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Skiing Michigan

Matt Treadwell
January 26, 2001

Marf Khan stood at the bottom of a 250-foot tall ski hill, staring it down like a timid David mustering up the courage to battle the giant Goliath. Mount Brighton Ski Area’s highest peak was to be Khan’s crowning achievement on his first day with skis attached to his boots. It was an achievement that could come one of two ways - either he would overcome his anxiousness or be dragged up the hill kicking and screaming by his two more experienced friends who talked him into joining them for a day on the slopes. Khan and his friends are among thousands of Michiganians taking advantage of nearby slopes during what is being called the state’s best ski season in three years. “I’ve done the bunny hill and the other small stuff,” said Khan, a graduate student at Wayne State University.

NEWS

State reps commence for new session

Eric Morath  and  Steve Eder
January 26, 2001

LANSING - State representatives shined their shoes, wore their first-day outfits and prepared to run a new Legislature on Thursday during opening day of session at the state Capitol.Members packed their briefcases, kissed their families good-bye and hit the road to Lansing.“We had co-sponsorship memos, it sort of gets things started and gets the juices flowing,” said state Rep.

MSU

U researchers investigate corn spacing, create adaptive equipment

Cutler Fetherston
January 26, 2001

MSU crop and soil science professors are researching what may be the wave of the future for growing corn.Kurt Thelen, professor of crop and soil sciences, has been researching the effects of growing corn in narrow 15-inch rows in comparison to the traditional 30-inch rows that many farmers around the country employ.The study began in 1997.“Historically it’s always been the planting implements that spaced rows of corn,” Thelen said.

MICHIGAN

Faculty help ease transition into college

Brandi Lewandowski
January 26, 2001

Marqus Coleman knows what he’ll be doing after he graduates from East Lansing High School in June.He’ll attend Defiance College in Ohio.“The counselors at my school helped me with deciding but my mom and my dad always told me that I had to do something after high school,” Coleman said.Although the senior high school student’s decision was influenced by his counselors and parents, MSU officials say the trend is for prospective college students to get too wrapped up with career plans.William Metcalfe, a psychologist at MSU’s Counseling Center, said he talks with MSU students who are concerned about their niche at college and about future careers.“Sometimes I’ll see students early on adjusting to just what this place is like, where their niche is and what their opportunities are here,” he said.

SPORTS

Backup wrestlers enjoy extra playing experience

Keith Dunlap
January 26, 2001

They work their hardest in practice and push the starters to the limit every day. Then as match time approaches, they promptly sit and watch, hoping the next time it will be them on the mat trying to contribute to the eighth-ranked MSU wrestling squad in the same way their counterparts in practice do.

NEWS

ASMSU and Red Cedar Log reach agreement

Steve Bossi
January 26, 2001

While three intricate parts of the bill that was expected to establish a settlement between the ASMSU Student Assembly and the Red Cedar Log regarding editorial control of the yearbook were approved Thursday, two other sections were denied.The assembly voted in favor of amendments that will establish a Diversity Managing Editor on the Red Cedar Log as well as requiring the Student Assembly vice chairperson of internal affairs two submit two detailed reports concerning the publication’s content.“I am very excited that those parts of the bill got passed,” said Melanie Olmsted, the Women’s Council representative for the assembly.Denied were the amendments that would have granted the assembly discretionary power over actions performed by the yearbook that are deemed inappropriate.“I am happy with the decision.

COMMENTARY

Man identified in wrong manner

In the Wednesday issue of The State News, a police brief stated a robbery suspect was a masked man and described him as Asian Pacific. This is an amazing and disturbing description of a criminal perpetrator that could have serious repercussions in a community with a small population of Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander students, staff and faculty. I would like to know how a masked man could be described as Asian Pacific.

MICHIGAN

House rejects pay increase

Eric Morath  and  Steve Eder
January 26, 2001

It is not often that 100 people would each turn down $20,000.“Have you ever voted down a pay raise?” asked House Speaker Rick Johnson, R-LeRoy, in his office Monday.The state House rejected a pay raise of that amount Thursday in a 100-6 vote.

NEWS

LoveLine returns to airwaves after listener protest

Matt Treadwell
January 26, 2001

Fans that thought WWDX-FM (92.1) gave LoveLine a final “mahalo” earlier this week will be happy to know they’ll be able to tune in to the syndicated call-in show once again - it will just be one hour later.A few dozen protesters showed up outside the 92.1 studio in Holt on Thursday to pound on windows, honk horns and chant for LoveLine’s return to local radio.LoveLine is a syndicated Los Angeles-based call-in show that offers answers to questions about substance abuse and STDs, along with advice about relationships and sex.The protesters came to the studio at the invitation of its evening radio-personality Ty “The Nighttime Guy,” who decided to take a stand against his station’s decision during his Wednesday night broadcast from 7 p.m.

COMMENTARY

No support

Then President-elect George W. Bush announced his nomination of Ashcroft for attorney general Dec.

FEATURES

Weekend Guide

Friday: DJ AJ will spin house and trance at Troppo, 213 Ann St. He takes the stage at 10 p.m.

COMMENTARY

Jackson cartoon was degrading

I really see why Martin Luther King Jr. dared to dream what he did. I can’t even describe how I feel every time I read a book, a paper or see someone on television who insists on promoting stereotypes about my people and/or maintaining them. In Wednesday’s State News, the Rev.

MSU

Grant aids study of tourism

Nicole Jacques
January 26, 2001

Tropical vacations of the future may take on a new meaning for tourists.MSU Professor of Anthropology Laurie Medina plans to study a new trend in travel - but she’s not headed to the popular Cancun or Jamaica mainstays.She recently received a $74,940 grant, which she’ll use on an 8-month excursion to Belize where she’ll study “eco-tourism.”The concept defines a type of adventure travel emphasizing tourists’ social responsibility when visiting parts of the developing world.“It’s a fairly new idea over the last decade,” Medina said.

MICHIGAN

Restaurants seek permit for dance floors

Jamie Gumbrecht
January 26, 2001

East Lansing businesses want to give residents a place to put their feet up, and kick their feet up.Two downtown restaurants have requested the entertainment license required to have a dance floor: Troppo, 213 Ann Street, and Spartan Sports Den, 1227 E.

FEATURES

Kresge exhibit features student artists

Leslie Escobar
January 26, 2001

Those who visit “Unrelated Segments,” an exhibit at the Kresge Art Center, are “bound to be captured by something,” said MSU art graduate student Harry Williams, whose work is among those being exhibited. The artwork on display ranges from stone carvings and abstract paintings to activated machines. April Liu, a sculptor for the past three years, said since most exhibits at Kresge show work done by undergraduate art students, “Unrelated Segments” may be the only show this year on campus to feature graduate artwork.