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MICHIGAN

E.L. revamps city Web site

Sara Luneburg
November 26, 2001

Even the city of East Lansing needs a face lift every now and then.But unlike the heavy equipment working on the city center and fountain square projects, this face lift was virtual.The city unveiled its newest improvement, an upgraded Web site, last week.The old site had been in place since 1996 but, while it was comprehensive with more than 15,000 pages of information, the site was not interactive or easily upgraded.“It wasn’t long after (the original site’s) shortcomings began to show,” City Manager Ted Staton said.

COMMENTARY

No excuse

It’s an incident that should upset everyone on a university campus, a place reserved for open-minded study of the world. A black MSU student opened her Case Hall door recently to find a threatening racial slur written across a Case Hall Back Caucus poster.

SOCCER

Hoosiers end soccer teams NCAA hopes

Aaron Johnson
November 26, 2001

Bloomington, Ind. - The MSU men’s soccer team met Indiana for the third time this season Sunday and the outcome was the same. Indiana (15-3-1 overall) defeated MSU 1-0 in the second round of the CAA Tournament on Sunday at Bill Armstrong Stadium. With the loss, the Spartans’ first tournament season in 32 years is over, and fourth-seeded Indiana advances to the third round to play Rutgers. “I thought we were a little nervous early,” head coach Joe Baum said.

COMMENTARY

Language is barrier to learning math

I am writing this letter in response to the article “Math problems left unsolved,” (SN, 11/16). I agree with the Department of Mathematics Chairperson Peter Lappan that foreign teaching assistants’ accents are not the real problem.

COMMENTARY

Cloned

The debate over stem cell research and human cloning has left many camps divided, but new developments threaten to force lawmakers’ hands to a potentially foolish and careless decision. On Sunday, Advanced Cell Technology Inc. of Worchester, Mass., announced that its scientists have created the first cloned human embryo.

MSU

Peanut Barrel to host fund-raiser

Leslie Escobar
November 26, 2001

The MSU Student Food Bank will hold a fund-raiser at The Peanut Barrel Restaurant, 521 E. Grand River Ave., all day Tuesday. The annual event will raise money toward the purchase of foods for the bank, which gives students without a residence hall meal plan access to free groceries. Fund-raising coordinator Minerva Gebara said she thinks the event will be successful. “All day, whatever they make for the day, they’ll give us a portion of the profits,” the business administration graduate student said.

COMMENTARY

Not discrimination in Deb Shop case

While I tend to err on the side of the politically correct and am likely described as a liberal, I have a view on the Deb Shop case (“Companies apologize, give money to students,” 11/20) that runs contrary to those ideals. Let me understand this: I can get together nine of my friends, hang out in a Deb store being obnoxious (mind you Deb has a small store), loiter all I want and I won’t get thrown out because I am not a minority? I was not at the incident in question, but frankly this seems over the top.

NEWS

Absence of contract at Sparrow may spur strike

Jamie Gumbrecht
November 21, 2001

Although Michigan Nurses Association officials say health care professionals at Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital don’t want to strike, about 1,800 employees are prepared to leave their jobs while waiting for a finalized contract.Negotiations for nurses, physical therapists, pharmacists and other professionals will continue Tuesday, after going without a contract since Oct.

FEATURES

Bleachmobile disappoints on latest

Dan Austin
November 21, 2001

Americans love Japanese culture. From anime to action figures, people stateside can’t help but import every little thing that comes out of the land of the rising sun. And often, that fetish for the other culture goes both ways. Just as things such as “Dragonball,” “Pokémon” and “Gundam Wing” have fused with our Saturday morning cartoons, American pop and rock music has merged with Japanese entertainment.

MSU

Students mentor Sudanese refugees

Eric Morath
November 21, 2001

Amanda Audo travels to a few miles to a Lansing church each Tuesday to help The Lost Boys, a group of Sudanese refugees who have spent most of their lives traveling to get to Michigan.The pre-vet sophomore and about 90 other Residential Option in Arts and Letters students help tutor, play sports, do crafts and chat with about 130 refugees in their late teens and early twenties.“Some of the boys that are in high school are not keeping up with their subjects so we are going to try to help them,” Audo said.

ICE HOCKEY

College Hockey Showcase pits MSU, U-M against tough WCHA teams

James Jahnke
November 21, 2001

Thanksgiving weekend means one thing to most sports fans - football and lots of it. But for college hockey fans, the holiday signifies the return of the College Hockey Showcase, when CCHA powers MSU and Michigan duke it out with Western Collegiate Hockey Association forces Minnesota and Wisconsin. This year, it’s the WCHA teams’ turn to come to Michigan as No.