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Playboy seeking campus women

Playboy photographers are looking for some MSU ladies who want exposure. The top men's magazine in the country - with a circulation of 3.15 million - is recruiting female students at least 18 years of age for its October "Women of the Big Ten" pictorial. "We're looking for all types of women," said Karen Ring, spokeswoman for Playboy Enterprises Inc. "They have to be photogenic, studious and well-rounded. "There's no set rules.

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Research team finds key to developmental disease

Kendra Snyder
March 28, 2003

MSU researchers have identified a gene responsible for a rare developmental disorder, paving the way for easier diagnosis of the syndrome. Smith-Magenis syndrome, or SMS, is characterized by physical, developmental and behavioral disabilities including mental retardation, sleep disturbances and self-injurious behavior. Last summer, a team of four MSU researchers discovered the syndrome is caused by a gene mutation on chromosome 17.

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Forum gives insight on Africa

When computer science sophomore Okechukwu Okoro lived in Africa, he thought living in America would be like living on easy street. "The television gives a view that life is so easy and flowery but it's not," he said.

SPORTS

Sports briefs

Spartans to speak to children on campus About 1,000 Lansing-area elementary students will be on hand for the National Student-Athlete Day Rally today at Jenison Field House. The event recognizes the work of elementary students in the Young Spartan Program.

COMMENTARY

Expressing opinion isn't 'ultraliberal'

This letter is in response to a letter to the editor ("Columnist's choice of discussion awful" SN 3/26). The person who wrote the letter complained about a columnist not "supporting his country, his troops and his president in times as important as they are right now." The columnist is later called "ultraliberal" and "unpatriotic." The kicker here is when the writer of the letter says, "I hate people who use their First Amendment right to spout off about our nation in a time when there is no room for it." What?

SPORTS

Spartans have wealth of returning talent

Dawn Klemish
March 28, 2003

Despite losing the team's leading scorer to graduation, the MSU women's basketball team has a bright future. Sunday's 50-47 loss to Texas Christian in the first round of the Women's NCAA Tournament brought the season to an abrupt end.

COMMENTARY

Disgraceful 'U'

When hearing Professor Fayyaz Hussain describe his experiences of being sneered at to "Go back home," a reasonable person might think he was reminiscing about being teased in elementary school. Sadly, that is not the case.

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Listserv debates war

With more than 750,000 Web hits a week, a cyber debate is raging about war in Iraq on the largest academic listserv in the world. More than 133,000 people subscribe to Humanities and Social Sciences Online, or H-NET, an independent scholarly society hosted by MSU's MATRIX humanities and technology center.

COMMENTARY

Showing live combat on TV only can have negative impact

And I thought reality TV couldn't go any further. People are being married by the audience, kicked off islands, rushing fraternities and sororities and now this. Live war. Late Saturday night, CNN and many other news networks around the world aired a battle near Umm Qasr in Iraq, live for our viewing pleasure. Sure, I'll admit I was frozen to the TV watching the events unfold, which is the goal of any TV network. And sure, it was a great show of journalism, especially after the tragic events that some journalists have already encountered in the war. But come on, you can't just go broadcasting live battle scenes.

BASKETBALL

Brown scores 23 points in high school all-star game

While most people were likely observing high school basketball phenom LeBron James at the McDonald's All American High School Basketball Game on Wednesday in Cleveland, some others were staring fixedly at two MSU recruits. Guards Brandon Cotton and Shannon Brown showed off their skills at the contest. Troy Jackson, Brown's coach at Proviso East High in Illinois, said Brown was impressive. "Shannon played real well, like I expected him to," Jackson said.

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Campaign draws 'U'

Carrie Hoover
March 28, 2003

Posters and cardboard stand-up advertisements across campus aimed at drawing students back to the residence halls have been effective in the last year, University Housing Director Angela Brown said. The "Live on" campaign has been running for three years and Brown says MSU uses the program to both inform students and increase interest in living on campus. MSU's residence hall system can house about 14,900 students.

FEATURES

Latest release from Sony a must for music lovers, questionable for hardcore gamers

Joseph Clark
March 28, 2003

The folks from Sony are at it again with a new release for PlayStation 2 called "Amplitude." This game, a quasi-sequel to the game "Frequency," also for PS2, allows players to "mix and remix hit songs" by a bunch of well-known artists, including David Bowie, blink-182, Pink, Weezer, Garbage and more. I say "quasi-sequel" because, although having not played the original, it's hard to imagine what simpler concept there could be to make this game from. The gameplay is almost mind-numbingly simple.

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Greek Week kicks off Sunday to raise money for charity bill

Aaron Foley
March 28, 2003

It's time to break out the water bottles, sweatsuits and gym shoes. Greek Week, which kicks off Sunday, is a week of fund-raising events performed by the Interfraternity and Panhellenic councils benefiting several charities. Larry Wisne, director of Greek Week, wanted to make it clear everyone in the community - not just greeks - is invited to participate. "We support a lot of charities with our donations," Wisne said.

MICHIGAN

Winter thaw causes water main breaks

Brian Charlton
March 28, 2003

As the spring weather thaws East Lansing, city officials are fixing a record amount of water mains. Due to the cold temperatures and troubling frost conditions, the city has fixed approximately 40 to 50 water main breaks this winter, costing the city about $40,000, said Todd Sneathen, the city's director of Public Works and Environmental Services.