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FOOTBALL

Rogers injures collarbone

Detroit Lions wide receiver Charles Rogers broke his right collarbone in practice Tuesday. Rogers, a former Spartan who won the Biletnikoff Award last year at MSU, was taken to a hospital and is still being evaluated, according to Detroit Lions officials. Rogers "got tangled up" with cornerback Dre' Bly in the morning practice on Tuesday, head coach Steve Mariucci said. "(Rogers) went up for a pass and went down on his shoulder," Mariucci said.

MSU

ASMSU officials concerned with college merger

Amy Davis
October 8, 2003

Some ASMSU officials plan to show concerns about lack of student involvement in a decision to downsize the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.The university's student government plans to follow the lead of the college's own student government, the student senate, which recently passed a bill to show its opposition to the merger that was discussed without student opinion.Two representatives in MSU's undergraduate student government introduced a bill during the weekly Academic Assembly meeting last Tuesday, but it was put on hold pending further student involvement and current student reactions to the merger.

MICHIGAN

Okemos woman guilty in hit-and-run death

Steve Eder
October 8, 2003

A 42-year-old woman is responsible for the hit-and-run death of a 40-year-old man on Grand River Avenue in Okemos last year, a jury ruled Tuesday.After a trial that extended nearly four weeks, the 12-member Ingham County Circuit Court jury found Susan Swanson guilty of drunken driving causing death and leaving the scene of an accident, Ingham County Assistant Prosecutor Joyce Draganchuk said.Swanson, of Okemos, is scheduled to be sentenced Nov.

FOOTBALL

Spartans land recruit in speedy 6-foot-2 star

Patrick Walters
October 8, 2003

In the middle of a recruiting season marred with wavering interest and flip-flopping commitments, the MSU football coaching staff finally got some good news Monday night.Tom Dance, a speedy 6-foot-2 all-around athlete from Erie Cathedral Preparatory School, verbally committed to the Spartans after an official recruiting trip this past weekend.

FOOTBALL

Turnover margin key in 'U' success

Jon Styf
October 8, 2003

It seems simple enough, but in recent years, MSU has had a problem keeping control of the football.With the re-emergence of quarterback Jeff Smoker and linebacker Mike Labinjo, one of the major reasons for the Spartans' early success is winning the turnover battle.The past two seasons, the Spartans (5-1 overall, 2-0 Big Ten) gave up the football 52 times and gained it on an opposition turnover 44 times.

COMMENTARY

'The Edge' not only good local station

In response to Rachel Burling's comment ("New station music doesn't have 'Edge'" SN 9/25) that The Edge was the only station around that played "this awesome mix" of good new and old music, I would like to ask, what about our dear old campus radio station, The Impact?

COMMENTARY

Writing lawmakers not a good idea

We are writing in response to Dale Hitchcock's letter "Uniforms without names need to go" (SN 10/3). Hitchcock's notion that the university has taken the names off of the football players' uniforms to sell more programs is asinine.

FEATURES

Cyber locker

Sarah Frank
October 8, 2003

Many students are intimidated by the idea of creating their own Web site. They don't know where to start, they don't think it's possible or they think they don't have the time. "Making my own site crossed my mind once or twice," psychology junior Maggie Burkhart said.

COMMENTARY

Team-over-self idea behind jerseys

This season, the MSU football team is looking for an identity. When head coach John L. Smith first came to MSU, he noted that MSU had a lot of good football players, but not a good football team.

COMMENTARY

Ballot proposal

The annual East Lansing primary election is on the chopping block and we're hoping voters swing the hatchet.

MICHIGAN

Environmental council looks for volunteers

Mid-Michigan Environmental Action Council and the Ingham County Conservation District are looking for volunteers to take part in a water quality monitoring project Sunday on the Grand River.Participants involved in the biannual project will be required to enter the river and record data from a site chosen by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.

NEWS

State lawmakers consider adding hazing legislation

Brian Charlton
October 8, 2003

Hazing injuries and deaths have sparked Michigan lawmakers to consider creating anti-hazing legislation to stop behavior currently outlawed in 43 states. Spurred by an alleged hazing incident last month at the University of Michigan that left a 21-year-old male student hospitalized with kidney failure, lawmakers in Lansing are researching the issue.

SPORTS

Jail time not needed for Heatley

As one athlete died, he took his teammate's career with him.Dan Snyder of the NHL's Atlanta Thrashers was a passenger in teammate Dany Heatley's Ferrari when Heatley spun off the road and smashed into a brick and wrought iron fence.

COMMENTARY

Program sales aren't goal of 'U'

When I first started to read Dale Hitchcock's letter to the editor "Uniforms without names need to go" (SN 10/3), I found it very amusing, but when I realized that he was being serious about the situation with the new uniforms, I felt sad for his na

MSU

Documentary film to be shown at Wells

Students for Peace and Justice will show the second film in their fall film series Wednesday night. "Incident at Oglala: Leonard Peltier Story" will begin at 8 p.m.