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MSU diversity award nominations due

Amy Davis
January 12, 2005

Members of the MSU community have until the end of this month to nominate those who help broaden society's view of diversity. The Excellence in Diversity Recognition and Awards program, or EIDA, created in 1990, promotes and encourages diversity by recognizing people in the MSU community who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and creativity in that area, said Office for Affirmative Action, Compliance and Monitoring Director Paulette Granberry Russell. "It gives us an opportunity to distinguish efforts of those who have supported issues around diversity broadly defined," Granberry Russell said.

FEATURES

New releases

In case the snow's kept you away from your local music shop, here's a roundup of new releases. Pop/Rock/R&B Artist: Esthero Album: We R in Need of a Musical Revolution (EP) Label: Warner Brothers Artist: Doobie Brothers Album: Minute By Minute Label: Audio Fidelity Artist: Destiny's Child Album: Destiny Fulfilled (Bonus Tracks) Label: Sony International Jazz Artist: Grant Green Album: His Majesty, King Funk Label: Universal Japan Blues Artist: Etta James Album: Best of the Modern Years Label: Blue Note And for a head's up - here are next Tuesday's releases. Country Artist: Bill Anderson Album: Gospel Gold: Softly and Tenderly Label: Brentwood Artist: Patsy Cline Album: Duets Label: Brentwood Latin Artist: Alea Album: Alea Label: WEA International Artist: Antonio Vega Album: Autorretratos: Lo Mejor De Label: Universal International Rock Artist: The Coke Dares Album: Here We Go With ... Label: S.A. Artist: The Detroit Cobras Album: Baby Label: Rough Trade

MICHIGAN

Olin: Peak flu season upcoming

Jacqueline Wayneguite
January 12, 2005

As the peak of flu season approaches, students should take more precautions in the coming weeks, health officials say. Flu infections are expected to peak during the last week of January and the first week of February, said TJ Bucholz, spokesman for the Michigan Department of Community Health. Normally, it is in the middle of January, he said. "We don't really know why," Bucholz said.

COMMENTARY

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Respect. Where is it? Apparently it wasn't at the rock on Farm Lane on Sunday around 4 p.m. While a group of MSU students held a vigil for Julie Koivisto - an MSU graduate accounting student killed in a car accident over winter break - their gathering was disrupted by members of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity. The fraternity paints the rock each year on Jan.

SPORTS

Early penalty troubles hurting team

Eric Fish
January 12, 2005

Untimely penalties have led to some of the MSU hockey team's woes, and the penalty trouble didn't change last weekend when the Spartans visited Miami (Ohio). In both games of the series, MSU took early penalties, including one 19 seconds into Saturday's contest, that were partially responsible for the sluggish first periods of play on both nights.

MSU

New med school head meets college dean

The dean of MSU's College of Human Medicine and the new discussion facilitator for the college's move to Grand Rapids met Monday. Dean Glenn Craig Davis and Steven Heacock, currently chief administrative officer and chief legal officer of IdeaSphere Inc., in Grand Rapids, met for the first time since Heacock's appointment last week. Sherry Tompkins, spokeswoman for the college, said the meeting was positive. "The dean is very pleased about the formation of this group and the appointment of Steve," Tompkins said. Heacock said the entire committee of stakeholders for the move will meet Wednesday.

SPORTS

Spartans add another to '05 recruiting class

Chris Meagher
January 12, 2005

The MSU football team added another junior college transfer to its stable of committed recruits Monday evening. Justin Tomerlin, a defensive end from Butler Community College in Kansas, said he turned down offers from California, Florida State, Georgia, Kansas State and others to become a Spartan after visiting MSU over the weekend. "At the start, I never would have pictured myself at Michigan State," Tomerlin said.

FEATURES

We're all connected

Maddie Trier
January 12, 2005

Whether students use it to chat with friends, get the scoop on the class they skipped or talk to cute girls and guys, there is no question that Thefacebook, the Internet college directory, has taken MSU by storm. Rachel Ainslie, a Lyman Briggs sophomore, uses Thefacebook to keep in touch with acquaintances from high school and check in with people at MSU.

MICHIGAN

State passes laws in effort to curb lead poisoning

A new set of Michigan laws aiming to decrease lead poisoning from lead-based paint will have little effect on East Lansing residents. The laws, passed in December, will create a Lead Safe Housing Registry in Michigan and establish a Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention and Control Commission in Michigan.

FEATURES

Kresge exhibit has art-goers questioning reality

Nhia Lee
January 12, 2005

John Spillman wasn't quite sure if it was a real roll of toilet paper. The 28-year-old East Lansing resident squinted and got as close as he could to the plastic box that enclosed what appeared to be the fluffy white roll. "Is it real?" Spillman asked. Well, it's no Charmin, that's for sure. The roll of toilet paper is actually made from Italian marble, and it has such precise details - quilted cotton designs and dotted lines - that it looks lifelike. "This is amazing how soft it looks when it's really not," Spillman said. The toilet paper roll is artist Jud Nelson's piece simply titled "Toilet Paper VIII," and it will be on display at the Kresge Art Museum as part of the "Masters of Illusion: 150 Years of Trompe l'Oeil in America" exhibit. "Trompe l'Oeil" is French for "to fool the eye," said museum curator April Kingsley. And the 45 pieces on display do just that to curious eyes. A bulletin board in one room has letters, business cards and a folded dollar bill thumb-tacked to it.

MSU

Winter sports offer icy workouts

Almost every weekday afternoon, a handful of MSU students take the ice at Munn Ice Arena during the rink's open skate hours and begin their winter workout. "It's like exercise, but its fun," accounting senior Jake Tech said.