Five favorites
1 "Match Point," a drama about fidelity, passion and luck, is released on DVD today.
OK, they're gone
The neo-Nazis drew a lot of media coverage for their visit to the Capitol this weekend. And they drew a lot of protesters too. Everything the neo-Nazis represent is despicable and backward.
Edmonton's style of play trapped Detroit
There's an old saying that goes "Beware the fury of a patient man." In the case of the Edmonton Oilers, it's more like the fury of a patient team which is exactly what has Red Wings fans nervous after splitting the first two games of the playoffs with their Canadian nemesis. Two giveaways were enough for the Oilers to win 4-2 on Sunday, and two power-play goals nearly propelled them to a win in the series-opener on Friday night. How did the Oilers do it?
Whatever it takes
Drew Stanton put an end to the back-and-forth trash-talking featuring suggestions for Slim-Fast and winter hibernation jokes from MSU head coach John L.
Monday musings
Gonzaga's Adam Morrison announced last week that he plans to forgo his senior season and enter the NBA Draft. He's rumored to be drawing interest from Portland, Seattle, and the Hair Club for Men. For the second straight season, the NBA broke its own attendance record. Meanwhile, for the sixth straight season, attendance at Mark Cuban's house parties remained at zero. The Chinese government will not pressure Yao Ming, who's recovering from a broken foot, to play for the national team, The Associated Press reports. Instead, Yao will be asked to fill in for a portion of the Great Wall of China that's undergoing construction this summer. The New York Yankees are worth $1 billion, according to estimates released last week by Forbes magazine. About $200 million of that, the magazine finds, comes from the sale of Johnny Damon posters to teenage girls. Deena Kastor, a 33-year-old American, won the London Marathon last week. Not bad for a colonist.
Not so clear-cut
For transgender individuals, choosing which bathroom to go into can be a dilemma. Do they go in the bathroom they are biologically assigned to?
MIDDAY UPDATE: Vet medical group creates fund in memory of late student
The Pre-Veterinary Medical Association has set up a memorial fund for a 19-year-old MSU student who died in February. The Dannielle Brandt Memorial Fund was founded to honor Brandt, a veterinary medicine sophomore who was involved with the club and passionate about animals, association President Aaron said. Brandt was struck by a car at about 10:20 p.m.
Rallying voices
Lansing — An air of hostility permeated downtown Lansing on Saturday during an emotionally charged neo-Nazi rally at the Capitol. More than 500 police officers from 10 agencies were on hand to keep the peace between supporters of the National Socialist Movement, or NSM, and the hundreds of protesters who showed up to oppose the neo-Nazi group. Despite friction between the two sides, police, protesters and NSM leaders all said they walked away from the weekend rally fairly satisfied with the outcome. A maze of barriers, security checkpoints, closed streets and riot police shut down much of Lansing's downtown Saturday afternoon, helping to diffuse tensions during what were mostly peaceful protests. Police made 16 arrests throughout the day, on charges including disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace, fighting in public and one felony assault on a police officer.
Rain delays MSU's loss
Mother Nature kept the MSU baseball team from turning a good weekend into a great one. After walk-off wins in the first two games of their series against Minnesota, the Spartans (19-18 overall, 8-8 Big Ten) managed only a split after losing the rain-shortened finale, 6-3, on Sunday. With a spring shower steadily sprinkling at Kobs Field, the Golden Gophers (20-17, 8-8) scored in each of Sunday's first three innings to take a 4-1 lead. MSU started its comeback with one out in the fourth when junior outfielder Adam Tripp homered off Minnesota starter Cole DeVries.
Cultural connection
For the first time since 2003, live emcees hosted Satrang, an annual Indian cultural show put on by the Coalition of Indian Undergraduate Students on Saturday at the Auditorium. In the past few years, the organization had opted to use videotaped segments to introduce each new dance.
'Silent Hill' not scary
By Justin Kroll For The State News When first playing the video game "Silent Hill" in ninth grade, the one thing I remember about it is being scared out of my mind.
MIDDAY UPDATE: Brown plans to enter NBA draft
Junior guard Shannon Brown announced Monday that he will enter the NBA draft but has not hired an agent, leaving the door open for him to return next season. Brown, who was third on the team in scoring last season with 17.2 points a game, has until June 18 to remove his name from the draft and retain his eligibility. He's projected as a late-first or early-second round draft pick by most analysts. For more on this story, please see Tuesday's edition of The State News.
Islam doctrine should be modernized with 'Enlightenment' ideas
In the fall of 2002, I wrote my first State News opinion column, "Religious majority doesn't understand atheist views" (SN 11/26/02). The lack of unapologetically secular and atheist perspectives in the mainstream press, especially at a time of increasing religious fundamentalism, motivated me to write. I'm appreciative to The State News for allowing me to articulate a minority and largely unwelcome viewpoint.
Front and center
The State News caught up with freshman outfielder Kyle Day. • His favorite baseball movie... "I'll keep it young and go with The Sandlot.
Students march against initiative
About 35 students marched from the Brody Complex to the steps of Hubbard Hall in protest of the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, or MCRI, on Friday. The group of students call themselves S.T.E.P.S.
1,000 attend family-friendly diversity celebration in response to rally
Lansing — Neo-Nazis, sympathizers and protesters might have gone face to face at the Capitol on Saturday, but those who wanted to oppose the rally in a less confrontational way attended a diversity celebration. Lansing city officials organized "Win the Day" at Lansing's Eastern High School to counteract the National Socialist Movement, or NSM, rally held at the Capitol that afternoon. "This demonstrates how peoples' voices can be heard," said MSU President Lou Anna K.
Attacks on Christians untrue, blasphemous
I can't say that I have ever had the displeasure of reading a column by John Bice, but I can say that I am thankful I will never have to again. I was perturbed, and downright outraged, at his column "Criticism warranted when any group forces its beliefs on others" (SN 4/17). If Bice had been raised Christian and was a true follower, he would understand that sharing one's faith is a basic tenant of Christianity. Christians do have the "intention of pushing their faith-based values on others." We are taught that not sharing your faith is like wasting a gift, one that everyone is entitled to and needs to know about.
MIDDAY UPDATE: Muslim student group upset about MSU professor's e-mail
Members of a Muslim student group want MSU officials to publicly speak against an engineering professor who sent an "offensive" e-mail message to the organization in February. Indrek Wichman, a mechanical engineering professor, told the Muslim Students' Association that if they did not like the "values of the West," they could leave, in an e-mail sent from his university account on Feb.