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MIDDAY UPDATE: Winter storm covers Mich. in foot of snow

Lauren Phillips
January 23, 2005

A strong storm system during the weekend stretched from Chicago to Boston and left mid-Michigan covered in 12 inches of snow - breaking the month's precipitation record. As the snow drifts topped 2 feet, local residents, businesses and public safety officials were left to shovel out cars and maneuver the slippery roads. "It's pretty unusual that January sees this much precipitation," said Ernie Ostuno, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in the Grand Rapids office. Meteorologists predict the weather will rise to near freezing by Wednesday, but will drop again by Thursday.

MSU

WEB UPDATE: MSU hockey tops Lake Superior State University, 8-0

Eric Fish
January 22, 2005

Behind a hat trick from freshman forward Bryan Lerg, and 18 stops by sophomore goaltender Dominic Vicari, the MSU hockey team was able to blow out Lake Superior State University, 8-0, in Friday's contest at Munn Ice Arena. Lerg got the scoring going 5:27 into the game when he beat Laker goaltender Jeff Jakaitis, and MSU (13-11-1 overall, 8-9-0 CCHA) scored three more goals to end the first period with a 4-0 lead. Sophomore forward Drew Miller scored a power-play goal 13 seconds into the second period to deny any type of a Spartan letdown, and junior forward David Booth and Lerg added tallies, giving MSU a 7-0 lead heading into the final stanza. Lerg completed his first career hat trick when he popped in a rebound with less than four minutes remaining in the game, giving the Spartans an satisfying 8-0 win. "I have a smile on my face," Lerg said of his hat trick.

COMMENTARY

Equal sight

Hey you, pay attention. Stop ogling pictures of Maurice Ager and take notice of the other Big Ten basketball team tearing it up at Breslin Center. Although the No.

MSU

Career fair focuses on diversity

Amy Davis
January 21, 2005

The 41st annual Diversity Career Fair offered an opportunity for employers and students to discuss the importance of diversity in the work place. The fair, held Thursday night at Kellogg Center, provided a forum for all students to network with representatives from 116 different government, profit and nonprofit organizations about job opportunities after graduation. Carol Stier, Office of Placement Services events manager, said events such as the Diversity Career Fair, formerly known as the Minority Career Fair, help both employers and employees celebrate their differences. "Achieving diversity is a big issue with organizations," Stier said.

NEWS

New college blueprints due by April

Blueprints for a new residential college in the liberal arts need to be ready for review by spring in order for the project to progress, university officials say. The college is set to open in 2007, but unless things get underway soon, the college will most likely not be completed on time. About a year after the idea for a new residential program surfaced, administrators and several members of the MSU Board of Trustees still don't have enough details to get the project off the ground. The college is planned to be similar to the existing Lyman Briggs School and James Madison College, but with a humanities focus. In order for construction to begin on the college, which will be housed in the soon-to-be renovated Snyder and Phillips halls, the trustees must review the plans and approve them. But details such as which students, faculty and staff will be involved, what the college's curriculum will be and how much it will cost have yet to be defined and won't be ready for board approval until April. Plans for the new college must be decided at the board's April meeting, otherwise the project might be delayed until next fall. Trustee Dee Cook said she wants the project to move even faster, hoping the board could finalize a decision by next month.

MICHIGAN

Study: CPR often done wrong at hospital

About once a week, Bob White demonstrates CPR for students at the Mid-Michigan Chapter of the American Red Cross. The retired DeWitt Charter Township Fire Marshall said he has a selfish motivation for being there. "Some day that might be me on the ground," White said.

COMMENTARY

Schools a powerful source of sex ed.

This is in response to "Sex education is job for parents" (SN 1/19). I was disappointed in the obvious narrow-minded view a fellow MSU student had in his comments about sex education in schools. I would agree that in an ideal world there would be no need for sex education in school - where parents would have the time, accurate knowledge and resources available to them to educate their kids themselves.

COMMENTARY

Fundamentalist agenda seeking to undermine women's status

America is in the midst of a "culture war." However, our myopic focus on peripheral issues such as abortion or gay rights masks the root cause of the conflict, which is fundamentalist Christianity. I doubt the real agenda fundamentalists have for our country would garner support from most Americans.

NEWS

Locals react to inauguration

Rebecca Mcnulty
January 21, 2005

For Katie Allardyce, chairwoman of MSU Students for Bush, the inauguration of President Bush was an exhilarating experience. The political theory and constitutional democracy junior witnessed the parade, speech and festivities first-hand Thursday in Washington. "To see the sights and sounds and to actually be here to take part in the majesty and tradition of the presidential inauguration is exciting," Allardyce said in a phone interview from Washington.

COMMENTARY

We want you

With intense competition in the college admission process, some universities are doing more than just sending out mass mailings of pamphlets inviting prospective students to enroll. Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pa., offered potential students a free weekend getaway to go skiing or snowboarding.