NEWS
MIDDAY UPDATE: Rivalry with U-M extends to siblings
After her two older sisters spent their college days in Ann Arbor, it would seem natural for Rita Light to have followed the same path.
NEWS
Survey: Life's a box of transitions
Melissa Brown has the traditional résumé of an adult. The supply chain management senior is 24 years old, married, a mother of three and lives independently of her parents.As she watched her three children: Jayden, 1 month, Meliyah, 1, and Jalen, 2; on Monday in her Cherry Lane apartment as dinner simmered on the stove, Brown said it's not her age, maternal or spousal obligations that brand her an adult, though.
MSU
Student group shows final film in seris
Students for Peace and Justice will present the final film in its fall film series on Wednesday. "Harlan County, USA" features the lives of coal miners in a small Appalachian town as they fight to unionize their labor and demand decent living and working conditions. The film begins at 8 p.m.
COMMENTARY
Judgement
After months of useless bat-swinging by the lower courts, the big, bad U.S. Supreme Court soon will be stepping up to the plate to face the Bush administration's terrorism-fighting strategies.
NEWS
Study: Tuition up 47 percent
Paying for higher education at four-year public universities costs 47 percent more than it did a decade ago, according to a study released last week by the College Board. The nonprofit New York-based organization used inflation-adjusted dollars to develop the annual report, but College Board officials said the poor condition of the economy and cuts in state appropriations might be the reasons for the increase. "Whenever there was a decrease in appropriations, there was an increase in tuition average," said Jennifer Topiel, a spokeswoman for the College Board. Tuition at private universities also has grown by 42 percent during the past year. Topiel said more than 2,700 schools participated in the report by responding to surveys sent by the College Board. She added that tuition has increased an average of 14.1 percent for the 2003-04 school year compared to last academic year, which is the highest one-year increase ever reported by the institution in the 27 years of the study, Topiel said. David Byelich, director of the MSU Office of Planning and Budgets, said when adjusting to inflation, MSU's tuition has increased only 24.7 percent over the last decade, an average increase of 2.2 percent annually since the 1993-94 academic year. Without adjusting for inflation, MSU's tuition rose by 57.3 percent over a 10-year period.
MSU
Ex-NFL star, actor to appear at luncheon
A luncheon presentation focusing on domestic violence awareness will be held today at noon on East Fee Hall's first floor.The program titled, "Ending Domestic Violence: It's Everyone's Issue," features actor and former NFL lineman Victor Rivers.Rivers, who is a child survivor of domestic violence, has starred in more than 20 films, including The Hulk, The Mask of Zorro and Blood In/Blood Out.The Michigan Osteopathic Association and Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence will sponsor the event.Nearly 25 percent of women and 7.6 percent of men said they were raped or physically assaulted by a current or former spouse, cohabiting partner or date at some time in their lifetime, according to a 2000 U.S.
SOCCER
Goalkeeper Robinson named player of week
MSU men's soccer senior goalkeeper Mike Robinson was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this season Monday.
MICHIGAN
E.L. author, professor leads library reading
Native American author and MSU English professor William S. Penn will read, discuss and sign books in recognition of Native American Heritage Month at 7 p.m.
NEWS
Police shoot suspect at Kresge
An MSU police officer opened fire and struck a 20-year-old man suspected in the attempted heist of $75,000 in laptop computers from a basement laboratory in Kresge Art Center on Sunday night.It was the first time since 1975 that an officer shot a suspect, said MSU police Sgt.
BASKETBALL
Izzo eager for Magic statue dedication
While the focus of life around MSU's campus this weekend will be focused on the Spartans' football game against Michigan, the MSU basketball team will open its exhibition season against the Harlem Globetrotters.The game will take place at 2:30 p.m.
MICHIGAN
English dept. extends assistance
To improve her conversational English and computer skills, Maria Cavazos had to look no further than her local library.
MICHIGAN
Council might address counter to Bible Week
The MSU Freethinker Alliance is hoping a resolution it drafted will be considered by the East Lansing City Council at tonight's work session.
COMMENTARY
'U' rivalry hurt by game start time
As a senior graduating in December, I personally am upset that this year's in-state matchup is scheduled for noon on Saturday.
NEWS
Lansing-area Marines return home
The faint red and white blinkings of an aircraft descending toward the Capital City Airport elicited a great deal of excitement in the large crowd of people who had been awaiting its passengers for hours. "That's them, guys," DeWitt resident Cindy Knowlton said, pointing toward the distant plane.
FEATURES
Despite good production, Dracula provokes few scares at Riverwalk Theatre.
Reasons to fear Dracula are waning this Halloween season - at least when you encounter him at the Riverwalk Theatre, 228 Museum Drive in Lansing, where an adaptation of the Bram Stoker classic "Dracula" was presented the past two weekends.
NEWS
Robbery assailant currently at large
An unknown assailant sneaked up behind his victim at the corner of Spartan and Albert avenues on Thursday night, punching and kicking the man before stealing his cell phone and jacket. East Lansing police said the assailant, described as a 6-foot-3, 20- to 30-year-old white man with dark hair, fled the scene.
COMMENTARY
Columnist skewed facts on Israel fight
The "facts" of Crystal Burks column "American-backed Israel not the victim in Palestinian fight" (SN 10/21) are a bit skewed and should be corrected.
MICHIGAN
Lansing science center holds 'Fright Night'
Family Fright Night will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the The Impression 5 Science Center, 200 Museum Drive in Lansing. During this Halloween celebration, children can collect treats and get their safety fingerprints taken by officials from the Lansing Police Department.
VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball team splits for 5th straight weekend
For the fifth straight weekend, the No. 22 MSU volleyball team split its weekend matches.
NEWS
MIDDAY UPDATE: GEU protests low wages Monday
In the blustery cold, members of MSU's Graduate Employees Union stood at the steps of the Administration Building on Monday afternoon handing out bags of peanuts, which they say represent their wages.Picketing with placards saying the union "demands a fair deal for students," the students said they were informing the campus that their benefits and pay are being stripped by a loophole in the contract they had signed with university officials.University officials were unavailable for comment Monday afternoon.Union president Scott Henkel said the job title of teaching assistant, which is what appears in the union's contract, is being reclassified to instructor in certain cases.