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Board ponders midyear tuition increase

Amy Bartner
December 5, 2003

The MSU Board of Trustees passed a resolution Friday not to increase tuition in Spring 2004 if the state holds appropriation cuts at 3 percent or less. But even the 3 percent cuts would be harsh on the university, which has had most of the fat carved from its budget during the state's $920 million budget shortfall, university officials said. Fred Poston, vice president for finance and operations, said the university already has had to eliminate 19 academic programs. "For us, there isn't anything else to carve out," he said, adding that the resolution acts as "an offering" to the state.

COMMENTARY

Nobody is prepared to enter Spartan Country

Though few gray threads weave through his hair, my father, a model product of the 1950s' school of thought, sat me down on the eve of my departure to this university four years ago. "Kevin, you're going to experience and witness new things in college," he said from beneath his serious brow.

NEWS

Harassment stems from finals-week screaming

Steve Eder
December 5, 2003

To release the stress of exams, students have screamed from their dorm room windows and gathered outside at midnight during finals week for more than a decade.But in recent years, there is increasing concern that loud outdoor gatherings of hundreds of students in south complex are the source of sexual harassment and intimidation."What was originally intended to relieve stress - to go out and yell as loud as you can and get it out - we now also see the ongoing targeting and harassment of students," said Rick Shafer, associate director of residence life.

NEWS

Job market loosens for December graduates

Allison Lucy  and  Meghan Gilbert
December 5, 2003

As Saturday's commencement ceremonies approach for 2,585 MSU seniors, the job market could be slightly less intimidating for students prepared to enter the real world. Of the 450 respondents to the MSU national college employment survey, performed by the Career Services & Placement Collegiate Employment Research Institute, 86 percent listed the market in the fair to good range.

MICHIGAN

Rep. takes maternity leave

Brian Charlton
December 5, 2003

When Gov. Jennifer Granholm's executive order balancing a $920-million shortfall in the state budget is presented to state Senate and House appropriations committees next week, East Lansing will be without its chief advocate.At least in person.State Rep.

COMMENTARY

Columns need to have more research

I am tired of reading the same inaccuracies in opinion columns, most recently in Jim Lala's "Libertarians might not win, but they still have good goals". The first is that Congress is handing Iraq $87 billion.

MSU

International offices host open house

Emily Bingham
December 4, 2003

"Good meatballs" is not the kind of comment one normally would expect to hear in the offices of International Studies and Programs.But the ISP annual Holiday Open House held Wednesday transformed three floors of the International Center from quiet corridors into hallways bustling with festive people, colorful decorations and unique food - lots and lots of food.

COMMENTARY

Creationism a belief, can't be disproved

This is in response to Katie Lander's letter, "Creationism has been disproved". In it she contends that creationism has no place in scientific debate because it's "been disproved by modern science." That's a bald-faced lie.

NEWS

At the movies

Shaun Byron
December 4, 2003

"The Cat in the Hat" The only way they could have desecrated the memory of Dr. Seuss any more was to say he loved to eat children.

NEWS

Top 10 albums

1. "In The Zone," Britney Spears, Jive (Last week: Not on charts)2. "Beg For Mercy," G-Unit, G-Unit/Shady (3)3. "Blink-182," Blink-182, Geffen (not on charts)4. "The Black Album," Jay-Z, Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam (1)5. "Let It Be... Naked," The Beatles, Apple (not on charts)6. "Closer," Josh Groban, 143/Reprise (4)7. "Tupac: Resurrection," Soundtrack, Amaru (2)8. "Now 14," Various Artists, Columbia/Universal/EMI/Zomba (6)9. "Shock'n Y'all," Toby Keith, Dreamworks (Nashville) (5)10. "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below," OutKast, Arista (11)Source: Billboard