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box office top 10

RankFilmWeekendtotalWeeksinreleaseBoxofficetotal 1."Daredevil"$45.03 million1$45 million 2."How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days"$20.71 million2$49.4 million 3."Chicago"$14.5 million882.6 million 4."The Jungle Book 2"$14.11 million1$14.1 million 5."Shanghai Knights"$12.80 million2$35.9 million 6."The Recruit"$7.28 million3$39.4 million 7. "Final Destination 2" $6.24 million 3 $36.1 million 8. "Kangaroo Jack" $5.04 million 5 $59 million 9. "Deliver Us From Eva" $4.42 million 2 $12.3 million 10. "The Hours" $3.86 million 8 $26.5 million Source: Nielsen EDI Inc.

NEWS

Play makes audience into jury

Shaun Byron
February 20, 2003

Karen Andre is standing trial for the murder of her wealthy employer and lover Bjorn Faulkner. Her only savior is a jury of 12 people who might have wanted an evening of entertainment. The Lansing Civic Players Guild is presenting "Night of January 16th," by Ayn Rand, Friday through Sunday at the Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbott Road. The play allows for public participation with jury members picked from the audience to give the verdict of guilty or innocent.

NEWS

Granholm: Universities can cut the fat

Joey Guillen
February 20, 2003

Michigan's public universities should expect a significant package of cuts when Gov. Jennifer Granholm presents her budget proposal for 2003-04 on March 6. "I do think there is fat in universities and colleges," Granholm said. MSU Trustee Donald Nugent said he can't speak for other universities, but MSU has been improving their efficiency while cutting costs over the last couple years. "MSU does not have that fat," he said. In recent years, the state has steadily increased appropriations to universities, Granholm said, adding universities can always increase tuition to maintain their spending. Hopefully, Granholm won't rely on tuition hikes to justify cutting higher education, Nugent said. "That's an unfair tax on students and their families," he said. The Associated Press contributed to this report For more on this story please see Friday's edition of The State News.

NEWS

Hip-hop team expresses diversity

Communication junior Evin Martin crouched in a second-floor dance studio in IM Sports-Circle as Kandace Flanagan walked up and knelt in front of him.Moving her hands over Martin's head, she gently touched the bottom of his chin with her index finger, slowly lifting him into a standing position to the tune of "Say Yes" by Floetry.Martin and Flanagan practiced dancing with the Urban Dreams hip-hop dance team earlier this week."You can connect more with your partner by doing a slow dance," Flanagan said.

MSU

Speaker tells of Holocaust survival

It was more than 60 years ago, but Eva Schloss can still remember the day she realized her normal life as a Jewish girl would never be the same."I was 9 years old at the time and I went to a friend's house - she was a Christian," Schloss said to a small group of MSU students and faculty Wednesday afternoon.

NEWS

Executive order approved

Joey Guillen
February 20, 2003

Lansing - Adjusting to more than $11 million in recent budget cuts, MSU President M. Peter McPherson could only say, "Frankly, this is painful." On Wednesday, lawmakers approved an executive order correcting the state's $158-million general fund deficit.

NEWS

Jucifer brings home on the road

Elysia A. Smith
February 20, 2003

Touring the country with a limited budget is always tough for a band trying to make its mark. Ed Livengood and Amber Valentine have eased some of the stress of being away from home by bringing home with them this time around. The Athens, Ga., duo Jucifer will bring its unique sound and style to Mac's Bar, 2700 E.

NEWS

Dead Sea Scrolls, 'U' artifacts on display

Kurt Ludke
February 20, 2003

They sound like they're from an Indiana Jones movie, but there weren't any archaeologists looking for the Dead Sea Scrolls when they were found in 1947 - no one even knew they existed. That changed when a young shepherd and his friends stumbled upon the ancient artifacts while searching for a lost goat in a cave near the Dead Sea. Like the Ark of the Covenant and the Holy Grail, the scrolls are a sort of missing link to ancient religion.

NEWS

Thunder struck

Megan Frye
February 20, 2003

Jocelyn Perrin is a tomboy, and there's no way around it. She grew up playing with hot rod models and driving tractors on her family's West Michigan farm. Now, just a few years after getting into the game, Perrin - aka Lil' Miss Dangerous - is one of the world's best female monster truck drivers and one of four female drivers in the United States.

COMMENTARY

Bus way would ruin unofficial dog park

This letter is in response to Brian Charlton's article about the proposed bus way between Crescent Road and the Farm Lane commuter lot ("Project would create bus way, reduce on-campus traffic," SN 2/18). What Charlton failed to mention is that this area is more than an Ag Expo field - it is an unofficial dog park used by hundreds of local residents.

MSU

Department might get new name

The Department of Telecommunication could be renamed the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media if approved in the Academic Governance system.

NEWS

Students, officials discuss racism

Ciji Kendrick told a crowd of more than 100 students gathered at Brody Hall auditorium on Wednesday that she has been a target of racism. "I was standing by my door talking when I saw three white guys," the mechanical engineering sophomore said.

COMMENTARY

'U' ordinances say bikes to be on road

In response to Josh Rabinowitz's letter ("Ride on right side to avoid accidents," SN 2/19) and his annoyance with "people walking in the middle of the sidewalk" causing a "common danger" to cyclists, I would like to refer him to trustees.msu.edu/ord/sec33.htm, which outlines MSU's laws pertaining to bicycles.

NEWS

Byron: For the love of a live performance

They work late nights making sure set pieces move the way they are supposed to. At 1 a.m., they can be heard checking the sound so even people in the nosebleed seats can hear the players on the stage. Brought in only a matter of days before a show opens, these people work hard to make sure what the actors do isn't in vain. They set the lights, design the costumes, build the sets and check the sound. And they do it all without applause, admiration or even roses after a successful opening night. All of the long hours put in by the stage crew often goes unrecognized by the everyday person, who plops down in their seat with their date, hoping to score some brownie points for an attempt at having high tastes. But they do it anyway, for the love of live performance. Dan Swalec, a theater junior with an emphasis on production, is working on the Lansing Civic Players' production of "The Sound of Music." "When a show opens, the designers and technicians all breathe a sigh of relief," he said with a laugh. Swalec said the stress doesn't get to him, and the lack of recognition isn't an issue. "I'd say a lot of technicians and designers don't do it for credit," he said.

NEWS

Station to receive $2.5M in federal funding

MSU's Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station expects to gain about $2.5 million in federal funding when President Bush signs a spending bill this week. The one-year allocations will support specific agriculture research including improved potato production, technologies for recycling wood products and bovine tuberculosis in cattle.

NEWS

Thunder struck

Megan Frye
February 20, 2003

Jocelyn Perrin is a tomboy, and there's no way around it. She grew up playing with hot rod models and driving tractors on her family's West Michigan farm.Now, just a few years after getting into the game, Perrin - aka Lil' Miss Dangerous - is one of the world's best female monster truck drivers and one of four female drivers in the United States.

COMMENTARY

War might be answer for peace; appeasement has failed before

Almost 60 years after World War II ended, France and Germany are again united. No, France did not unconditionally capitulate after a stunning display of military incompetence (again). Instead, the nation that surrenders whenever the weather turns cloudy has forged a diplomatic alliance with the nation that refined systematic genocide, as both France and Germany have vehemently protested American and British military pressure currently compelling Iraq to disarm. Pardon my exponentially increasing nationalism, but do our French and German allies have long-term memories that extend beyond three months? France and Germany insist weapons inspections in Iraq must be given more time, expanded in scope and equipped with more intelligence data.