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Civil rights advocate to speak to U about activists of the 1960s

Pamela E. Spence
April 16, 2001

The Rev. Edwin King, a peace and civil rights activist will address an audience at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Auditorium. In his second trip to MSU since 1999, King’s address will be on “A Rumor of Freedom, A Rumor of War: The Mississippi Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam.” King, who teaches at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, also served as a chaplain and dean of students at Tougaloo College in Jackson, Miss.

FEATURES

Jazz greats perform at concert; U hopes to better program

With a host of jazz greats from the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and otherwise, Friday night’s MSU Jazz Spectacular certainly lived up to its name.The concert combined the talents of students in Jazz Band I and II with accomplished jazz musicians from across the country.

NEWS

Inspectors offer ride-alongs

Jamie Gumbrecht
April 16, 2001

Jack Mosher spends his days flipping switches and flushing toilets. As an East Lansing housing inspector, it’s Mosher’s job to make sure each of the properties holding the city’s 16,000 rental licenses are following regulations and meeting standards. City housing officials hope a new Housing Guest Inspector Program, which was introduced last week, will give city officials and community representatives a chance to flip and flush along with him. Guests will ride along with a housing inspector for two hours, checking for incorrect wiring, leaky roofs and bad smoke detectors in houses, apartments and duplexes. “We felt that it would be a good opportunity for people who are involved in decision-making,” said Howard Asch, the city’s code enforcement and neighborhood conservation director.

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DCL program trades cans for participation

Nicole Jacques
April 16, 2001

MSU-Detroit College of Law students spent last week telling their professors to “can it.” The Journal of International Law at DCL sponsored its fourth annual Can-a-Professor Program, which allows students to bring in a canned good or other nonperishable food item in exchange for not having to participate in class. Professors who agree to participate in the program may not call on students who bring cans of food to class. For some law students, the program, which began last Monday was convenient. Daniel Olson, a second-year law student who participated in Can-a-Professor, said the because he was out of town two weeks ago, the program saved him both some reading and from answering questions. “I was at a law review symposium in Washington, D.C., got back late in the week and didn’t feel like reading a lot,” he said. Olson said being able to avoid questions “especially took the stress off for exams in a week and a half.” That’s exactly why the program is so popular, said Connell Alsup, DCL assistant dean of student affairs.

COMMENTARY

Local bands not covered enough

Last week, I was strolling past Tower Records, and what I saw inside got me really excited. Domestic Problems was right there, like a display in a window, playing away. I know, Domestic who? Domestic Problems is just one of the great local bands you’ve never heard of, thanks to lack of exposure.

COMMENTARY

Skate park needed by E.L.

After the murder of two of Lansing’s local skateboarders by a drunken driver April 6, I have taken the liberty to inform everyone that East Lansing has decided not to donate money to the $400,000 project of building the Ranney Skate Park at Ranney Park.

NEWS

UMass RAs demand more pay, hope to form union

Rachel Wright
April 16, 2001

While resident assistants at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst are trying to create a union, mentors at MSU aren’t sure if one is necessary for them.David Synnott, a sophomore RA at Massachusetts, has helped organize the union drive.“The vast majority of students have been very receptive,” Synnott said.

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U hosts quiz bowl championships

Karalee Miller
April 16, 2001

MSU students will soon be surrounded by some of the top students in Michigan - and they’re not even out of high school.More than 500 high school students from across the state will compete in the 14th annual State Championship High School Quiz Bowl on Friday and Saturday in the Union.

NEWS

College degree not required

Eric Mckinney
April 16, 2001

College isn’t for everyone.Year after year more collegiate basketball players come to that realization.Leaving college early, or skipping it altogether for the NBA Draft, has become a trend in recent years.

SPORTS

Softball comes off successful weekend

James Jahnke
April 16, 2001

The Spartans won two of their first three games on their weekend road trip to Wisconsin and Minnesota. MSU (17-28 overall, 4-5) stole the series opener 1-0 from the Gophers on Saturday with a first-inning run by senior Shealee Dunavan that stood up for the whole game, according to MSU sports information. Dunavan scored on a two-out single by sophomore Tiffany Wallace, who finished 3-for-4 on the game.

MICHIGAN

Parks serve tastier foods

Brandi Lewandowski
April 16, 2001

LANSING - Amy Thompson is a huge Lansing Lugnuts fan, but one of her favorite reasons for visiting Oldsmobile Park is the wide array of foods she can fill up on. “It’s usually food you can’t have at your house,” said Thompson, an eighth-grader at Holt Junior High School, while munching on her giant New York Pretzel. And at Oldsmobile Park, 505 E.

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Partnership helps educate South African students

Ed Ronco
April 16, 2001

It all started with a visit from two Zulu artists.And now, Sally McClintock and other mid-Michigan teachers are launching a project that could send many children in an impoverished region of South Africa to school.McClintock, a retired East Lansing Public Schools teacher and administrator, is the founder and director of Linking All Types of Teachers to International Cross-cultural Education, or LATTICE, a partnership that allows mid-Michigan teachers to collaborate with international students in the MSU College of Education.The organization is selling baskets made by women in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, and using the proceeds to send the artists’ children to school.“Public schools are not free in South Africa,” McClintock explained.

SPORTS

Richardson, Randolph must really love money

Well, the fallout has just about ended in the wake of now former MSU basketball players Jason Richardson and Zach Randolph bolting to the NBA, and numerous aspects of their decisions have popped out to most observers.

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Panda habitat examined

Cutler Fetherston
April 16, 2001

Some MSU wildlife experts are looking to have an impact on the protection of giant pandas and endangered species around the world. Jianguo Liu, an associate professor of fisheries and wildlife, is the lead author of the paper “Ecological Degradation in Protected Areas: The Case of Wolong Nature Reserve for Giant Pandas,” which was published April 6 in Science magazine. “I, like many people, love pandas and I wanted to do something to help save them,” Liu said.

FEATURES

Diary provides laughs for men, women alike

Vince Estes
April 16, 2001

The sight of a dejected Renee Zellweger drunk in her pajamas and singing along to “All By Myself” can only mean one thing - “Bridget Jones’s Diary” is, without question, a chick flick. That early warning in the movie is the first of many “girl moments.” And they keep coming, so women in the theater can look at each other, giggle and comment, “That’s so true!” The men, meanwhile, can fold their arms, smirk and hope for a car chase.