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'U' trustees voice 4 major goals for 2004

The MSU Board of Trustees announced its New Year's resolutions Friday to address the Capital Campaign, the impending budget challenges, the push to secure the Rare Isotope Accelerator and the expansion of MSU's College of Human Medicine. Trustee and board chairman David Porteous named the four initiatives at the meeting, beginning with the university's Capital Campaign. "It's just a top, top priority of this institution," Porteous said. Trustee Randall Pittman said the campaign, which is an effort to raise $1.2 billion by 2007, doesn't only help MSU. "This Capital Campaign really helps with the quality of Michigan State University and the quality of education for tomorrow," he said.

COMMENTARY

Evolution scientific, creationism isn't

After reading Jamin Villarreal's letter "Scientists base claims on faith, too" (SN 1/15), I am left to wonder how a person, who believes a cat could become a fish and that evolutionary theory applies to motorcycles, could possibly be in a position to comment on the concept of logic. If all people were to automatically dismiss scientific theories before they even have a chance to learn about them, the state of learning in the world would grind to a halt.

MSU

Nuclear Reaction

If anyone should understand the depths of Iraq's nuclear capabilities - past and present - Imad Khadduri believes it is himself. For 30 years, Khadduri, 59, collected and processed the information that fueled Saddam Hussein's controversial nuclear program.

FEATURES

New releases

JAZZ"Black Orchid," Al McKibbon, Label: Nine Yards The 85-year-old McKibbon can be heard in the background on albums such as Dizzy Gillespie's "In Paris," Thelonious Monk's "Genius of Modern Music, Vol.

COMMENTARY

Screams cater only to privileged men

I would like to respond to a letter in defense of the midnight screams, "Exam screams just part of college life" (SN 1/15), that claims this tradition is a healthy, fun way for college students to release stress.

NEWS

Dream honored

Against a backdrop of sparkling snowdrifts and shadows cast by street lamps on campus, the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

MSU

Nickel & dime

Earvin "Magic" Johnson, step aside. There are two new all-time great Spartans on campus - hospitality business professors Ronald Cichy and Michael Kasavana. The two are inaugural members of a sort of vending machine industry hall of fame.

MSU

ASMSU to visit U-M conference

Representatives from ASMSU will be heading to a conference at the school down the road at the end of January for the first time in two years. On Jan.

FEATURES

Fast action, horrible plot

It's got motorcycles! It's got hot chicks in tight clothes! It's got loud music, gunfights, catfights, races, chases, explosions, one-liners, sex and murder! But one question remains: How could a movie with so many exciting elements be so dull? "Torque" is the latest in Hollywood's new obsession with fast cars, fast bikes and fast women.

MICHIGAN

E.L. City Council to meet with 'U'

The East Lansing City Council will hold one of its bimonthly meetings on campus tonight, offering students an opportunity to voice their concerns to city officials. The event, held three times a year at the beginning of semesters, will begin at 7:30 p.m.

SPORTS

Spartans dismantle U-M in lopsided rivalry victory

This season, the No. 25 MSU women's basketball team has made a name for itself with its defense. After putting on arguably their best defensive effort in a game against Ohio State last week, the Spartans (13-3 overall, 3-2 Big Ten) bettered the effort against Michigan in a 67-33 win Sunday.