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NEWS

Students receive ROIAL treatment from program

By Elissa Englund For The State News John Wallace came to MSU and was instantly met by dozens of students that shared his goals and interests. The history freshman is a member of Residential Option in Arts and Letters, a housing option available to freshmen and sophomores in the College of Arts and Letters. “We get to live in Abbot Hall and are around a lot of like-minded people,” he said.

NEWS

Mail delivers caution, fear in Americans

Lansing - The reality of potentially lethal mail-bound anthrax is causing Americans to watch closely for suspicious packages and envelopes - maybe too closely. Since a false-alarm anthrax scare in Linton Hall on Friday, area police and fire departments have been swamped with calls requesting help with suspicious mail. Most of the packages don’t contain a white powder but have suspicious markings, said Lansing fire Capt.

NEWS

BioPort vaccine release awaits approval of FDA

Lansing - BioPort Corp. announced Monday it took the next step in readying distribution of the only FDA-licensed anthrax vaccine in the country. The Lansing-based vaccine-maker shipped required documentation Friday to the Food and Drug Administration for approval of its manufacturing facility.

NEWS

U celebrates All Things Considered with NPR

The first 22 rows of Wharton Center’s Great Hall were filled with people and applause from all generations Monday night. National Public Radio news personalities Susan Stamberg, Alan Cheuse and Robert Siegel celebrated the 30th anniversary of the daily radio news show “All Things Considered” by participating in an open panel. The panel was the second event in the “Fora: Lectures in the Arts and Humanities” series to be presented by the College of Arts and Letters this semester. Wendy Wilkins, dean of the College of Arts and Letters, introduced Stamberg, an NPR special correspondent; Cheuse, a book commentator for “All Things Considered;” Siegel, the show’s co-host; and Scott Pohl, news producer for local station WKAR (870-AM) and moderator for Monday night’s forum. “When I go to a new community, the first thing I do is to turn on NPR,” she said.

COMMENTARY

Atheism not cause of history tragedies

In a recent letter Professor Kelly David Ludema claimed the lack of organized religion has caused the worst tragedies in human history (“Organized religion helps, not hurts,” SN 10/12), which is untrue.

COMMENTARY

End bombing of innocent Afghan people

In high school, whenever the topic of animal rights came up I would explode into a passionate sermon about the injustices of our treatment and the arrogance of our attitude toward the other living things that are a part of Earth. I’ve been standing on my self-righteous soapbox since I was a kid.

ICE HOCKEY

Goodenow puts health problems behind him

Reporters weren’t asking Joe Goodenow the questions he expected to hear in his first three seasons at MSU.Instead of queries about hat tricks, tape-to-tape passes or bone-rattling body checks, Goodenow has had to explain separated shoulders and groin pulls.Those are certainly not the topics the 5-foot-10, 196-pound Toronto native wants to be synonymous with his collegiate career.“The last four years have really been a struggle to be healthy,” said Goodenow, a senior left wing and center.

MSU

Food Day panel discusses hunger

MSU will participate in the 18th Annual World Food Day today by showing a worldwide live teleconference and holding a panel discussion to address hunger and nutrition issues. “Any graduate or undergraduate student who has an interest in learning about what they could do to help fight hunger and end hunger would benefit from this event,” said Robert Glew, assistant director of the Center for Advanced Study of International Development.

FEATURES

Lack of plot drowns Corky

We all know the standard perception of a film critic: a jaded, hateful and spiteful person who hates everything but obscure subtitled foreign films. But despite this perception, I find it hard to believe that anyone actually needs to hear that the new affront to humanity, “Corky Romano,” is bad.

COMMENTARY

Bright idea

You could almost see the light bulb going off over university officials’ heads when they had the bright idea to set off the new energy conservation campaign. In the face of various budget cuts causing blows to academic, extracurricular and support departments across campus, MSU has been searching for ways to keep its costs down.

NEWS

New anthrax cases found, infant will recover fully

FROM COMBINED WIRE REPORTS New York - Americans returning to work faced anxious moments opening envelopes after the number of people across the nation exposed to anthrax sent through the mail jumped. In three new cases, a police officer and two lab technicians involved in an investigation at NBC’s New York headquarters tested positive for the presence of the bacteria, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said Sunday.

COMMENTARY

Aware of abuse

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. It goes without saying that domestic abuse in any form is a despicable act that has absolutely no excuse.

MSU

Task Force reconvenes, discusses improvements

Ideas to improve and change on-campus student events, communication and police discretion all surfaced during Monday’s meeting of the Task Force on Student-Police Relations.The Task Force was appointed following an independent investigation into the placement of an undercover officer into United Students Against Sweatshops, now called Students for Economic Justice, beginning Feb.