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NEWS

Fresh, familiar faces

A recent MSU graduate and a pair of experienced leaders will help usher East Lansing into the future through 2011. Diane Goddeeris, Nathan Triplett and Roger Peters will join Mayor Pro Tem Vic Loomis and Councilmember Kevin Beard on the East Lansing City Council after the three were elected to four-year terms during Tuesday’s City Council elections.

BASKETBALL

MSU hopes for better fortune against Michigan Tech

During the off season the MSU basketball program completed a $1.3 million project to upgrade the home locker room and lounge. After Friday’s 85-82 double overtime exhibition loss to Grand Valley State, however, men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo gave players the boot from the state-of-the-art facility.

COMMENTARY

Writers' creativity deserves fair compensation

As members of the Writers Guild of America step away from their computers and out to the picket lines, we’re forced to face the reality of life without television and film writers — that is, a life of reality TV. That’s right, as the “The Daily Show” airs reruns, Fox is gearing up to run “American Idol” for six of the 15 hours the network has to fill every week.

COMMENTARY

Everyone deserves equal access to health care

Jessica Byrom poses an interesting question in her letter Only legally married couples deserve benefits (SN 11/4). Byrom wrote, “If we start allowing people to carry whomever they want on their health insurance, where is it going to stop?” Well, I hope it doesn’t.

COMMENTARY

Blaming disasters on deities foolish

Humans have long attributed acts of nature to unseen entities. Ancient pagan mythologies were particularly rich with stories of gods representing personifications of natural forces. The Norse, for example, believed that thunderstorms resulted from the activities of the god Thor, and lightning was caused by Thor’s use of Mjolnir, his mystical hammer.

NEWS

Police Brief 11/06/07

A student attending Saturday’s football game was punched in the face twice after being harassed by a 24-year-old student, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

NEWS

Vote today!

East Lansing residents will have the opportunity to determine the city’s next generation of leaders today during the 2007 City Council elections. The event features four candidates — incumbents Beverly Baten and Diane Goddeeris, and challengers Roger Peters and Nathan Triplett — vying for three vacant four-year terms.