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SPORTS

Simmons brothers dominate at tourney

Esther Gim
November 7, 2005

Juniors Nick Simmons and Andy Simmons won titles at 125 pounds and 141 pounds, respectively, at the Eastern Michigan Open on Saturday. The brothers from Williamston got identical 5-0 records as the MSU wrestling team kicked off the season. Four other wrestlers placed in their respective weight classes, including senior Darren McKnight (third place, 149 pounds), and freshman Nick Palmieri (197 pounds), redshirt freshmen Tim Hammer (141 pounds) and John Murphy (184 pounds). The Spartans host the MSU Open Nov.

MICHIGAN

Michigan military past on display

Lonnie Freiburger Jr. maneuvered his 4-inch tall, vehicle-inspecting robot within feet of army memorabilia 200 years old on Sunday afternoon, peering with its camera at veterans and others standing at Michigan Historical Museum.

MSU

MSU professor remembered by colleagues

Bob Darrow
November 7, 2005

Faculty in MSU's Department of Computer Science and Engineering remember their colleague, Moon Jung Chung, as a quiet but well-spoken thinker. "He might have actually passed you while he was thinking and not even noticed," said George Stockman, a professor in the department who worked with Chung.

MSU

Charity Bowl breaks even

Melissa Domsic
November 7, 2005

Less than $700 was raised for the Make-A-Wish Foundation on Saturday at the Green and White Charity Bowl — about as much as it cost to host the event. The Senior Class Council spent about $700 on a disc jockey and intramural referees for the eighth annual football tournament which offered a fun way for students to raise money, said human biology senior Jesseca Raak, a philanthropy committee co-chairperson for the Senior Class Council. Each of the 12 participating teams — made up of IM football teams, college associations, fraternities and other groups — donated $50 to play in the tournament.

NEWS

Out on a high note

Lauren Phillips
November 7, 2005

Believe it or not, it's over. The lights dimmed over the "Fake The Funk" stage for the last time Saturday night, in the Don Johnson Fieldhouse at Eastern High School, 220 N.

FOOTBALL

Turf crumbles as Spartans do same, but that's no excuse

Eric Fish
November 7, 2005

West Lafayette, Ind. — A common sight in Saturday's 28-21 loss at Purdue was the vision of uprooted chunks of grass on Ross-Ade Stadium following pivots, cuts and runs from players on both teams. The field conditions were so bad that stadium personnel and representatives from each team hurried onto the field during TV timeouts and stoppages in play in attempting to repair the divots on the field. "It was probably the worst field you've ever seen," MSU head coach John L.

COMMENTARY

Vic Loomis and John Fournier

Each of the East Lansing City Council candidates has his own vision for the city's future. The State News met with all four candidates and grilled them about relations between permanent residents and students, the April 2-3 disturbances, housing and other issues East Lansing has potential to improve on. We've done the research and made decisions about what we think is best for the city. Agree or disagree, it's now left in your hands to vote on Tuesday. You can learn more at www.votesmart.msu.edu and www.youvote.msu.edu. Don't waste the liberties given to you as an American citizen. Out of four leaders, we need the two most capable of helping the city grow. Those two are John Fournier and Vic Loomis. Fournier's campaign is professional and mature.

FEATURES

The sky is falling as well as Disney's ability to make humor

Ryan Mccormick
November 7, 2005

What transpires when you notice the sky falling and no one believes it's happening but you? Chicken Little has to deal with this dilemma in his recently released movie — named after the undersized, crafty leghorn. And the misfortunes for Little only become more complicated when he discovers aliens are involved in the plunging atmosphere problem.

ICE HOCKEY

Hockey team sweeps weekend

Chris Barsotti
November 7, 2005

Going into the weekend, the No. 8 MSU hockey team's major question was whether or not it could keep up its solid play with all of the injuries it has suffered. After 10 goals and two completely different styles of wins, the Spartans walked away from their weekend series against No.

FEATURES

'Freakonomics' author visits MSU

Lauren Phillips
November 7, 2005

The authors of the book "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" didn't intend to write a New York Times best-seller. "It was surprising," co-author Stephen Dubner said of the success of his and co-author Steven Levitt's book. "It was a chance to write the kind of book we both wanted to read.

SPORTS

Monday Musings

Tom Keller
November 7, 2005

• A Missouri lawmaker wants to expand the state's athlete and entertainer tax to make umpires pay for what he sees as bad calls made during the playoff series in which the St.

SOCCER

MSU wins regular season finale, 2-0

Esther Gim
November 7, 2005

Junior goalkeeper Jason Tillman made four saves as the MSU men's soccer team closed out the regular season with a 2-0 victory at Valparaiso on Sunday. Senior midfielder Steve Doster scored the first goal, his third of the season, about 15 minutes into the game on a penalty kick. With less than two minutes left in the game, redshirt freshman forward Doug DeMartin iced the game with another goal. Tillman notched his sixth shutout of the season. The Spartans (7-5-5) will be either the No.

COMMENTARY

Torture not allowed from anyone, bill should restrain CIA actions

On the front page of Wednesday's Washington Post read the following large, bold words: "CIA Holds Terror Suspects in Secret Prisons." According to the article, suspects held in these prisons are subjected to interrogation techniques such as "waterboarding," whereby a victim is submerged into a vat of water until drowning is imminent, revived and nearly drowned again as necessary.

MSU

Women's leadership topic of annual event

When the committee organizing Sunday's MSU Women's Leadership Conference was thinking of a theme for the third annual event, it came from an unusual source. "We looked at bumper stickers," said Jodi Roberto Hancock.

FOOTBALL

Where can they possibly go from here?

Matt Bishop
November 7, 2005

West Lafayette, Ind. Once again, MSU's vaunted offense failed to put up points against one of the worst defenses in the country. Ranked 116th defensively out 117 teams in Division 1-A, Purdue shut down the Spartans offense from the first quarter en route to its first Big Ten win, 28-21, at Ross-Ade Stadium. "We started out great," junior quarterback Drew Stanton said.

NEWS

MIDDAY UPDATE: Amount raised by MSU charity bowl equals cost of event

Melissa Domsic
November 6, 2005

Less than $700 was raised for the Make-A-Wish Foundation on Saturday at the Green and White Charity Bowl — about as much as it cost to host the event. The Senior Class Council spent about $700 on a disc jockey and IM Sports referees for the 8th annual football tournament, said human biology senior Jesseca Raak, a philanthropy committee co-chairperson for the council. Each of the 12 participating teams — made up of IM Sports football teams, college associations, fraternities and other groups — donated $50 to play in the tournament.