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Faculty hierarchy questioned

Laura Collins
October 28, 2005

As the acting chair of the Department of Family Practice, Linda French works in the clinic three to four days a week and spends other time teaching or in administrative meetings leading the department. But when French, a fixed-term faculty member in the College of Human Medicine, came to MSU six years ago, she tried to become involved in university decisions but could only participate in committees that dealt with naming buildings, not any council in the Academic Governance system. "To me, it didn't seem to be things of importance," French said.

NEWS

Scrimmage jump starts lady hoops

Eric Fish
October 28, 2005

With the entire regular season ahead and big expectations coming off last year's Final Four appearance, the MSU women's basketball team started the 2005-06 season fresh at the annual Green-White Game Thursday. "It's preseason — we have a long, long way to go," MSU head coach Joanne P.

COMMENTARY

Touching Sparty bad luck for football team

There was a lot of ink in this paper at the beginning of the football season about the original Sparty statue and how upset some fans were because they were not allowed to enter the stadium tower to visit the statue before the game. Fans wanted to come in and touch Sparty for luck, and said the new one just wasn't lucky enough. Well, starting with the University of Michigan game, decisions were reversed and fans were allowed in to touch the old Sparty for luck.

COMMENTARY

Rosa Parks will forever be remembered, missed

Although Monday was the day to grieve over the loss of Rosa Parks, we must remember to acknowledge her contributions. Deemed as the "mother" of the civil rights movement, her memory must be respected for more than sitting on the bus. Parks will be mourned for days to come, yet she will be honored for eternity.

NEWS

Into thin air

Eric Fish
October 28, 2005

The Spartans haven't won a game in nearly a month. They've endured their share of disappointments in the past three weeks after an overtime loss to Michigan, a heartbreaker at Ohio State and an embarrassing defeat at home against Northwestern last weekend.

FEATURES

Debauchery defined Vegas trip

Last week was my first trip to Las Vegas. Of course I had some idea what to expect — you'd have to be living under a rock to not know about the city of neon dreams.

FEATURES

'Meyer's Comet' put on Friday by GLSO

Jacqueline Wayneguite
October 28, 2005

The Greater Lansing Symphony Orchestra presents "Meyer's Comet," 8 p.m. Friday in Wharton Center's Cobb Great Hall, featuring guest conductor Daniel Meyer. The program will feature Herrmann's Vertigo Suite, composed in 1958 for the film "Vertigo", as well as Shostakovich's Violincello Concerto No.

MICHIGAN

Downtown Subway relocates to Okemos

The downtown Subway restaurant, 330 Albert Ave., has closed and relocated to an Okemos Wal-Mart store, its franchise owner said. A saturation of East Lansing Subway locations and the opportunity to move into the Wal-Mart, which attracts high-traffic volumes and has "favorable rent factors," enticed owner Ken Adams to make the decision to move in late August. Store ovens, refrigerators, logos and other supplies were moved from the Albert Avenue location to Wal-Mart, leaving the inside cluttered with some mixed Subway restaurant materials, Adams said. "This was purely a business decision," he said. Other Subways near downtown East Lansing created a somewhat saturated market, Adams said.

SPORTS

Pair of Ohio teams visit E.L.

Alex Abate
October 28, 2005

The MSU field hockey team will get a double dose of Ohio this weekend as they welcome Ohio University and Ohio State to the Field Hockey Complex on Saturday and Sunday. This is the first time in more than a month that the Spartans (10-7 overall, 1-4 Big Ten) will play two games in two days.

BASKETBALL

Offense, freshmen impressing

Matt Bishop
October 28, 2005

Fans will get their first glimpse of the MSU men's basketball team in the annual Green-White game at Breslin Center on Saturday. The game will tip 20 minutes after the conclusion of the MSU football game. Most of the players agree this year's team will be better than last season's Final Four participant, since it has four starters returning — sophomore guard Drew Neitzel, junior guard Shannon Brown, senior guard Maurice Ager and senior center Paul Davis. "We've got two of the best athletes in the country playing the wings," Davis said.

COMMENTARY

Bice always rants about same subject

I am, again, writing in response to a John Bice article, this time "Afterlife concept devalues earthly existence; celebrates death" (SN 10/21). This, in my opinion, is just another article by Bice that attacks religion and offers little insight.

NEWS

3,000 were there in April, but where were they last night?

Kris Turner
October 27, 2005

The students who testified before the independent commission reviewing the April 2-3 disturbances said Wednesday that there is a breach of trust between them, the city and the East Lansing police department. The commission held a public forum to hear student input on its draft report, which contains 29 recommendations to prevent future civil disturbances.

NEWS

Ticket policy examined by athletics dept.

Kristen Daum
October 27, 2005

Students told Athletics Director Ron Mason on Wednesday they're concerned about not being about to sell football tickets from student to student under this year's new ticket policy. Mason answered student questions about the ticket policy and discussed student behavior at sporting events at Wednesday's Residence Halls Association, or RHA, meeting. Some students said Mason's visit to RHA was informative. "He surprised me, because he seemed really easy to talk to," journalism freshman and RHA representative Jenni Lewis said. Because it is the policy's first year, Mason told the RHA General Assembly that the athletics department knew the change would cause some issues — namely, the ability to sell tickets from one student to another. In the past, students were given paper vouchers for football games, but with the new system, the vouchers are electronic and placed on student's ID cards. "If you want to give a ticket to another student, we think you should be able to do that," Mason said. He told the assembly the basis for the policy change was that the paper system was too "clumsy" and vouchers could be easily lost.