MICHIGAN
Local law experts to debate race issues
Four experts will debate on Monday on whether affirmative action in higher education should be allowed. The event will be held at 6:30 p.m.
NEWS
Another lost season?
John L. Smith knows desperate times call for desperate measures. After starting the season 4-0, the MSU head coach has watched his team lose four of its last five contests, squashing hopes of a Big Ten Championship and a trip down south to a big-name bowl game. After last Saturday's emotionless 28-21 loss at Purdue, Smith showed the Spartans the tape of last year's 51-17 win against then-No.
NEWS
Both run games could be deciding factor on offense
Quarterback Minnesota's Bryan Cupito has been steady and unspectacular, throwing the ball when need be and letting the running game do the rest. He gets the job done when it's necessary (he's completing 59 percent of his passes) but is not relied on to do it all like MSU junior Drew Stanton. Stanton looks slower since the team's 4-0 start and has looked out of it since taking an absolute pounding against Ohio State.
MICHIGAN
LCC East plans for expansion
Officials at Lansing Community College announced plans Thursday to expand their newly opened east campus by spring semester. Lansing Community College East, 2827 Eyde Parkway, is a two-story facility located south of Hannah Plaza off Hagadorn Road. The eight-classroom second floor opened this fall, and about 500 students are currently enrolled in classes there. The expansion will complete the first floor of the building — adding six more classrooms and pushing the size of the center to 20,000 square feet. The first floor was still under construction Thursday, with unfinished drywall, but should be completed by January. The finished facility will be able to accommodate 3,000 students, but enrollment this spring will likely be closer to 1,000, said Jean Morciglio, LCC's executive director for strategic enrollment management. College officials took a "wait and see" approach to completing the building, Morciglio said.
MSU
Dorms add cultural fare to dinners
Carol Mejia has been cooking fry bread since she was 5 years old and doesn't share her recipe with anyone. As she mixed the fry bread batter, Mejia began to tell stories about how different recipes were passed down in her family. Mejia, who is American Indian, prepared meals from scratch at Thursday's authentic American Indian dinner in Holmes Hall. The dinner included smoked whitefish, whole strawberries served in wooden bowls, buffalo burgers, corn on the cob, asparagus, squash soup, venison stew and blueberry cake. November is Native American History Month. Anita Sandel, food service manager for Holmes Hall, said that students were her motive for creating more culturally rich dinners. "I worked with the Department of Residence Life, and we decided to have more diversity with dinner," Sandel said.
COMMENTARY
Bye, design
Evolution. It's a widely accepted scientific theory, based on scientific facts. Intelligent design.
NEWS
Idle Nittany Lions watching end unfold
Northwestern (4-2, 6-3) at Ohio State (5-1, 7-2) No. 10 Ohio State cannot afford to lose another game if it wants at least a share of the Big Ten title. The Buckeyes need to win against No.
NEWS
Students meet with legislators
Lansing — Julielyn Gibbons spent more than a month organizing student representatives from universities across Michigan to meet with state legislators Thursday in Lansing. And they were almost stood up. The group gathered at the Anderson House Office Building, 124 N.
SOCCER
Time to defend crown
After winning the Big Ten Tournament last season, the MSU men's soccer team has a steep hill to climb to do it again. The Spartans (7-5-5) are entering this year's tournament as the No.
NEWS
Bernero sets up transition team for switch to new job
State Sen. Virg Bernero, D-Lansing, had already started preparing for his new job early Wednesday, less than a day after winning the Lansing mayoral election. Bernero beat out current Lansing mayor Tony Benavides in Tuesday's election.
COMMENTARY
Unbelievable
Out of 27,321 registered voters, only 3,805 voted. That equals about 14 percent voter turnout. If this were a test grade, it would be graded a 0.0. In a country founded on democracy, it would be nice if more than 14 percent of the community took part.
NEWS
WEB ONLY: Hip-hop show comes to Mac's
Code of the Cutz and Mac's Bar are presenting a big hip-hop show tonight. Michigan artists include OneBeLo, Tasherre, D'Enajetic, Gambit the MC, Jerome and DJs Freshbace and Benny Ben.
SPORTS
It's official! Meet Izzo and McCallie's newest commitments
Five high school basketball players — three men and two women — signed National Letters of Intent on Wednesday to attend MSU and play for the Spartans in the 2006-07 season.
NEWS
E.L. City Council to swear in Beard, Loomis on Tuesday
The East Lansing City Council will resume session on Tuesday to swear in newly elected Kevin Beard and re-elected Vic Loomis and discuss electing a new mayor.
NEWS
Property owners refuse to sell land
Fraternity leaders and business owners stood together in opposition to East Village area redevelopment plans at a public hearing on Wednesday night.
NEWS
MIDDAY UPDATE: City Council election shows students' opinions are important
Although John Fournier's campaign was unsuccessful in getting a seat on the East Lansing City Council, the political theory and constitutional democracy senior said the experience shows the seriousness of college politics.
MICHIGAN
Special election still in question
With Virg Bernero's election as Lansing's new mayor on Tuesday, defeating incumbent Tony Benavides, an empty seat will be left by the Democrat in the state Senate. State Rep.
NEWS
Alumnus' movie certifies status as promising director
The line between the surreal and reality is blurred, crossed and captured digitally in MSU alumnus Greg Harrison's latest cinematic release. "November," released in 2004, focuses on the emotionally traumatized state of Sophie Jacobs, played by Courteney Cox ("Friends," "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective"). Cox is not in her typical friendly role here, but rather plays an unhinged photography professor unable to grasp the veracious circumstances of her boyfriend's murder.
NEWS
The bartender
As the weather turns a little crisper, the leaves turn a little more colorful and flutter to the ground.
COMMENTARY
SEJ member fails to cite examples
Tommy Simon's letter "Group's efforts very effective worldwide" (SN 11/03) demonstrates his inability to pay attention to detail and the gullibility of an ineffective group, the Students for Economic Justice, or SEJ. Mr. Simon writes, "To correct his largest error, as a member of SEJ, I guarantee you that MSU has joined the Worker Rights Consortium, or WRC (see for yourself www.workersrights.org)." I suggest Mr. Simon re-read my letter.