NEWS
Top 10 singles
1. "Baby Boy," Beyonce feat. Sean Paul, Columbia (Last week: 1)2. "Stand Up," Ludacris feat.
MSU
Broadcaster appearts at Lansing Center Friday
National Public Radio Social Correspondent Susan Stamberg will speak about her broadcasting experience at 10:30 a.m.
COMMENTARY
Smoker deserves to win Heisman
It's great that the Spartans have East Lansing excited about football again. John L. Smith's squad is leading the Big Ten with a mark of 4-0 (7-1 overall) - look out Michigan.
NEWS
In search of the supernatural
It's not quite rifle time yet in Michigan, but for ghost hunter Brad Mikulka, Halloween is open season. The leader of the Lansing-based SouthEast Michigan Ghost Hunters Society brought his trade to MSU's campus yesterday to investigate Fairchild Theatre, a building known for its historical haunted happenings. Armed with an electronic tape recorder, digital camera and a red, flashing electromagnetic field detector, Mikulka searched every nook and cranny of the theater - from projection booth to storage basement, in search of the paranormal. "What you try to do is photograph balls of light commonly referred to as ghosts," said Mikulka, a Lansing resident. Mikulka said he has certain powers that allow him to "sense" spirit activity. Upon entering the Fairchild Theatre, Mikulka said he could feel the presence of something watching him. As he worked his way through the building, Mikulka said that energy could be felt in certain places, especially in the theater's projection booth. Mikulka described the presence in the booth in a very detailed manner - a short man, very old, with a small mustache and blue bib overalls, he said. Strangely enough, Maureen Murphy, a stage manager guiding Mikulka, said the description reminded her very much of Craig Chapin, an older man who used to run the projector. Chapin died two years ago. "Sometimes you'll be here alone at night, and you'll hear a noise and you'll think 'What was that?'" said Murphy, who has worked at the theater for three years. Stories of the ghost of a boy roaming the halls of the auditorium and weird noises coming from stage areas in Fairchild Theatre have circulated for years among theater students and building workers. Aside from the SEMGHS, at least a half-dozen other ghost investigating groups meet throughout Michigan, including Michigan Ghost Watchers, which is based in Canton. Cindy Blake, the president of the Canton group, relies on photography and scientific methods in conducting searches for spirits. "A ghost is a persona, a personality, the part of us that doesn't go away when we die," said Blake, a dental technician, wife and mother of four.
NEWS
Player trades in rivalry loyalties
Rivalry weekend used to be easy for guys like Ronald Stanley. Back in the day, guys like Stanley could just relax and watch Michigan and MSU duke it out from the comfort of their own home - decked out in maize and blue. "I had all of it - I had a Michigan jacket, Michigan posters on the wall," said Stanley, a Spartans junior linebacker. Spartans such as Stanley know all about the history and tradition of the annual rivalry game and understand just how important bragging rights are in the mitten state.
COMMENTARY
Free markets cause health-care costs to get out of control
It's not sexy or scandalous. Nor does it incite the political pundits to rant and cant and blow the political house asunder.
COMMENTARY
Our letter
If students want to voice higher education concerns to politicians, it's now as simple as writing a letter.
COMMENTARY
Spartans are more than underdogs
In "Spartans, U-M past sets 'U' as underdog" (SN 10/27), The State News laments that MSU has lost "16 of the 28 matchups on their home turf." But they fail to mention the far more puzzling (and optimistic) statistic that MSU has won every home game (except 1997) against U-M in the past ten years, despite being consistently ranked lower than U-M (sometimes significantly) at the time of each engagement.
NEWS
29-year-old 'U' employee dies, found in apartment
MSU police are investigating the death of a 29-year-old university employee who was found unresponsive in a Spartan Village apartment Tuesday night. An autopsy conducted Wednesday showed that Shupai W.
NEWS
Top 10 albums
1. "Measure Of A Man," Clay Aiken, RCA (Last week: Not on charts)2. "Chicken*N*Beer," Ludacris, Disturbing Tha Peace/Def Jam South (1)3. "Hard," Jagged Edge, Columbia (not on charts)4. "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below," OutKast, Arista (2)5. "The Movie Album," Barbra Streisand, Columbia (not on charts)6. "Life For Rent," Dido, Arista (4)7. "Elvis: 2nd To None," Elvis Presley, BMG Strategic Marketing/RCA (3)8. "Sacred Love," Sting, A&M (6)9. "Metamorphosis," Hilary Duff, Buena Vista (9)10. "Some Devil," Dave Matthews, RCA (5)Source: Billboard
COMMENTARY
World is not meant to be fluffy, nice
What is wrong with people today? That is all that I can say in regard to some of the recent letters published by The State News.
NEWS
Students can write officials about tuition on Web site
Students frustrated with mounting tuition costs and deeper debts now have an easy way to educate legislators about slashing state funding further. MSU officials are urging students to make their voices heard at the state Capitol as Michigan faces a $900 million budget shortfall, which means possible cuts are looming for the state's 15 public universities.
MICHIGAN
Lansing aims to become capital of coolness
Lansing officials say they are confident that Gov. Jennifer Granholm's "Cool Cities" initiative will put the city on the road to becoming cool and hip.The "Cool Cities" initiative was formed by Granholm in an effort to search for techniques designed to attract and keep people in the 25-34 age group in Michigan and revitalize its cities.A "Cool Cities" forum will be held at 6:30 p.m.
MSU
Athlete says domestic violence hurts everyone
Victor Rivers is not a woman.That might be an obvious statement about the actor and former NFL football player.
COMMENTARY
SN should endorse conservative bill
The "Politics 101" editorial (SN 10/27) just proves how liberal The State News really is.
MSU
Forum addresses worldwide disease-prevention issues
Members of the Journal of International Law said Tuesday that global health problems can only can harmonized by the cooperation of world organizations.The panel discussed how the World Health Organization, World Trade Organization and United Nations can work together to deal with global epidemics such as West Nile and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome at the MSU-DCL College of Law Building.Chicago Law School professor and symposium speaker John Blum said the world needs a broader frame of work to accommodate health problems.
MICHIGAN
Granholm sets 11-stop tour to explain $900M deficit
Gov. Jennifer Granholm made her first moves Tuesday to help bandage the state's $900 million budget deficit. Granholm plans to tour the state to ask residents to set what's on the cutting block this fall. "As we've said before, everything is on the table," Granholm said.
NEWS
Officials plan for worst, hope for best behavior
Have fun and cheer on your team, but please remember to behave. That's what city and university officials are telling thousands of Spartan and Wolverine faithful expected in East Lansing on Saturday at noon for the annual football rivalry - the climax of perhaps the busiest weekend in the city this fall. Officials say they don't want - and don't expect - a repeat of the destruction that ensued on March 30 after MSU was eliminated from the NCAA men's basketball tournament. MSU President M.
COMMENTARY
Student leaders need 'U' to help
For the past few months, there have been many discussions regarding the party-noise ordinance that was enacted in the city of East Lansing and the implications of its passage.
NEWS
Mayor candidates debate pipeline, safety issues
Lansing - The format of the third and final meeting of Lansing mayoral candidates Virg Bernero and Tony Benavides on Tuesday night was modified about 20 minutes into the event because of arguing between the politicians.The meeting, which was sponsored by the Lansing chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, originally was slated to include rebuttals where candidates' opinions differed.However, after confusion as to how the debate process was to take place, organizers prohibited rebuttals.