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COMMENTARY

Who's Facebooking you?

You know those slightly embarrassing photos of you on your 21st birthday on Facebook.com? Or the raunchy comments a friend posted on your wall? Whatever you have on your Facebook profile, remember that your friends aren't the only ones that could be looking at it. MSU administrators, professors and police can also access the Web site as long as they have an e-mail address that ends in ".edu." It's also possible students could get into legal trouble for stuff they put on Facebook. In 2004, some students in Case Hall were arrested for underage drinking.

NEWS

She's only five days away?

Melissa Talon
April 13, 2006

America's favorite bite-sized, redheaded optimist comes to Wharton Center on April 18. This year, the classic show celebrates its 30th anniversary. "It's a perfect time for it.

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RHA works to end racism

Fredricka Paul
April 13, 2006

Racism — not in their halls. Officials from the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, have created a campaign called "Not in Our Hall" to help fight racism in dorms. The program aims to include residence hall student governments to convey the same message — that racism and discrimination won't be tolerated. Vic Maurer, RHA's director of Racial, Ethnic and Progressive Affairs, said the idea came from something Wilson Hall's student government did last year to help stop discrimination against black students. "We decided to make it campuswide," Maurer said, adding that RHA officials wanted it to reflect the different incidents that happened all over campus. Maurer said RHA officials made the program optional for hall governments because it would be more valuable if student leaders took the initiative to start it.

COMMENTARY

Context of offensive messages matters

After reading Mike Hernandez's letter, "Randomly used policy limits free speech" (SN 4/05), regarding hate speech, I could not help but feel that he was missing a crucial point in the debate: Context matters. The emotional effect of a Ku Klux Klan, or KKK, rally is very different than any of the examples that Hernandez provides. The history of race relations in this country has been violent.

NEWS

Common cause

Deandre Wright eyed the crowd around him at a rally Tuesday night before checking out the display of painted T-shirts that flapped in the April breeze.

SPORTS

Simmons brothers take team's top award

Tom Keller
April 12, 2006

All-America brothers Nick and Andy Simmons shared the MSU wrestling team's Most Outstanding Wrestler Award, announced at the team's annual banquet. Andy Simmons, a 141-pound junior, compiled a 36-6 record this season and took fifth at the NCAA Championships. Nick Simmons, a 125-pound junior, finished the season 36-2 en route to a fourth-place finish in the NCAA Championships.

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Marksmanship club holds open house today

Kristen Daum
April 12, 2006

An open house for the MSU Marksmanship Club and air rifle team will be held at 7 p.m. today in the Demonstration Hall Ballroom. Information on the club's activities will be presented, and the air rifle range will be available for those interested. The MSU Marksmanship Club offers different safe firearm activities, including clay targets and training sessions.

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Admissions office to accept online transcripts

Kristen Daum
April 12, 2006

MSU now can connect directly with instate high schools, speeding up the online application process and saving time and money for the university, admissions officials said. An agreement with ConnectEdu Inc., a Boston-based company providing interactive technology for high schools and colleges, allows MSU to receive high school transcripts online, which is another step in making MSU's application process entirely electronic. "We're already halfway there, but we still rely on high schools to send us the transcript by mail," said Jim Cotter, senior associate director of the Office of Admissions and Scholarships.

COMMENTARY

Bundle of protests

Nazis are coming to Lansing. Members of America's Nazi party, The National Socialist Movement, which is dedicated to preserving the Aryan race, plan to rally at the Capitol in Lansing on April 22.

COMMENTARY

Bikers on road must follow traffic laws

In Kristin Bott's letter, "Drivers on campus must respect bikers" (SN 4/05), she asks drivers to be more aware and respectful of bikers who decide to ride in the road. She informs us that according to MSU's regulations, bikers are supposed to be in the road and not on the sidewalks and that vehicles need to give bikers proper spacing and courtesy if they get stuck behind one.

NEWS

Gardener prepares for spring to bloom

Kathleen Polesnak
April 12, 2006

Trellises, roses, benches and bulbs fill an often overlooked courtyard tucked behind the Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building. This is just one of 19 main gardening areas on MSU's campus that will soon boast lush greenery and vibrant flowers in the spring weather.

FEATURES

D12 rapper Proof killed in Detroit

Jon Styf
April 12, 2006

Detroit — Proof, a member of rap group D12 and a close friend of Eminem, was shot to death early Tuesday at a nightclub along Eight Mile, the road made famous by the 2002 film that starred Eminem and in which Proof had a bit part. The death of Proof — whose real name is Deshaun Holton — was confirmed by Dennis Dennehy, the publicist for D12's label, Interscope Records, as well as by Detroit police spokesman James Tate. "Memorial service arrangements are still being made, and his friends and family would appreciate privacy during this difficult time," Dennehy said in a statement. MSU communication senior and rapper Joe Perye said the news gave him chills. "He would be the last person you would expect to get killed," said Perye, who knew Proof and many of the artists he worked with.

NEWS

Hinojosa to lead Academic Assembly

Kristi Jourdan
April 12, 2006

Emotions ran high Tuesday as ASMSU officials elected Eric Hinojosa as chairperson for the undergraduate student government's Academic Assembly. Hinojosa, a former Residence Halls Association representative for Academic Assembly, took the gavel from his predecessor, Robert Murphy, and immediately assumed his newly elected position during the meeting. Murphy, who has served ASMSU for six semesters, said he felt odd stepping down from his office after putting "proverbial blood, sweat and tears" into the job.

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Faculty addresses non-MSU work code

Kristen Daum
April 12, 2006

A revision to a university policy dealing with faculty's work outside MSU sparked lengthy discussion during Tuesday's Faculty Council meeting. Under the changes, faculty members will now be responsible for reporting to their department administrator about any outside work they do for which they receive financial compensation. The University Committee on Faculty Affairs proposed changes to the university's Outside Work for Pay policy, since the policy hasn't been modified in recent years, committee chairperson Ross Emmett said at the meeting. However, no official authorization from the department administrators is needed and the work only needs to be reported if it deals with the faculty member's academic work at MSU, Emmett said. But several Faculty Council members raised concerns about the vagueness of the policy, such as what type of work qualifies as outside work and what situations are exempt from the policy. "We, as a faculty, have not yet revisited the core of this problem," Dr. Jim Potchen, chairperson of the Department of Radiology, said at the meeting.