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SPORTS

Spartans set to rebound on road

Dawn Klemish
February 27, 2003

For the second time this week, the women's basketball team faces a Big Ten team it hasn't seen this season when it takes on Iowa today.Despite the reduced preparation time for the matchup due to the Spartans' game on Monday, junior forward Julie Pagel said the Spartans (15-10 overall, 8-6 Big Ten) aren't worried.Heading into Tuesday's practice Pagel said the team didn't know much about this year's Hawkeyes (14-11, 6-8) but still had two days to soak up information, combined with a few veterans to aid the learning."Our plan is always to take one game at a time," Pagel said.

NEWS

Smith: Music snobs too often overlook good tunes

Is it a crime to have very defined tastes in music? These days, it depends on who you ask. Those of us who really, really, really like a specific genre of music or a certain band can sometimes go overboard with our devotion.

NEWS

best of TV

Prime-time ratings for Feb. 17-23:1. "Joe Millionaire," Fox2. "CSI," CBS3. "Joe Millionaire" special, Fox4. "45th Annual Grammy Awards," CBS5. "ER," NBC6. "Law & Order," NBC7. "The Bachelorette," ABC8. "Friends," NBC9. "Friends" special, NBC10. "Without A Trace," CBSSource: Nielson Media Research

COMMENTARY

Meeting disruption totally uncalled for

As spokesman for the organization whose event was interrupted on Tuesday, I would like to further address the issue beyond what The State News presented in its article "Controversial talk interrupted" (SN 2/26). The individual who felt the topic of the presentation had been misrepresented clearly did not exercise the rationale one needs in order to arrive at that conclusion.

ICE HOCKEY

Defense, goaltender hope to contain Michigan's Tambellini

James Jahnke
February 27, 2003

Michigan left wing Jeff Tambellini played so well against MSU two weeks ago that, when asked to describe the dynamic freshman, Spartan head coach Rick Comley said he didn't have a big enough adjective to do the job. One suggestion would be "dominating," considering Tambellini scored four of U-M's six goals against the Spartans that weekend.

NEWS

box office top 10

TitleWeekend 1. "Daredevil"$18.09 million 2. "Old School"$17.45 million 3. "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days"$11.59 million 4. "The Jungle Book 2"$8.71 million 5. "Chicago"$8.24 million 6. "The Life of David Gale"$7.12 million 7. "Shanghai Knights"$6.51 million 8. "Gods and Generals"$4.68 million 9."Dark Blue" $3.88 million 10. "The Recruit"$3.41 million Source: Nielsen EDI

COMMENTARY

Cut short

A university campus is a vast garden fit for planting seeds of knowledge to bear fruit to make the world a better place.

MSU

Poetry reading honors emotion, Chicano culture

A hush filled a room in Wilson Hall as Maria Zavala stepped into the center, clearing her throat and slowly raising a worn black binder brimming with poem-filled pages.The communication sophomore took a deep breath, glanced down at the laminated sheet in front of her, then launched into an original selection titled "Yo Soy," or "I Am.""Yo soy Chicana," Zavala cried during the opening lines of the poem, fiercely emphasizing each syllable.

COMMENTARY

Drinking dilemma

As people worry minors make up one-fifth of the nation's drinkers, the real focus should fall on anyone drinking a fifth in a single sitting. An alcoholic is an alcoholic is an alcoholic, whether 12 years old or 44.

MICHIGAN

Leaders offer solutions

Brian Charlton
February 27, 2003

Community leaders say they are looking at long-term solutions rather than quick fixes for the budget troubles in East Lansing Public Schools.Hampered by funding dilemmas, the Board of Education has been left with the duty of putting back together the pieces of the district's long-term puzzle."We can reinvent the schools," said Bill Donohue, secretary of the school board and an MSU communication professor.

NEWS

top 10 albums

1. "Get Rich Or Die Tryin'," 50 Cent, Shady/Aftermath (last week: 1) 2. "Home," Dixie Chicks, Monument/Columbia (2) 3. "Come Away With Me," Norah Jones, Blue Note (4) 4. "Cocky," Kid Rock, Lava/Atlantic (3) 5. "Chicago," Soundtrack, Epic (6) 6. "Let Go," Avril Lavigne, Arista (5) 7. "For The Last Time: Live From The Astrodome," George Strait, MCA Nashville (N/A) 8. "This Is Me... Then," Jennifer Lopez, Epic (7) 9. "Up!," Shania Twain, Mercury (12) 10. "It Had To Be You... The Great American Songbook," Rod Stewart, J (26) Source: Billboard Magazine

NEWS

'U' seeks RIA site support

Michigan's congressional leaders will back MSU in its bid for the U.S. Department of Energy's $900-million Rare Isotope Accelerator.University officials met with members of Congress over breakfast Wednesday in hopes of bettering the university's chances of landing the project.

COMMENTARY

Nonminorities are not racism victims

This is in response to "Since mannequin is white, no one cares," (SN 2/26). I wanted to inform Sarah Nalett who stated, "Hasn't anyone ever heard that black people or other minorities can be racist?" This is an incorrect statement.

NEWS

Byron: Cell phones, talking, tardiness: Everything to wreck a show

There is no excuse for rudeness. A few weeks ago, I was watching the MSU Department of Theatre production of "A Raisin in the Sun" when the electronic sound of the "William Tell Overture" - or as it is better known, the theme song to "The Lone Ranger" - started ringing through the theater. Being the savvy theater critic I am, my instincts told me the chances of the cowboy and his buddy Tonto riding in to save the day was about as possible as seeing late playwright Lorraine Hansberry spin plates to Nelly's "Air Force Ones." That was the definition of rude. Before every performance and movie there is usually some sort of announcement asking people to turn off their beepers and cellular phones.

COMMENTARY

Saddam does nothing that is 'honorable'

After reading Matt Treadwell's column "Bush should accept Saddam's debate offer - unless he's yella" (SN 2/26), I couldn't believe this newspaper would print such a disrespectful and anti-American piece of propaganda.

NEWS

Michigan's love of the potato

Kurt Ludke
February 27, 2003

Let's try some word association: Potato state. What comes to mind? If you're like most people, you think Idaho.But that funny-shaped state wasn't always king of the spuds.In the 1800s, Michigan's potato farmers were among the leading producers in the country, and a small exhibit at the MSU Museum aims to bring some of that history to life."We touch on how MSU has contributed to better farming techniques," said Val Berryman, the museum's curator of history.Berryman said the exhibit features 10 major pieces of potato farming equipment, including a bug slapper - a hand-operated device designed to knock bugs off the plants.Museum spokeswoman Lora Helou called the contraption a "good example of old quirky machinery."Berryman said it was cheaper and better for the environment than the pesticides used today.The bug slapper would be pushed over the rows of potatoes, hitting the plants and knocking the bugs into a pan on the machine.

NEWS

Cloning discussed at biotechnology event

To Oscar Caballero, Wednesday night's animal biotechnology forum was a dream come true.Three years ago, the cell and molecular biology graduate student heard a presentation from the environmentalist group Greenpeace condemning genetic engineering and saying it messes with "Mother Nature's grand design.""People who do not have the knowledge about biotechnology come out of there thinking, 'I'm never going to allow another piece of transgenic food in my mouth again,'" Caballero said.

NEWS

Flag incident sparks controversy

Kristofer Karol
February 27, 2003

It would probably be in the best interest of Spartan athletes to continue facing the U.S. flag during the National Anthem, MSU Athletics Director Ron Mason said.His caveat comes after spectators and media have paid increased attention to the actions of a woman's basketball player at New York's Manhattanville College.