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MICHIGAN

Fans enjoy big game from E.L.

Katie Luscombe
February 6, 2006

Waleed Lado wanted to understand American's obsession with football on its biggest day. Lado, who came to Michigan recently from Saudi Arabia to study microbiology at Lansing Community College and to practice Christianity, watched the Super Bowl on Sunday from Buffalo Wild Wings, 360 Albert Ave., like many other college students. Lado said he was trying to understand the obsession and the commercials. "When you say 'football,' all the Americans stand up," Lado said about the excitement fans show.

NEWS

Thrifting provides low-cost decor solutions

A chandelier made of Christmas lights and beads in a Shaw Hall room shows the messy, eclectic side of Sam Montgomery. For the international relations freshman, her lights reflect how easy it can be to decorate and express personal style. Although it might seem hard at first, decorating your pad can be a fun process no matter where you live or how much it costs. After scurrying around campus looking at different rooms, I've learned that designing a cool room takes an open mind.

NEWS

Party held in detroit for homeless

Nicholas Richer  and  Vanessa Notman
February 6, 2006

Detroit — Traveling north on Woodward Avenue on Sunday, past the ice sculptures, limousines, elephant ears and red and blue Super Bowl XL logos, the crowds begin to dwindle. Honks and shouts from excited ticket holders fade into the background at 138 Stimson St., where another kind of excitement is expressed. "I feel like I'm at a four-star hotel with all this service," said Ed Hansen, 24, who was at the Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries' activity center attending a Super Bowl party for Detroit's homeless. Unlike other parties leading up to game, the service and food were free.

ICE HOCKEY

Slim pickings

Eric Fish
February 6, 2006

With Saturday's game against Notre Dame tied at one heading into the second intermission, the message in the Spartans' locker room was clear. "We just said, 'Those are our two points and we need them,'" senior forward David Booth said.

NEWS

Local 'experts' share successful kegger secrets

It's Friday night and you're getting ready to throw your first house party. You and your roommates managed to pull together a pile of crumpled $1 bills for "refreshments," and now you're standing in front of an oversized aluminum can, wondering where to stick the tap like a virgin poking around in the dark. Relax, tens of thousands of keg party alums have been in your shoes before. The State News asked a group of local experts — namely, party store managers and fraternity brothers — for their advice to beer-run beginners: • Buy plenty of ice and a tub to put the keg in, otherwise you're going to end up with a wet mess or warm, skunky beer. • No sense splurging when it comes to keg beer — by the cheapest barrel you can find.

COMMENTARY

Detroit reputation is bad; dangerous place

I'm writing in response to the editorial "Rags to riches" (SN 2/3). It's incredibly misleading to say that people with a negative opinion of Detroit don't venture downtown or know very little about the city. In fact, the more familiar you are with it, the more negative your opinion tends to be.

MICHIGAN

Area traffic accidents minimal despite snow

Weekend traffic accidents were lower than average in the Lansing area, after a snowy Saturday night to Sunday morning. A spokesman for the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids said Lansing had 5.2 inches of snow.

NEWS

Free services for students do exist

For many students, college can be a time when extra cash is hard to come by. A need to purchase books and pay rent can leave students at a loss when it comes time to enjoy some of life's extras or even some of its necessities. Thankfully, area businesses and organizations recognize that the prevalent stereotype of broke college student often rings as true as church bells on Sunday morning. To help you stay afloat, The State News has amassed a list of services and products students can obtain for no cost on and off campus.

NEWS

Busted for noise? Get help.

By Danielle Grodin For The State News After the party cleared out and the police officers left Appletree Apartments in the early hours of Jan.

NEWS

Student, 19, killed in accident

Margaret Harding
February 6, 2006

Dannielle Brandt died after doing what she loved most — spending time with animals. The 19-year-old veterinary medicine sophomore spent Friday night walking with a cow she planned to show in a competition the next day.

SPORTS

Spartans clamp down on defense

Ethan Conley
February 6, 2006

Champaign, Ill. — Whenever the No. 17 MSU women's basketball team loses a game, the players and coaches always stress defense as the primary reason for their failures. Down the stretch of Sunday's game against Illinois, the Spartans defense couldn't have been any better. The two teams battled neck and neck for the duration of the game, with neither team holding more than an eight-point lead in the second half.

MICHIGAN

On the move in Detroit

Bob Darrow
February 6, 2006

On Super Bowl Sunday, the Detroit People Mover was a public transportation adventure. Patrons were greeted at stations by bomb-sniffing dogs. Riders were liable to break out into choruses of "Let's go Steelers" without warning.

NEWS

City in the spotlight

From staff reports The State News Detroit — Ken Cicolella won't take off his Jerome Bettis jersey until the Steelers running back signs it.

NEWS

Beginner's guide to beer pong

By Alex Altman For The State News Since its creation years ago by a group of unknown college students, the controversial drinking game beer pong, also known to some as Beirut, has evolved into a popular college pastime. This lifestyle, for some, has even sparked the initiation of the World Series of Beer Pong, which was recently won by two University of Michigan graduates in Las Vegas.

NEWS

Clean up and collect deposit

Jessica Sipperley For The State News Twelve months of dealing with landlords, paying bills and cleaning up food crumbs and plastic cups culminates into one goal — getting back the security deposit. To many tenants, this means hastily painting over holes in walls and fixing busted window screens.