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NEWS

Upcoming comedy, drama 'Hoax' dubbed Richard Gere's finest role

By Robert W. Butler McClatchy Newspapers "This book will sell more copies than the Bible!" exults a New York editor upon learning her company has the exclusive rights to Howard Hughes' memoirs. It's one of the funniest lines in "The Hoax" and one of the most telling, summing up in one arrogant outburst of avarice the gullibility that led to one of the biggest scams in literary history. The year is 1970, and after 15 years of laying low, the reclusive billionaire and world-class nut case Howard Hughes has agreed to conduct a series of interviews with author Clifford Irving.

MICHIGAN

Council probes renaming Abbott Road

Kristen Daum
April 3, 2007

A single "T" is enough for city officials to recommend the formation of a committee. The East Lansing City Council will decide on the creation of a committee to discuss the renaming of Abbott Road during the council's meeting at 7:30 p.m.

MICHIGAN

Court rules stricter regulations needed

Brendan Bouffard
April 3, 2007

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday in a 5-4 decision that the Environmental Protection Agency not only has the authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions, but also that it has neglected to do so. Some critics say the EPA has skated around the global warming issue since the Bush administration came to power. "There is no denying the fact that President Bush has the worst environmental record ever," said Abby Rubley, field director for Environment Michigan.

COMMENTARY

Police unfairly broke up weekly hip-hop event

Every week, I look forward to Scratch Club on Friday nights at Code of the Cutz on M.A.C. Avenue. Within the small walls of the record store, disc jockeys, emcees and break-dancers come together to create an impromptu potpourri of freestyle rapping, record scratching and dancing from 8-11 p.m.

MICHIGAN

Video highlights off-campus living issues

Kristen Daum
April 3, 2007

Rachelle Woodbury let out a deep sigh of relief after one of her premier projects debuted to East Lansing and MSU officials Monday afternoon. Since December, Woodbury, MSU's community-student liaison, has spearheaded a new program — www.offcampusliving.msu.edu — to help ease the transition for MSU students moving off campus for the first time. Information already is available on the Web site, but the official announced launch is Thursday.

MSU

U-M graduate to lead MSU group

Kristi Jourdan
April 3, 2007

It will be a homecoming of sorts for Lisa Kuuttila when she returns to Michigan from New Mexico as the new director for a university business organization for MSU students. In May, the Traverse City native will lead MSU Technologies, a new career-training opportunity for business students in commercializing science and technology created within the university.

FEATURES

Online shopping continues to see rise in popularity

Petra Canan
April 3, 2007

The trip to the mall has taken on new meaning with online shopping bringing convenience and quality right to the front door. With new retailers going online every year, the shopping possibilities seem endless for bargain hunters looking to avoid a trip across town or across the globe for those must-haves. Everything from Britney Spears' hair to car parts can be purchased on the World Wide Web. However, costs for shipping, and inconsistency of sizes and quality have made some shoppers wary of spending online. Alex Muscatelli, a prenursing freshman, said she rarely shops online. "I have bought stuff online, I just don't like to usually," she said.

BASEBALL

With the big boys

Tom Keller
April 3, 2007

That Opening Day loss for the Detroit Tigers leave a bad taste in your mouth? Tonight offers a new opportunity to savor America's pastime. The MSU baseball team will face the Lansing Lugnuts, a Class-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays, at 6:05 p.m.

NEWS

ASMSU: Great Issues removal invalid

Joey Nowak
April 2, 2007

As far as ASMSU is concerned, nothing ever happened. A Student Assembly vote to remove Great Issues from the organization's Programming Board and a undergraduate student vote to uphold that action were declared null and void when ASMSU decided in a closed session Thursday that the group never should have been removed in the first place. "Technically, they weren't ever off," Nigel Scarlett, ASMSU vice chairperson for external affairs, said Sunday.

MSU

Student awarded $30K scholarship

Matt Flint
April 2, 2007

On March 16, Monica Mukerjee was called to the Board of Trustees office. What she expected was a follow-up interview after her nomination as a Truman Scholar. After she said, "I never thought I would make it this far," MSU President Lou Anna K.

COMMENTARY

Dorm mentors should receive more recognition

I am a mentor in one of the residence halls here at MSU. I am writing today because I feel that mentors deserve more respect and appreciation from students living in the residence halls. Being a mentor can be a difficult and sometimes very stressful job.

SOFTBALL

Softball opens Big Ten regular season

Eric Fish
April 2, 2007

The MSU softball team opened its Big Ten regular season Sunday, looking to make amends for an embarrassing 11-1 home loss Wednesday against Bowling Green with a road doubleheader at Northwestern. The Spartans fell, 11-3, in the opener, and the finale was still underway at press.

SPORTS

Monday musings

Tom Keller
April 2, 2007

To stop teams from deliberately losing down the stretch, Houston Rockets head coach Jeff Van Gundy said last week he wants to open the NBA lottery to all teams. Van Gundy also suggested determining playoff seeding with scratch-and-win tickets. T-shirts that West Virginia players wore after winning the NIT championship last week accidentally misspelled the school's name "West Virgina." School officials said there's no excuse for such an obvous mstake. Actor Eddie Griffin crashed a $1.5 million Ferrari race car last week while filming the movie "Redline." It's the most damage Griffin has caused since the hit his career took from "Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo." The owners of Ultimate Fighting Championship agreed last week to buy their biggest rival, Pride Fighting Championships, in hopes of staging "megafights" for pay-per-view.

ICE HOCKEY

Comley named coach of year finalist

Eric Fish
April 2, 2007

MSU hockey head coach Rick Comley has been named one of 11 finalists for the Spencer Penrose Award, which is awarded to college hockey's top coach of the season by the American Hockey Coaches Association. Comley previously won the award in 1980 and in 1991, a year when Comley won his lone national championship.

COMMENTARY

Untrue facts about adult stem cells are spreading

In Jessica Maschinski's letter "Argument against adult stem cells is fraudulent" (SN 3/29), she charges that Ryan Dinkgrave lies in his column "Second time around" (SN 3/28), when he says that embryonic stem cells (ESCs) have more potential than adult stem cells (ASCs). Can she even reason that if this were a lie, and ASCs were better than ESCs, scientists would not be clamoring for more ESC cell lines?

ICE HOCKEY

Underdog achievement

Eric Fish  and  Zack Colman
April 2, 2007

It was supposed to be last year's MSU hockey team that had all the glory, not this year's squad. After losing a large portion of the team's offense, as well as several steady, reliable defensemen, hardly anybody would have expected the 2006-07 Spartans to surpass last year's team. But it happened. Last season After starting out the 2005-06 season around the .500 mark and battling through several key injuries, the Spartans were looking for some kind of turnaround. MSU got its spark when then-freshman goaltender Jeff Lerg took over in net and led the Spartans on a 17-4-3 second-half surge. "Last year was a really good team, I think from Christmas on," MSU head coach Rick Comley said. Behind Lerg's goaltending and a stingy defense, the Spartans captured the 2006 CCHA Tournament Championship and earned a No.