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MSU

Challenge to raise organ donor awareness

Spartans know it takes guts to beat the University of Michigan. But Gift of Life Michigan volunteers want to know which school is willing to give those guts away. The nonprofit organ donation program is sponsoring "No Guts, No Glory," an online drive between the rival universities.

MICHIGAN

Rally to foster minority vote

The Arab American Institute will hold a rally in Dearborn on Wednesday to prepare voters for the Michigan Democratic caucus Saturday. The rally, which is aimed at motivating Arab-American voters, will be hosted at the Henry Ford Center for Performing Arts, a Saturday caucus site. There will be an explanation of caucus procedures as well as on-site voter registration.

FEATURES

Sequel is basic at best

If the quality of the movie "Barbershop 2: Back In Business" is anything like its soundtrack - it would be two hours worth of just barely satisfactory entertainment. That's the grade I give the "Barbershop 2: Back In Business" soundtrack.

MICHIGAN

Energy-efficient habits could save renters money

With the onset of winter fully unleashed upon the city of East Lansing, some off-campus students are battling another seasonal foe - increasing gas bills. Many older rental houses in student neighborhoods are plagued by poor insulation, frigid drafts and leaky windows. Adding to the problems is the rising cost of natural gas due to shrinking supplies.

MSU

Semester at sea opens student's eyes

Going on a safari in Africa, playing soccer with Brazilian tribes and perusing Bangkok's red-light district taught psychology junior Rob Flewelling that life's best lessons are not found in classrooms. Last fall, Flewelling made the world his campus, as he and 600 other college students scaled the globe by ship, traveling to nine different countries.

NEWS

'Can Man' remembered online

A true MSU institution, an inspiration, a legend. Just a few of the words written on a new Web site about Ernst Lucas shortly after news of his death hit the MSU community about a week ago. Lucas, known to many as "Ernie The Can Man," biked around campus and picked up cans for money.

MSU

Research, grad studies VP to leave 'U' in May

MSU's vice president for research and graduate studies will leave the university after seven years to follow his environmental research interests. Bob Huggett will head back to his original research in environmental studies at the end of this school year. "I've been in academia for 35 years, and it's time to do something else," he said.

COMMENTARY

Bice falls flat in his latest argument

In reading John Bice's article "Science relies on confidence, strength of evidence, not faith" (SN 1/27), I was intrigued by his premise to define the difficult terms when discussing the said ideas - and then the article fell flat.

NEWS

MIDDAY UPDATE: Computer science graduates face difficult job market

The technical job boom may be shifting slightly for some MSU students within the next decade, officials say. According to MSU's Collegiate Employment Research Institute's 2003-04 executive summary report on national college employment, graduates hoping to secure jobs in computer science industries will experience "a very difficult market" this year. In addition, according to the U.S.

COMMENTARY

Letters disregard mobility-impaired

This is in response to the ableist letters encouraging people to "put on some boots" and deal with the inaccessible snowy sidewalks, "Get snow shoes; quit complaining" (SN 1/28) and "Road salt destroys more than it helps" (SN 1/29). That works quite well for me because I can simply step over the piled-up snow and continue on my way to class.

COMMENTARY

No easy answer for Kashmir turmoil

Abhishek Modi's solutions seem like some fairy-tale answer to a decade-old problem, and this is more than likely because that is precisely what they are founded on ("Some changes could end ongoing, bloody battle over Kashmir" SN 1/28). The problems that India and Pakistan face aren't about Kashmir alone - the nations are ideologically different.