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New Mormon building opens

More than a year after a blaze brought their facility to the ground, the Mormons of the Lansing Michigan Stake are back at home. Members of the Mormon stake in East Lansing had been continuing their work in Lansing and Holt while the 24,500-square-foot building at 431 E.

MSU

Music, food, activities highlight Frankenfest

"Frankenfest" will be from 5 to 9 p.m. tonight on the Union lawn as part of East Lansing and MSU's second annual "One Book, One Community" program. Every year the program coordinators choose a book for the whole community to read and then plan activities that relate to the book.

FEATURES

'Matchstick Men' one of year's best

After what has seemed like a drought at the box office of movies that are less entertaining than watching your socks go around in a dryer, here comes "Matchstick Men." Exciting and funny, this film deserves to become a big hit with audiences. The film stars Nicolas Cage as Roy, an obsessive-compulsive con artist whose partner, Frank Mercer (Sam Rockwell), convinces him to go to therapy.

NEWS

MIDDAY UPDATE: Board of Trustees approves renovations to Spartan Stadium, other campus buildings

The MSU Board of Trustees voted unanimously Friday to green light a $61 million expansion and addition to Spartan Stadium.The project, one that has been in the making for years from the Athletics Department, will include the construction of 24 luxury suites, 862 club seats, office space for University Development and Alumni Association offices and a final resting place for the original "Spartan" statue in the addition's atrium.Construction is scheduled to begin this November after the conclusion of the football season and wrap up in time for the 2005 season.

NEWS

Turnovers plague Spartans on Xbox

Billy Gates is showing no love for the Spartans. After defeating Rutgers last week on PlayStation 2, Louisiana Tech handed the Spartans their second straight loss on the Microsoft Xbox.

MSU

Greenhouse proposal revised; student focus holds steady

Members of the Student Greenhouse Project revised their proposal for a dome-shaped greenhouse and met with administrators in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources last week and the College of Natural Science Thursday to push the approval of a public greenhouse in the center of north campus. "It's a process of getting various stakeholders and administrators for broad support to get final approval," said Phillip Lamoureux, member of the Student Greenhouse Committee and main developer of the proposal.

NEWS

Spartans rely on big play

They're silent but deadly.Playing under the guise of a short pass, long-drive offense, MSU has been inordinately potent early this season.With receivers darting in and out, zigging and zagging through defenses, players smaller than 6 feet have been catching touchdowns at an elevated rate."We weren't moving the ball really well and all of the sudden, bam, we had a big one," senior quarterback Jeff Smoker said.

NEWS

Backup QB adjusts to new role

What started out as joke has become reality.MSU redshirt freshman quarterback Drew Stanton left training camp last spring a step ahead of junior quarterback Damon Dowdell for the lead role as the Spartans' signal caller for the 2003 season.

NEWS

Campus reflects on anniversary

The American flag steadily rose to the top of the pole in front of the Administration Building on Thursday morning, pausing for a moment before being slowly lowered halfway down again to a point just below the surrounding tree line. Underneath, members of MSU's Air Force ROTC Color Guard had gathered in the crisp morning air to honor the second anniversary of the Sept.

COMMENTARY

Stop and go

MSU's campus was built at a time when officials did not anticipate thousands of cars on its roads daily.

NEWS

Pigskin prognosticators

Well, No. 2 was right on the mark last week by calling the 'Canes-Gators matchup as the "must-see match of the week" but way off with his prediction the Terps would upset the 'Noles. MSU and U-M will finally have a real nonconference test in week 4, not that the Spartans ever make it easy on themselves.

COMMENTARY

Hazing penalties should be the same

In April 2002, the MSU greek panel found Pi Kappa Phi in violation of the system's anti-hazing and anti-discrimination policies and ordered the fraternity to write letters of apology and attend educational seminars.

MICHIGAN

Decision delayed for housing development

On Wednesday, the East Lansing Planning Commission deferred a request from Gillespie Development & Management to build The Beaumont, a 40-acre housing complex that would consist of apartments, townhouses and retail space.

MICHIGAN

Friends grieve over student

Melissa Timte wanted to work with children and one day live in Texas, said friends of the child development senior who died Tuesday evening at Sparrow Hospital. Her mother, Jacqueline Timte, of Canton, Mich., reached at home Wednesday, said her daughter "absolutely loved life." "I remember the twinkle in her eyes, her smile, her fun sense of humor," Jacqueline Timte said. Melissa Timte, whose 21st birthday was Monday, was hospitalized since Sept.