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Students in council race have past wins

All that's left of Alan Fox's time on the East Lansing City Council are his memories, newspaper clippings and a single campaign poster that hangs on the wall in his office that reads: "Alan Fox, City Council" in green, purple and blue lettering. From 1977-81, Fox served as a council member, becoming one of the only MSU students ever to hold a council seat. More than 20 years after his council stint and during a drought of student voices on the council, Fox said the prospect of new Spartan council members is exciting but only if done for the right reasons.

NEWS

Which Gophers team will show up vs. Spartans?

Before the fourth quarter of last Friday's Minnesota-University of Michigan game began, it looked as if the Golden Gophers had finally proven the doubters wrong.The Gophers, whose success many thought was merely the product of a soft schedule, had embarrassed the mighty Wolverines.

MSU

Department supervisors recognized

Before most of campus was awake, employees from MSU's Office of University Development stood in quiet darkness, anxiously waiting to surprise two of their bosses during the 3rd annual Supervisor Recognition Awards.The MSU Fight Song blared from boom box speakers, on Thursday as Charles Webb, vice president of University Development, and Marti Heil, associate vice president of University Development, walked in the door of the second floor conference room at the Eyde Building, 4660 S.

NEWS

Running wild

On a golf course in 1980, a single gopher caused headaches for assistant greenskeeper Carl Spackler in the movie "Caddyshack." On the gridiron this season, a group of gophers are making their opponents' heads spin game after game. The No.

COMMENTARY

Prejudice still alive in higher education

When, in the history of the entire world, did it become humorous to degrade other cultures? Walking on North Shaw Lane in front of Anthony Hall last Monday, minding my own business, a car with four young men (I hesitate to call them men) rolled down their windows and began throwing bits of paper trash from their car, then proceeded to shout variations of what their uneducated minds believed to be Vietnamese.

MICHIGAN

Education creates awareness for Domestic Violence Month

Lansing - Area residents are using education to respond to widespread domestic assault during Domestic Violence Awareness Month this October. In 2002, Lansing had almost 500 domestic assault arrests, the Lansing Police Department reported. "The only way that we break this cycle is if we educate people that this is what happens in domestic violence cases," said Judge Amy Krause of the Lansing 54-A District Court, the keynote speaker at a vigil at the Capitol on Tuesday evening. Several area support groups, including MSU Safe Place, Capital Area Response Effort and End Violent Encounters, Inc., collaborated in events which have drawn victims, survivors and advocates to create awareness for the national concern. In a rally Thursday afternoon, 75 people from across the state gathered at the Capitol to ask for clemency for 20 women.

NEWS

Top 10 box office

1. "Kill Bill Vol. 1"Total gross: $22.1 million2. "School of Rock"Total gross: $39.7 million3. "Good Boy!"Total gross: $13.1 million4. "Intolerable Cruelty"Total gross: $12.5 million5. "Out of Time"Total gross: $28.7 million6. "House of the Dead"Total gross: $5.7 million7. "The Rundown"Total gross: $40.3 million8. "Under the Tuscan Sun"Total gross: $28.3 million9. "Secondhand Lions"Total gross: $35.4 million10. "Lost in Translation"Total gross: $18.1 millionSource: Nielsen EDI

NEWS

Survey: 'U' more affordable

A recent ranking of educational value placed MSU closer to the top than last year, and while some officials say it's reflective of the quality the university provides, others say additional factors should be considered. In Kiplinger's 100 Best Values in Public Colleges 2003, MSU was ranked 29th - a jump from 61st last year.

NEWS

Student caught snipping 'U' corn

An MSU student is learning the hard way that the university's vast fields of cornstalks aren't open for public picking - even for innocent Halloween decorating.Just after midnight Tuesday morning, MSU police caught a 21-year-old female student yellow-handed as she snipped cornstalks from university fields near the corner of Jolly and College roads.

COMMENTARY

Budget crunch

Hurry! Hurry! Step right up to witness the one, the only, Amazing, Shrinking Budget! Just when you thought things couldn't get worse, they did.