VOLLEYBALL
Spartans split weekend homestand
The MSU volleyball team secured a five-game victory over Iowa on Friday night, but failed to ride the wave of momentum on Saturday, falling to 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.
SOCCER
MSU wins regular season finale, 2-0
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.
SPORTS
Monday Musings
• 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.
FEATURES
'Freakonomics' author visits MSU
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.
FOOTBALL
Where can they possibly go from here?
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.
ICE HOCKEY
Hockey team sweeps weekend
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
The sky is falling as well as Disney's ability to make humor
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.
NEWS
MIDDAY UPDATE: Key figure in CIA leak case to speak on campus Tuesday
Former U.S. Ambassador Joseph Wilson IV, a critic of the Bush administration's prewar intelligence and husband of former covert CIA operative Valerie Plame, will speak at 7 p.m.
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.
FOOTBALL
Turf crumbles as Spartans do same, but that's no excuse
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
Writer has mediocre knowledge of law
Undergraduate student Peter G. Ashmore's response to my recent letter, "Columnist correct, court case unlawful" (SN 11/01) is disappointing (to say the least), although he has succeeded in baiting me into a response. While he is apparently able to regurgitate the talking points of gay rights opponents and critics of the legal community, I'm disappointed his reactionary fervor has made him unable to discern that my letter simply laid out the facts of the Romer v.
NEWS
Judge: $1.5M bond fitting for charges
Although the kidnapping charge against a West Bloomfield man is not being pursued, a district judge kept his bond at $1.5 million at Friday's preliminary hearing, prompting the defense attorney to call the ruling "outrageous" and ethnically motivated. Karim M.
FOOTBALL
Sadly, MSU more like Lions than Pistons
I believe the MSU Spartans can beat any football team in the country. Let me back up for a moment and explain a harebrained statement like that. I watched a couple of games on television over the weekend.
SPORTS
MSU bounced in 1st round of Big Ten tourney, NCAA bid in doubt
The MSU field hockey team looked up at the scoreboard and saw something all too familiar. The Spartans were knocked out of the Big Ten Tournament in the first round on Friday after losing to Ohio State, 1-0.
MSU
Event celebrates Diwali
By Jason Chapman Special to The State News About 200 people attended Sargam, an event to celebrate the Indian holiday Diwali on Saturday with lights, traditional dance, raffle prizes, food and music. "It has been the best experience to bring our people together in this celebration," said doctorate student Deep Bandyopadhyay, president of MSU India Club.
NEWS
MIDDAY UPDATE: Lansing, East Lansing polls open at 7 a.m. Tuesday
With the election a day away, here are the people and the issues that can be voted on in East Lansing and Lansing.
SPORTS
Women's soccer loses heartbreaker
MSU sophomore defender Erin Doan walks back to midfield as members of the Wisconsin team celebrate senior midfielder Amy Vermeulen's game-winning goal in the semifinal game of the Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament on Friday at Michigan Soccer Field in Ann Arbor.
NEWS
MIDDAY UPDATE: Amount raised by MSU charity bowl equals cost of event
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.
NEWS
MIDDAY UPDATE: E.L. City Council candidates make final preparations for Tuesday election
For the East Lansing City Council candidates, Tuesday's election can't come soon enough. They're making final pushes before voters cast their ballots. "This is crunch time, no doubt," said challenger John Fournier, a political theory and constitutional democracy senior.