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MICHIGAN

Holiday to boost local business

Love is in the air, and various local businesses are catering to the upcoming Valentine's Day holiday. For candy stores, florists and restaurants, major holidays bring in a lot of business, said Steve Blair, an owner of Fabiano's Homemade Candies, 1427 E.

FEATURES

MSU actor talks jobs in Hollywood

Ryan Devlin has a boring life. And he knows it. He wishes he had a good story to tell about turning down an internship to become a big-time Hollywood actor, but he doesn't. "This town is tough.

MICHIGAN

East Village residents concerned, optimistic about area's future

As East Lansing officials work to reform the East Village, some students living in the area are wary of the city's motives and the consequences of such a large project. According to city documents, plans for the area include creating buildings to house businesses, permanent residents and renters in addition to demolishing structures in place, including the Cedar Village apartment complex. "I don't know if it goes with MSU's campus," said Heather Kerver, a zoology senior and East Village resident.

NEWS

Sen. challenges company policy

Marie VanAmburg is out of work because she is a smoker. Okemos-based Weyco Inc. fired the repricing analyst in January after she refused to take a tobacco test.

FEATURES

Celebs fight depression

The champagne wishes and caviar dreams that celebrity magazines and TV tabloids portray is just one of many sides of Hollywood. Many celebrities struggling for work suffer emotional highs and lows often not brought to light until something dramatic happens. "We call them 'stars' like they're from another planet separate from us," said Robert R.

FEATURES

E.L. abundant with live music

Can't wait until the weekend to get your music fix? Don't fret. Lansing and East Lansing house enough bars, stages and places for musicians to perform their goods than we can count on both our toes and fingers.

COMMENTARY

Myers' position not supported by truth

It is one thing for Mark Myers to state his opinions on abortion's unjust violation of human rights "Abortion has negative effects on mother and father, not just unborn" (SN 2/3). It is entirely another thing for him to feed into the incorrect medical myths about abortion with no references at all. I would refer him and others to the recently published article in a reputed medical journal, available through the MSU Libraries: "Induced Abortion: An Overview for Internists." The two physician authors of this article write that "the risk for hemorrhage severe enough to require blood transfusion is remote" and that "premature birth, infertility, ectopic pregnancy, spontaneous abortion, and adverse pregnancy outcomes are not increased in frequency after abortion." The authors also write, "induced abortion does not harm women's emotional health; for most women, it allows an overall improvement in quality of life.

MSU

Free AIDS tests offered

To participate in the fifth annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness and Information Day, the Black Student Alliance and the Lansing Area AIDS Network, or LAAN, are offering free testing in the Union's Multicultural Center today from 6-9 p.m. The day was created to urge blacks to "get educated, get tested and get involved" with HIV/AIDS activities in their communities said Philip Hilton, senior vice president of fund development and communication affairs at the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS. Hilton said statistics show that blacks have been disproportionately infected and affected by HIV/AIDS since the epidemic's beginning. "African Africans comprise 12 percent of the nation's total population and 54 percent of all newly reported HIV or AIDS cases," Hilton said.

COMMENTARY

Peace at last?

Although the Middle Eastern conflict between Israel and Palestine has been the same for many years, a cast of ever-changing characters has flowed through its political theater. Some of these characters have made steps to push peace forward, others back.

COMMENTARY

Tax trouble

Students can expect a possible increase in their taxes this year. The ASMSU Academic and Student assemblies passed a bill on Thursday to let students vote on a proposal to raise student taxes by $3 to $16.75.

MSU

Readers cram to 'Midnight'

This weekend, James Madison College students turned cramming into a collaborative art form. The MADhouse at James Madison College sponsored a marathon book reading of Salman Rushdie's "Midnight's Children" on Saturday.

BASKETBALL

Spartans hold off Hawkeyes from late rally, win 75-64

Iowa City, Iowa - MSU had been in this situation before, letting a lead slip away in the second half on the road. But this time, senior guard Tim Bograkos stepped to the free-throw line with a three-point lead over Iowa with more than a minute left. With 15,500 Iowa fans screaming and Iowa on a 13-4 scoring run to control the momentum, Bograkos didn't worry about the pressure.

SPORTS

Section's complaints need to be left at door

As I sat inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena 10 minutes before tipoff, about 80 members of the Izzone student section paraded around the outskirts of the Iowans' court chanting "Go state." The Izzone's white looked awkward in the sea of yellow and black, but its antics finally got the nearly 300 members of the Iowa fan section, the Hawk's Nest, to stand and rally around their own school's pride. Izzone members marched around the upper part of the arena for nearly an hour, and even though they were just a small group, they could still be heard throughout the arena - a comforting feeling for the Spartans. "It's always nice to come to an opposing court and have 100-200 fans there," head coach Tom Izzo said after the game.