Spartans upset intrastate foes U-M in 1st round play

The No. 9 MSU men's tennis team fought through windy conditions and an early deficit to defeat rival No.

Last Oldsmobile rolls off line

Lansing -The last Oldsmobile ever to roll off the assembly line was welcomed Thursday in a private ceremony at the Lansing Car Assembly plant.

A second home

It's mid-afternoon on Monday when the call comes in. The tone goes off - one single beep, followed by a deep male voice over a loudspeaker.

Sharing is stealing

Stealing is wrong, no matter what. Not even if you're just stealing the latest Britney Spears tune electronically - it's still stealing. The Recording Industry Association of America announced earlier this week that it will sue 69 college students across the country, out of almost 500 total offenders.

Gay Men's Chorus sings spring

Bright lights birth sweat on their faces as their feet tap along to the music they sing. Black binders containing sheet music tell them all the words they need to know.

Police briefs 04/30/04

Mayo robbery article should have said race

Mayo robbery article should have said race During the week of April 19, a male student was brutally beaten unconscious and robbed while not resisting to give up his wallet ("3 men rob Mayo Hall room, still at large" SN 4/23). In that same incident, a woman was punched and thrown into a radiator when she tried to intervene. Did anyone read about the severity of the attack?

Lala's conservative viewpoint overdue

The responses to Jim Lala's column ("Liberal students' silent protest doesn't need words to be whiny" SN 4/26) amuse me.

WEB ONLY: RHA to redesign four committees, dissolve two

At its last meeting of the semester, the Residence Halls Association decided to undertake a rather large issue - the General Assembly voted on restructuring all four standing committees. The bill, which passed the assembly, 17-0-2, Wednesday, will take effect in the fall.

Congrats to 'U'

Excuse us. Please, give us a minute. We're not good at goodbyes. We don't need to tell you - today is officially the last day of spring classes at MSU. It's the last day of school, and Alice Cooper couldn't be prouder that school is, in fact, out for the summer.

Team heads east for record-setting 5th consecutive national tourney appearance

This weekend, Hayley Techner will return to her home state and have the opportunity to face the school she almost attended. Techner, a California native, is part of the MSU women's water polo team, which will compete at California Polytechnic (CPU) in San Luis Obispo, Calif., in the three-day National Collegiate Club Championship - the Olympics of water polo. For her, the meeting will be personal: Techner grew up in Santa Cruz, a mere two hours north of CPU.

Union to march in defense of TA jobs

The Graduate Employees Union will be marching across campus Thursday to defend teaching assistants' jobs, union President Scott Henkel said. Graduate employees, faculty and community members will march in protest of any possible TA positions being cut before next fall.

Study to review status of campus women

A two-year study is underway at MSU to uncover issues facing female students, faculty and staff. The study, called the "Status of Women Project," will use information gleaned from personal and group interviews to assess the climate and needs for women. "This evolved out of a request from the Women's Advisory Committee to the Provost," said Provost Lou Anna Simon, who said the initial idea for the study emerged about a year ago. Simon said the university historically has collected basic information about women on campus through annual MSU diversity reports, which compile statistics about international students and racial, ethnic and social minorities.

Research bucks

The Michigan Life Sciences Corridor is nearly five years old, just enough time for researchers and private industries to begin seeing the benefits of its early inception.

LCC students lobby for new bill

Inspired by a Lansing Community College political science course, about 10 LCC students have been lobbying aggressively in past weeks for a bill that won't directly affect them.

University officers receive promotions

Several MSU police officers are moving through the ranks, as three officers received promotions within the department and one officer has accepted a position at an Ohio university. Sgt.

Misunderstandings cleared up by Lala

On Tuesday, Patrick Walters wrote a column ("Journalistic saboteurs beware: There's still time to improve" SN 4/27) in which he made the outrageous claim that I had implied that "rape education is a bad idea." My stance on rape education is that it is fine but not foolproof.

Spartans to face U-M 1st in conference playoffs

The MSU men's tennis team played its best tennis of the conference season at the end of league play, and the Spartans hope to ride that momentum into the Big Ten tournament today. "You can just tell by the way people are walking and carrying themselves and also in the way that they're playing," senior Chris Mitchell said. The ninth-seeded Spartans (16-12 overall, 3-7 Big Ten) face the eighth-seeded Wolverines (13-8, 4-6) in the first round of the 2004 Big Ten Men's Tennis Championships today at 10 a.m.

WEB ONLY: 'U' lacks funds to fix water systems

By Jun Yang Special for The State News Some student leaders say that the campus water supply system needs an upgrade, but officials argue that a lack of funding is hindering that effort.

'U' students to face file-sharing lawsuits

An undetermined number of MSU students might face lawsuits from the Recording Industry Association of America for illegal Internet file sharing. The RIAA announced Wednesday that 69 individuals from universities across the country are being targeted with lawsuits for using peer-to-peer networks to illegally distribute copyrighted songs.