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NEWS

Top 10 singles

1. "All I Have," Jennifer Lopez, feat. LL Cool J. Epic. (Last week: 5)2. "Bump, Bump, Bump," B2K & P.

NEWS

A timeline: Motown's greatest records

Since the early 1960s, Motown has been making much more than records and creating something far larger than legends - it has been producing a musical discography dynasty. The Contours "Do You Love Me" (1962) With a major hit contributed by Motown main-man Berry Gordy Jr., The Contours scored big with its first single "Do You Love Me." Most importantly, the album began to establish the scene in Detroit. The Four Tops "Four Tops" (1964) Still timeless on today's radio - oldies radio that is - The Tops' "Baby I Need Your Loving" and "Ask the Lonely" landed two top-20 hits.

NEWS

Lansing cast readies for gospel musical opening

Finding a cast that's passionate, informed and excited about gospel music can be quite the feat - but Claudia Allen got lucky.Allen is the director of the gospel musical "Mahalia," which opens tonight at Riverwalk Theatre, 228 Museum Drive in Lansing.

COMMENTARY

Dropout decision

Michigan is among 29 states where students can drop out of school at 16, but it soon could be one of 15 states to require students to attend school until they're 18.

COMMENTARY

1981 study proves media's liberal bias

This is in response to TJ Jourian's column "Media does not have a singular view, all bases are covered" (SN 2/3). In her column, she states, "Get this in your heads: neither The State News nor media in general is anywhere near as liberal as some folks seem to think." Now, this is obviously not true, as any conservative who reads the paper or watches the news can easily point out.

COMMENTARY

Students, 'U' need to be responsible

This is in response to the editorial in The State News, "Beyond Safe" (SN 2/4). The recent attempted robbery of the Case Hall student is very alarming for all students living on campus.

NEWS

Theater auditions

"Absent Friends": A dark comedy by Alan Ayckbourn. 7 p.m. Sun.-Mon. Riverwalk Theatre, 228 Museum Drive, Lansing.

SPORTS

Fekete returns after major injuries

Coming back from one serious injury is difficult enough, but coming back from two, to the same body part no less, takes a huge amount of dedication, heart and love for your craft.Not only did senior Nik Fekete fight off two serious shoulder dislocations to return to the mat, but he says his confidence never wavered along the road to recovery."I had so much support, from family, friends and teammates," he said.

NEWS

Governor's address receives praise

Lansing - Not even the sound of Lt. Gov. John Cherry pounding the gavel could drown out the cheers and applause directed toward Michigan's first female governor during her first State of the State address. Gov.

MSU

Speaker stirs up terrorism debate

A discussion on ways the nation funds terrorism became heated as spectators voiced their disagreement with a speaker at Case Hall earlier this week. Debbie Schlussel, a controversial conservative political commentator who has appeared on ABC's "Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher," FOX News Channel's "O'Reilly Factor" and other notable political talk shows, spoke to students at James Madison College. Schlussel, who has studied radical Islam and terrorism, said terrorists receive money from certain goods bought by Americans. "If they can find a way with any product to fund terrorism, they will," she told the group of more than 35 students.

MICHIGAN

E.L. teachers lose hope

The teachers of East Lansing Public Schools have overwhelmingly lost confidence in the district's leadership, union officials say, as the district prepares to make significant changes to brace for a $4.2-million budget shortfall. "The tally overwhelmingly stated both teachers and support staff has lost confidence in Superintendent Tom Giblin's leadership," Michigan Education Association spokesman Mike McEachern said of the vote taken by the city's teachers Jan.

NEWS

'Shadows' in spotlight

"Standing in the Shadows of Motown" is exactly what a documentary should be. It stands back and lets its subjects tell their story with a minimal amount of camera trickery and reenactment of past events. As a result, we are exposed to a highly emotional and inspirational story that leaves you feeling as though you've gotten to know an amazing group of people. "Shadows of Motown" is the story of The Funk Brothers, the backing band for more No.

COMMENTARY

Republican plan to stimulate economy is only propaganda

Republicans like to talk about the "Bush doctrine." With the war against Iraq looming on the horizon, they need a hip, new buzzword to describe the pretext and strict conservative ideology behind the impending military action in the Middle East. This, of course, should come as no surprise.