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COMMENTARY

Concealed weapons law will increase guns

Ashley Bell
March 23, 2001

During the midst of the media hoopla over the presidential election, the state Legislature slid through an amendment to Michigan’s concealed weapons law that will drastically increase the number of concealed guns on the streets. The concealed weapons law originally stated applicants for concealed weapon permits must demonstrate a need to carry concealed weapons and must renew the permits every three years.

FEATURES

SN staff members choose Oscar favorites

Despite the daily grind that comes along with being a State News employee, a few staff members still had time to offer-up their opinions about who should and shouldn’t take home an Oscar on Sunday. S’News employees who work the artsy E.L.

MSU

COGS proposes tax hike, seeks support

Ed Ronco
March 23, 2001

In an election next week, the Council Of Graduate Students is asking its constituents to support an increase in taxes for the 2001-02 academic year. If passed, the tax would increase to $7.25 for the fall and spring semesters, up 50 cents from its current rate.

NEWS

Responsibility tops celebration wish list

Nicole Jacques
March 23, 2001

MSU’s men’s basketball and hockey teams have made several steps toward success, but the players won’t be the only Spartans in the spotlight as they make their drives for NCAA championships.Although MSU’s reputation has come a long way since the March 27-28, 1999, riot following the basketball team’s Final Four loss to Duke, some officials say students should be reminded to act responsibly during this year’s title drives.Provost Lou Anna Simon recently sent faculty members an e-mail encouraging them to have in-class discussions about the past disturbances - and last year’s responsible celebrations when thousands of fans peacefully flooded city streets after the basketball team won its first NCAA Championship since 1979.“I think that what happens inside the classroom and outside the classroom are connected.

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Scholarship aids former foster children

Nicole Jacques
March 23, 2001

Former foster care children may find a foothold for their future through a new scholarship program at MSU. The Foster Care Youth Endowed Scholarship Program will provide assistance to a limited number of incoming freshmen who spent some part of their childhood in Michigan court-ordered foster care placement. Less than 10 percent of young people who leave foster care at age 18 attend college, said Gary Anderson, director of the School of Social Work, which is directing the program. “Increasingly the states are realizing that this is a population that we need to pay attention to because education is so crucial for their success,” he said.

SPORTS

Three track stars earn honors

Keith Dunlap
March 23, 2001

The MSU men’s track team may be starting its outdoor season this weekend in Alabama, but three members are still basking in the glow of victory from their last indoor meet two weeks ago.Freshman shot-putter Steve Manz, senior pole vaulter Paul Terek (a junior in eligibility), and sophomore runner Andy Lixey all earned All-American status at the NCAA Indoor Track Championships two weeks ago in Fayetteville, Ark.

FEATURES

Weekend Guide

FRIDAY: David Mallett will perform at 8 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 855 Grove St., for the Ten Pound Fiddle concert series.

FEATURES

Its time for Oscar

It’s a good thing statuettes can’t have egos. On Sunday, the red carpet will be unfurled, the media will swarm and Hollywood’s stars will arrive in limousines and gaudy clothes - all for the sake of a 13-and-a-half-inch tall, 8-pound man named Oscar. And when the 73rd Annual Academy Awards are televised live from the 6,000-seat Shrine Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles, much of the world will be watching and betting on which film director, actor or producer will take home the next award. Up for the coveted Best Picture award are “Chocolat,” “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” “Erin Brockovich,” “Gladiator” and “Traffic.” “I think best film is tough,” said Bill Vincent, an English professor and co-director of the Film Studies Program.

COMMENTARY

ASMSU should not boycott CATA

ASMSU should drop its ridiculous effort to boycott CATA’s fare increase before its members embarrass themselves any further (“ASMSU to boycott if CATA raises fare,” SN 3/21). Am I alone in remembering the days before CATA came on campus?

COMMENTARY

Register Early

A proposed House Bill to remove the law requiring voters to register 30 days before the election is not an issue ASMSU, university’s undergraduate student government, should support. If the bill is passed, residents will have until election day to register.

COMMENTARY

Ritalin is needed by many people

The column written March 15 by Andrew Banyai (“Kids shouldn’t be drugged for acting their age”) upset and angered me. Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder is not about a kid who can’t sit still because he wants to play.

NEWS

Intersexed speaker raises awareness

Ed Ronco
March 23, 2001

The Minnesota Room of the Union was full Thursday night; its occupants sitting in a riveted silence.“More than one of you has someone in your family that’s intersexed,” Cheryl Chase, the executive director of the Intersex Society of North America, told the audience of more than 40 people.One in 2,000 babies - or five children per day - are born intersexed, Chase said during her about 30-minute speech.

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Monkey ear research helps understand human hearing

Cutler Fetherston
March 23, 2001

If a tree falls in the woods, would a monkey be able to hear it?Michael Harrison, a professor of physics and astronomy, presented a paper to the American Physical Society last week during its five-day meeting in Seattle that could help explain why monkeys don’t hear as well as humans.“I began to get interested in these problems when I realized the subject I was working on, the mechanics of vibration, had a good deal to do with the way hearing takes place in mammals,” Harrison said.

NEWS

Icers on road to West Regional Final for ticket to Frozen Four

James Jahnke
March 23, 2001

The Spartan hockey team makes the last stop on its road to Albany, N.Y., this weekend, hoping to validate its ticket to the New York state capital for a second Frozen Four berth in three years. The top-ranked and top-seeded Spartans (32-4-4) open their 2001 NCAA Tournament run when they travel to Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids for the West Regional final at 2 p.m.

FEATURES

Student represents Hollywood on campus

Dan Julian
March 23, 2001

While many MSU students spend their free time sleeping or relaxing in front of the television, Ian Wallace partakes in another kind of recreation.Wallace is the Michigan College Marketing Representative for urban music.“My duties are to get contacts at all college radio stations, college newspapers, media and television shows to try to get reviews and make sure our artists are getting enough airplay and publicity,” he said.The supply chain management junior hopes to be involved in the record industry someday and sees his current status as a good segue into the profession.“I’m leaning toward the music industry and this has really changed my focus,” he said.