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Campus traffic circle to be remodeled

Holly Klaft
September 25, 2006

One of the last traffic circles on campus is set to transform into a four-way intersection by August. The reconstruction of the traffic circle at Red Cedar and Wilson roads is part of the 2020 Vision plan — an outline for campus development until 2020 — and is necessary to handle increased traffic on campus during the construction of the Farm Lane underpass, university officials said. The MSU Board of Trustees approved construction on the traffic circle at its Sept.

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Simon to speak at university program

Holly Klaft
September 25, 2006

MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon will speak at noon today at the State of the Public Universities Program at Cobo Hall in Detroit. The program was organized by the Presidents Council, State Universities of Michigan — a Lansing-based nonprofit organization that serves Michigan's 15 state universities.

NEWS

Alumni donate $5M to expand football building

Laura Collins
September 25, 2006

Bob Skandalaris doesn't ask for much. The 1974 MSU graduate could have been found with his wife, Julie, cheering on the Green and White on Saturday among fellow Spartans, but not in his own luxurious box suite. The people sitting near these humble fans might not have realized the couple made athletics history just before kickoff when their $5 million donation to the expansion of the Duffy Daugherty Football Building was announced, marking one of the biggest financial gifts in university history. The Skandalaris' gift has been in the works for six months and doubles former NBA star Steve Smith's $2.5 million donation given to the Clara Bell Smith Student-Athlete Academic Center. "This is historic in many respects," Athletics Director Ron Mason said in a press conference Saturday.

SOCCER

MSU, Wisconsin finish in deadlock

Matt Bishop
September 25, 2006

With chilly conditions and gusting wind at Old College Field, the MSU men's soccer team set out to pick up its first Big Ten win against Wisconsin. But after 110 minutes of physical play, nothing had been decided and the match ended in a 0-0 tie. "I thought this was a great men's Division 1 Big Ten soccer game," MSU head coach Joe Baum said.

SPORTS

Monday musings

Tom Keller
September 25, 2006

While playing San Diego last week, the Los Angeles Dodgers hit four home runs in a row in the ninth inning to erase a four-run deficit and force extra innings. Dodgers manager Grady Little said the credit for the outburst should go to the team's third-base coach, who had the foresight to give the "hit a home run" sign four times in a row. Japanese golfer Mitsuhiro Tateyama set a national tournament record last week by taking 19 strokes on a par-3 hole. Tateyama reportedly hit a good drive but had an extremely difficult time getting the ball into the clown's mouth. During Sunday's win against the Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers' quarterback Brett Favre threw the 400th touchdown of his career. After the game, Lions general manager Matt Millen applauded Favre on his accomplishment and said he hopes the Lions score the 400th touchdown in franchise history soon. Southern Cal officials are upset that ABC broadcaster Brent Musburger revealed the meaning of one of Trojans quarterback John David Booty's hand signals on the air last week. In a related story, ABC officials are still trying to decipher the meaning of the hand signal that several thousand MSU fans were seen giving John L.

NEWS

Arrests up from 2004 Notre Dame game night

Holly Klaft
September 25, 2006

Correction: The story should have stated that there was a 54 percent increase in total game-day arrests from when MSU played Notre Dame in East Lansing two years ago. Total game day arrests on campus increased 35 percent from when MSU played Notre Dame two years ago. MSU police arrested 131 people Saturday compared to 85 game-day arrests when the teams last met in East Lansing. In addition, MSU police issued 55 MIPs Saturday and arrested others for several trespassing, drug violation and drunk and disorderly offenses.

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WEB EXTRA: 2002 grad named second-youngest of '15 to Watch' in public relations

Joey Nowak
September 25, 2006

Jim O'Leary, a 2002 MSU graduate, was chosen as the second-youngest member of PR News Online's "15 to Watch" award for his work in the public relations department. "He's got not only the work ethic, but the self-confidence and the passion, which are all critical to being a leader," said Michael Holland, director of Honeywell Hometown Solutions, and O'Leary's supervisor.

FOOTBALL

Few plays shouldn't change reputation

What have you done for me lately? This phrase is used often in sports. Coaches are judged on a game-by-game basis, and players are often judged on what they do when the game matters. And the phrase couldn't have resonated any louder than on Saturday, when judging the play of the two quarterbacks. Notre Dame's Brady Quinn struggled early, throwing just 2-of-8 for six yards in the first quarter.

COMMENTARY

SN article was wrong; city officials not misled

On Thursday, The State News printed an article on the East Village project that stated city officials have been misled regarding the background of The Pierce Company — a developer involved with the redevelopment project in the article "Firm may have misled city about work history," (SN 9/21). The article went on further to suggest The Pierce Company failed to disclose its involvement in eminent domain acquisitions in their San Diego State University redevelopment projects and the potential for doing so with the East Village project.

COMMENTARY

Pierce Company didn't misrepresent itself to city

I am writing to correct a number of misrepresentations and inaccuracies in a recent article, "Firm may have misled city about work history," (SN 9/21), regarding our firm, The Pierce Company, the city of East Lansing and the proposed East Village development. We take pride in the culture and values of our company, namely our integrity and forthrightness.

SPORTS

Loss drops Spartans to 3-7

Matt Bishop
September 25, 2006

Despite solid goaltending from senior Stephanie Yuhasz that kept the team in the game for much of the contest, the MSU field hockey team was unable to string together any amount of solid play, falling to No.