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College of Arts and Letters lecture

The College of Arts and Letters’ FORA: Lectures in the Arts and Humanities, will begin their 2002-03 series with “An Evening with Arthur Caplan” at 7:30 p.m Monday in the Kellogg Center auditorium.

NEWS

Nursing students fill void

Before Heather Garrettson’s mom was diagnosed with cancer eight years ago, she had never thought of becoming a nurse.“I had been around nurses,” she said.

SPORTS

Pigskin Prognosticators

Last week was a fun week in college football, especially with the Wolverweenies going down. Both Death Ro (11-4) and McSkinny (9-6) went 3-2, but Death Ro was the one who sold out and went with Michigan.

SPORTS

Heisman watch

Here’s a look at the top candidates for the Heisman Trophy: Front-runners: Ken Dorsey senior quarterback, Miami After two solid performances, Dorsey put up numbers that were closer to Heisman standards in a 44-21 win over Temple.

FEATURES

Exhibit features toon-inspired masterpieces

From a colorful imitation of a famous Manet painting to what appears to be an inflatable beach ball hanging from the ceiling, Kresge Art Museum’s new exhibit “Art in the ’Toon Age” gives visitors a glimpse at modern art inspired by Disney. “I tend to like the bright ones right away,” anthropology senior Stacie Ludwig said.

MICHIGAN

Missing bacteria prompts police, FBI investigation

A trio of police squads are investigating the disappearance of pig-vaccine research materials that were allegedly stolen from a secured lab in the Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building last week. The research materials included notebooks, computer disks and laboratory samples.

FEATURES

Response to hate

When officials at University of Maryland, College Park sought to inspire a dialogue about prejudice, they found themselves embroiled in a controversy. “The Laramie Project,” a play about the murder of college student Matthew Shepard, sparked that controversy this fall, nearly four years after the event. Shepard, 21, was beaten to death in 1998 in Laramie, Wyo.

MSU

Students enjoy organic food

Students at the Brody Hall’s cafeteria had an organic experience Wednesday night. The cafeteria featured a dinner with organic and locally grown foods for the first time.

COMMENTARY

Spam crazy

MSU e-mail users are receiving more junk in their boxes than ever before, leaving us to wonder if university computer experts can do anything to stop it.

SPORTS

Classic honors Munley, runners

MSU athletes kept pace alongside Mid-Michigan runners Tuesday night at what the program touted as “not your traditional track meet.” And the second annual Spartan Classic Track Meet was anything but traditional, as MSU varsity and club athletes and community members joined to celebrate running, physical fitness and the life of a fallen Spartan. The event, the first track meet at the new Ralph Young Field, featured distance running, long jump and the inaugural Munley Relays, named after John Munley, an MSU swimmer who died while jogging in April 2001. Johnny Allen, assistant director of IM Sports and the event coordinator, said he hoped the event would unite the community and MSU with running and would honor Munley. Munley was a four-time letter-winner swimmer for MSU when he died at 22.

NEWS

Live-in caregivers, families enjoy program

When Khomotso Modise set her eyes on her new East Lansing home, she stared in bewilderment at the wood-frame house and felt homesick for her native South Africa. “I was kind of sad, and I was thinking we were going to be cold in the house because it was made out of wood,” she said while tugging on her USA T-shirt.

MSU

Coordinator joins new department

The Office of Racial Ethnic Student Affairs is losing one of its four coordinators.Marcelina Treviño-Savala, coordinator of the Chicano/Latino Student Affairs, is leaving the office to be the program coordinator at the High School Equivalency Program.