Brown heads to USA Basketball trials alone

MSU sophomore guard Shannon Brown will compete for a spot on the 2004 USA Basketball World Championship For Young Men Qualifying Team this weekend. "It's great, the ability to go out and compete for your country," Brown said. Brown was originally not supposed to take this trip alone, as junior guard Maurice Ager was also selected as one of 24 players under age 20 to come try out for the 12-person team.

Young Republicans take office in East Lansing

A large portion of a wall inside the East Lansing's Republican Victory Center on Grand River Avenue is covered with "Bush/Cheney '04" lawn signs and pamphlets advertising local Republican candidates.

'U' student's essay appears in Newsweek

Traci Carpenter just wanted to make sure this year's presidential candidates took time from their campaigning to explain how they're different from each other, so the journalism senior took her own time to write an essay. That essay recently won the Newsweek/mtvU essay contest for her thoughts on the aforementioned issue and how candidates do not explain what they are going to do to help the young voters demographic.

Tickets remain for Cheney, McCain visit

At least a few hundred tickets are still available for Friday's scheduled Lansing stop by Vice President Dick Cheney and Sen.

Council rejects size increase of cell phone tower

Thunderous applause arose from about 40 East Lansing residents after their City Council on Tuesday unanimously voted to reject a leading cellular phone company's proposal to double the size of one of its city towers. Nextel Communications submitted an application at the council meeting to revamp an existing cell phone tower, located on top of the Alton Street water tower in Patriarche Park. The communication company's lawyer, Randall Reaves, said the new tower would include an air conditioning unit, a 24 kilowatt generator and would increase radio signals, allowing the company to carry more calls.

Report: Tickets, campus crime up in 2003

Traffic violations and crime on campus increased in 2003, according to an MSU police annual report released earlier this week.

Bush re-election could result in draft reinstatement

If George W. Bush is elected president in November, you can expect a reinstatement of the draft. The Army has already called back 5,600 soldiers from those who recently left the service, a group known as the Individual Ready Reserve.

The Surrogate Band covers 'Floyd'

Okemos - Not even a mile away from a clustered Grand River Avenue, paved roads turn to dirt and the noise of traffic is absorbed by towering trees. Where the quiet serenity of the countryside on a sweltering hot Sunday is interrupted only by a breeze carrying brief relief from the heat and a few muffled guitar notes. Rolling into a crowded driveway, drums, keyboards, bass and women's voices fill in the sound that becomes recognizable as none other than Pink Floyd. The tranquil location is the practice space for Lansing's Floyd tribute - The Surrogate Band.

Day of reckoning nigh for cocky 'Jeopardy!' superchamp Jennings

You're going down, Ken Jennings. You're going down hard. Unless you've willfully chosen to spend the summer in a sensory deprivation tank, you probably know about Ken Jennings.

Exhibit promotes religious tolerance

Lansing - People handcuffed, tied to chairs and looking bloody and beaten, dotted the north lawn of the Capitol on Wednesday.

In with the old

When confronted with an unattractive dilemma, the most attractive outcome might very well be the lesser of two evils.

Digital lessons

Remember your old professor - the one that had you running to class, sitting up in front, and engaged the entire lecture?

Commission aims to double graduation rates at higher ed institutions

Lansing - Lt. Gov. John Cherry's Commission on Higher Education and Economic Growth met for the first time today to discuss how best to increase higher education graduate rates across the state.

'FOUND' is treasure for U-M Alumnus

Davy Rothbart thinks a little bit of voyeurism is healthy and natural. In fact, as the founder of FOUND Magazine and the author of the new book, "FOUND," Rothbart has made a living out of voyeurism. As a child in Ann Arbor, Rothbart would stop to pick up random notes and papers from the ground.

Police briefs 07/13/04

Camps give insight to incoming 'U' freshmen

The incoming freshmen sitting in the packed Wells Hall classroom laughed as Holden Hall complex director Joshua Gillespie threw a condom onto a student's desk Monday morning.

Police briefs 07/13/04

Search for 'U' provost to begin

Provost Lou Anna Simon will outline her direction for MSU's provost search at 3 p.m. today at a meeting of the MSU Executive Committee of the Academic Council in the Board Room of the Administration Building. A new provost will be needed Jan.

Man breaks into gallery through roof

While "Spider-Man 2" remained atop the box office charts this past weekend, an imitator found himself down and out at East Lansing's Saper Galleries. Just before 6 a.m.

Conservative double-standard is abundant

With all the lies that emanate from the Bush administration, and from their loyal right-wing media cohorts, instances of flagrant hypocrisy from the right can often go unnoticed. Conservatives are doubtlessly comforted with the knowledge that many Americans aren't paying close attention to either their dishonesty or double standards.