COMMENTARY
2 weeks notice
Hurricane Katrina victims have gone through a lot. They've lost everything to flood damage and looters.
FOOTBALL
With no bowl game, Smith turns focus to recruiting trail
Former MSU head coach Hugh "Duffy" Daugherty was famous for his idea that championships are won between the months of December and September with recruiting.
COMMENTARY
Sex, gender not same culturally, biologically
Ryan Townsend incorrectly substitutes gender with sex in his letter "Only two genders, demands are bogus" (SN 12/02). An individual's sex is a tangible, biological characteristic assigned at birth by the presence of the gonads, which will later influence aspects of the further physical development of that person. An individual's gender, however, is an intangible construct of that person's identity, not under the influence of the gonads. In our culture, girls stereotypically play with dolls and boys play with trucks; but such constructs do not transcend all cultures and are not directly correlated with a person's sex, since this happens before puberty. Your idea of a clear-cut division between male and female is blurred by such genetic abnormalities as Klinefelter syndrome. And if God is still creating only two sexes, how do you account for an intersex person? Travis Reed veterinary medicine first year
FEATURES
2 men, multiple roles in 'Stones'
It takes audience members at BoarsHead Theatre about 10 minutes to figure out that Paul Riopelle and Neil Necastro aren't playing the part of two schizophrenic Irishmen. Instead, they're part of a two-man show called "Stones In His Pockets" in which they play all 14 characters. "Once the audience keys into that, it becomes really fun for them," Riopelle said.
MSU
UAB gets crafty at holiday art show
By Danielle Grondin Special to The State News Shannon Hoffman said she sang holiday songs in the dark Saturday morning, waiting to help crafters line their cars up before the 42nd annual Holiday Arts & Crafts Show. "Why else would you want to be at the Union at 4:45 a.m.
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.
NEWS
MIDDAY UPDATE: Simon, Mason show support for Smith at press conference
With rumblings that his job might be in jeopardy after a second consecutive losing season, MSU head coach John L.
NEWS
MIDDAY UPDATE: Affirmative action debate heats up on campus
A heated debate on and off campus has begun surrounding the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, or MCRI, since it was announced it will appear on the November 2006 ballot.
NEWS
ONLINE UPDATE: Spartan eke out a win against Arkansas-Little Rock, 72-67
Grand Rapids - The No. 13 MSU men's basketball team's struggles continued again Saturday as they narrowly defeated Arkansas-Little Rock 72-67 on Saturday at Van Andel Arena.
COMMENTARY
Advertisements not appropriate material
As an MSU graduate with a minor in English and history, I have come to critically respect much of the content in The State News during the years I have attended MSU and since my graduation. However, I do not support its inclusion of outside advertising without standards.
COMMENTARY
Columnist spins, ignores facts in war intelligence
In response to Ken Osborne's column "Conservative mantra of support often hypocritical, irresponsible" (SN 11/30), Osborne poses the question, "Where is the uranium needed to build nuclear weapons?" Apparently, he must have missed the article in The New York Times on May 22, 2004, which made mention of 500 tons of yellowcake and low-enriched uranium that had been discovered by the U.S.