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Conservatives 'come out' despite protests

Several students lined the sidewalks of Farm Lane on Wednesday afternoon in protest to National Conservative Coming Out Day activities planned on campus. The group of about 30 protesters stood outside Bessey Hall - one of the sites conservative groups intended to use for the event - waving signs and voicing their concerns about the use of the words "coming out" to describe the event. Professional writing sophomore Ben Rubinstein, a member of the MSU Stonewall Democrats, was among the protesters and said the terminology was offensive. "We were there to help show our side of the story and our feeling that their calling this a national 'coming out' day was mocking," he said.

MICHIGAN

Officials seek student input in after-game party spot decision

Margaret Harding
September 22, 2005

Students are expected to play a major role in determining if an organized spot for students to celebrate after a major sporting event is established, MSU and city officials said. Members of the independent commission investigating the April 2-3 disturbances have discussed creating a specified party place on Bogue Street as one of their recommendations for its draft report, commission member Joe Tuchinsky said. "The likelihood is that there would be music provided, the street would be closed to traffic and it would be a place where people could let off steam, display their excitement, and scream and dance and yell," Tuchinsky said. East Lansing police Chief Tom Wibert said the feasibility of the event hinges on students' response. "It depends on if it's attractive enough to students that they show up," Wibert said.

SPORTS

Senior's 1st desire was to play soccer

Alex Abate
September 22, 2005

When senior forward Michelle Huynh-Ba first arrived at MSU, her knowledge of the field hockey program was minimal and playing the sport was far from her mind. After originally coming to MSU to play soccer, she decided to give field hockey a shot.

NEWS

Drinking contest

Bob Darrow
September 22, 2005

Jim Dunlap has sat in a lot of luxury suites in a lot of cities. He watched MSU's domination of Kent State University on Sept.

SPORTS

MSU, Detroit settles for tie

Tom Keller
September 22, 2005

The chances are there for the MSU women's soccer team. The Spartans just aren't finishing. Despite outshooting their opponent for the fifth straight game, the Spartans squandered a 2-0 lead and could manage only a tie against Detroit Mercy on Wednesday. MSU head coach Tom Saxton said the team lacked focus, possibly because this was the last game the Spartans play before the Big Ten season. "I just felt we were flat as a team and as a coaching staff," Saxton said.

NEWS

College gets top 5 ranking

When Pedro Barba was looking at universities for his graduate study, it was a minority program in the MSU College of Engineering that made up his mind, he said. In 2000, after completing his undergraduate degree at Technol-gico de Monterrey in Mexico, the electrical and computer engineering graduate student joined the Sloan Engineering program, which is geared toward minority students at MSU. The College of Engineering - the program's host - received national attention Monday when Hispanic Business magazine ranked it fifth in the nation for Latino graduate students. The Sloan program provides a level of assistance for minorities that he hadn't seen before, Barba said. "You go to other schools and you don't see support," he said.

COMMENTARY

Football weekend parallels historical trends, great education

As I was riding my bicycle away from campus on Saturday after the game, I realized that without a cell phone I was able to entertain myself with a simple conversation with just me. I could think to myself or carry on a two-way conversation that did not require me to have to listen to anyone but yours truly.

MICHIGAN

Study: Oral sex on rise for teens

Jennifer Toland
September 22, 2005

Almost 70 percent of teenagers have had oral sex by the time they are 17, according to a study released by the National Center for Health Statistics last week. The study, which is the first to look at sexual behaviors of both men and women to be released by the federal government, found 68 percent of both men and women ages 15 to 17 have had oral sex.

COMMENTARY

Reader offers advice on campus parking

This is in response to Alex Gebauer's "City parking should be free during class" (SN 9/8). Mr. Gebauer, I am sorry that you have troubles parking off campus, however, you have to take certain things into consideration.

COMMENTARY

In de-Nile

This year, there have been 15 reported cases of West Nile virus in Michigan and two deaths caused by the virus, what, in the grand scheme of things, is the big deal? In recent years, media outlets have blown epidemics such as West Nile virus and SARS out of proportion in comparison to the amount of people they affect. Ten million people live in Michigan.

MICHIGAN

Lansing area to gain 2 Macy's

Eleanor Long shops once-a-week at Marshall Field's in Meridian Mall. The East Lansing resident considers herself a good patron, but even so, she's not lamenting the news that 62 Midwest Marshall Field's stores will be replaced by Macy's next fall. Instead, Long said she'll welcome the new retailer, long synonymous with New York City shopping and its Thanksgiving Day parade. Federated Department Stores Inc. announced Tuesday it will convert Marshall Field's stores into Macy's to build the retailer into a national brand. Federated plans to extend Macy's to about 850 stores nationally, including locations at Meridian Mall and Lansing Mall, spokesman Jim Sluzewski said. "Stores like J.C.