MICHIGAN
Free-food promotion increases local sales
Last week brought in the most money for Burt Shapiro's restaurant since he bought the suffering calzone eatery in August.
MSU
Students celebrate month of Ramadan
Fareeha Shuttari's father used to call the family to break fast by banging a spoon against a metal plate.
SPORTS
WEB ONLY: 2 field hockey players net conference honors
After shutting out Ohio State last weekend, the MSU women's field hockey team continues to control the Big Ten, with two Spartans claiming Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week honors . Junior Annebet Beerman took Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week honors after tallying a hat trick and a defensive save for the Spartans.
FEATURES
Joel's 'Innocent' an ideal album for calming nerves, raising spirits
Throughout a lifetime, one can constantly teeter on the brink of despondency and normalcy. Love, life and other elements tug at a person's health and well being, much like the infamous forces of Good and Evil fight over a man's soul.
NEWS
Peace prevails despite arrests
Patrolling the streets on Halloween and rivalry weekend proved to be a tall order for police, who responded to nearly 700 calls in East Lansing alone. But despite dozens of fights and hundreds of drunken and disorderly people on campus and in the city during the weekend, there were no major incidents to report, officials said Monday.
MSU
Senior class holds charity bowl Saturday
The MSU Senior Class Council will host its sixth annual Green and White Charity Bowl, a touch football tournament, at 8:30 a.m.
MSU
Gay bishop sparks mixed reactions
A day after the controversial consecration of an openly gay bishop in New Hampshire's Episcopal Church, members of the MSU community disagree on whether it should have been allowed and whether it violates Christian teachings.As dissenters protested outside the ceremony, the Rev.
MICHIGAN
Poll shows cuts to higher education favored
Cuts to higher education might again be on the bottom of the public's priority list as Gov. Jennifer Granholm tours the state asking for feedback of ways to solve a $900 million deficit, a poll reports.Granholm made her first televised stop in Traverse City on Monday as the first of 10 budget stops during the next two weeks before she submits an executive order to cut the $38.6 billion budget or requests tax or fee increases.The poll, conducted by EPIC/MRA, a Lansing-based polling firm, found Medicaid for low-income people, funding for K-12 public schools and funding for job-training problems are the top priorities of the 600 likely voters who were surveyed.
MICHIGAN
Mayoral candidates tie in survey
After months of fierce campaigning and public arguments, Tony Benavides and Virg Bernero finally will see who the public trusts with Lansing's future today, as residents take to the polls to decide on the next mayor. The race, which was dominated by Benavides early on, has become a "dead heat" in past weeks, according to a survey administered by Lansing-based EPIC-MRA. The survey, which was given to 300 Lansing residents, suggests that 42 percent of the population favors Bernero, with 41 percent vying for Benavides and 17 percent undecided.
COMMENTARY
Lawmakers should pass hazing law
As a national and regional officer of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, I was dismayed to learn upon moving here from Florida in 2001 that Michigan lacked a law making hazing a criminal act.
FEATURES
Kresge gets surreal with new exhibit
Surrealist art can sometimes represent what we see in our deepest and most vivid dreams - blurry images, scenes that don't quite make sense and constant metamorphoses of even the simplest objects. Last Saturday, "Surrealist Drawings from the Drukier Collection" opened at Kresge Art Museum and will run through Dec.
MSU
MSU-DCL grad looks to future after 'U' honors
MSU-DCL College of Law graduate Jeffrey Gray said he only wants a good job and to practice law in his hometown after he won the Charles King Award.The $500 award is given in recognition of the student with the highest grade point average for the each graduating class.Graduating MSU-DCL last spring with a 3.93 GPA, Gray now works as a law clerk intern with United States District Court Eastern District of Michigan with Judge Lawrence Zatkoff.Gray said he is happy to have achieved the award but feels he only studied hard."There aren't really a whole lot of memorable moments in law school to be honest," Gray said.
MSU
Professor to hold brown-bag lecture
African studies will mesh with agricultural economics as a professor leads a brown-bag discussion on Thursday. Agricultural economics Professor David Tschirley will discuss "Lessons from a Decade of Cotton Sector Reform in SSA" at noon in room 201 of the International Center. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call (517) 353-1700 or e-mail africa@msu.edu.
COMMENTARY
Letters wrong on Kyoto, economy
This is regarding "Columnist wrong to criticize GOP Bush" (SN 10/21) and "Bush's environmental policies don't hold up" (SN 10/28). Both these letters to the editor incorrectly assessed the effect the Kyoto Protocol would have had on the U.S.
COMMENTARY
E.L. should respect, listen to students
All over East Lansing, people are talking about the new noise policy. This is because East Lansing is comprised mostly of students, and we are unhappy with this new policy. All the students who live in East Lansing during the school year are a vital part of this community.
MSU
Science career fair brings organizations
Employers from the science, environmental and mathematics fields will gather on campus for the Natural Science Career Fair from 5 to 9 p.m.
COMMENTARY
Environmental prosperity, U.S. capitalism can co-exist in future
The idea that environmentalists are strictly whiny, picketing vegetarians who listen to Grateful Dead music is misguided.
ICE HOCKEY
WEB ONLY: Goebel named CCHA Offensive Player of Week
MSU ice hockey freshman forward Tommy Goebel was selected as the CCHA Offensive Player of the Week after scoring five goals en route to MSU's two-game sweep of Ferris State this past weekend.
COMMENTARY
Vote or shut up
There's a highly sought-after new fashion accessory out on the streets today, and we at The State News are about to let you in on the secret.
MICHIGAN
'Drummunity' offers percussion session
The East Lansing Public Library is encouraging residents to participate in "Drummunity" from 2 to 3 p.m.