorating her dorm room like it was yesterday.“We had everything from Christmas lights to a ‘Little Mermaid’ poster,” the 20-year-old psychology major said.It’s that time again when the dorms open up their lonely, dusty rooms and the local stores get ready to help freshmen make the small space livable, and even attractive.“I lived in Landon my freshman year and I won’t lie, the space was tight, but you have to make the best of it,” Coleman said.

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Row your boat

Audrey Barney
August 24, 2002

Residents looking for a nearby outdoor adventure have a couple more weeks to consider canoeing on the Red Cedar River. During the summer months, from Memorial Day to Labor Day, MSU Concessions offers a canoeing service for the MSU community. “We offer this service because we feel that some things are just good for the community,” said Bill Kost, operations manager at MSU Concessions.