COMMENTARY
Students treated like children in MSU letter
President Lou Anna K. Simon is treating MSU students like children, so consider this my temper tantrum.
ICE HOCKEY
No. 13 MSU looks to rebound at OSU
Six games in 12 days — including two consecutive Tuesday night contests — have the MSU hockey team gasping for more air to keep going. After tonight's game against Ohio State at 7:05 p.m.
COMMENTARY
Democrats, Republicans need to plan how nation can improve now
On Nov. 8, former U.S. Ambassador Joseph Wilson visited MSU's campus to speak about his experiences in the Valerie Plame scandal that is shaking the White House.
NEWS
Linguist studies profiling, misconceptions
Linguists like Dennis Preston do more than speak a variety of languages. "People also think that we are the language police and we patrol around making people speak correctly, but we are concerned with what people actually do, not what some think they should do," Preston said. This MSU professor's research focuses on sociolinguistics — the study of linguistic behavior as influenced by social and cultural factors.
MICHIGAN
Bill could revise gun laws
While deer hunters across the state gather their guns for opening day, legislation in the state House could make it easier for people to transport firearms in their vehicles. According to Michigan law, it is illegal to transport a firearm unless the owner has a hunting license, is traveling to or from a firing range or has a concealed weapons permit. The legislation would amend the state law to allow people who own firearms to transport them in the trunk of a vehicle, while unloaded, without a hunting license or a concealed weapons permit.
NEWS
Store brings California style, comfy shoes
Business: Footgear, 108 Division St., a specialty shoe store devoted to selling shoes that are "healthy" and anatomically formed to fit feet comfortably. Name: Richard Liscombe Age: 57 Years with store: 26 years Education: Master's degree in anthropology from the University of Michigan Owner biography: Married to Dolores Liscombe, has one son, Ian, 22 Why he chose to sell shoes: Liscombe discovered Birkenstocks when he lived in California in the 1970s.
COMMENTARY
Delayed
The U.S. military was desperate for information after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Our government sought anyone with any information on potential terrorists. While the goals of the government to stop terrorism might have been noble, it exploited the desperate condition of war-ravaged nations in the Middle East.
COMMENTARY
Ordinance itself bad, needs overhauling
The problem with Ordinance 1129 isn't the proposed amendment to add drinking games to the list of requirements for a party-noise violation.
COMMENTARY
Ramsey, protestors have free speech
The State News was flooded today with angry readers reacting to the Mike Ramsey cartoon (SN 11/11) on Veterans Day — the comic I am sure most State News readers are familiar with. Members of the community were also given an opportunity to view the strip along with a slew of propaganda if they happened to walk by The State News offices on Nov.
FOOTBALL
Record hasn't hurt recruiting
After starting the season 4-0, many thought recruiting would become easy for MSU head coach John L. Smith. Since then, though, the team has fallen to 5-5 overall and the opposite is being said for the Spartans recruiting efforts. But has it really become harder? "It hasn't," Smith said.
NEWS
MIDDAY UPDATE: Congressional investigators question morning-after pill's prescription status
The morning-after pill might be available over the counter after congressional investigators questioned the Food and Drug Administration's requirement to consider it a prescription. The independent Government Accountability Office reviewed the FDA's first rejection, uncovering what they called "unusual" decision making.
NEWS
Expert: Running outside this winter won't hurt lungs
Dear Dr. D., Is it true that it's bad for your lungs to run during winter? Thanks, Chilly Dear Chilly, Well, as a Yooper who hails from the Porcupine Mountain area of the UP, I can honestly say that the only problem with running in the winter is making sure that if you slip, you don't fall on your "pasty" (Yooper humor). Thanks for your question.
SPORTS
Monday musings
• Former Spartan hockey great Jim Slater, now with the NHL's Atlanta Thrashers, scored his first We're still waiting for Agim Shabaj to score his first NFL touchdown. • The Sacramento Kings are in a bit of hot water after last week's game against the Detroit Pistons, in which they showed images of abandoned buildings, burned-out cars and trashy streets on their overhead screens during Detroit's pregame introductions. • If the Pistons are looking for a little revenge, here's a suggestion.
COMMENTARY
Team had a shot, bad coaching took it away
This letter is in response to Chris Meagher's letter "Writer needs to give team, coach chance" (SN 11/03). Meagher, State did win against a good team.
FOOTBALL
Dropped passes, missed tackles still factors
Minneapolis, Minn. — Old demons continue to haunt MSU. Once again, drops by MSU's receivers and poor tackling by the MSU defense contributed heavily to the team's 41-18 loss to Minnesota on Saturday. Sophomore wide receiver Terry Love dropped the ball on two consecutive plays — one a deep bomb that would've put MSU inside the red zone, the next, a bubble screen. "The drops today were a nightmare," Love said.
COMMENTARY
Police's inability to pay isn't students' fault
In response to "Students shouldn't pay for overtime" (SN 11/3), I also believe it is wrong for the city to make the students pay for the police officers' overtime pay.
SPORTS
Exhibition finales produce more question marks than exclamation points
Despite a second-half surge by a pesky Grand Valley State team, the MSU women's basketball team prevail in the final minutes of its exhibition game Sunday, 84-77. MSU went into halftime with a 12-point lead, 50-38, but the Lakers went on a 10-2 run to start the second half.
COMMENTARY
No one knows more about rape than victims; read their points of view
"When I think about rape, I think someone's going to jump out of the bushes or put something in your drink," she said.
FEATURES
Tift Merritt to visit Wharton Tuesday night
Singer/songwriter Tift Merritt doesn't consider herself a country artist; however, she was nominated for a 2005 Grammy Award for Best Country Album in February and her music is most often described by critics as country.
VOLLEYBALL
WEB ONLY: Spartans sweep conference foe at home
The MSU women's volleyball team (12-14 overall, 5-11 Big Ten) easily defeated Indiana (9-19, 2-14 Big Ten) for the second time this season, sweeping them 3-0 at Jension Field House on Saturday. It was the Spartans' first Big Ten sweep at home this season. After jumping out to an early 11-9 lead in the first set, the Spartans' offense caught fire, hitting at a .286 clip to give them the 1-0 advantage.