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NEWS

Park Next to Roses

It was my first ride, When I looked deep inside, To find what most hide, Trapped in self centered pride, That it wasn't me that couldn't see, But it is our generation fighting the enemy, We lost with no integrity, No "Bread" in the belly, Schools are empty, Prisons serve plenty, With Psychological minds drifting, Away from the foundation of legends that were lifting, But it was only my first ride and we parked next to the roses "I park next to those roses/ The rose was so sweet and she talked to me, I park next to those roses/ I think she really knew what she did for me!" A true rose knows its color, Born red for a lover, Shades to its surrounding when it's undercover, When truth sets in to say, "Hide no more!" Cause my surroundings are for now, while there is more to explore, Searching to help others is what we really look for, Cause I'm that reason that we really fight more, We can love each other if we hear these tears cry more, Especially when the poor knock on Rich's door, But it was my first ride and we learn from those roses "I park next to those roses/ The rose was so sweet and she talked to me, I park next to those roses/ I think she really knew what she did for me When Rosa was a rose that was sent to me!" Christopher P.

NEWS

Singh serves as 1st minority mayor

At age 24, he became the second-youngest City Council member in East Lansing. Now, Sam Singh is the city's first minority mayor. "East Lansing is diverse; that's why I decided to live here," Singh said.

NEWS

College offers classical studies major

Patrick Deja has always enjoyed ancient history, and that led him to register for a new major available to undergraduate students this spring — classical studies. "Classics is a lot of our fundamentals," said Deja, a junior.

MICHIGAN

In Flight Sports faces closing

By Darrell Hughes Special to The State News In Flight Sports might be grounded. The sporty, yet vintage, clothing and accessories store — which is known for its Grateful Dead merchandise — is on the brink of closing later this month or in early February if store owner Marvin Pridgeon doesn't find someone to purchase the business. "We've been trying to sell for months," Pridgeon said.

NEWS

Road rally

Madison, Wis. — Just three players carried the MSU women's basketball team through nearly the duration of the Spartans' game against Wisconsin on Thursday night. It took a fourth player to join the fray and contribute down the stretch for MSU to walk away from the Kohl Center with a victory. Liz Shimek, Lindsay Bowen and Victoria Lucas-Perry kept the No.

MSU

MCRI march for today canceled indefinitely

A march in relation to the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative that was to be held in Lansing today has been canceled. Luke Massie, co-chairman of Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration & Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary, or BAMN, said the walk would have signified the filing of the case to the Michigan Supreme Court, but the date to file the paperwork was pushed back to next week. "It was just more of a timing thing," he said. Massie said the walk is probably won't be rescheduled.

COMMENTARY

We're all criminals

Society is changing. We are constantly figuring out new ways to connect to one another and share information. The new Sidekick II from T-Mobile allows users to text message even more quickly.

NEWS

Trustees' sessions closed to community

The MSU Board of Trustees will meet today to decide policy concerns and more than $5 million worth of funding proposals — but it won't be the first time they discuss them. Most months, the publicly elected board meets in closed work sessions the day before its formal Friday meetings.

NEWS

Mich. Peace Team assists as humanitarian watchdog

It is just a wall in the Arizona desert, but it divides two very different viewpoints on what to do at the border between the United States and Mexico. In the hot July weather, Michigan Peace Team member Sayrah Namaste ventured out into the Sonoma desert to work with No More Deaths, a volunteer humanitarian organization that finds and aids Mexican migrants in dire need of water or medical help. About 270 migrants died in two sectors which make up the majority of the Arizona border between Oct.

MICHIGAN

Local bars reject longer hours

Mike McNeely doesn't plan on keeping his Lansing bar open any later, despite a new law that allows Michigan bars to stay open after 2 a.m. "What would be the reason to stay open?" said McNeely, a co-owner of Trippers, 354 Frandor Ave.

NEWS

Wilcox aims to further ties in trip to Thailand

Provost Kim Wilcox and other university administrators and faculty members will travel to Thailand on Saturday to increase MSU's international ties and further research opportunities in the southeastern Asian country. "For every student that comes to Michigan State, we have the responsibility to open the world to them," Wilcox said.

ICE HOCKEY

Freshman trio gels with on-ice chemistry, off-ice friendship

They've combined for 14 goals and 25 total points this season. They combined for two huge goals in the 3-3 CCHA-opening tie at Michigan, and they've all been drafted by various NHL clubs. But the greatest part about the trio of Justin Abdelkader, Tim Kennedy and Tim Crowder is that they're all just freshmen. "They have good chemistry; they seem to mesh really well," MSU head coach Rick Comley said of the line.

NEWS

Segregation still prominent

Music blasted from the speakers as the DJ spun hip-hop records on the turntable. The crowd was alive and the heat was on.

MSU

Possible fall break proposal reconsidered

A little rest and relaxation for students and faculty during the fall semester might come in the form of a school break if university officials approve the proposal. The University Committee on Academic Policy created a subcommittee in 2000 to evaluate the fall break recommendation.

NEWS

History

A part of history died today. She was embedded in pages of books for many years. Even the ink cried all over her casket, but the tears smeared the lifeless page.