COMMENTARY
Smokers need to re-evaluate rights
In response to the editorial "Burn one down" (SN 11/30), I think there is a huge misconception presented here.
SPORTS
Recruit preparing for season after torn ACL
Everything Amanda Hantouli does from now on is in preparation for her first season with the MSU volleyball team. The Nebraska native signed a National Letter of Intent for the 2005 season with the Spartans last month.
NEWS
Gallery to show local artist's work
A fairly new art gallery is hosting an exhibit with fairly new artists. (SCENE) Metrospace, 303 Abbott Road, is hosting the exhibit Emerge, a display running until Dec.
NEWS
Craving carols?
People were welcomed back to East Lansing after Thanksgiving weekend with a fresh layer of snow, decorated Christmas trees and heart-warming music on the radio.
COMMENTARY
What is 'Ken?'
Sept. 6 was a particularly dark day for "Jeopardy!" champion Ken Jennings. He only won $10,001.
COMMENTARY
Risk management fund works for 'U'
There needs to be some clarification on what ASMSU's risk management account is and what ASMSU is doing with that $600,000.
MSU
Lecture to focus on Canadian health care
Gerard Boychuk will give his lecture "The Politics of Health Care in Canada: Territorial Integration and the Development of Public Health Care," at 4 p.m.
MSU
'U' researcher finds bee chemical
The secret's out of the hive. A long-researched and previously elusive chemical in bees that makes them stay around the hive instead of venturing into the outside world was recently discovered. Zachary Huang, an associate professor in the Department of Entomology, published research 12 years ago that said some bees stay in the hive and others go out to collect nectar and defend the hive, but Huang never knew why. His discovery of what's called the primer pheromone in bees explains the behavior.
NEWS
Award ups RIA chances at 'U'
A physics and astronomy professor, brought to MSU to work on the Rare Isotope Accelerator project, has earned a prestigious award that could help the university's chances to land the nearly $1 billion enterprise. MSU physicist Stanley Schriber was selected as a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, or IEEE.
NEWS
Moot Court Team claims national law competition title for 2nd year in row
For 180 hours in October, three students argued entertainment law, preparing themselves to defend MSU's national title. Third-year law students William Cook, Jeffrey Formanczyk and Aaron Vorce traveled to Malibu, Calif., where they took first place for the second year in a row at the Annual National Entertainment Law Moot Court Competition on Nov.
MICHIGAN
Granholm picked for vice chairwoman spot
Michigan's first female governor will join fellow Democratic governors in assisting her political party's cause. Gov.
NEWS
Buddies cook with beer at Thanksbeergiving
Drinking beer just isn't enough; we had to figure out how to eat it, too. So for this week - one week only - we became: The EATING BUDDIES. Is it really that far of a stretch?
NEWS
Critic baffled that R. Kelly is still a celebrity
What am I supposed to think? Every time I turn on the radio, there's his soothing, smooth, sensual voice cooing at me.
NEWS
TADA!: Blue Jean Journal (or Denim Diary)
What is it? It's a notebook to stash your pens and thoughts. It's constructed from your leftover Levi's. Usefulness factor: If the good jeans you've been blessed with (pun intended) no longer fit, if you're always misplacing your pens and you're tired of your drab notebook, than this might be the craft for you.
MSU
3 years of research, 150 years of history
It's been almost 50 years since a book chronicling the history of MSU has been published by the university.
NEWS
Sequels ruin legacies of great movies
Hollywood can bring dinosaurs to life, make time travel possible and allow the unsinkable competitor to always win the fight. But a history of bad sequels proves it can't do any of those things twice. What is this plague of the sequel?
SPORTS
Lalonde out until Christmas; Graham's status unknown
The injury bug has bit the MSU hockey team once again as the team lost senior forward Mike Lalonde and sophomore defenseman Ethan Graham to injuries in the 4-0 win over then-No.
COMMENTARY
ASMSU regularly supports students
This is in response to Brandon Sethi's letter, "Student groups can benefit from funds," (SN 12/1). In your letter, you mentioned that you are not too familiar with how ASMSU does things, and clearly this is true.
SPORTS
Spartans take on No. 3 Notre Dame
After a tough weekend at the Rainbow Wahine Classic in Honolulu, the MSU women's basketball team is getting ready to face No.
COMMENTARY
Lay off SUV drivers; 'gas-guzzling' behemoths will eventually die off
I used to love the environment - then I started driving my dad's sport utility vehicle. It started simply at first.