COMMENTARY
Expectations high for new coach
After a wildly embarrassing season, which lead to the further embarrassing public humiliation and firing of former head coach John L.
NEWS
Plan B pill available over the counter
The morning-after pill is on pharmacy shelves in East Lansing, and for the first time, it can be purchased without a doctor's prescription. Nearly three months after the Food and Drug Administration's decision to approve the pill for over-the-counter sales, students have begun buying it at Olin Health Center. Plan B, a form of emergency contraception, reduces the risk of pregnancy by up to 89 percent if it's taken within three days after unprotected sex, health officials say. The pill has no effect if a woman is already pregnant. Olin Health Center pharmacist Tom Ball said he has already sold a few of the $30 pills since their debut Nov.
MICHIGAN
City's development slated for December
The demolition of two homes along Virginia Avenue could begin at the end of December, making way for a sweeping redevelopment project along the avenue's 600 block. The project is expected to cost East Lansing $3.3 million and calls for the demolition of all 24 homes along the avenue's 600 block.
COMMENTARY
Affirmative action policy doesn't level playing field
This letter is in response to Kristin Lucille Robinson's letter, "Byrom might not be racist but is certainly ignorant" (SN 11/22), which calls Jessica Byrom ignorant.
MICHIGAN
Organic food rising in popularity
A $50,000 grant was awarded to the Michigan Apple Committee in October to fund organic research, which will be used to determine whether growing organic apples is economically feasible. The grant highlights a trend in the increasingly popular organic market, which has grown 28 percent since 2003 and pulled in $14 billion in 2005.
MSU
MSU professor offers identity theft safety tips
Even with the threat of online identity theft, an MSU professor says it is still safe to shop online. Although online shopping increases the threat of identity theft, telecommunication, information studies and media Professor Bob LaRose said these issues do occur at all times — not just during the holiday season. "A lot of times it works by someone impersonating a type of security agency," LaRose said.
NEWS
DeHaan's career night lifts Spartans
With MSU struggling to score early against Rhode Island on Wednesday, it wasn't an upperclassman who came to save the day.
MSU
Campus media question SN employment policy
Student journalists are challenging a State News policy through ASMSU. The MSU Alternative Media Alliance, or MAMA, says a policy that limits State News journalists from working for other media outlets is "exclusionary." The alliance is composed of Purpose Magazine, SpartanEdge.com, The Spartan Weekly, FEM Magazine and The Big Green. At its Nov.
MICHIGAN
Lack of profs leads to TV lectures
Correction: The article misspelled Doug Estry's name and misidentified him as the acting associate dean of undergraduate education.
NEWS
Dudley do right
Chestnut Hill, Mass. — The Spartans had two glaring deficiencies in the first half of Wednesday night's matchup with Boston College: They couldn't rebound, and they couldn't shoot. And you don't need to be John Wooden or Bobby Knight to know that formula spelled disaster for MSU. Led by 30 points and 10 rebounds from forward Jared Dudley — a glass-cleaning, garbage-point-grabbing extraordinaire — the Eagles held off a late MSU comeback to notch a 65-58 victory at Conte Forum in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. "Dudley might end up my favorite player of the year," MSU head coach Tom Izzo said.
COMMENTARY
Byrom wrong: Groups are supportive, not racist
Jessica Byrom is sick and tired of hearing about Proposal 2, evidenced in "Affirmative action discriminates, not Proposal 2; move on already" (SN 11/21). I would ask Byrom to venture out of her lily-white world and imagine, just for a moment, how it might feel to be sick and tired every day. She wonders why she can't have her own organization for white students.
FOOTBALL
7 Cincinnati assistant coaches resign, likely headed to MSU
Seven members of Cincinnati's football coaching staff have resigned on the heels of former head coach Mark Dantonio's departure and are likely to assume a role on Dantonio's staff at MSU. Tom Hathaway, Cincinnati's assistant athletics director, confirmed the resignations Wednesday afternoon and said the coaches will return to prepare and coach Cincinnati in its bowl game. The coaches who resigned are: • Offensive coordinator Don Treadwell • Tight ends coach Mark Staten • Defensive line coach Ted Gill • Linebackers coach Mike Tressel • Secondary coach Harlon Barnett • Offensive line coach Dan Roushar • Quarterbacks coach Dave Warner Defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi, Cincinnati's interim head coach, told the university it has until Dec.
MICHIGAN
Farming event to discuss profit increase
Farmers looking to make their farms more profitable are encouraged to attend Agriculture's Conference on the Environment: Managing Today for Tomorrow, in which agrimarketing specialist and international speaker Jane Eckert will share her advice from 9 a.m.
ICE HOCKEY
Young Spartans still searching for identity
Last week, the Spartans' record slipped from 6-3-1 to 6-6-1 and their ranking fell from No. 6 to No.
COMMENTARY
YAF student group doesn't want freedom for anyone
I can no longer bottle up my disdain for Kyle Bristow or the "Young Americans for Freedom." This unpatriotic group claims to promote freedom — heck, it's in their title — but every time I read "gay," "transgender" or "immigrants," sure enough, Bristow and these "Young Americans" are soon to follow in protest. They endorse such activities as the infamous "Catch an Illegal Immigrant Day" and now protest a Lansing ordinance that recognizes gender and sexual identity as nondiscriminatory clauses, as discussed in "Lansing ordinance prompts protest" (SN 11/21). Take a quote from Bristow himself from the aforementioned article: "The whole part where (transsexuals) are identified as a special group and deserve special privileges is just wrong.
NEWS
Granholm proposes business tax plan
Lansing — Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced Wednesday a replacement for a business tax accused of inhibiting economic growth in Michigan. Although ridding Michigan of the Single Business Tax is a positive step for businesses, Granholm's proposed replacement is not perfect, MSU professors and a local business owner said. Still, Crunchy's bar owner Vivian Milligan said it might be a change for the better. "You never know what the repercussions will be," she said.
MICHIGAN
Energy funding provided by state officials
MSU will measure the possibility of using wind generators throughout Michigan as alternative sources of energy in rural areas after receiving funding from the state of Michigan and the U.S.
MICHIGAN
Senate bill protects police statements
The Michigan Senate could act on a bill to keep police officers' statements secret if officers are the subjects of internal investigations. Introduced by Sen.
MICHIGAN
Parking ramp opens earlier than expected
The parking ramp located between Olin Health Center and Morrill Hall will be open on Dec. 11. The ramp was originally scheduled to open about eight months later, on July 31.
MSU
Journalism Hall of Fame deadline coming up
The Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame is accepting nominations for 2007. Honorees will be inducted during a banquet held April 21 at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center. The deadline for nominations is 5 p.m.