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COMMENTARY

Big money

Because the MSU men's basketball team finished the Big Ten season with a 12-4 record and was the third of three conference teams selected to represent the Big Ten in the NCAA Tournament, Tom Izzo will have to switch to Kroger-brand canned peaches. In certain respects, collegiate basketball is more of a business than a sport.

FEATURES

Movie hopping

"Grace and the Storm" A Manhattan drug dealer comes across a mythical drug that stimulates parts of the brain humans don't know how to use.

MICHIGAN

2nd-grade class gets college lesson

Standing in front of a packed classroom on Tuesday, Lyman Briggs professor Walter Benenson described how sound waves travel through the air with help from Lyman Briggs sophomore Katie Knauf. Instead of teaching in his usual lecture hall filled with undergraduate students carefully taking notes, Benenson was a guest speaker in Sandra Donaldson's second-grade classroom at Cavanaugh Elementary School, 300 W.

MICHIGAN

Area police officers prepared for rowdy St. Patrick's Day incidents

Many area residents began planning for today's St. Patrick's Day celebrations in advance, and the police were no exception. This is the first where the holiday is being celebrated under the new .08 blood-alcohol content drunken-driving limit, and East Lansing police say they're prepared to crack down. "The bars open at 7 a.m., and they are drinking 12 hours earlier," said East Lansing police Sgt.

COMMENTARY

Homosexuality not predisposed trait

On what basis does Neal Conatser claim that polygamy is a choice but that homosexuality is an inherent trait ("Laws should omit sexual references" SN 3/16)? What about someone who is bisexual?

MSU

Bioethics conference to discuss cloning

The 7th National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference will take place Friday and Saturday at the University of Michigan's Ann Arbor campus. The conference will address the bioethical issues concerning developments with cloned human stem cells and other topics.

MSU

College program looks at malpractice issues

The "Two Skills Every Health Care Professional Needs" program will bring together the colleges of Human Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine, Nursing and the MSU-DCL College of Law on Thursday and Friday. The program will be held at the James B.

NEWS

Reactions vary on reorganization plan

Almost a month after Provost Lou Anna Simon announced her blueprint for the future of MSU's liberal arts, some MSU trustees have expressed support - and concern - for the plan. Simon released her proposal suggesting the reorganization of major college units as well as the creation of several new programs on Feb.

COMMENTARY

Residence college nice addition for 'U'

My thanks to The State News ("Living & learning" SN 3/2) for both recalling Justin Morrill College and noting its significance to the current discussions of Provost Lou Anna Simon's call for a new residential program in the "liberal arts and sciences." I heartily recommend that those interested in the new proposals acquaint themselves with the lost college's concept, curricular scope and history.

NEWS

Services held for slain men; studio schedule to change

Family members and friends have planned memorial services for Jeffrey Friedlis, one of two men found shot to death in an East Lansing martial arts studio Thursday. Friedlis, 29, from Grand Ledge, and Lansing resident Christopher James Emmerth, 32, were found dead Thursday with gunshot wounds at the Institute of Traditional Asian Martial Arts, 130 W.

NEWS

MSU-DCL may change

MSU-DCL College of Law could be renamed and further combined with MSU if a proposal passed by Academic Governance on Tuesday is approved by both schools' boards. The name would change from MSU-DCL College of Law to the Michigan State University College of Law.

COMMENTARY

'U' not for all

College isn't for everybody. Some people make meaningful careers as construction workers, paraprofessionals and mothers and fathers.

NEWS

McPherson talks over 4-year plan

MSU President M. Peter McPherson discussed options for encouraging students to graduate in four years at ASMSU's Academic Assembly meeting Tuesday night. It is the first time McPherson has met with anyone regarding block tuition since mentioning it in his State of the University address in February. "I came to lay out thoughts and ideas, not any specific action," McPherson said, adding that MSU students collectively would save about $10 million if they graduated within four years instead of five.

MSU

Centers cope with dwindling faculty

A retirement bubble has burst for MSU's International Studies and Programs, leaving behind holes in several national resource centers. "At the moment, we have key losses," said John Hudzik, dean of International Studies and Programs.

MSU

Freshman aid might increase

To coincide with President Bush's February education proposal, MSU's freshman financial aid loan limit could increase by $375. But Richard Shipman, director of MSU's Office of Financial Aid, said the limit should be increased for sophomores, juniors and seniors, too - and it should be larger. "We would be happy to see the freshman limit increase, but we really think it's too little with the kind of difference we'd need," he said.

FEATURES

Jucifer EP really, really, loud

Few factors can make a band immediately amazing. One of them is when the drummer rocks so hard that he or she starts to bleed (see www.jucifer.com). Or when flange and distortion are used simultaneously (Flange, noun: Fuzzy, spacey guitar effect that sounds cool). Another is when the lyrics are so good, you skip backward on the CD just to hear them over again. Thus is Jucifer's new six-song (plus bonus track) release, "War Bird." Jucifer is a really, really loud rock band.