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Prof. strives to end world hunger

After decades of working with hunger and the poor, animal science professor Sam Varghese has focused on his home country of India this last year. Last month, he returned from another trip to India, where he worked with relief efforts for the tsunami that hit Southeast Asia in December 2004.

COMMENTARY

'Holiday spirit'

It's that time of year again. Every shopping trip is accompanied with a walk past a stand asking for donations to charity.

NEWS

Happenings

Arts happenings Today, Friday, Saturday: "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg" presented by Unique Minds, a production group dedicated for and with mentally challenged young adults.

FEATURES

The bartender

The holiday season is here. Well, at least according to retailers. Although Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Christmas, Bodhi Day, St.

COMMENTARY

Give it a shot

Nobody likes a hangover. Your head is pounding. You might vomit at the first hint of food. Dragging yourself out of bed won't be a manageable task for at least two hours, and it's already noon. If you've ever made the unfortunate mistake of doing one too many tequila shots, there is a good chance you have experienced some of these symptoms. Now there is a new product claiming to prevent this condition.

NEWS

Student: Trustees 'dodge' questions at meeting

MSU Board of Trustees members Dorothy Gonzales and David Porteous said Wednesday they had perused — but not read — through the report from the independent commission reviewing the April 2-3 disturbances. "You have to spend a lot of time going through the As and Bs and Cs of that to make sure you understand," Gonzales said. Porteous, who is also the board's chairman, gave a moderate summary of the contents of the report when Residence Halls Association members asked his opinion on the report itself at their weekly meeting. About 300 tear-gas canisters were released when a police-estimated crowd of about 3,000 people spilled out into East Lansing streets after the men's basketball team lost to the University of North Carolina in the Final Four.

COMMENTARY

Cartoon compares two similar instances

I'm going to make this short and sweet, regarding Mike Ramsey's Veterans Day cartoon (SN 11/11). Those soldiers who served in the "good war" were defending our own and other countries, as well as putting a stop to genocide. Today's soldiers are attacking a foreign country and occupying it.

NEWS

Moving matters

Almost 19 months ago, then-MSU President M. Peter McPherson pitched a plan to the MSU Board of Trustees to move the university's medical school to Grand Rapids. Later that afternoon, McPherson announced his plans to resign at the end of the year. "It was a pretty dramatic day, to say the very least," said East Lansing City Councilmember and former Mayor Mark Meadows, who was present at the board meeting to testify in opposition to the plan. McPherson's proposal — which originally called for a transplant of the College of Human Medicine to Grand Rapids — was met with strong opposition in both the MSU and Lansing communities. "It was an impossible plan.

COMMENTARY

Protestors unhappy with any outcome

According to a protester in "Wal-Mart faces public protest" (SN 11/17), Wal-Mart is a "monster" that needs to "be kept in check." And based on a recent editorial, "Fight the smile" (SN 11/18), The State News agrees. The inconsistencies and ignorance of people promoting "economic justice," a euphemism for socialism, is glaring. On one hand, consumer "advocates" crucify the oil industry for "price gouging." On the other, these same groups criticize Wal-Mart for prices that are too low.

MSU

Hurricane effects still observed

On a volunteer trip one month after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, Ashley Wright couldn't believe the town of Pass Christian, Miss., was still in ruins. "I felt like I got dropped off in the woods and had to pick up trash," the economics senior said.

FEATURES

Secret agent woman

She got her schooling as a ballet dancer and now she's shaking a leg all over the silver screen. Charlize Theron's latest film is "Aeon Flux," a science-fiction thriller set to open nationwide tomorrow.