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COMMENTARY

Hitting the poles

The time has come again. The candidates have campaigned, the issues have been debated. All that remains is for voters to make their decision. But with Tuesday’s election only being a primary, it may seem as though an individual vote does not matter.

BASKETBALL

Top guard verbally commits to U

The best guard of the 2003-04 recruiting class has verbally committed to MSU. “I think I made a choice my parents like, I like and even my little brother liked,” said Shannon Brown, of Proviso East High in Maywood, Ill.

COMMENTARY

Bad medicine

A new study shows the top three programs used to educate and prevent school-age children from using drugs - Drug Abuse Resistance Education; Here’s Looking at You, 2000; and McGruff’s Drug Prevention and Child Protection - are either ineffective or haven’t been sufficiently tested.

NEWS

City council to debate cuts

Minjeong Kim might have to find a new way to satisfy her appetite for books if Gov. John Engler’s tax-revenue cuts stand. “I love reading,” said Kim, a 6-year-old Whitehills Elementary School student.

MSU

Capitol adds God motto, some object

A bill introduced immediately following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks allowing the national motto to be placed in Michigan’s state buildings seems to have lost the broad-based support it had in the wake of the national tragedy. The measure, introduced on Sept.

NEWS

Shooting brings end to hip-hop club night

The owner and managers of Old Town’s Spiral Video Dance Bar, 1247 Center St., are exploring new ideas to replace the club’s hip-hop theme night after three people were shot there early Thursday morning. Police identified the shooter as a 27-year-old Lansing man, but have not released his name.

MSU

Event celebrates culture

Lansing - Thousands of people gathered downtown Saturday, filling the sidewalks along Michigan Avenue to see bands, clowns and cultural groups march toward the Capitol.And those who attended the third annual African American Parade and Family Reunion Picnic made the most of the sunny summer morning and afternoon.

COMMENTARY

Huge salaries ridiculous, should be earned

As I sat in my office contemplating the conditions of the world and our country, thinking about the disasters occurring in the Middle East, children kidnapped from across the United States, terror continuously on our minds; I chanced to hear a radio commentator speaking of the horrible possibility of another professional baseball strike.

MICHIGAN

Popularity, availability of sushi growing in E.L.

The dish is centuries old in Asia, but now sushi is surfacing in East Lansing.“It’s not as popular in Michigan - not yet, but every year the sushi population is increasing,” said Don Kim, manager of Midori Sushi and Korean BBQ, 436 Elmwood Road in Delta Township.

SPORTS

Hoops team releases 2002-03 schedule

The MSU women’s basketball team missed out on the 2002 NCAA Tournament, but it will get a sufficient dosage of last year’s qualifiers in the upcoming season. Of the 27 games the Spartans are slated to play in the 2002-03 season, 11 - five at home - will be against teams that were in the Big Dance last March. The schedule features 14 games at Breslin Center.

NEWS

Dukes cleared of assault charges

MSU defensive end Clifford Dukes was cleared of four counts of assault and battery and two counts of aggravated assault in 54-B District Court on Tuesday. The charges were brought against Dukes in March after an Oct.

MSU

Campus fountain to begin flowing soon

The fountain outside the Main Library is expected to be filled today and should be flowing this weekend, campus officials said. There is a chance maintenance work on the steps near the library’s north entrance might delay plans to fill the pools, Campus Park & Planning director Jeff Kacos said Tuesday, but officials don’t expect a problem. In mid-June, Kacos said cold spring weather, budget concerns and possible repairs were delaying the fountains’ opening.

MSU

Doctors hope to fix obesity problem

Child obesity has become a problem in the United States according to medical officials.To address the issue of childhood obesity and ways to remedy the problem, 100 physicians, pediatricians and nutritionists will meet today at MSU.

COMMENTARY

SN endorses

With continued budget shortfalls expected in Michigan’s immediate economic future, the decision of who will be the state’s next governor is one voters shouldn’t take lightly.