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MICHIGAN

Lawmakers aim to gain pay raise veto power

Steve Eder
October 25, 2001

State lawmakers shouldn’t get used to exorbitant pay increases.A resolution passed out of a House-Senate conference committee Wednesday would require the Legislature to vote on future pay increases and would give the lawmakers power to accept smaller pay increases than those recommended by the State Officers Compensation Commission.Lawmakers drafted the resolution in response to a $20,000 pay increase earlier in the year.

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First Amendment lecture comes to U

Camille Spencer
October 25, 2001

Félix Gutiérrez, senior vice president of the Freedom Forum, a journalism organization that focuses on First Amendment issues and diversity, has been chosen to speak for the 32nd annual Frederick S.

COMMENTARY

Still a deal

Students don’t need a national survey to tell them college tuition rose an average of 7.7 percent last year, including an 8.9 percent raise at MSU.

MICHIGAN

Library sees lending boom

Sara Luneburg
October 25, 2001

An East Lansing secret has been getting around. The East Lansing Public Library has been gaining popularity since the completion of an 18-month renovation project began in 1998. “We see ourselves as a treasure chest of jewels, a number of which are undiscovered,” said Laurie St.

FEATURES

Forbidden Broadway to run this weekend

Musicals can be fun, but they’re hard to take seriously. “Forbidden Broadway,” playing this weekend at Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre, will be harder to take seriously than any musical so far, except maybe “Cats.” “It’s all the things audiences have thought about but never really expressed,” producer John Freedson said.

FEATURES

Theory ponders decent disc

Dan Julian
October 24, 2001

The Juliana Theory“Music from Another Room”(Tooth and Nail)If The Juliana Theory is any indication where modern rock and roll is headed, then fans of the craft are in for a treat. Its latest release is a collection of songs that didn’t make it on to its powerful 2000 release “Emotion is Dead,” and various B-sides. For fans who have watched the band grow from its earlier recordings, it’s a nice addition to their collection. “Moments

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Group sheds light on learning disorders

Camille Spencer
October 24, 2001

Elaine Womboldt knows firsthand the struggle of dealing with a learning disability.She has two children who have experienced such disorders, prompting her to create Lansing’s Learning Disabilities Families & Friends, Inc. in 1989, a resource center to help combat the problems that go along with learning disabilities.These problems can include dyslexia, a lack of spelling and reading comprehension and difficulty with mathematics.“I saw that there was a need for the family to work with kids and as a family unit for success,” Womboldt said.

NEWS

Deer makes surprise stop in Union on Monday

Eric Morath
October 24, 2001

MSU police were called Monday to escort a questionable suspect out of the Union - described as male, about 200 pounds and with antlers.With the help of MSU wildlife veterinarian James Sikarskie, who tranquilized the 4-point buck, police removed a deer from the Union Station Cafeteria and took it to a wooded area south of campus, MSU Police Sgt.

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ASMSU to create book exchange for students

Ryan Wallace
October 24, 2001

Many students complain about the price of book at bookstores - and MSU’s undergraduate government is trying to help. ASMSU’s Academic Assembly passed two bills Tuesday that could alleviate the cost of textbooks by setting up a book exchange program through its Web site. The site will be a free exchange of books to all students - similar to a message board where students can set their own prices. Jared English, representative for James Madison College, introduced the bills and said the bills call for the Webmaster to keep the site updated and for the director of public relations to publicize the new Web Site. The bill took awhile to finalize because ASMSU had to make sure they weren’t breaking any laws, he said. “The university wanted to make sure we talk to our lawyers about the legalese before we went ahead with it,” English said. The international relations sophomore said it will be up to the students to make this site work and he’s hoping to have the book exchange fully operational before finals. “I hope students take the time to do it, it requires them to take the initiative,” he said. Many MSU students said they’re interested in what ASMSU’s Web site has to offer. Mike Barker, an English sophomore, said he spent almost $500 on books this semester.

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Study abroad deadline extended

Eric Morath
October 24, 2001

Students mulling over whether to apply for a study abroad program will have more time to consider their plans now that MSU has extended its deadline to Nov.

COMMENTARY

Dont listen to barrage of ignorance from people giving just my opinion

With all that has happened in the last month and the events that continue to escalate hour by hour, I began to listen closer to things that perhaps never captured my attention before. I have started to focus on the diatribes that go on with characters who have the power to influence large numbers of fairly ignorant and uninformed people.

NEWS

Splattered for a good cause

By SHANNON HUGHES For The State News DeWitt Twp. - Players darted around the field, some hurdling over barriers, others diving headfirst down a leafy embankment.

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Lecture series features former U.N. ambassador

Kristy Austin
October 24, 2001

MSU will celebrate the United Nations’ 56-year anniversary tonight by presenting the first of four World View speakers - Richard Holbrooke. Holbrooke is regarded as one of the most accomplished American diplomats and negotiators of our time and as a former U.N.