NEWS
Haynie's triple-double leads women to Elite Eight berth
Kansas City, Mo. - A seven-point halftime deficit was erased in a little more than one minute by No.
FEATURES
Beck dips into familiar 'Odelay' territory with latest 'Guero' release
Hallelujah, Beck is back. The artist formerly known as Beck Hansen, who dropped his surname and exploded to an iconic level in the midst of the '90s alternative rock scene, has returned to the studio and produced what has become one of the year's most highly anticipated albums.
MICHIGAN
Local Catholics pray for ailing pope at Mass
Pope John Paul II has been in the prayers of the parishioners at St. John Student Parish, 327 M.A.C. During Mass, the Catholics pray for the 84-year-old leader to get healthy. The pope, who has been in the position for 26 years, has several different roles.
FEATURES
Documentary catches darker side of life
If there is one documentary you shouldn't miss at this year's East Lansing Film Festival, it's "Tarnation" by Director Jonathan Caouette. Made entirely out of video recordings from his childhood photographs, answering machine messages, Super-8 film clips, and present-day footage, Caouette reconstructs his family's tumultuous history and complicated present.
FEATURES
Columnist praises progression of film, television
It doesn't matter whether nice guys finish first or last. The fact that guys actually are in the race is an accomplishment in itself. Remember the scene in "Waiting to Exhale" when Angela Bassett's character took all of her husband's possessions and set them ablaze in his BMW?
FEATURES
WEB ONLY: 'Shivah for My Mother' to be shown on campus today
The film "Shivah for My Mother: Seven Days of Mourning" will be shown at 7 p.m. today in room 147 Communication Arts and Sciences Building, followed by discussion with Director Yael Katzir. "Shivah for My Mother" is a 55-minute documentary filmed in real-time about Katzir's mother's death and the enlightening shivah (a seven-day period of formal mourning) at their home afterward.
MSU
Sesquicentennial ice cream at Dairy Store
The MSU Dairy Store has found its own way to celebrate the 150th birthday of MSU - by creating a new sesquicentennial flavor of ice cream. MSU President Lou Anna K.
COMMENTARY
Michigan tech
The Michigan Engineering Incentive - Gov. Jennifer Granholm's recently announced program to help graduates with technological degrees save on their federal Stafford Loans - strongly resembles 2003's Michigan Students First program. Although the Michigan Engineering Incentive only applies to graduates with technological degrees, Students First includes students with any college degree.
FEATURES
'Little Shop of Horrors' comes to Wharton
In accordance with springtime, a new plant is flourishing at Wharton Center, but watch out - this one comes with a Faustian pact and a taste for human flesh. "Little Shop of Horrors" comes to Wharton Center this week and revolves around Seymour Krelbourn, a florist, who wishes to win the heart of his co-worker Audrey.
MICHIGAN
Kids hunt eggs before bedtime
As children glared at the dark, squishy fields of Nancy Moore Park on Saturday, they primed to search for plastic eggs. Parents, on the other hand, prepared for a hunt of their own - to find their children in the mass of about 500 participants. Guardians clenched their children's hands as pressure mounted under the setting sun at the Okemos park's Flashlight Easter Egg Hunt. The scavengers jumped up and down to keep their feet warm and planned with their peers, who would later become their enemies. When the siren blared, the small hunters darted out into the crowd, leaving many parents behind.
SPORTS
Anderson will leave big shoes to be filled
A player of this type does not come through the door often. In this day of shoe contracts, enticing multi-million dollar pro deals and selfishness, it is rare to see a player with the type of team dedication that will forgo personal statistics in order help his team to the highest level possible. But that is exactly what Alan Anderson has done his whole career for his head coach Tom Izzo. Anderson is a rare breed, someone who can effortlessly play any position asked of him and do it with the type of precision that makes him look like he was born to play it. After manning the point last season, Anderson was asked to move to - of all spots - power forward this season.
COMMENTARY
Government had no right to intervene
This is in response to Bradley Wilson's "Congress correct to protect helpless" (SN 3/23). While I might agree with Mr. Wilson if Terri Schiavo had not been in a vegetative state for the last 15 years, the fact is that this poor woman has been in a persistent vegetative state for the last 15 years and has no hope of recovery.
NEWS
Students vote against $3 ASMSU tax increase
Slightly more than half of MSU undergraduate students who participated in last week's ASMSU elections voted against a $3 proposed tax hike, but supported a tax renewal for the 2005-06 school year. Of the 1,988 students who voted in the election, about 51 percent voted against the tax increase and about 4 percent abstained from voting.
COMMENTARY
Detroit possesses much more than its 'thug' -filled reputation implies
One night, I was driving down a dark street where kids ran after each other to play tag. Their families sat on the porch talking comfortably, sharing a laugh and even a drink.
SPORTS
3 Big Ten squads advance to Eight
Austin, Texas - MSU head coach Tom Izzo has been singing the Big Ten's praises all year long. For the first time, people don't look at him like he's a loon when he does so. That's because three teams from the Big Ten conference have advanced to the Elite Eight, more than any other conference. "Over the last couple years, it seems like we were put down to nothing," Izzo said.
COMMENTARY
Republicans have displayed hypocrisy
I find it ironic that the same Republicans who fight so strongly against universal health care are the ones who now are trying to keep a woman alive over what the state courts have for the last 15 years consistently agreed were her wishes.
COMMENTARY
Delayed Results
For all their hard work, T-shirts and pizza parties, ASMSU representatives shot themselves in the foot on Friday when they did not wait around to broadcast the voter turnout of their elections. After all the promises of commitment to making the undergraduate government a legitimate and important part of the university - combined with the food and snazzy ASMSU-logo cotton tees - interested students might have been left with a rather unsatisfied feeling.
MSU
Peace, justice focus of lecture
Author and professor Michael Klare will discuss resource management and overconsumption in the United States and abroad tonight in South Kedzie Hall. Peace and Justice Studies, an undergraduate specialization program, is sponsoring Klare's speech, which begins at 7:15 p.m.
COMMENTARY
Schiavo case must not be generalized
I am writing in regards to Bradley Wilson's letter titled "Congress correct to protect helpless" (SN 3/23). In this letter, Mr. Wilson lets his true colors show, referring to Terri Schiavo's husband as an "adulterous slimebag." It is very disappointing to me that someone studying political theory and constitutional democracy would allow his legal analysis of a case to be guided by raw emotion. I would first like to know on what grounds Mr. Wilson bases his judgment of Mr. Schiavo.
MICHIGAN
Officials: MSU vehicle theft, accident rare
A March 18 accident that killed John Allen Hawkins, 46, was one of the first and largest incidents in which an MSU vehicle was stolen, officials said.