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COMMENTARY

Living & learning

Step into either Case or Holmes Halls on an average weekday, and you'll discover a place where many students living next to one another have the same classes, majors and interests.

MSU

Volunteers dictate texts

Sitting in a soundproof room furnished only with a chair, a lamp, a dictionary and a four-track cassette recorder, education sophomore Virginia Birringer turned toward a thick physics textbook and prepared to record herself reading it.

FEATURES

'Dropout' gets full honors

Well-known rap producer Kanye West's solo debut, "The College Dropout," is intelligent, humorous and full of great samples and hooks. Not only does the album incorporate reflective and thoughtful hip-hop and R&B, but it also makes use of old-school soul sounds.

NEWS

Fear of job loss brings TA action

Fearing position loss, MSU teaching assistants have worked to make themselves more visible on campus since Provost Lou Anna Simon released her vision for liberal arts last month. The vision was released on Feb.

NEWS

WEB ONLY: 'Lord of the Rings,' A.P. sweep Oscars

From staff reports How did A.P. fare? State News film reporter A.P. Kryza made his Academy Awards picks in Friday's paper, and just like his pick for best picture, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," he had a clean sweep of the categories.

FEATURES

Sequel creates a new 'Dance'

In 1987, "Dirty Dancing" came out and grabbed the hearts of many. Throughout the years, it has become a classic "chick flick" - one that every girl has seen multiple times, and most guys have had to see at least once.

COMMENTARY

Double take

The State News would like to expound on our opinion of why instant replay in Big Ten football is a bad idea.

SPORTS

Clutten, relay win big in conference meet

MSU men's swimming and diving finished up a competition at the Big Ten Championships with individual performers excelling. The championship was held Friday and Saturday in West Lafayette, Ind. Standing out for the Spartans was Ian Clutten, who placed seventh in the 200 breaststroke, swimming the event in a time of 1:59.73 and earning an NCAA provisional qualifying time.

NEWS

Speed limits in E.L. could increase

Speed limits on two East Lansing roadways are set to increase soon, raising concern among city officials and residents who fear faster driving could turn into safety problems. Westbound Saginaw Street from Hagadorn Road to Coolidge Road will change from 35 to 45 mph, while East Grand River Avenue will increase from 25 to 35 mph between Cowley Avenue and Delta Street and between Bogue Street and the eastern city limits.

NEWS

Officials concerned about string of violent crimes

Following a string of recent aggressive robberies, East Lansing residents awoke Sunday to the news of a double shooting that killed a 34-year-old man and left another seriously wounded. While city leaders, residents and students might have become accustomed to occasional reports of violent crime in this typically safe college town, they characterized the city's first shooting death in more than four years as "shocking." East Lansing Mayor Mark Meadows said the upswing in violent crime warrants concern.

COMMENTARY

Listen up

Students talk, but do administrators ever listen to them? Provost Lou Anna Simon held a forum Thursday supposedly to receive student feedback about her plans to restructure the liberal arts programs.