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NEWS

Dance class produces concert

Consider having no final exam, but being asked to organize, choreograph and produce a dance performance.Welcome to Theatre 454: Choreography and Dance Production.The class teaches students the process of creating a show, from inspiration to rehearsal to execution.

NEWS

Group celebrates African culture

NNEKA NNOLIM For The State News MSU’s African Students Union brought a taste of African culture to campus last week. The group’s annual Culture Week, which took place Wednesday through Saturday, focused on creating awareness and appreciation through a series of events, including a film screening, panel discussions and a final gala. MSU students, staff and faculty, as well as members of the East Lansing and Lansing community were on hand to celebrate African culture and also to learn something about the continent and its people. “This event was a good chance for the MSU community and the surrounding community to see what (Africans) are about,” said Lanre Williams, president of the African Student Union and a psychology junior.

MSU

Last respects paid to longtime U board trustee

Scott Peoples remembers watching “I Love Lucy” reruns with his grandparents, Don and Wendy Stevens.“Grandma and Grandpa were exactly like Ricky and Lucy,” Peoples said.Peoples’ grandfather, former MSU Trustee Don Stevens, died Friday.

ICE HOCKEY

Comley era begins; changes expected

Some fans were grinding their teeth just as hard as the MSU hockey team was trying to grind out a goal during the NCAA Tournament West Regional on Friday in Ann Arbor. In the end, the toil didn’t pay off for the Spartans - who wrapped up their season with a 2-0 loss to Colorado College that day.

SPORTS

Coach retires after nearly 4 decades

After 37 years as MSU’s head diving coach, John Narcy will finally leave the pool. Narcy, 66, brought closure to his collegiate coaching career at the 2002 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships in Austin, Texas, on Saturday. The Spartan’s only diving representative, senior Carly Weiden, placed 11th in the one-meter dive and 24th in the three-meter dive. “I had a great farewell,” Narcy said.

MICHIGAN

Grant aids abuse prosecution

Lansing - A $180,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice will help Ingham County better prosecute perpetrators of domestic abuse. Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III joined U.S.

NEWS

BREAKING NEWS: Taylor filing for NBA Draft

Sophomore point guard Marcus Taylor is filing for the NBA Draft, intensifying the talk that the Lansing native is leaving MSU and the basketball team early.Head coach Tom Izzo held 5 p.m.

ICE HOCKEY

Longtime assistants in search of other options

A big chunk of the uncertainty surrounding the MSU hockey program’s future ended Monday with the hiring of Northern Michigan head coach Rick Comley.But the uncertainty for Tom Newton and Dave McAuliffe is just beginning.The two Spartan assistant coaches are in a precarious position.

ICE HOCKEY

Spartans welcome Comley

Rick Comley was so firmly entrenched at Northern Michigan University that only a “very good reason” could sway him to leave Marquette. Apparently, the head coaching position at MSU was enough persuasion. Comley, 55, was formally introduced as the fifth head coach in the history of MSU hockey at a press conference Monday in Munn Ice Arena.

MSU

Womens studies prof to lecture at Union

The second of a three-part series on women’s issues will take place tonight in the Union Green Room. The series, called “Borders, Barriers and Bridges,” deals with various issues affecting women.

MICHIGAN

Experts offer tips to help find lost children

While a card with 10 black smudges on it can be an important safety precaution for children, it isn’t the only choice parents have to protect them.“Fingerprints are fine, but if there is an abduction you want as many ways possible to identify the child,” Michigan State Police Sgt.

COMMENTARY

Good parenting prevents police run-ins

If you don’t want your teenage children to get roughed up by police, then teach them not to steal cars. That’s what I would have told a group of about a dozen people who turned out at a meeting earlier this month to discuss an investigation into Lansing police officers’ use of force in arresting two teens. For those of you not familiar with this story, let me offer you a quick recap.

FEATURES

Blade II restores faith in sequels

Oooh, another vampire movie. Perhaps I should make fun of goth kids again. Or, instead of doing that and facing the inevitable backlog of e-mails telling me I’m just another whitebread joiner making fun of things I don’t understand, I’ll just go for the gusto: “Blade II” rocks.

COMMENTARY

Cultural cues

Sometimes the best way to learn about a culture is not sitting at a desk in a classroom and listening to a professor lecture about it.

FEATURES

Film Festival awards handed out, several movies to be shown again

On Sunday, the fifth annual East Lansing Film Festival wrapped up, complete with plenty of awards and excitement. The festival this year included a new audience award, which is currently being tallied. But for the “Michigan’s Own” portion of the festival, which took place Sunday, awards were already prepared for the winners. For the feature category, the winner of the grand prize of $400 was “Living with the Fosters.” Second was “Wicked Spring,” winning $250 and third was “Coping.” All three received three rolls of film for future projects. In the shorts category, first place went to “Race Condition,” winning $400 and a $500 certificate for film development from Film Craft Lab.

NEWS

MIDDAY UPDATE: Binge drinking study doesnt look at all factors, Olin health educator says

A survey by the Harvard School of Public Health found 44 percent of college students admitted to binge drinking within the previous two weeks, the same percentage found in a 1993 study.But while binge drinking numbers remain the same, colleges and universities have seen an increase in students living in substance-free residence halls and a decrease in students living in sororities and fraternities, Harvard reported.The study questioned 10,000 students at 119 four-year colleges, and defined binge drinking as four or more drinks in a row for women; five or more for men.Olin Health Center health educator Dennis Martell said the Harvard study doesn’t fully measure the problem.