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A taste of Cuba

Lansing - It might be hard to imagine, but underneath the snow and ice, Old Town is like a little piece of Havana.At least Sabina Texido thinks so."I don't feel like I'm not home," she said.

MICHIGAN

Local high schooler a Jeopardy! contestant

Sarah Frank
February 6, 2003

Standing atop two stacked wooden blocks behind her podium and wearing high heels, 16-year-old Shuyu Wang, who isn't even 5 feet tall, was barely eye-to-eye with Alex Trebek. Her family watched nervously from the audience, and cheered their young scholar on with every correct answer. Wang's mother, Xiaozhu Pan, said watching her daughter compete on "Jeopardy!" this December was exciting and "a dream come true." An Okemos High School junior, Wang is a contestant on the "Jeopardy!

COMMENTARY

Offensive flier was racist and sexist

I don't know about anyone else here on this campus, but I am really, really mad. Police have a suspect and charges have been filed against an individual for posting racist and sexist flyers in Shaw Hall ("Suspect charged for posting offensive flier," SN 2/3). I cannot believe he is only being charged with a misdemeanor. More than half of the American population is being threatened with violence.

MSU

Suggestive flier raises eyebrows among greeks

Aaron Foley
February 5, 2003

A sexually suggestive flier promoting recruitment events for fraternity Phi Kappa Psi has officials questioning whether members of the group were the ones who distributed it in the first place.The flier, which reads "Be A Dick, Rush Phi Kappa Psi," depicts a comic strip-type illustration with a stick figure choosing which fraternity to join.

MSU

Students flock to Open Mic Night

Aaron Foley
February 5, 2003

An hour and a half before sitting behind the mic, Andrew Burri wrote the lyrics to the song he was going to perform.Sitting alongside guitarist Phil Detolve, the education freshman belted out "The Sun Burst Through." Burri wrote the music last weekend.Detolve learned the guitar part moments before the show.The duo is one of many who performed at a new place to check out local talent - Holmes Hall.Every Monday night, students flock to the Sparty's Convenience Store on the first floor of the residence hall to take in an open mic night.The event, which is planned and carried out by Holmes Hall residents, began three weeks ago, but was a work in progress for about a year."There was a great demand for it here," Holmes Hall mentor Emily Perhay said.

COMMENTARY

Patriot pressure

The congressional bill that aims to require all U.S. citizens and permanent residents aged 18-26 to complete at least two years of military service is unnecessary and un-American. U.S.

FEATURES

Build your own computer

Building a personal computer is neither a dork's pastime nor too complicated. "I've been doing it for about six years now," computer engineering junior Royce Cole said.

COMMENTARY

Charges violate First Amendment

I almost fell out of my seat in class when I read the headline "Suspect charged for posting offensive flier" (SN 2/3). Have we completely forgotten about that all-important document that expresses and guarantees the freedoms that our forefathers have fought and died for?

MICHIGAN

Amtrak seeks funding

Amtrak officials and state Department of Transportation representatives are still trying to reach an agreement to renew the railway system's contract with the state, officials announced Tuesday.Both sides met Tuesday afternoon at the Michigan Department of Transportation's headquarters in the State Transportation Building in Lansing, 425 W.