FOOTBALL
President, director back Smith
With rumblings that his job might be in jeopardy after a second consecutive losing season, MSU head coach John L.
NEWS
Spartans cruise to 16th-straight home victory behind Shimek's 28
The MSU women's basketball team showed no signs of a long layoff Sunday as it defeated Pepperdine, 82-64, at Breslin Center. Senior forward Liz Shimek had 28 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Spartans. "Liz was doing her thing today, that's for sure," MSU head coach Joanne P.
COMMENTARY
Fighting critics
Be all you can be. Aim high. U.S. military slogans are pretty recognizable. Military service is done strictly on a volunteer basis, so the different branches are in the business of recruiting. Really, they are in the business of selling themselves as organizations to potential employees. Thursday, the group Direct Action took issue with the military's recruiting tactics and organized a protest outside the local Marine Corps Recruiting Station on Grand River Avenue.
NEWS
Initiative aims to cease preferential treatment in employment, schooling
A heated debate on and off campus has started surrounding the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, or MCRI, which will appear on the November 2006 ballot.
NEWS
Personal views on April 2-3 released
Six of the 10 members of the independent commission reviewing the April 2-3 disturbances wrote personal statements about the commission's conclusions. The responses have been added as an appendix to the commission's final report, which was released in early November. Commission member and East Lansing City Councilmember Mark Meadows focused his statement on the commission itself and the issue of assigning blame in the report. "That seemed to be the primary issue that divided people looking at the recommendations of the commission," Meadows told The State News. Commission members Edmund McGarrell, Nancy Schertzing, Robert Ianni and Raymond Beach endorsed Meadow's statement. The commission had diverse viewpoints, Meadows wrote in his statement. "For those who want to point to the 5-4 vote on the "blame" issue as evidence of some failure of the commission, I want the record to reflect that I consider that vote to be an affirmation that the commission was truly independent and diverse," he wrote.
MSU
Cattle herding part of weekend event
Competitors only had one minute to complete their task — guide cattle into a pen without using ropes or their hands. People on horseback directed the cows and raced to beat their opponents, with varied success. About 150 people — ranging in age from about 6 to 80 — competed with their horses in Cowboy Christmas, a horse competition held at the Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education during the weekend.
MICHIGAN
Winter festival features chili, chestnuts
Will Whelton was already deep into his research as the sound of holiday bells rang through the crowd of about 150 still entering the chili cook-off inside the Marriott at University Place on Sunday afternoon. He had finished nine of the 12 chili varieties, shuffling his judge's clipboard and chili bowls to grade each on a 10-point scale.
FEATURES
Stylish 'Flux' heavy on lush scenery
Four hundred years from now, human beings still resort to violence to solve their problems, but they polish off people wearing snazzy clothes.
ICE HOCKEY
Icers snap 8-game winless streak, split series with BGSU
Bowling Green, Ohio — After breaking an eight-game winless streak Friday with a 3-0 win over Bowling Green, the MSU hockey team was outhustled and outplayed Saturday night as the Falcons salvaged a split with a 4-2 win at BGSU Ice Arena. MSU (6-7-4 overall, 3-5-3 CCHA) was without the services of junior captain Drew Miller (shoulder) and senior defenseman Jared Nightingale (sick), forcing MSU head coach Rick Comley into some lineup changes.
SPORTS
Tickets for Spartan Clash still available
Tickets for the Spartan Clash still are available online at www.Palacenet.com, the Palace Box Office and through Ticketmaster.
SPORTS
Monday musings
• Calling the Bowl Championship Series "deeply flawed," the chairman of a congressional committee has called a hearing on the controversial system used to determine college football's national champion. Finally, our elected officials have their priorities straight.
COMMENTARY
'Taste,' 'class' are baseless words often used to criticize critics
I think we need to talk a bit about language. It's important, you see, to examine the language we use in our daily lives.
SPORTS
Sports fan needs Santa
Dear Santa, I'm one big unhappy kid. This year in sports has had too many downs to feel good about anything.
SPORTS
Work in progress
It's seven games into the season and the men's basketball team still seems to be sleepwalking through its games against weaker opponents, relying on talent instead of hard work and discipline. The No.
MSU
Seniors selected to deliver farewell speeches
Philip Lauri was inspired while interning in Houston this summer. The supply chain management senior decided to write a speech reflecting on his time at MSU and approaching his final semester. "I had been working and sitting in a cubicle, and I thought, 'What am I going to do here with my life?'" Lauri said.
MSU
WEB EXTRA: Free origami lesson held today in Union
A program teaching the art of origami will be held from noon to 1 p.m. today in the Ohio State room of the Union. At "Origami — Holiday Ornaments from Paper," event participants can learn the Japanese craft of paper-folding to create holiday ornaments and decorations. The MSU Women's Resource Center is providing all supplies, and the program is free to the public.
SPORTS
Neitzel collects career-high 9 assists in homecoming game
Grand Rapids — It was a grand homecoming for Drew Neitzel. The sophomore guard, who once starred at Wyoming Park High School, returned to his old stomping grounds and was cheered loudly at every mention of his name. And to boot, he played well for the second straight game and helped the Spartans to a 72-67 win over Arkansas-Little Rock. "I will admit, I was looking forward to this game for a long time," Neitzel said.
COMMENTARY
Writer should check his facts in letter
Perhaps Ryan Townsend, "Only two genders, demands are bogus" (SN 12/02), should check his facts before he starts spreading his preachy dogma. There are people out there that have two Xs and one Y.
MICHIGAN
Law could allow bars to remain open past 2 a.m.
Bar patrons would be able to stay out after 2 a.m. if a bill unanimously passed by the state House and Senate is signed by Gov.
SPORTS
DeHaan's no sideshow, she's the future of women's hoops
Let me introduce you to Allyssa DeHaan. She'll be a freshman at MSU next year. She's from Grandville. She wants to be a doctor. And, oh yeah, she's going to revolutionize women's basketball at MSU. See, DeHaan is a once-in-a-lifetime kind of player.