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Faculty to rate commercials during game

Millions of people will tune into Super Bowl XXXV on Sunday and many of MSU’s advertising faculty will join them - but perhaps for a different reason. “We don’t really care much about the game,” advertising instructor Robert Kolt said.

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Programs merge to bring U more events

In an effort to increase student events and bring larger acts to campus, the Union Activities Board and the Campus Center will merge this fall.The new organization, called University Activities Board, will combine the efforts of the Union Activities Board and the Campus Center to provide more weekend entertainment for students as well as increase the number of social events at the Union.“We started looking at Union Activities Board and Campus Center, and realized we were both planning many fun events,” Union Activities Board director Jodi Roberto Hancock said.

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City council considers roundabout

East Lansing motorists might be driving in circles in 2002.The East Lansing City Council affirmed Tuesday that it will continue considering a roundabout in place of a four-way stop at the corner of Albert Avenue and Charles Street.

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ROTC blood drive a success

On Tuesday, the ballroom in Demonstration Hall became a place where people volunteered to help save lives.MSU’s Army ROTC sponsored its annual blood drive in conjunction with the American Red Cross, from 1 p.m.

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Professors searching for diabetes treatments

A team of MSU professors is getting up close and personal with diabetes.L. Karl Olson, assistant professor of physiology, is part of the study on campus attempting to research possible treatments for diabetes - a disease which has either claimed or complicated the lives of millions of people across the world.“What we are interested in doing is coming up with alternative sources for producing insulin,” Olson said.

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Residence Life seeks director

The Department of Residence Life has a new director but it’s heading in the same direction, officials say. Cindy Helman became acting director of Residence Life in January, following the death of former director Ann Bolger. “We are all grieving the loss of Bolger, which was quite a shock for all of us,” said Kate Murphy, assistant director of Residence Life.

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New hotline offers answers to financial aid questions

A temporary hotline for college students with questions about financial aid was announced Monday. The new hotline, intended to make filling out forms for financial aid a little easier, the has opened up with special hours to ensure that questions can be answered.

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Peace Corps offers U opportunities, travel

During his years in the Peace Corps, Roy Robinson was accustomed to waking up to a series of claps followed by questions such as “How is your family?” or “How are the crops?” Because there was no electricity for clocks or doors to knock on, clapping woke up the villagers in F

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Court reverses blood-alcohol ruling

LANSING - A judge has to consider a blood-alcohol test taken more than two hours after a traffic stop, according to an appeals court decision released Monday. The Court of Appeals’ 2-1 decision reverses the ruling of an Oakland County judge to leave out Michael Allen Cupp’s 0.12 blood-alcohol content, slightly more than the 0.10 percent that is considered drunk under state law. Police tested Cupp’s blood-alcohol content more than two hours after they stopped him at 1:12 a.m.

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Concept thrift store hits E.L.

Stanley Blanchard wasn’t chicken to name his new business after the nickname given to him by his ex-girlfriend.The co-owner of East Lansing’s newest clothing shop and his partner Bryan Stoner say their shop, Chicken Heads, which opens Monday at its 543 E.

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Council to consider altering local traffic

The East Lansing City Council will discuss building a roundabout at the intersection of Albert Avenue and Charles Street at today’s work session. The roundabout, like those found on campus, would be built to accommodate the City Center Project that is scheduled to open in 2002.

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Relief effort sought for quake victims

Members of Phi Iota Alpha Fraternidad Inc., a Latino greek organization, are sponsoring a relief effort for survivors of a Central American earthquake.A 7.6-magnitude quake ripped through El Salvador on Jan.

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Relief effort sought for quake victims

Members of Phi Iota Alpha Fraternidad Inc., a Latino greek organization, are sponsoring a relief effort for survivors of a Central American earthquake. A 7.6-magnitude quake ripped through El Salvador on Jan.

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Groups remember Roe v. Wade

Today campus groups will begin to recognize the 28th anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision which legalized abortion.Zoology junior Hillary Noyes said there will be representatives from Planned Parenthood of Michigan at the Union from 11 a.m.

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Stars raise money for MLK fund

LANSING - Hollywood met hoops Saturday as stars laced up for charity.Eleven stars from across the country participated in the Hollywood Hoop Fest to benefit MSU’s Martin Luther King Scholarship Fund.

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Lecturers hope to make sense of politics

Nationally known political commentators will attempt to make sense out of the 2000 elections through the MSU Department of Political Science’s 12th annual lecture series.This year’s lecture series, “Politics After the Election of 2000,” kicks off at 8 p.m.