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COMMENTARY

Not all soldiers enlist for tuition

In response to TJ Jourian's column "Inconveniences caused by protesters minor in context" (SN 3/24), I would like to voice my opinion on the paragraph in regard to Demonstration Hall and the ROTC cadets who train there.

MICHIGAN

Budget cuts force board to close Spartan Village

Spartan Village Elementary School's doors will not open next fall after nearly 50 years of educating East Lansing children.The East Lansing School Board approved 5-2 the closure of Spartan Village Elementary on Monday, which is on the MSU campus, and the reorganization of the additional six elementary schools.

MSU

Student wins $30K award

When Jared English was contacted and told to proceed immediately to MSU President M. Peter McPherson's office on Friday, he thought he was in trouble.He didn't, however, think he was going to be notified he won a $30,000 scholarship."How often are you called into the president's office?" said English, an international relations and finance senior and ASMSU's Academic Assembly director of university, governmental and budgetary affairs.

MICHIGAN

Blaze displaces residents

A set of keys, a pair of glasses and a wedding ring are some of the items Kathryn Rennells left behind when fire engulfed the third floor of her Haslett apartment building early Tuesday morning. The fire began on the upper level of the three-story, 24-unit building at about 1 a.m.

MSU

ASMSU supports 'U' divestment

In a battle of words, both on and off paper, ASMSU passed a bill supporting the Coalition for Social Responsibility's divestment suggestions to the MSU Board of Trustees.The group maintains MSU has violated its own investment policy by investing in companies which do not show social conscience.

MSU

Former Brazilian president lectures

The United States should have waited two or three weeks for approval from the U.N. Security Council before attacking Iraq, former Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso said Monday night."It's a very delicate situation and I'm not the president of the United States," Cardoso said, addressing a crowd of more than 500 at Wharton Center's Pasant Theatre.It would have been "terrible" if the United States, the United Kingdom and Spain had proceeded to strike Iraq with disapproval from the council, he said.A resolution asking the U.N.

COMMENTARY

Agri-vating

With many worries of terrorism flooding Americans' minds every day, the people of MSU do not need to dwell on the phenomenon known as agri-terrorism.

FEATURES

Lighting up

The bright lights of the convenience store are finally in sight as you conspicuously begin to dig through your pockets for any spare change.

COMMENTARY

Iraq war isn't over oil, despite belief

This letter is a response to all the anti-war demonstrations and letters pinpointing oil as President Bush's reason for declaring war on Iraq. Using oil as Bush's purpose for declaring war is a very cheap way to find a reason to be against the war. Iraq supplies about 5 percent of the world's oil.

COMMENTARY

Paying the cost

As if the price of American lives wasn't already too much to pay for the Bush administration's war with Iraq, now the president is asking Congress for billions of dollars the country doesn't have to finance the endeavor. President Bush is seeking $74.7 billion as a down payment for the war with Iraq.

COMMENTARY

Classroom issues minor in context

I am writing in response to Brenda Sternquist's comments regarding classroom seating ("Quiet, comfy classrooms aid education" SN 3/14). I completely understand and am trying to sympathize with her about the closeness of the seating in lecture halls, unpadded chairs, fixated seats, etc.

FEATURES

Don't judge Four Lincolns' album by its cover - 'Laxadaisical' worth a listen

Please excuse the band's name, it's not the most convincing or memorable. But if you don't judge it by its name (or in this case, also its cover) Grand Rapids-based Four Lincolns and its new release "Laxadaisical" have the ability to shock. Opening track "Never in Love," illustrates the band's abilities to write extremely strong lyrics - as does much of the CD. Although strong lyrics make a song, well, a poem, they aren't anything without the singer's ability to relay their meaning.

SPORTS

Lightning holds registration

Workouts have begun for the Lansing Lightning semi-pro football team. Any interested participants should apply at the Baseball Academy of Mid-Michigan, 5849 Enterprise Drive in Lansing. Practices are held from 8-10 p.m.

NEWS

Experts review illness among Gulf veterans

While the nation is involved in a war with Iraq and considering its short-term effects, some officials are analyzing the lingering aftermath caused by the Gulf War.According to a study released Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, veterans of the Gulf War who received 12 weeks of group therapy or regular aerobic exercise reported "significant" improvements in some symptoms of the Gulf War illness.Symptoms of the Gulf War illness - a term applied to the similar, unexplained symptoms shared by a large number of veterans who served in the 1991 Persian Gulf War - include fatigue, pain and memory loss.The $9.6-million study, funded by the U.S.