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Pussycats pounce into theaters for lots of laughs

Vince Estes
April 13, 2001

“Josie and the Pussycats” is a fine example of what happens when teen movies collide. It stars a carousel of alumni from “She’s All That,” “10 Things I Hate About You” and “Road Trip,” who decided to make amends for the damage they’ve done. And it ushers in an era of post-teen movies. It all starts with Seth Green and Donald Adeosun Faison from “Can’t Hardly Wait,” who play members of the trendy boy band Du Jour.

NEWS

Michigan residents deal with strong winds

Thousands of Michigan homes were without power Thursday while local residents braved strong winds that knocked down power lines, uprooted trees and wreaked havoc across the state.In Okemos, a female construction worker was pinned after a concrete wall collapsed in a construction zone at the Meridian Mall.

COMMENTARY

Grad union would improve benefits

I am writing in response to two letters that appeared in The State News last week concerning the Graduate Employees Union (“Unionizing would hurt grad students,” SN 4/2 and “Questions raised by grad union,” SN 4/6). I am one of the 1,200 graduate students who already have joined GEU, and I am confident a union will improve the lives of graduate students at MSU.

NEWS

Women gain ground as law school students

Ed Ronco
April 13, 2001

Women, who made up less than 10 percent of all enrolled law students in 1970, are steadily becoming the majority of the future lawyer population.Statistics released recently by the American Bar Association show that of the 125,175 students enrolled at 183 accredited law schools, women comprise 48.4 percent of the student population.“You’re seeing a generation of women whose moms went to college,” said first-year MSU-Detroit College of Law student Lisa Hansknecht.“It’s becoming more normal and more natural for a woman not only to get a college degree but to continue on to an advanced degree.”MSU-DCL enrolls 282 women in its day and evening programs, making up 40 percent of the student body.And DCL Professor Cynthia Starnes said there’s power in such numbers.“As women become more numerous they become better able to make demands that they’ve not been able to make before,” she said.“A ‘J.D.’ after a name really opens doors that wouldn’t otherwise open to you.”A J.D.

COMMENTARY

Home again

It is refreshing to have the crew of a U.S. spy plane back on American soil in a peaceful manner, but the situation with China could have been resolved more quickly. The 24 crew members of the plane that made an emergency landing in China nearly two weeks ago landed in Hawaii on Thursday.

NEWS

Tower to close, blames Napster

Shannon Murphy  and  Dan Julian
April 13, 2001

A look of disbelief came over Noah Pippin’s face as he walked out of Tower Records-Videos-Books, and found out his classical music source was closing. Pippin, a pre-law junior who recently started shopping at Tower Records, 115 E.

FEATURES

Dropping out of life more valuable than internship

Erica Saelens
April 13, 2001

By the time I was 20 years old, I felt I already paid my dues. I spent the summer after high school and the summer after my freshman year working at a suburban Detroit newspaper, cranking out stories about various eccentricities, oddities, lawsuits and, of course, bloodshed.

NEWS

Police chief defends choice to use undercover officer

Jeremy W. Steele
April 13, 2001

The university’s police chief is standing by his decision to put an undercover officer in a campus student group more than a year ago, he told ASMSU’s Student Assembly on Thursday.MSU police Chief Bruce Benson told the group of representatives from MSU’s undergraduate student government he believes he made the right choice given the circumstances.

MICHIGAN

Concealed weapons law opens discussion

Eric Morath
April 13, 2001

New online information concerning Michigan’s concealed weapons law, which goes into effect July 1, has area students and groups debating how the law will impact the state.The law establishes statewide requirements for people who carry concealed weapons.

COMMENTARY

Alcohol letter was ridiculous

Mark Melnykowycz’s response to “Alcohol can cause many nasty side effects” (SN 4/2), was probably the stupidest thing I have ever read in this newspaper.

MICHIGAN

State broadens tourism industry with promotional campaign

Leslie Escobar
April 12, 2001

LANSING - With the slogan “Michigan. Great Lakes. Great Times. Not a great distance,” state tourism officials hope to expand Michigan’s $10 billion annual tourism business. The new campaign, launched this week by Travel Michigan - a division of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation - is intended to draw more travelers from surrounding states. “It’s a great ad campaign,” said Nancy Cain, a spokesperson for AAA. “And the timing of it is good, because with higher gas prices, people in the Midwest are going to stay in the Midwest.” The campaign features television, newspaper, radio and Internet advertisements that will be shown in Green Bay, Wis., Indianapolis, Chicago and Cleveland.

FEATURES

Local troupe exposes kids to live theater

Juliana Keeping
April 12, 2001

An office space in the Cedar Park Shopping Center may seem an unlikely place to be swelling with young enthusiasm for the theatrical world. But most nights of the week, All-of-us Express Children’s Theatre’s strip mall spot at 2495 N.

MICHIGAN

New Oasis to open on Grand River

Shannon Murphy
April 12, 2001

The smell of baked kibbee will be wafting through the air this summer in East Lansing’s downtown.Kibbee, a ground meat spiced with salt, pepper, onions, pine nuts, cinnamon and allspice is one of the items that will be on the menu of Chuck Raad’s newest restaurant, Woody’s Oasis, located at 211 E.

MICHIGAN

Adopt a River program aims to help clean up local waters

Shannon Murphy
April 12, 2001

For the first year, MSU students will partner with Lansing and East Lansing to create awareness about river pollution. The eighth annual Adopt a River Program will take place on April 21 - the day before Earth Day. The program has community members following a river trail along Grand and Red Cedar rivers picking up trash, while flat-bottomed boats pull debris out of the two rivers. “We pull out couches, shopping carts, bikes, a swing set,” said Jennifer Rostar, program director for the Mid-Michigan Environmental Action Council.