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FEATURES

Womens jazz tribute to be held tonight

The Women’s Resource Center and MSU’s Department of Residence Life are teaming up to present a jazz concert on campus. “An Evening With Women in Jazz: A Tribute to Breast Cancer Survivors and Their Supporters” will be held from 6:30 p.m.

MSU

Teach-in hopes to educate U about terrorist tragedy

Citizens for a Peaceful Response, a group founded Sept. 11, is holding a teach-in to challenge racial myths, discuss alternatives to war and begin a public discussion regarding an appropriate response to the terrorist attacks on the United States. The event will be held at 6 p.m.

NEWS

Emotions swell as troops await call

As the Pentagon enacted the first steps of “Operation Infinite Justice” on Wednesday, Corey Portalatin anxiously waited to see what would happen. The pre-vet and marketing sophomore’s fiancé is based in Norfolk, Va., where the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier departed on its way to the Mediterranean on Wednesday.

COMMENTARY

Friendly skies

As air traffic resumes throughout the country, security measures are at the highest level since the Persian Gulf War in 1991.

COMMENTARY

Go $$ green $$ go

Students may have noticed new equipment in the library and computer labs. The new equipment is the result of $202 million raised by the university from donors during the 2000-2001 budget year.

MICHIGAN

Surveys reveal Americans favor military retaliation

One week after terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, some feel it is too soon to accurately record Americans’ thoughts on war and retaliation.But several surveys of Americans days after the attacks indicate many feel retaliation and war are necessary actions.In a CBS News poll given to 1,041 Americans on Sept.

FEATURES

Ben Folds releases promising solo effort

If there was any doubt about Ben Folds’ ability to make an album without former bandmates Robert Sledge and Darren Jessee by his side, “Rockin’ The Suburbs” has washed it away. The new album is distinctly Ben Folds in both style and song, and although it tends to be more melancholy than his previous albums with Ben Folds Five, it doesn’t hurt the record.

NEWS

Whats happening

Events Phoenix Rising Drum Circle: Come Drum And Dance With Us! 8 p.m., Friday, Purdue Room, Union.

MSU

Provost returns from travel limbo

MSU Provost Lou Anna Simon ended her stint as a “refugee” administrator and returned to MSU early Saturday morning. “I was at the airport for four hours on Friday trying to get a flight back,” she said. Simon was stuck in California after her Tuesday flight back from an American Association of Universities meeting was canceled due to the grounding of all domestic flights following last week’s terrorist attacks. She spent her extended stay chatting with colleagues from across the country. “There is no doubt that the security at the airport is dramatically different,” she said.

NEWS

Pay increase expected for McPherson

MSU President M. Peter McPherson is scheduled to receive his standard raise for the upcoming year, the Board of Trustees Finance Committee chairman said. Trustee Don Nugent told The State News on Tuesday the board will likely extend a 3 percent raise which, like the president’s past increases, will be put into a deferred payment fund.

COMMENTARY

War or peace? Reader says war

This letter is in regard to Monday’s headline, “War or peace?” (SN 9/17). We are already at war, even though it has not been officially declared by our government.

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Study finds interaction differences

While black students have more contact with their professors, white students find faculty members more approachable, understanding and encouraging, a nationwide study found.The study, which was conducted in 1997, surveyed 1,755 students at universities across the country.