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MSU

Cereal company donates patents to U

Kellogg Co., a longtime contributor to MSU, has made another donation to the university.The MSU Board of Trustees, in a special meeting via conference call, approved Tuesday the donation of two sets of patents.The 11 U.S.

BASKETBALL

Ganakas to be honored at bust

Former Spartan head coach Gus Ganakas will receive the 2002 Men’s Basketball Distinguished Alumnus Award, the university announced Tuesday. Ganakas, who is currently the team’s color commentator on the Spartan Radio Network, is the sixth recipient of the award.

NEWS

Whats Happening?

Art • Barista Cafe, Case Hall: Exhibition, until Thursday. The “Art on the Wall” program presents “A Celebration of African American Heritage - Art and Artifacts.” For more information, e-mail knightt@msu.edu. • Kresge Art Museum: Gallery talk by Maya Islas, 5-6:20 p.m.

NEWS

Husband will stand trial for death of student

An East Lansing district court judge ruled Tuesday that the husband of a slain MSU graduate student will stand trial for her death.Dennis Salerno appeared in court nearly a year after his wife Michelle Salerno’s body was found near Bowling Green State University in Ohio.

COMMENTARY

Bushs oil plan is better than U think

The State News is wrong to not back President Bush on oil drilling. Firstly, fuel cells and hybrid cars will mostly likely phase out the combustion engine in the future, but hybrids still require gas.

MSU

Photographer wins state award

Photographer Jan-Michael Stump was named the 2001 College Photographer of the Year by the Michigan Press Photographers Association.

NEWS

U council cuts visual education program

After an hour of debate Tuesday, MSU’s Academic Council cut the university’s visual impairment education program. Robert Holm, chairman of the Committee on Curriculum, said there was no demand and no tenure faculty for the undergraduate program, which was one of two in Michigan. “After considerable discussion, the recommendation came through very strongly that this program is not viable,” Holm said.

NEWS

Police raid city shop for bootleg music sales

A “temporally closed” sign was taped to the door of In Flight Sports, where Michigan State Police began investigating Tuesday afternoon the store’s alleged practice of selling bootleg music. The store’s open sign still glowed as people passed by 507 E.

NEWS

Students share stories of eating disorder struggles

As Melissa Sandell stood up to tell her story, the women dispersed about Erickson Hall Kiva stopped munching on their cookies, pretzels, Twix bars and animal crackers, shifting their eyes to the thin blond woman.Sandell casually walked to the front of the room, where she turned to speak to 50 listeners.“I was diagnosed with anorexia when I was 8 years old and people still ask me to this day, ‘What made you want to lose weight when you were 8 years old?’” the dietetics senior said.

NEWS

Designers perform behind the seams

Lansing - Fashion is more than just a brisk walk down the runway. Beyond the glitz and glamour, a lot of creativity, hard work and time go into presenting the perfect fashion show.And the members of MSU’s Student Apparel Design Association say their hard work paid off at the group’s fifth annual fashion show, Seriously.

COMMENTARY

SN staff works hard; dont knock them

As an avid reader of The State News, I feel the need to rise to the defense of the paper. It is of my opinion that Michael Wayo’s criticisms are misguided (“SN stories lacking quality, substance,” SN 2/25). The State News is a college newspaper, written for college students, by college students who may or may not be looking at journalism as their profession.

MICHIGAN

Secretary of state race up for grabs

There is one certainty in the race for Michigan’s secretary of state position this year, all the candidates will be working to get rid of the hanging chads.Candidates for Michigan’s chief elections officer - two Democrats, three Republicans and one Green Party member - are determined not to let what happened in Florida be repeated.The six candidates are vying for Secretary of State Candice Miller’s position when she leaves to run for U.S.