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COMMENTARY

Title drives wedge between couples

The title The State News chose to give Adrienne Broaddus' column ("Interracial dating should not be a societal taboo," SN 1/17) was disheartening at least and ignorant at best, especially considering the Martin Luther King Jr.

COMMENTARY

Americans need to utilize free speech

I am responding to the letter entitled, "Column uses free speech to bash U.S." (SN 1/17). One of the great things about this country is that each citizen has a right (and I also believe an obligation) to criticize his or her own government without the threat of being arrested. While I don't agree with all of the points made by the author of the original offending column, "America's unalienable rights include selfishness, greed, power" (SN 1/15), I do understand the difference between "bashing" and "criticizing." While the former points out faults to deride, the latter points out faults to improve.

MSU

ASMSU fights financial aid drug law

ASMSU is implementing a plan of attack against a federal rule which bans financial aid to students convicted of drug crimes.MSU's undergraduate student government condemned the drug provision of the Higher Education Act at its Thursday meeting.The provision states students convicted of a drug crime will not be eligible for financial aid for a minimum of one year, depending on the severity of the crime.The policy has been denounced by several universities and national organizations since it was added to the Higher Education Act in 1998."Judges punish people, not federal programs," said Andrew Banyai, representative for Students for Sensible Drug Policy.

FEATURES

Band's sophomore release a solid effort

Elysia A. Smith
January 21, 2003

Who said the space program is dead? The musically-inspired portion, at least, is very much alive. Local space cadets The Fuzz hunker down for the release of their second full-length album, "Noise Destroyers." Opening with a spacey yet creepily-appealing introduction, the voiceless track "The Largest Number" would fit perfectly into any "Lost in Space" episode.

MICHIGAN

MLK Day volunteers head Into the Streets

Beth Clute
January 21, 2003

Lansing - To some MSU students, Martin Luther King Jr. Day means a day without classes and a chance to sleep in - but the volunteers at Monday's Into the Streets community service project made the day mean much more. "We felt that since we didn't have classes we should make good use of our time," communication freshman Stephanie Gooch said. Gooch joined about 280 student volunteers to donate time to various locations around the Lansing community, said English senior Andrea Hart, chairwoman of the Into the Streets group. "We were really pleased with the turnout," Hart said.

FEATURES

Improved Game Boy to see spring release

Ben Landes
January 21, 2003

On Jan. 7, Nintendo announced the most advanced and successful hand-held video game system in the world just got a little better. Being unable to see which direction Mario was going in a dimly-lit room will soon be a thing of the past, as the redesigned Game Boy Advance SP launches March 23 with some bright new technology. The device looks beautiful - and better yet, it's only $99.95, five cents cheaper than the original Game Boy Advance when it launched June 11, 2001.

MSU

Fieger to speak at DCL, reflect on career as trial lawyer to students

Attorney Geoffery Fieger will be speaking at 8 p.m. Thursday in Room 343 of the MSU-Detroit College of Law Building. The program, "Champion and Advocate: Reflections On My Life as a Trial Lawyer," is part of the Geoffery Fieger Trial Practice Institute lecture series. Fieger, a 1979 DCL graduate, ran for governor of Michigan in 1998 but lost to then-Gov.

SPORTS

Sports briefs

Benita Mehta
January 21, 2003

Spartans slide past Butler, spank RaidersThe MSU men's tennis team opened the season with a sweep in a home doubleheader. After falling behind to Butler in the first match, the Spartans (2-0) were able to sneak out a 4-3 victory over the Bulldogs. Against Wright State, MSU didn't drop a single set, routing the Raiders 7-0.

NEWS

An all-nighter's friend, caffeine can have ill effects

Megan Frye
January 21, 2003

Christophir Jentoft remembers his shock when he found he was responsible for a paper in a class that was to start in a matter of hours - a paper he hadn't started yet.Out of stress and the necessity to stay awake, the anthropology graduate student decided to try caffeine pills along with a few cups of coffee."Once in my undergraduate years I tried one of the types of pills and it made me violently ill," he said.

ICE HOCKEY

Spartans make it five in a row

James Jahnke
January 21, 2003

There's no "I" in "team," but superb performances by individual players were the driving forces behind MSU's commanding sweep of Nebraska-Omaha this weekend at Munn Ice Arena.Senior left wing Brian Maloney, who had two goals in 21 games before the series, scored three goals and added an assist this weekend.

MSU

New director for group wants to rejuvenate position

Vikas Menon is full of ideas.As the new director of human resources for ASMSU, the computer engineering junior said he plans to streamline the way MSU's undergraduate student government operates."I want a human resource department, not just a person who hires and fires people," he said.Menon recruits students, coordinates hiring committees and maintains a database of applicants."I just love human resources," he said.

MSU

Underpass project could improve safety

Anyone who has to venture to the south side of campus knows what it's like to wait.The university estimates about 60 trains, sometimes up to two miles long, chug along the CSX and CN railroads on tracks crossing Farm Lane between Trowbridge and Mt.