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Assistant hall director resigns, says she can't live in dorm with same-sex partner

For the past four months, Carolyn O'Laughlin has woken up each morning with the same thought: Is today the day I get fired?The former assistant hall director for Mason Hall has been in a relationship with French graduate student Rebecca Linz for more than a year and the couple formalized their union over winter break.But the university doesn't allow students in same-sex relationships to live together or receive benefits, so O'Laughlin voluntary resigned from her position in Residence Life today and the couple will move out of Mason on Wednesday."I really loved my job until I couldn't do it anymore," O'Laughlin, a student affairs graduate student, said.

SPORTS

Sports briefs

Benita Mehta
March 17, 2003

Manz finishes 12th in shot put in Arkansas The MSU men's and women's track teams concluded their seasons at the 2003 NCAA Indoor Championships on Saturday in Arkansas. The lone female representative, senior Ann Somerville, placed 14th out of 17 runners in the 3,000-meter run. Junior Steve Manz placed 12th in the shot put with a throw of 61-2 1/4. 2 Spartans qualify for championships Two members of the MSU men's swimming and diving team qualified for the NCAA Diving Championships this weekend. Junior Justin Laskowski and senior Nick Visscher qualified for the championships at the NCAA Zone C Qualifying Meet in Oxford, Ohio. On the women's side, senior Stephanie Anisko failed to qualify for the championships. Laskowski and Visscher will compete at the NCAA Championships on March 27-29 in Austin, Texas.

SPORTS

Throw strategy out back door; use team mascots, coin flips

It's the most wonderful time of the year. Brackets for the 2003 NCAA Tournament are here, and it's the only day you can drink green beer without being looked at funny - finally, March Madness. And so on the day when everyone is just a little bit Irish, let's take a look at some guidelines for filling out a bracket the right way.

MSU

Vogue show brings Asian culture to Wharton

Six women in white dresses with green head wraps twirled in circles as 12 green-and-white striped sticks snapped in the air to the steady beat of traditional music at Cultural Vogue on Saturday at Wharton Center's Pasant Theatre.Five men in traditional green and white Indian dress laid on the floor in a straight line, slowly rotating their bodies as a woman glided over their backs in the presentation of the dance Raas Gula by the Coalition of Indian Undergraduate Students.

MSU

Week features community service

Aaron Foley
March 17, 2003

Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority begins its community service oriented Skee Week today. At 8 tonight in the University of Michigan Room in the Union, there will be an informational session titled "Health Issues for African-Americans." At 8 p.m.

COMMENTARY

Tuition caps prove harmful for 'U'

In this time of reduced appropriations and fear from wild rumors of tuition increasing 30 percent, some feel it's necessary to recommend tuition caps as a necessary tool to restrain tuition.

NEWS

Assistant prosecutor's future undecided after suspension

Chad Previch
March 16, 2003

Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III has yet to decide if he will reinstate an assistant prosecutor after she was suspended after allegations she and others schemed to retrieve a cat that had been sold to an animal dealer.Dunnings said he need more information before deciding the fate of Allie Phillips, who works in the prosecutor's family division.

NEWS

St. Patrick's Day preserves Irish tradition

Kendra Snyder
March 16, 2003

Peggy Murphy watched as her daughter jumped, tapped, spun and kicked across a wooden dance floor to the sound of Irish music Friday afternoon, a 12-year-old ritual for her family. To Murphy, coordinator of the Irish Dance Company of Lansing, St.

NEWS

Protesters speak out, get counterprotested on Grand River Avenue

Chad Previch
March 16, 2003

Although Allison Saxby's husband is in the Army in Texas waiting for deployment to the Middle East, she stood on the median on Grand River Avenue protesting the war. "He wants to go fight and I think it's a bunch of crap," she said holding a sign that said "Peace is Patriotism." "We have different feelings." Saxby was among about 100 protesters standing on one of the city's busiest areas holding candles as they delayed traffic. During the protest, passing motorists honked horns while some passers-by protested the protesters. "We're going to war.

COMMENTARY

Racism is severe against blacks

Nonminorities might face racism now and then, but it is nowhere near the severity of the treatment minorities face every day from teachers, bosses, co-workers and classmates.

MSU

Students fried over food item

Carrie Hoover
March 14, 2003

Some students were sizzling mad over french fries Wednesday after a Shaw Hall cafeteria worker gave them a new name - "freedom fries." The name mimics a move by cafeteria workers at the U.S.

BASKETBALL

Champs to chumps? Izzo's squad in danger

It doesn't seem that long ago nearly the entire MSU community packed into Cedar Village like sardines that magical April night the Spartans ran the gauntlet to the school's second national championship. Even with the loss of Mateen, Morris and A.J., Spartan fans had visions of - not sugarplums - back-to-back championships dancing in their heads. The following season, the team returned a solid nucleus - seniors Charlie Bell and Andre Hutson and the high-flying sophomore Jason Richardson - plus a pair of talented freshmen, making the team's attack that much more potent. In pursuit of another title, that team went 24-3 in the regular season and won the school's fourth consecutive Big Ten regular-season title. However, the Spartans encountered a slight bump in the road in their Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal tilt with Penn State, falling to the Nittany Lions, 65-63. Although surprising, the setback didn't deter the team on its way to its third consecutive Final Four.