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Updated religious policy proposed

Sarah Harbison  and  Tara Thoel
March 13, 2007

Avi Davidoff was forced to drop a quiz in his macroeconomics class his sophomore year because he went home during Rosh Hashanah — the Jewish New Year. "I don't think it would have been a big deal to have me make it up when I came back," said Davidoff, an international relations junior in the James Madison College. Davidoff has had at least one class every year with an assignment due on Rosh Hashanah, which usually is in September or October. Because of situations like these, ASMSU, MSU's undergraduate student government, has created a bill to revise the current MSU Religious Observance Policy. The proposed policy would prohibit students from being penalized for observing a religious holiday.

BASKETBALL

Spartans make early Big Ten exits

Chicago — Since MSU's loss to Wisconsin in Friday's quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament, Badgers star Alando Tucker has been lambasted in many MSU circles as a classless, heartless thug.

MICHIGAN

Company furthers design proposals

Kristen Daum
March 12, 2007

Five conceptual designs of a redeveloped East Village have been revealed. Feedback has been given. And now it's back to the drawing board. The San Diego-based Pierce Company Inc. is working with a Hollywood architectural firm to narrow down the initial designs using feedback from East Lansing community members. The Pierce Company is partnering with the city to revamp an area bounded by East Grand River Avenue, Hagadorn Road, Bogue Street and the Red Cedar River. Eliminating some of the design concepts is the next step toward resolving a final East Village design, which won't be available for several months.

SPORTS

Nick Simmons wins 3rd title

Jacob Carpenter
March 12, 2007

Senior wrestler Nick Simmons has accomplished nearly everything in college wrestling during his four years as a Spartan. But while the Williamston native has piled up All-American acknowledgments and Big Ten titles, he has yet to reach the pinnacle of college wrestling — winning a national championship. Simmons moved one step closer to reaching that summit last weekend by winning his third individual title at the Big Ten Championships held at Breslin Center. Top-seeded Simmons defeated Indiana's No.

MSU

Spending vacation with pigs

Josh Jarman
March 12, 2007

Well before March 3, Gail Carpenter knew her spring break was going to be no vacation. Carpenter, an animal science freshman, is one of the 50 or so students who work on MSU's University Farms.

SPORTS

Monday musings

Tom Keller
March 12, 2007

LSU women's basketball coach Pokey Chatman resigned last week amid allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct with a former player.

COMMENTARY

Black community doesn't support same-sex unions

In "Gay rights fight mirrors black civil rights struggle" (SN 2/23), Sam Curcuruto, who appears in photographs to be white and too young to have been alive during the African American Civil Rights Movement, ridiculously wrote, "(Michigan's) Marriage Protection Amendment is no better than the Black Codes and Jim Crow laws.

SPORTS

Here's what you missed over break

Jacob Carpenter
March 12, 2007

Softball While many MSU students were basking in the Florida sun last week, the Spartans softball team was playing 13 games in eight days. After leaving East Lansing with a 3-6 record, the team returns home with a 12-10 record, which includes four consecutive wins at the Plant City Tournament and a four-game split at the USF-Adidas Invitational. Sandwiched between the two tournaments, the Spartans swept St.

FEATURES

Little black dress remains style staple

By Kayce T. Ataiyero McClatchy Newspapers Chicago (MCT) — It's a license to wear those funky paisley pumps that don't match anything else and can turn almost any look into a work of art.

BASKETBALL

Men's team earns No. 9 seed

Ethan Conley
March 12, 2007

Let out a long sigh of relief: MSU is in the Big Dance. The ninth-seeded Spartans will face eighth-seeded Marquette (Wis.) on Thursday in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.

MSU

Presentation offers tips for new parents

Sean Ely
March 12, 2007

A presentation on caring for a newborn baby will take place at noon Wednesday in room 27 of the Nisbet Building. The one-hour class will present infant care topics on the characteristics of newborns, such as crying, safety, signs of illness and feeding. Mary Machowicz, a registered nurse and education coordinator for the Expectant Parents Organization, will run the class.

SPORTS

Women's team needs to forget past, focus on NCAA tourney

Women's basketball reporter Matt Bishop examines the Spartans' NCAA Tournament potential and reviews the Big Ten Tournament. Question: How angry should the team be after the loss to Purdue in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament? Answer: Losing a 12-point second-half lead is never a good thing, but I'll tell you what — I personally felt a lot better about it after turning on ESPN2 last Monday night and watching Purdue dismantle Ohio State.

MICHIGAN

DTN plans Okemos housing project

Cash Kruth
March 12, 2007

The owner of Cedar Village, Dover's Crossings and Knob Hill apartments is breaking ground on another housing development. DTN Management Co. is constructing the Hamptons next to Berrytree Apartments, 2950 Whitehall Drive in Okemos, on the corner of Hagadorn and Mount Hope roads, said Colin Cronin, DTN's area director of student properties. The location is slated to house veterinary and medical students and is planned to be similar to its sister location, the Riverwalk, 232 S.

COMMENTARY

Hypocrisy on the hill

If there is one thing I cannot stand, it's self-righteous hypocrites. You know the type: Holier-than-thou, sanctimonious blowhards who insist they're better than everyone else, despite the fact that they're just as bad as (or worse than) the people they're condemning. The evangelical pastor Jerry Falwell, a notorious sexist bigot who famously claimed that gays, lesbians and feminists "helped" cause the Sept.