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APASO power rally kicks off conference

A rally and march from the rock on Farm Lane will highlight a weekend full of activities for Asian and Pacific American students today at 4 p.m. This is the ninth year the Asian Pacific American Student Organization will host its fall conference.

COMMENTARY

General classes are necessary

I’m writing in response to Erin Yerke’s whining and complaining (“Amid its successes, ‘U’ must reflect on failures,” SN 10/31). If she hasn’t learned by now, in this life, we will have to do things that we would rather not do.

SPORTS

Womens soccer lose 3-1 to Illini

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The MSU women’s soccer team fell 3-1 to Illinois on Thursday in the opening round of the Big Ten Tournament.The fourth-seeded Spartans only managed to score one second-half goal while giving up three second-half goals to the fifth-seeded Fighting Illini.

MICHIGAN

APASO power rally kicks off conference

A rally and march from the rock on Farm Lane will highlight a weekend full of activities for Asian and Pacific American students today at 4 p.m. This is the ninth year the Asian Pacific American Student Organization will host its fall conference.

COMMENTARY

Dont go ballistic

Imagine some fine day, a wicked rogue state such as North Korea or Iraq becomes fed up with the United States, and, in a suicidal fit of rage, decides to launch ballistic missiles at the country.

MICHIGAN

APASO power rally kicks off conference

A rally and march from the rock on Farm Lane will highlight a weekend full of activities for Asian and Pacific American students today at 4 p.m.This is the ninth year the Asian Pacific American Student Organization will host its fall conference.

FEATURES

Accafellas put on fall show

Break out your grass skirt: It’s time for a “Rockin’ Acca Luau.”The Accafellas, an eight-man a cappella group, puts on its fall concert at 8 tonight in Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre.

COMMENTARY

Free-for-some

MSU groups should limit the number of non-MSU students at events with a history of violence, but it should not completely restrict the events to MSU students only.

MICHIGAN

Delta Tau Delta reinstated

Members of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity have good reason to celebrate this weekend - three years after losing their national charter they will have it reinstated Saturday. The fraternity had their charter revoked three years ago by the national chapter because of lack of members and finances.

MICHIGAN

Polls expect more voters

State officials are predicting about 63 percent of registered Michigan voters will cast their votes in this year’s presidential election Tuesday. The 63 percent expected to turn out is a significant increase from the 1996 presidential election voter turnout, said Julie Pierce, spokeswoman for the secretary of state.

NEWS

Franken to U: Vote for Dems

A special guest came to a “West Wing” watching party at Case Hall on Wednesday night. And he was good enough, smart enough and doggone people liked him - he’s Al Franken. The party was hosted by state Sen.

NEWS

Byrum, Rogers bicker in final debate

LANSING - With only days left before the election, two Congress hopefuls made their way to WILX-TV to discuss taxes, anthrax and voter registration.After a strenuous season of debates, state Sens.

FEATURES

Distributor aids womens music

LANSING - Though Ani DiFranco will perform at MSU’s largest on-campus venue next week, she wasn’t always so famous.Ten years ago, she toured the country in her own car, selling her self-produced album as she went.Independent stores, not corporate chains, helped DiFranco get out her music - and its messages.Lansing’s Goldenrod Distribution, 1310 Turner St., was one of these stores.

NEWS

Socialist group sponsors speech

Carlos Petroni, a national committee member of the Socialist Alternative, addressed immigrant rights and the fight against the World Trade Organization, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank on Wednesday night.Petroni, who is also the editor of Justice, a California-based socialist newspaper, spoke to fewer than a dozen students at Berkey Hall.The speech was sponsored by the East Lansing branch of the Socialist Alternative and Students for Economic and Social Democracy, an MSU group.English senior Traci Hamilton, a member of Students for Economic and Social Democracy, said Petroni was invited to broaden students views on the world.“Mr. Petroni has quite a unique voice, especially being from Argentina and living in L.A.,” she said.