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MICHIGAN

WEB ONLY: Local group goes door to door to unite residents and students

For Nicole Tompkins, knocking on neighbors' doors comes with the job. As a neighborhood resource coordinator, Tompkins works to bring permanent East Lansing residents and students closer in the Oakwood and Bailey neighborhoods, located north of Grand River Avenue. Along with nine other coordinators, the interdisciplinary studies in social science and community relations senior is organizing the first East Lansing Field Day & Barbecue to take place from 3 to 5 p.m.

MSU

TAs march in attempt to save jobs

More than 150 graduate employees, undergraduates, and faculty members marched across the campus Thursday beating buckets like drums and carrying picket signs to gain attention from university officials about teaching assistant cuts. The march was organized by the Graduate Employees Union in response to at least 50 TAs who had received notice that they might not have positions in the fall because of the university's financial woes.

MSU

More e-mail accounts affected by glitch

Meghan Gilbert
April 29, 2004

Another group of e-mail accounts has been found to be part of the about 6,000 people affected by a software glitch last week. A new group of about 400 account holders received an e-mail Wednesday urging them also to change their account passwords, after it was found they, too, were at risk.

NEWS

Center trustees request details

Amy Bartner
April 29, 2004

Officials at a health center in Grand Rapids say they need more details about the possible move of MSU's College of Human Medicine to their side of the state before they make any agreements. The Spectrum Health Board of Trustees met Tuesday night and discussed the school's move, but did not vote on the issue. "Everybody is in a voting frenzy," Spectrum Health spokesman Bruce Rossman said.

SOFTBALL

'U' outlasts Eastern in 3-0 win

Esther Gim
April 29, 2004

Jessica Beech pitched four perfect innings on the mound and chalked up three strikeouts as the MSU softball team defeated Eastern Michigan, 5-1, on Wednesday. Sophomore catcher Elizabeth Peterson knocked in two runs for the Spartans in this nonconference game.

NEWS

'U' students to face file-sharing lawsuits

An undetermined number of MSU students might face lawsuits from the Recording Industry Association of America for illegal Internet file sharing. The RIAA announced Wednesday that 69 individuals from universities across the country are being targeted with lawsuits for using peer-to-peer networks to illegally distribute copyrighted songs.

SPORTS

Spartans to face U-M 1st in conference playoffs

The MSU men's tennis team played its best tennis of the conference season at the end of league play, and the Spartans hope to ride that momentum into the Big Ten tournament today. "You can just tell by the way people are walking and carrying themselves and also in the way that they're playing," senior Chris Mitchell said. The ninth-seeded Spartans (16-12 overall, 3-7 Big Ten) face the eighth-seeded Wolverines (13-8, 4-6) in the first round of the 2004 Big Ten Men's Tennis Championships today at 10 a.m.

COMMENTARY

Misunderstandings cleared up by Lala

On Tuesday, Patrick Walters wrote a column ("Journalistic saboteurs beware: There's still time to improve" SN 4/27) in which he made the outrageous claim that I had implied that "rape education is a bad idea." My stance on rape education is that it is fine but not foolproof.

MICHIGAN

LCC students lobby for new bill

Inspired by a Lansing Community College political science course, about 10 LCC students have been lobbying aggressively in past weeks for a bill that won't directly affect them.

COMMENTARY

Research bucks

The Michigan Life Sciences Corridor is nearly five years old, just enough time for researchers and private industries to begin seeing the benefits of its early inception.

MSU

Study to review status of campus women

Emily Bingham
April 29, 2004

A two-year study is underway at MSU to uncover issues facing female students, faculty and staff. The study, called the "Status of Women Project," will use information gleaned from personal and group interviews to assess the climate and needs for women. "This evolved out of a request from the Women's Advisory Committee to the Provost," said Provost Lou Anna Simon, who said the initial idea for the study emerged about a year ago. Simon said the university historically has collected basic information about women on campus through annual MSU diversity reports, which compile statistics about international students and racial, ethnic and social minorities.