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MSU

Snow falls on 'U'

As if a broken foot isn't difficult enough for a student trying to get around campus, 3 inches of snow doesn't make it any easier. English junior Lindsay Kosmala broke her foot last Saturday and spent Wednesday wrestling with her crutches on the snowy sidewalks. "Having to get books and go to class with a broken foot in a snowstorm is way more than I wanted to do in the first week of school," she said. Three days into the spring semester, students are not only adjusting to a new schedule of classes, but to Michigan's typical winter weather.

COMMENTARY

Fiscal fixes

Just like contestants on the popular television show "Extreme Makeover," Snyder-Phillips Hall will receive its own facelift in 2005. While re-guts, nips and tucks for residence halls are an important part of making them more attractive to prospective students, MSU officials should remember that in the midst of a budget crisis, fiscal responsibility is extremely important when renovating. We don't need another Shaw Hall equipped with whirlpools and state-of-the-art dorm furniture.

COMMENTARY

Ballot blues

How long must a piece of policy be enforced before it becomes a sedentary chunk of the status quo? Is there a statute of limitations on the pulse of popular American forethought?

MICHIGAN

Granholm: More cuts for next fiscal year

Lansing - Gov. Jennifer Granholm said there will be no further cuts for the remainder of the fiscal year, but her outlook for next year is grim. The governor, along with state Treasurer Jay Rising, held a press conference Wednesday that addressed state revenue estimates for fiscal year 2004-05. "My guess is that this is the smallest budget in decades," Granholm said.

NEWS

Ready & able

It was the first class of the spring semester, beginning sharply at 8 a.m. Instead of tired eyes and mass silence, students curiously flipped through American Sign Language books and chatted with friends in the Erickson Hall Kiva. As Lynn Duckwall, professor of American Sign Language, walked in the room, heads turned and the class quieted down. Duckwall didn't notice the change in volume. Duckwall, who is deaf, has taught at MSU for more than a decade.

COMMENTARY

Columnist ignorant of worldly beliefs

I really hope you just published Brian Beute's opinion article ("Truth is absolute, every action is either right or wrong") as a way to illustrate to the entire campus that he is an ignorant, closed-minded moron.