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Impacts of med school relocation questioned

The possible transfer of MSU's College of Human Medicine to Grand Rapids could severely impact the region's economy and health care services, a group of Mid-Michigan leaders say. East Lansing Mayor Mark Meadows and Lansing Mayor Tony Benavides are among the group of constituents who formed the Lansing-area Executive Response Team, which met in Lansing City Hall on Wednesday.

MICHIGAN

Group to remain active despite Dean dropout

After months of identifying supporters, registering voters and campaigning, the Students for Dean crusade came to an end Wednesday. Howard Dean officially announced he was dropping out of the race for Democratic presidential nominee Wednesday in Burlington, Vt.

NEWS

Theater a world unto itself; people form cliques easily

As theater reporter, I've gotten the opportunity to meet a slew of interesting people. I've talked to Broadway actors, cocky directors, talented students, cheerful theater managers, mean professors and, of course, die-hard theater lovers. The theater is a world of its own.

NEWS

Rick's says 'Hello Dave'

While Chicago's Hello Dave might seem right at home tonight at Rick's American Café, the band doesn't limit itself to just one kind of venue. In fact, unlike most independent rock bands, Hello Dave has spread out across the map, performed at U.S.

NEWS

'Hard Lessons' taught at Mac's

In response to criticism of The Hard Lessons' blues- and rock 'n' roll-influenced sound, guitarist Agostino "Gin" Visocchi said he'd rather the band sound like music 30 years ago than two years ago.

COMMENTARY

Abortion issues not truthfully explained

Again, I find myself rolling my eyes as yet another female college student regurgitates the propaganda she's been fed as a part of the "first generation to have had the right to abortion since birth" ("Women should make decisions about own bodies, need choices" SN 2/12). Lindsay Staron tries to convince me that abortion is safe.

MSU

Student contest looks into history

The legacies of Malcolm X, Harriet Tubman, Mohandas K. Gandhi and Sitting Bull were brought alive on campus Wednesday night, as four teams of students competed in the third annual Multicultural Heroes Hall of Fame Case Competition.

NEWS

'Against the Ropes' creates another boxing borefest

This flick could have been called "Rocky Brockovich." The story, "inspired by the life of" Jackie Kallen, about one woman's phenomenal rise as a boxing manager who rocks the "boys' club" world of professional fighting, could have risen to the occasion, offering something with the heart and drive of one "Italian Stallion" and the persistence and honesty of one push-up bra-wearing consumer advocate.

COMMENTARY

Sensible move

What does the average MSU student miss most about dormitory life? The curtailed freedoms? The inebriated sign-ins, followed by next-day disbelief and remorse about who was "signed in"? Perhaps the waffle machine? In a roundabout way, the average off-campus dweller or squatter misses all of those.

NEWS

Upcoming concerts

February 19: Dope, Mushroom Head and Twisted Method at The Machine Shop in Flint 19: Hello Dave at Rick's American Café, 224 Abbott Road 20: The Hard Lessons at Mac's Bar, 2700 E.