Speaker discusses Third World AIDS crisis

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tina Rosenberg stirred MSU faculty, students and community members at Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre on Monday night by addressing AIDS in the Third World. Rosenberg, a foreign policy editorial writer at The New York Times, lectured on “Reporting on an AIDS Revolution: A Story of Hope for the Third World’s AIDS Crisis” to an audience of roughly 100. “If you are a 15-year-old boy or girl in South Africa, your chance of dying from AIDS is better than even,” she said.

East Lansing traffic codes to get face-lift

East Lansing City Council will meet tonight to vote on updating the city’s traffic code. The city adopted the Michigan Vehicle Code, and any changes made in the state Legislature have to be made locally, Deputy City Manger Jean Golden said.

BioPort speaker to conduct public discussion on anthrax vaccine

With the threat of anthrax gripping the nation, Lyman Briggs School will be presenting a speaker from BioPort Corp. BioPort is the only Food and Drug Administration-licensed manufacturer of the anthrax vaccine, company spokeswoman Kim Brennen Root said. Root will be speaking at 7:30 p.m.

Blaze takes hour to extinguish

An early morning fire Monday caused nearly $500,000 damage to an East Lansing home. East Lansing firefighters responded to a call at 3:51 a.m.

East Lansing Film Festival

Opening night ticket prices are $15 general admission and $8 for students with ID. Festival Films are $5 general admission and $3 for students with ID.

WNIT title within sight

The MSU women’s basketball team has never made it to the semifinals of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament. But a win tonight against Alabama (19-11) would send the Spartans (18-12) to the final four of the WNIT. Freshman guard Kristin Haynie said the chance to play for the tournament title would be exciting, adding playing the Crimson Tide at Breslin Center should help the Spartans achieve that goal. “It’s very exciting to play for any championship; it doesn’t matter if it’s the NIT, the Big Ten or the NCAA,” Haynie said.

More spirit needed at tournament games

I congratulate the men’s basketball team for a memorable season. Even a disappointing loss to North Carolina State should not overshadow all this team has accomplished.

ASMSU updates, clarifies financial bylaws

ASMSU adopted a 22-page set of financial bylaws last week, updating the three-page document created in 1992.The new bylaws alleviate some procedural problems, but do not specify money distribution guidelines.With $12,500 remaining for the undergraduate student government for spring semester, finance committee Chairperson Andy Schepers said the old financial bylaws needed to be revamped because they were too vague and didn’t give the organization enough direction about how money should be spent.

Volunteers work to save broke RHA movie program

A few new faces have shown up at last to help out the Residence Halls Association’s movies program, which has been unable to pay its 33 employees. Members of the association’s executive board and general assembly volunteered to sell tickets and concessions to movie mavens at Wells Hall over the weekend.

Both sides should compromise to create contract

The teaching assistant in my Integrative Studies in Arts and Humanities course was not ashamed. “We expected we would have three TAs for this course,” she told a cross-section of about 100 students.

Turf turns profits for U

Lansing - Nov. 3, 2001, will go down as the day MSU remarkably pulled out a last second 26-24 victory over Michigan. But it was also a special day for one man in attendance. Robert Kennedy, a Lansing lobbyist, learned that the artificial turf, which has been a part of Spartan Stadium for 32 years, was going to be ripped out at the end of the season and replaced with natural grass. “I started wondering what they were going to do with it.” Kennedy said.

Rogers receives Teamster support

Lansing - The Teamsters endorsed Republican Rep. Mike Rogers in his 2002 campaign for re-election to U.S.

Students can benefit from tax increase

In his letter, Eric Smith portrays ASMSU representatives as cigar-smoking bureaucrats who just waste students’ tax money (“Don’t support tax increase for ASMSU,” SN 3/13). Let’s get real.

Resident Evil is another crappy video game movie without a controller

I love video games. The fact that I really, really suck at them means nothing to me. I can’t get very far in “Metal Gear Solid,” but that doesn’t mean I don’t try over and over again.

Police briefs 03/19/02

Line changes provide spark, but no title

MSU head coach Ron Mason tried just about every coaching ploy in his repertoire this weekend, but it still didn’t equate to a CCHA Tournament championship. Mason overhauled his forward lines right in the middle of MSU’s 2-1 win over Northern Michigan on Saturday and the Spartans’ 3-2 loss to archrival Michigan in Sunday’s title game. By the end of the Northern game, MSU’s top line had a 67 percent turnover, with senior right wing Adam Hall as the only constant.

Ingham Sheriffs Office hands out awards

Holt - Jeffrey Ribby was employee of the year twice - in the same year. Ribby, a deputy with the Ingham County Sheriff’s Office, was honored Thursday, along with many other office employees in the annual Ingham County Sheriff’s Office Awards Ceremony. Employees received plaques and certificates for jobs including appreciation, bravery and life-saving, signed by Sheriff Gene Wriggelsworth, commending the recipients on a job well done. Ribby won Employee of the Year, which along with the other awards, is picked by an awards board.

Jazz Spectacular ends with flair

The School of Music’s Jazz Spectacular came to a conclusion Friday night as Octet I and the Guest Quintet performed at the Pasant Theatre.There were more than enough seats available, and it’s too bad more people didn’t jump at the opportunity to hear some solid jazz music.The evening opened with Jazz Studies director Rodney Whitaker leading Octet I through a selection of songs by Thelonious Monk and Kenn Cox, among others.East Lansing resident Robert Baecker, who saw two other jazz spectacular concerts last week, said this event shows off the talent of the jazz program.

Police to hold student relations meeting

The East Lansing Police Department will hold a Police-Student Relations Committee Meeting at 7 p.m. today at Sigma Nu, 110 Oakhill Ave. East Lansing police Sgt.

Community group seeks new interns

When Sara Posius graduates this spring, she’ll take with her not only a diploma but also the memories of good relationships with neighbors. The audiology and speech sciences senior is finishing an internship as a neighborhood resource coordinator for the East Lansing Community Relations Coalition. “I liked it because it gives me a chance to meet other people,” Posius said. Others, too, have the opportunity to get involved. There are at least six positions open for students to apply for in the fall 2002 and spring 2003 semesters. The internship asks that interested students have at least a 3.0 grade-point average, training or interest in community building and communication and have plans to live in one of the East Lansing neighborhoods for the academic year.