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FEATURES

Turkey tips

If you're not going home for Thanksgiving and want to prepare your own version of a traditional Thanksgiving dinner but don't have time to spend hours in the kitchen, try these easy ways to create a Thanksgiving feast almost like Mom's for you and your friends. • Buy a ready-made turkey from the nearest grocery store.

COMMENTARY

Victims can depend on Listening Ear

Rape survivors are frequently silenced — from disapproving friends and family, an unsympathetic and unresponsive legal system and an unsupportive social ideology that blames the survivor instead of the rapist.

MICHIGAN

Apartments to replace destroyed home

A three-story apartment complex with space for 12 occupants will be constructed on Evergreen Avenue where the hollowed remains from a June house fire still stand. Each four-person apartment will include four bedrooms, a kitchen and living space, said the property's owner Matt Hagan, an agent with Hagan Reality Inc. A parking lot for at least 12 cars will be located behind the complex, he said. Hagan owned the house at 404 Evergreen Ave., north of campus near the Valley Court Park, when a June fire caused an estimated $175,000 in damages. Hagan decided to submit plans for a small apartment building because the house would be too costly to repair, and the property's proximity to campus would be attractive to students.

COMMENTARY

Identity right

It's strange to walk down a hallway and realize you know nothing about anyone else. We try and place labels on everything.

MSU

Assault program honored

Twenty-five years ago, MSU formed one of the first on-campus sexual assault programs in the country. The program was started by students wanting to respond to sexual assault on campus, said Carmen Lane, the advocacy coordinator for the Sexual Assault Crisis & Safety Education Program. A room full of about 40 volunteers, university, local officials, and past and present coordinators celebrated the 25th anniversary of the program on Tuesday. Although the program has grown in many ways, such as having more full-time staff positions, the core values of the program have remained the same, Lane said. "Student volunteers are the core of who we are," she said.

COMMENTARY

Implications true, torture does happen

Although I am not a student at MSU (I'm a comic artist from Spokane, Washington), I am familiar with Ramsey's work, and I must to say that I'm a lot more disgusted by the letters bashing him then the so-called "controversial" comic that he published on Nov.

NEWS

Audits not designed to catch fraud

If an employee is pocketing university cash, it's up to department heads — not MSU auditors — to catch it, officials say. "Even if we went into a department, we're not 100 percent sure we would pick that up because we don't look at 100 percent of the transactions," said Tom Luccock, director of the MSU Internal Audit Department.

COMMENTARY

No 'extreme' logic in Bice's writings

In response to Mark Stiles' letter, "No middle ground in SN; Bice one extreme" (SN 11/09), it is ridiculous to call the science and logic that Bice uses "extreme." Stiles also claims that science requires just as much faith as religion, another ludicrous statement.

FEATURES

Five favorites

The State News presents five things going on in the world of pop culture that might make your life a little bit better. 1.

SPORTS

Recruits still in shock

Vanessa King continues to replay in her mind the day when MSU head coach Cathy George asked her to join the volleyball team. "I was talking to her in her office and she goes, 'I want to offer you a full ride,'" said the Spring Lake High School senior.

COMMENTARY

Educate sex

Let's face it: Sex is an issue that is relevant to college students. Sexually transmitted diseases are major concerns, and most college students know — or should know — they are out there. However, some people are unaware of how dangerous they are and what they need to do to protect themselves.

MICHIGAN

FDA to reconsider morning-after pill

The morning-after pill might be available over the counter after congressional investigators questioned the Food and Drug Administration's requirement to consider it a prescription. The independent Government Accountability Office reviewed the FDA's first rejection, uncovering what they called "unusual" decision making.

MICHIGAN

New council members look to revitalize city with youth

Lansing's student population could increase if the new Lansing council members have anything to do with it. Newly elected members Tim Kaltenbach and Kathie Dunbar both said they want Lansing to be more attractive to younger people and want to give the city a night life. "I'd like to see our downtown open at night, with galleries and shopping and restaurants and coffee houses that are open," Dunbar said.

NEWS

Students offer plan for noise violations

The University Student Commission recommended Tuesday that there must be a large crowd at a party — more than one person per 20 square feet — in order for residents to be fined under East Lansing's party-noise ordinance. The commission, which is made up of students that represent organizations and the student body, also said East Lansing City Council should ban outdoor drinking games between 11 p.m.

COMMENTARY

Cartoon too harsh, inappropriate for day

I am writing after viewing the political cartoon created by Mr. Mike Ramsey (SN 11/11). First off, let me say that I love political cartoons and enjoy a good laugh from them throughout the week. However, the cartoon I saw on Friday was not comical in any way.