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MICHIGAN

Levin to run again

Drew Harmon
February 19, 2001

U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Detroit, announced Saturday in a written statement that he intends to run again for the position in 2002.

MICHIGAN

Michigan lawmaker faces charges

Eric Morath
February 19, 2001

After state Rep. Keith Stallworth, D-Detroit, was charged for allegedly using his brother’s name to illegally obtain a driver’s license and voter’s registration, he pleaded innocent Friday to the charges in the 36th District Court in Detroit and the 22nd District Court in Inkster, Mich.

COMMENTARY

Napster not doing anything illegal

Napster’s “illegality is undeniable?” Hmm. The illegality of its users might be undeniable, but the legality of Napster itself is not so simple (“Logged off,” SN 2/13). Napster does not possess, transmit or in any way deal with copyrighted material.

COMMENTARY

Flooded walkways should be avoided

This is a response to “Block off flooded paths on campus” (SN 2/13). I thought America reached its lowest intelligence level when I heard the XFL was the highest-rated program its opening weekend - then I read this letter. How many other people did you see struggling for their lives in the river?

MSU

Club walks about in mall

Shoppers and nonshoppers are lacing up their sneakers for the “Walkabout Club” at Meridian Mall, which kicks off at 9:30 a.m.

FEATURES

Black silent films restored for festival

By BEN DOBBINS The Associated Press ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Most of the scenes in “A Black Sherlock Holmes,” a silent-film farce made mainly for black audiences in 1918, are obscured by a psychedelic collage of swirls, flashes and bubbles of light. The culprit: nitric acid, a volatile ingredient in movies made before 1951 that corrodes rapidly when exposed to warmth or moistness for years on end. It has left few surviving films from a flourishing period in black cinematography.

NEWS

Latina women attend seminar, empowered by guest speakers

Sheena Harrison
February 19, 2001

Nearly 1,000 Latina women discussed issues of gender and culture Saturday during the El Dia de la Mujer conference held at the Kellogg Center. The conference, which means The Day of the Woman, is an important event for Chicanas and Latinas at MSU, said Marcelina Trevino-Savala, coordinator for Chicano and Latino student affairs. “It gives Latina women a chance to come together and learn from each other about issues that are important to our community such as health and education,” she said. El Dia de la Mujer began eight years ago as an evening reception that acknowledged the achievements of Latina faculty and staff, and has since grown into a day-long event with large numbers of Latinas from the Midwest attending each year. Conference participants attended several workshop sessions throughout the day, dealing with issues such as mother-daughter relationships, activism, self-improvement, health issues and Latinas in the lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgendered communities. Communication sophomore Amanda Mikulski presented the mother-daughter relationship workshop with her mother, and said she enjoyed the experience. “We’ve both done presentations at workshops before, but never together,” she said.

MSU

Engineers play games for E-Week

Some students at the College of Engineering are preparing for a week of fun. E-Week, organized by the Student Engineering Council and other engineering students, began Sunday and will continue through Friday.

COMMENTARY

Increase will help residence halls

I am writing this letter to you to talk about RHA’s proposed tax increase. I want everyone to know the $3 tax increase is not to spend the money on ourselves, but to spend the money on our constituents. First, there is legislation coming to the floor to kick an additional dollar back into the halls.

NEWS

Cleaves brother killed in drive-by shooting

Tim Mosley
February 19, 2001

Herbert Cleaves, the brother of Detroit Pistons guard and former MSU star Mateen Cleaves, was shot and killed in a Flint drive-by shooting Sunday morning.Flint police reported that two vehicles passed by 3221 Mildred St., in Flint, and opened fire hitting Cleaves, 27, in the abdomen.

FEATURES

Barenaked Ladies are back at U

Dan Julian
February 19, 2001

Meshing together alternative, pop and folk in a unique way is something Toronto-based rockers the Barenaked Ladies know how to do quite well.The Canadian rockers will invade Breslin Student Events Center at 7:30 p.m.

COMMENTARY

Michigans ranking in womens health issues is not shocking

Michigan’s low rating in women’s reproductive health is not surprising. The National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League, an organization that conducts an annual study on women’s reproductive health, gave Michigan an “F” rating and ranked the state 45th in the nation.