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Students protest contract with cap company

Megan Frye  and  Amy Bartner
February 13, 2002

As MSU President M. Peter McPherson delivered his State of the University address in Wharton Center on Tuesday, members of Students for Economic Justice quietly displayed their frustration with MSU’s contract with the New Era Cap Co. outside the building. Worker rights groups, including SEJ, believe the cap company has been replacing tags that once read made in Bangladesh or China to made in the USA. The New York-based company makes baseball-style caps for several professional and college-level sports teams, including some MSU teams.

COMMENTARY

Age bias shown in column on Friends

I just finished reading Leslie Escobar’s commentary on her favorite show “Friends,” which is also my favorite show (“‘Friends’ is quality money-grubbing entertainment,” SN 2/6). One comment she made really offended me, and I felt it was completely uncalled for.

FEATURES

Big Fat Liar good for the kids

Drew Harmon
February 13, 2002

Child stars are funny. One minute they’re entertaining us with catchphrases like, “What you talkin’ about?,” and the next, they’re robbing a liquor store or working as a mall security guard.

MICHIGAN

Volunteer group honors anniversary

Lindsay Frederickson
February 13, 2002

Lansing - The Michigan Community Service Commission, which engages Michigan citizens in volunteer programs, including some affiliated with MSU, celebrated its 10th anniversary Tuesday. Community service organizations from all across the state gathered beneath the Capitol dome to celebrate the tenure of the commission, which was supported by the National and Community Service Act of 1990 and the National Service Trust Act of 1994. “Our goal is to engage Michigan citizens in volunteer service,” said Mary Grill, director of outreach for the commission, which receives its support from federal, state and private funding. AmeriCorps, described by Grill as “kind of a domestic peace corps,” is funded through the commission, and about 1,000 people in Michigan work for that organization on a variety of projects. One of those projects, 4-H Club Read, is based out of MSU Extension offices.

MSU

Software assists deaf students to take notes

Chris Boyer
February 13, 2002

Deaf students might be able to attend lectures needing nothing but their notebooks and pencils, with the help of new voice-activated software.The Liberated Learning Project, a computerized transcribing system created in Canada, is being tested in Nova Scotia, Australia and at Stanford University in California.

NEWS

Whats Happening?

• Barista Cafe, Case Hall: Exhibition, today through Feb. 28. 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 Walk with Ruth Behar, 4-5 p.m.

MSU

Campus briefs

Debate team members win awards By MEGAN FRYE MSU’s top debate team vied against 138 teams nationwide to take the win at a debate tournament hosted by Northwestern University last week. The Owen L.

COMMENTARY

Awareness

When MSU police Officer Ann Stahl joins the Department of Police and Public Safety’s Detective Bureau on March 1 as an alcohol education officer, we hope she is up to a tough challenge before her. Stahl will be charged with working alongside Olin Health Center, the Residence Halls Association and mentors to educate MSU students.

MSU

Holiday puts bakery in a rush

Casey Mcnenly
February 13, 2002

Walking into Puffin’s Pastry Shop, stacks of cookie sheets and cake pans are evidence of the work at hand.Chefs are preparing pizza crusts and dinner foods after a long day of cookie-baking.MSU bakeries are busy taking and filling orders for several hundred dozens of Valentine’s Day special offers.The smell of sugar and flour filled the pastry shop, the campus bakery tucked behind the scenes in the Brody Hall cafeteria, Tuesday. More than 12,000 cookies already were prepared for delivery on campus.This week, Joan Goheen, retail supervisor for the bakery, has been busy making sure thousands of orders about and beyond campus are delivered on time.

NEWS

Ordinance revision could lower rents

Shannon Murphy  and  Shaun Byron
February 13, 2002

Landlords facing intensive inspections for minor violations may soon get a break. And that break might mean lower rent for students. The East Lansing Housing Commission wants to revise an ordinance passed in 1998 that requires every rental property to have a rigorous inspection by 2009. The inspection, which is called an all-trades inspection, is a process that can cost close to $1,000.

FEATURES

Flamenco flairs at Wharton tonight

Tanee Elston
February 13, 2002

The jubilant styles of Compania Espanola de Antonio Marquez will grace the Wharton Center stage tonight with the art of the flamenco dance. Marquez, Spain’s leading flamenco dancer, will perform with the emotions of colorful traditions and rhythms of his culture. “I know the American public will not only value the discipline and beauty of dance,” Marquez said.

COMMENTARY

Fighting prejudice isnt about whining

I am writing in response to a prejudicial comment made by Ellen Conser (“Stereotype contains factual information,” SN 2/11). Conser not only suggested that no negative stereotyping was presented on a racially biased flier, she went further to state that Asian American students are “just aching to seek personal advantage or the spotlight,” referring to an incident which took place at Meridian Mall.

COMMENTARY

RHA representative does his job well

I wanted to commend Timothy Liss on his letter, “SN report didn’t consider all voices” (SN 2/8). I feel Liss has a much better understanding of what the Residence Halls Association as an organization is there for (“to help improve the campus and the lives of the students living on it”) than people like Case Hall RHA Rep.

NEWS

SPORTS UPDATE: Spartans fall to Illinois, 63-61

Dan Woike
February 12, 2002

The Spartan men’s basketball team fell 63-61 in a thriller against No. 18 Illinois Tuesday evening, failing to complete the season sweep of the Illini.The Spartans (14-10 overall, 5-6 Big Ten) trailed by three with less than 20 seconds left, but sophomore guard Marcus Taylor’s jumper in the lane didn’t fall.