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SPORTS

Duckett may not see weekend action

Because of a sprained shoulder, sophomore tailback T.J. Duckett may not play against Illinois this weekend.Head coach Bobby Williams said Monday that Duckett’s playing status being evaluated.“I’m not sure if he’s going to be ready for this weekend,” he said.

MSU

Red Cedar trash displayed to help change messy habits

Sludge-caked bikes, browned but previously white plastic lawn chairs, a soggy mattress and a rusted bed frame were just a few of the pollutants pulled from the Red Cedar River muck earlier this month by environmentally-conscious MSU students. And Wednesday afternoon, the items were showcased.

NEWS

Student vigil honors right to choose

A handful of students stood at the rock on Farm Lane on Wednesday night, shielding their white candles from the wind.Voices for Choices, a political awareness student organization, held a candlelight vigil to honor Abortion Access Action Month, which is celebrated in October.

MICHIGAN

Greeks have fun preparing kids for Halloween

Students from Kappa Alpha Theta sorority and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity volunteered Tuesday to carve pumpkins with local elementary school students.The event at Red Cedar Elementary School, 1110 Narcissus St., was one of several activities local greek chapters plan to do with area children.“It’s important to go out in the community and spend time with kids,” said Genevieve Webb, philanthropy chair for Kappa Alpha Theta.

NEWS

E.L. watches housing issue

East Lansing officials have a simple message for students who live with more than the licensed number of people in a house.“Students who live in overoccupied houses do so for reasons like money or ‘everyone else does it so we won’t get caught,’” East Lansing Housing Code Analyst Harriett Ferrigno said.

NEWS

Students give time to house others

BRANDI LEWANDOWSKIFor The State News Volunteers for MSU’s chapter of Habitat for Humanity are all about building houses, strong community ties and bright orange pumpkin decorations. MSU and Lansing Habitat for Humanity volunteers work to eliminate substandard housing and homelessness in Greater Lansing.

COMMENTARY

Scholarships bring discrimination

This letter is in support of the important and poignant column by John LaFleur printed Monday (Racial discrimination is part of scholarship process, SN 10/23). I regret that LaFleur had to bear the weight of this gross injustice, but I am quite appreciative of his desire to share it with The State News readership. I have felt for a long time that collegiate admission and scholarship qualification is rife with reverse discrimination.

NEWS

Landlord irks tenants

A group of residents and their East Lansing landlord are locked in a dispute over the condition of their Grove Street house.The five tenants, who moved into the house Aug.

MICHIGAN

States to stiffen DUI penalties

President Bill Clinton signed a bill Monday to set tougher standards for drunken driving. The new law requires states to impose a .08 percent blood alcohol content standard as the legal level for drunken driving by the year 2004.

COMMENTARY

Reparations are not worth a dime

I have always been aware of the extremely complex and sensitive nature of race relations in America, I was reminded of this after talking to a political activist at the Union Activities Board when I attended a group viewing of the presidential debate. Then, somehow we started talking about how biased history books are in misrepresenting the role of women and minorities.

FEATURES

Panel discusses feminism and art

Surrounded by the work of feminist artist Miriam Schapiro, a panel of four discussed the role of feminism in art Tuesday at Kresge Art Museum.The Women’s Studies Program and the Department of Art held a symposium, “Feminism and Art: Differing Perspectives Over 30 Years,” concerning women’s roles in art in the past and present.“I can’t take anything for granted,” said studio art graduate student April Liu, who was one of the panelists.

COMMENTARY

SN endorses:

Voters in the 8th Congressional District should choose U.S. Rep. Debbie Stabenow for the U.S. Senate over her opponent, U.S.

MSU

Event teaches U etiquette

More than 100 students took a big step in ensuring they wouldn’t get an “E” for dining etiquette Tuesday. The Office of Supportive Services brought students from all years and majors to “Professional Etiquette and Tableside Manners,” an event to prepare students for meal interviews and meetings they may attend in a professional setting. The program was held Tuesday at the Brody Complex’s Lafayette Square.

COMMENTARY

Police presence was offensive

I am a white guy who attended the Black Power Rally on Friday night at the Auditorium. What a great event this turned out to be: Live rapping, African dance and poetry were just a few of the performances there to be experienced.

COMMENTARY

Professionals ruin Olympic Games

Charles Fraser makes some good points in his column (“Team competition should be removed in spirit of Olympic Games,” SN 10/19), especially about the need to reestablish amateurism as a guiding principle in the Olympics. However, it’s not just professionals in team sports that have corrupted the Olympic amateur ideal.