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NEWS

Sweet salvation

Chocolate might be an overlooked universal language. Speaking in a tone of smells and unique one-of-a-kind tastes, there are few who don't understand its message. "Chocolate speaks to everyone," said Lora Helou, communications director for the MSU Museum.

COMMENTARY

Left behind

Yes, it was a no-win scenario. Yes, trivial arguments over altering cuts by decimal points wouldn't really help much.

MSU

Karaoke night to help children

MRULE, the Multi-Racial Unity Living Experience, will host a karaoke night at 8 p.m. Friday in the Wonders Hall Kiva to raise donations, like books, toys and clothing for children they interact with in orphanages in South Africa.

NEWS

top 10 singles

1. "All I Have," Jennifer Lopez feat. LL Cool J, Epic (Last week: 1) 2. "In Da Club," 50 Cent, G-Unit/Shady/Aftermath (4) 3. "Mesmerize," Ja Rule feat.

NEWS

'Old School' a definite comedic hit

College comedies are a hit-or-miss genre. The precedent was set in 1978 with John Landis' beer-and-whiskey guzzling classic "National Lampoon's Animal House," a landmark comedy about fraternities, wild parties and massive amounts of drinking.

COMMENTARY

U-M policy doesn't award for hardship

I am so sick and tired of the University of Michigan admission policy crap. It is ridiculous. Giving someone extra "points" because of where they come from or the color of their skin is a load of bull.

MSU

Safety task force set up after hall robbery

Members of ASMSU have decided to team-up with the Residence Halls Association after MSU's undergraduate student government discussed safety issues Thursday. A task force was created by ASMSU after a Case Hall residents was held at knifepoint during an attempted robbery Jan.

NEWS

Smith: Rapper 3rd Deggree knows girls aren't road to success

It's a known fact that people are attracted to money and power. Those searching for this American dream usually take one of two working routes to achieve it: They work to gain the respect of their peers by earning some type of reward for something in life, or they become groupies. Don't get me wrong, if taking the groupie route is your ticket to fame and fortune, hop right aboard the groupie express. On the stairsteps to his own fame and fortune, 3rd Deggree (aka Mario Jackson), a local hip-hop artist on independent label 8th Wonder Entertainment, has already spotted those seeking easy access to the rewards of his future. A battle-rapper by nature, 22-year-old 3rd Deggree has won more than a dozen professional contests, including last weekend's war at Blind Pig in Ann Arbor.

NEWS

Winter Ball planned to save Sparty statue

Members of the Student Alumni Foundation are reaching out to current Spartans in an effort to collect $25,000 to use toward a new Sparty statue.Formally called "The Spartan," the terra-cotta figure, toted by the university as the world's largest free-standing statue has deteriorated over the years due to weather conditions and paint attacks by University of Michigan faithful.The organization will be hosting a Winter Ball for students Saturday at 8 p.m.

NEWS

Kryza: At the movies

"About Schmidt" Jack Nicholson steals the show as a man who, upon his wife's death, realizes he's wasted his life.

NEWS

'Mullets Rock' has solid music, but missing key rockin' sounds

Before reviewing "Mullets Rock," I had never been one to dance on tables. But when I heard the opening power chords to Foreigner's "Hot Blooded" come over the stereo in my dorm room, crash boom went my laptop and books and up I went on my desk. That, in short, is the feeling any true appreciator of good rock music will get when taking a listen to this compilation. The album cover says it all - a guy with a mullet, a buxom, mud flap girl tattooed on his bicep, wearing zebra pants.

MICHIGAN

Street lights added in E.L.

The city of East Lansing and surrounding areas are beginning efforts to make the Northern Tier community safer for pedestrians and residents, starting with street lights. Lights were constructed along the stretch of Abbott Road between Lake Lansing Road and the Clinton County line last month and were turned on over the weekend, East Lansing City Manager Ted Staton said. Staton said the new street lights were part of a plan to increase safety on the roadway ever since the land north of Lake Lansing Road came into the city. Staton stressed the importance of the lights and wondered when they will be added north of Clinton County. "The volume of traffic out there just requires it," he said. Two female MSU students were hit by a car in the area, one of them killed, while walking along the unlit streets in October.