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NEWS

MIDDAY UPDATE: Workforce increasing more slowly than last year

Patrick Walters
November 18, 2002

Boosts in the staff levels of Lansing-area employers is not on the docket for the first fiscal quarter, a study has revealed.Manpower, a worldwide staffing service, has predicted that only 13 percent of Lansing employers are expecting an increase in their workforce between January and March, compared to 20 percent of employers expecting a decline in the same time period.Elaine Sandbrook, area manager of Manpower in Lansing, said that the trend is the result of economic stagnation."What we're finding is the market is not changing much," she said.

SPORTS

HARDY:Pay attention to sporting events, don't be that guy

Before we discuss sports today, we'll discuss sports etiquette, as it seems a few of you out there need a nonalcoholic refresher on how not to be that guy. As I sought refuge inside my sports haven, a local sports pub named Reno's, for a weekend of marquee matchups, I couldn't stomach one of those tasty Reno's Hat Trick sandwiches because I couldn't digest the discussion among some drunken Spartans. I'll give credit to beermakers, though.

NEWS

Administrators back Pittman

Kristofer Karol
November 18, 2002

Several members of MSU's Board of Trustees and President M. Peter McPherson were unaware of Trustee Randall Pittman's past fraud liabilities when he was appointed to the board in February - but they are defending him. The support comes in the wake of a State News story published Friday that cites Illinois appellate court documents that show Pittman, a Republican appointed to the board in February, was found liable in 2000 on multiple counts of fraud in a civil case. "I am absolutely convinced he's a man of high ethical character," McPherson said.

NEWS

Students upset with E.L. police's noise policy

Alison Barker
November 18, 2002

These days, Matt Craven thinks twice before turning up the music. To evade trouble, Craven moved east to Gunson Street this year after his last house, a 12-person lodging on the corner of Ann and Charles streets, became a hot spot for East Lansing police, he said.

BASKETBALL

Spartans roll in exhibition finale

Dawn Klemish
November 18, 2002

MSU women's basketball put a final stamp on its exhibition season Sunday with a convincing 77-48 win over the Basketball Travelers Inc. at Breslin Center. Even with the victory, MSU head coach Joanne P.

COMMENTARY

No new taxes

Eco's plan for "green energy" is promising and could put MSU on the cutting edge of conservation, but funding the endeavor with a student tax is not a good idea. The $5 tax Eco seeks to impose might be small by itself, but the list of taxes that students already pay adds up fast.

NEWS

Drug use becomes reality

Patrick Walters
November 18, 2002

Called a disease, a sickness or a problem, hard drug use can take its toll on anyone - from the average MSU student to those living in the media limelight. Following MSU junior quarterback Jeff Smoker's comments Thursday about his struggle with substance abuse, scrutiny over hard drug use on campus has brought the issue to the forefront of campus conversation. Dan Grimm, an international relations junior, says hard drugs are "definitely present" in the student community. He said student drug use has "become more realized by other people because of rumors circulating, but hard drugs such as cocaine are definitely present in the student body.

MSU

Transfer students are less involved at new schools

Benita Mehta
November 18, 2002

Transfer students are not as involved in schoolwork and college activities than other students, according to recent results from the National Survey of Student Engagement. Kyle Bailey, a mechanical engineering sophomore, said transferring was easier than he thought, but said he did have some trouble adjusting. "The transition was pretty easy," the transfer student from Howard University said.

MICHIGAN

Area school starts recycling

Patrick Walters
November 18, 2002

Highlighting the importance of reducing and reusing wasteful materials, a Lansing elementary school celebrated America Recycles Day last week. Wainwright Elementary School, 4200 Wainwright Ave.

MICHIGAN

Staples sets new selling trend

Patrick Walters
November 18, 2002

In a move that environmental awareness groups hail as victory, office supply chain Staples Inc. announced plans last week to move toward selling environmentally friendly paper products. Staples announced new guidelines in which the company will attempt to average 30 percent post-consumer recycled content in all paper products, phase out purchases of paper products from endangered forests and create an environmental affairs division to report on the new guidelines' results.

COMMENTARY

'U' is behind times with smoking limits

Regarding the article "'U' debates hall smoking regulations" (SN 11/12), I hope MSU realizes how far behind it is in a changing society and reverts its policy. First of all, a student living in a residence hall is not in a private quarters secluded from the world.

MSU

Exhibit honors Jewish history at 'U' museum

Frances Peshkin remembers when her family was forced out of their small village in Germany by the Nazis and placed in a Jewish house.She remembers when her cousin saved $1,000 so she and her mother could immigrate to America.She also remembers how hard it was for her mother to find a job in Illinois and support a 6-year-old daughter.Now, Peshkin can share her memories with other people who remember what it was like to be Jewish and alive during World War II.The MSU Museum opened a combined exhibit Sunday called "Varian Fry - Assignment Rescue, 1940-1941" on loan from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, and "Uneasy Years: Michigan Jewry During Depression and War." It will be on display until June 2003 and features photos, newspapers and other documents about writer Varian Fry and Jewish life in Michigan.Older members of the group reminisced about their childhood through the exhibit."The America we came to in Illinois is not that different from the one they came to in Michigan," Peshkin said.

MSU

Union hosts Vegas-style casinos

Antonio Planas
November 18, 2002

The clinking of casino chips and beeping from slot machines echoed throughout the halls in the second floor of the Union Friday."The only thing I know how to play is roulette," computer engineering freshman Terrell Black said.

COMMENTARY

People should try to socialize outside colored comfort zones

Picture, if you will, a world without color. Imagine the sky an interminable shade of gray and your clothes drab and dull variations of the same hue - every building, structure, tree and object on the planet would maintain the same lifeless tone. Now imagine each and every person you encounter on a daily basis.

SPORTS

Women's team tops Eastern, men fall

MSU's swimming and diving teams had mixed results Friday during a home meet against Eastern Michigan at IM-Sports West's Charles McCaffree pool. The women's team won its first meet of the season with a final score of 128-115.

MSU

Speaker to discuss future of statistics

Known as the founder of statistics, C. Radhakrishna Rao, will be on campus to speak on "Statistics: Reflections on the Past and Future Visions for the Future." Rao will speak at 4 p.m.