COMMENTARY
Napsters service is great, but its copyright infringement
While Napster is a haven for money-strapped music lovers, a shut down of the service would be understandable.The 9th U.S.
MICHIGAN
City council to address building height limits
The East Lansing City Council will discuss a revision of an ordinance that could change the maximum height allowed for city buildings at tonight’s work session. Height limits for buildings in the downtown are eight stories, or 14 with a city permit.
COMMENTARY
Block off flooded paths on campus
Monday morning on my way to class, I had a very close encounter with the Red Cedar River. The Brody path that I - and the majority of people living in the Brody Complex - use to get to class was flooded over.
COMMENTARY
Drugs war takes away freedom
This is in response to Erin Schwartz’s Feb. 9 column titled “Drug war has turned into race, class conflict.” Ethnic cleansing is criticized around the world - from Adolf Hitler to Slobodan Milosevic - but it is practiced daily with the Drug Enforcement Administration’s drug war.
NEWS
Speech a chance to show ‘vision’
MSU’s tradition of its president giving an annual State of the University Address is common among some other universities in the Big Ten. But while an annual event, many students show little interest in attending. Joyce Sandie, an elementary education senior, agrees such a speech is important to keep students informed of key issues on campus. Yet she has no intention of attending. “I wasn’t aware that he gave such a speech but I am going to listen to what he has to say,” Sandie said.
MICHIGAN
Idle vehicles in the winter may harm environment, raise health concerns
Gillian Harvie is like many American motorists who hate driving in a cold vehicle.“I get my spare set of keys and let it warm up,” the journalism graduate student said.
COMMENTARY
Drug war unfairly attacks minorities
Regarding Erin Schwartz’s excellent Feb. 9 column (“Drug war has turned into race, class conflict”), the drug war’s early beginnings are rooted in a race and class conflict. The drug war is mainly a war on marijuana, by far the most popular illicit drug.
NEWS
McPherson unveils new initatives, focuses on globalization in eighth State of the University Address
8th State of the University Address delivered by M. President Peter McPherson on February 13, 2001: Thank you for joining me for our faculty awards ceremony and my eighth State of the University Address. During one of the most dynamic periods in MSU’s history, then President John Hannah noted that “an identifiable characteristic of a true land-grant institution should be its sensitivity to the changing needs of the people, and its ability to adapt quickly in response to those needs.
MSU
U offers political fellowships
A new group of Michigan residents was chosen to get an up-close and personal look at politics. The Michigan Political Leadership Program announced that 24 Michigan residents will receive fully paid fellowships with the MSU-based program. “We are very excited to see how such a diverse group comes together,” said Shannon Horvath, the program’s director.
COMMENTARY
Bush is president for next four years
I would just like to share one small fact with Drew Olson (“Bush should not be our president,” SN 2/9), and the several hundred other students on this campus who are frustrated over the presidential election.
FEATURES
Professor brings variety of music genres to U
John Kratus doesn’t like to be hypocritical. “My research area is in creativity and composing,” said Kratus, professor and area chairperson of music education.
NEWS
Cities may contribute to railway fund
East Lansing and Lansing are expected to contribute $20,000 to Capital Area Transportation Authority’s proposed railway to link Lansing to Detroit after concerns have arisen that the route may be in jeopardy without the funding from the two cities and other areas.
NEWS
Computer virus detected, U remains safe
A computer virus disguised as a JPEG picture file of Russian tennis player Anna Kournikova made its way onto campus Monday. According to a security report on the Symantec AntiVirus Research Center Web site, the file, known specifically as a worm, comes as an e-mail attachment labeled “AnnaKournikova.jpg.vbs.” When the attachment is opened in Microsoft Outlook Express mail program, it accesses the user’s address book and sends copies of itself out to all listed e-mail addresses.
MSU
Research studies insect immunity
For some MSU researchers, an analyzed bug in the hand is worth two in the bush.Professors Robert Hollingworth and Ke Dong are researching possible answers to the question of how insects become resistant to pesticides.Hollingworth, a professor of entomology, said he and Professor Dong are interested in the biochemistry and genetics of how populations of insects change and mutate in the field.“A population of insects starts off where a percentage are killed by insecticides, but by sheer chance, mutations allow some of them to become resistant to the insecticides,” Hollingworth said.
NEWS
Faculty offers praise, criticism
MSU President M. Peter McPherson may not have a background in academics - it was one of the controversies surrounding his hiring in 1993.Still, more than seven years later, many say he’s served the university’s higher education well.
MSU
Speech a chance to show ‘vision’
MSU’s tradition of its president giving an annual State of the University Address is common among some other universities in the Big Ten.But while an annual event, many students show little interest in attending.Joyce Sandie, an elementary education senior, agrees such a speech is important to keep students informed of key issues on campus.Yet she has no intention of attending.“I wasn’t aware that he gave such a speech but I am going to listen to what he has to say,” Sandie said.
COMMENTARY
Bill wont stop binge drinking
In response to state Rep. Sandy Caul’s letter on her legislation of kegs (“Keg legislation will save lives,” SN 2/8), I would like to clarify certain incidents she is using as her defense. First off, the tragedy of Bradley McCue’s death was a result of “binge drinking,” where he consumed more than five drinks in one sitting.
FEATURES
African Forms displayed at new U.S. exhibit
By KATHERINE ROTH The Associated Press NEW YORK - Sometimes a spoon is more than just a spoon. In the first major U.S.
NEWS
McPherson reflects on presidency, U
For nearly eight years, MSU President M. Peter McPherson has been on one wild roller coaster ride. The university’s 39th president has been in the front seat as MSU flew to new fund-raising heights - raising a record $121.3 million last year - and plummeted to new lows.
NEWS
Napster forced to cease operation
College students across the nation got a bitter surprise Monday as the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco forced Napster, the free online music trading service, to discontinue its operation. Napster announced it will appeal the decision. “We look forward to getting more facts into the record and will pursue every avenue in the courts and the Congress to keep Napster operating,” Napster officials said in a statement. The panel Monday ordered a lower court judge to rewrite her injunction that instructed Napster to cease its actions pending a trial in a lawsuit filed by the Recording Industry Association of America. “This is a clear victory,” said Hilary Rosen, president and CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America.