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MICHIGAN

Building projects to develop office space in downtowns

City officials hope East Lansing and Lansing will be taking care of some business. Both cities have been working to develop office space. East Lansing’s City Center project is nearing completion and Lansing has just laid the ground work for a new 12-story office complex in its downtown area. The Lansing complex development, slated for 2004, is being developed by the Boji Group of Lansing.

COMMENTARY

Band, football team come as package

I am writing in response to the letter “Band not worth sending to bowl” (SN 1/8). First of all, it is obvious that you know nothing about the band or anything that we are about.

FOOTBALL

Duckett to enter NFL draft

Spartan junior running back T.J. Duckett will be rushing out of Spartan Stadium for the 2002 NFL Draft, a person close to the MSU standout told The State News on Tuesday. And, if Duckett announces that decision as he’s expected 4 p.m.

NEWS

Loss of innocence

New York - It was one of the brightest days Ryan Sills could remember when he woke up early one fall morning in his apartment near Wall Street.

FEATURES

Bands third album shows variation

Power chords and uneducated guitar solos galore - meet the Deadlines. On this record, the band incorporates the fun, somewhat grown-up aspect of rock ’n’ roll while grasping its straight-up punk rock roots. The sexy, swaggering vocals of Shaun Sundholm is obvious on “I Want a Stalker,” somewhat familiar of the late Joey Ramone, but not as good. Most of the chords are easily accessible in nearly every punk rock bands’ Palm Pilots, but it doesn’t seem to matter.

FEATURES

Novel loses steam after strong start

It’s a familiar tale.A band releases an album which spawns a radio hit, and the remainder of the record is filled with lame songs that were conceived solely to fill the record.This happens with authors of books, too, and is the unfortunate downfall of Nick Hornby’s latest work of fiction, “How To Be Good.”Hornby’s other novels, “High Fidelity” and “About A Boy” are definitely among the “No.

FOOTBALL

Freshman named All-Americans

The new year brings new honors for two Michigan State freshmen. After being selected as second-team Freshman All-Americans by The Sporting News last month, offensive guard William Whitticker and linebacker Ronald Stanley made the Football News Freshman All-America teams. Whitticker received first-team honors after starting 11 of 12 games this season.

FEATURES

Under Construction to play acoustic set tonight

Under Construction was hard at work during winter break, closing down its operation to bang a new bolt into its machine. After switching guitar players, bass player Ryan Ruiz said the band spent much of the past couple of weeks breaking in its new guitarist. The band will perform an acoustic set tonight at Rick’s American Cafe, 224 Abbott Road. “We’ve been trying to make the transition as smooth as possible,” Ruiz said.

MSU

Distance learning a possibility for DCL

Johnnie Cochran could be among the professors who teach classes for MSU-Detroit College of Law, depending on what the American Bar Association decides. Distance education laboratories, which bring two locations together through television cameras, have become a hot topic in the world of law education as the association looks into modifying its guidelines this summer. The association, which accredits law schools, has guidelines placed on classes that use the technology, such as limiting the number of credit hours that can be taken. The association has proposals for changes to its guidelines on its Web site. John Sebert, the consultant on legal education to the association, said he will not predict what the summer meetings will bring.

NEWS

BREAKING NEWS: Ducketts bro says T.J. has made his decision

No more weighing the options. Junior running back T.J. Duckett has made his decision on whether he’ll enter April’s NFL Draft, his brother told The State News on Tuesday evening. “He’s pretty much made the decision, and he wants to go public himself,” Tico Duckett said. T.J.

MICHIGAN

Hiring freeze limits student employment

As natural science majors across the university prepare to gain valuable field experience over the summer, many will find one of the more visible sources closed as the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Environmental Quality are under a hiring freeze. The hiring freeze affects all paid positions, including many summer assistant positions or internships, which can be vitally important to the agency, said Kelli Sobel, administrative services deputy for the DNR. “In a lot of our divisions (student assistants) are very, very important,” she said.