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Media symposium will focus on O.J. Simpson
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case coverage By Nnillc L e\\ is Associate Edito r After month~ o f media blitz. thi.: O.J. Simpson case's ncw:-.•wonhincss 1s now as much a focus as lhc story il,c\L I-las the media hccomc ~wcr-saturah.!d with " Juice·· news'! Is 1t hype or is it news? Do inquiring minds still want 10 know? Or is ii tune to r,ul\ the plug on a <ioap opera which has l ong lost it" story
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4ucstions that a local media p;ind will discu~ :n a symposium sponsored by the tvtSU mass communic Jtio ns dcpartmcn.t. the r,,fcd1a Club and The W1 cl11ran fro m 7-8;30 p.m .. Oc1.
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junior duch..:ss. s~phomorc princess and I rcs hm .:t n princess. . Momcc<,ming queen nominees arc Pam 8 :iih::y. Becky Bl:ick. Jcnnikr Casey and Jcnnifor Novak. Senior duchc.,;,; nominees arc Kellie B:ikcr. l-,·landy Byerly. Emily G ossom and S1:iccy Stanley. . Junior duchci.s nomin..::cs are Julie Liulcp:ii;.e. Dawn Mays. Amy Moscsm:in and Tr:1chclle W:imcr, Sophomore pnnce((, nominocs include Allie D1Palma, ~-tis~y Grccnw:iy. Shellie Maroney and Stacy L. Tayloe Freshman princes:, nominees arc Knstcn Bakr r. Lol:i Cole. Dustic Trigon:i and L:iuric M. \Villi:tms.
MSU police chief reports decline in campus thefts Uy TimlK.-rl y Eysscn
StuN'Writcr Theft rcpons Jwppcd Sh pcrL·cnt, burglary <lrvpflCd eight pcrccl'1 and whu:k accidents Jn,ppcd '\2 percent during 1he l'J'H· 199-l schoul year. acc,)rdmg 10 II. G. E\"ans. ~lSU due l of p,)licc. Co mp:in~ons i nd uJc tm:il \·:i~cs from the 199~91 sL·hu,11 )C:ir .ind the l 9~.l"\-1).J M. h1A' I ye Jr, T h~ft cac.e::, dropp-!d from i I to '.\6 in:-1,1nc..::s :,nJ huq:,1.u y of a veh:\·lc. building 11r r,ium d\•.:r-.:,1..i.:J f111m 12 1-, 11 CJ....:~. E,·Jn(, :-. id.
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classes. Nominees for the senior class an: Christy Slayton and Krisicn Walther. Sophomore cl:tss nominees arc Anna Stinsnn and T:rn• weer Kah.-cmullah. Shanyn:t Av..:y. T<inay Dickey. Brooke R. P.111crson. Frltlay,Ocl. 7 Jan Pl:i.yford. Tnc,a Zcnk~r and Dustic Trigona arc nom!· i!k'='=9 ,ea,e .maa•,.12a,·1;,;;0paa.,a n1.'='='='5C'5S'5C'58'51u,sc,s l..o,su,sn,,,g •c'='='5!l ~~~- for two frcshm:rn pos1-
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By C harles Cage Starr Writer MSU students w1II h:ivc a chance 10 vote for three class senators and the homecoming coun staning Mond~Y: The three scn:llc posmons av:iilablc arc for the senior, sophomore and freshman
Tui:s<fa:y, Oct. 4 9am.-12 ;0pm. CSC Atrium
Midwestcrn's Student pro le s s o.r . of mass Government Associalion vice co m 111un1cat 1ons and president and 1hc dean of stu· dents were appointed "\'Oler I I; 1 1 registration ambassadors" by Texas Secretary of State Ronald Kirk last Friday. Amy Dean, SGA vice president. and Phillip.Birdi1~. dean of studcnls. will assist 1he Secretary of State's office in rcgis1rring and encouragi ng local voters Ocforc the Ck:1. 9 dcadlim::, Kirk s:iid. Student scn:itor:, will d ts· cuss Midwes1i.:rn's p,1r11ci p J. • lion in 1hc nationwide vmer registration camrJit,:n tod.1y. Kirk said alk r the PlLr!!I.! of expired \'Oli.:r n..:g1:.trat1011,; Aug. 16. only 8. 1 millicin of 13 million voting age rx,:oplc remain on till' rq;i::,tr.11ic1n t'1rul1 y and j l u~,nts 'llsll wil~ D ~: mio or ani,.:.iinn or lll~p:inic ,tudtnls; Rrhek:ah 80fmc-, ~c..of rolls. ROOr ii:~f1,. prt51dt'nl !\~SU, th Slutif n/ Unlon: l>r . Ray E. Sanl~ nMn~l~r of lliJ?htr 1-~ ucahon "It 1s my i;.oal 10 im·rca'-C SGA; ) ol,m1la llurkli, ~ru. "~ , ot SGA· and Mikr M ahur in, p!l., t c.:apl:un of Collri,:, no .... 1 tum. 1hosc numbers. Texa..,; c:mnot CuonlinalinJ! Ro:,r,1: J rn n:, n l,h:1u1I. prts, , cffi:ct1\'cly chant;c the issues Higher E duc:..i tion Coordin ating Board fai.:ing lhi~ S~.IIL' 1( "'.I.! _do ~ot h:ivc the ac11vc par11c1p.1lH1n
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