Applications available in Union for Sparty tryouts, due Monday

Sparty mascot applications are available at the Student Alumni Foundation offices in Room 333 of the Union.

Freshman council asks students how to improve cafeteria service

What would you think if the cafeterias served lunch and dinner instead of breakfast and lunch on Sundays?

Granholm to focus first State of the State on beating challenges

Facing an immediate $158 million debt, and a mounting shortfall approaching $2 billion for next year, Gov.

Lansing Police Department will not fill positions left vacant

Despite vacancies in the Lansing Police Department, several positions won't be filled as part of a proposal to reduce staffing. The proposal is to reduce vacancies and staffing needs by 5 percent with an initial goal set for on or before Nov.

Students make music, liven up life in dorms

On any given day, the second floor of Abbot Hall could be turned into a bluegrass showdown when animal science junior Amy Dault breaks out her fiddle."My roommate loves it when I play for her," she said.

Motown sound casts shadow on E.L.

The acclaimed documentary "Standing in the Shadows of Motown," will make its only scheduled Lansing-area appearance Thursday at a fund-raiser benefiting the East Lansing Film Festival.The film chronicles the lives of The Funk Brothers, the little known band who backed-up nearly every No.

SN is here to report news, good and bad

This is a response to Jim Bradley's letter "Article shouldn't have been in SN" (SN 2/3). Newspapers are supposed to report things that happen in the community - that's what they are for.

Recruiting update: Football coach names 2003 class

MSU head football coach John L. Smith broke the silence today at the Clara Bell Smith Student-Athlete Academic Center, when he officially announced all 19 recruits in the 2003 recruitment class. Thin at defensive back and wide receiver, the Spartans added multiple players at those positions.

Spartans stuck at '16'

For the first time in about a month, MSU head coach Rick Comley bemoaned his team's effort after Friday's 5-3 loss to Miami (Ohio)."We had a lot of players that didn't work hard enough," Comley said.

Our résumé shows humans don't have ultimate control

And the lord god created both men and women to inherit the Earth. He then saw what he had made, and he knew there was going to be trouble. Every creation story I've encountered, including the two accounts told in the Bible, depicts humans as the pinnacle invention in the metamorphosis of order from chaos. And why shouldn't we be? After all, we have subdued the Earth with our agricultural prowess and conquered the seas and skies with ships and planes.

Mock Trial team to compete at Notre Dame

Attorney Justin Kuxhaus paced back and forth in his plaid shirt and blue jeans, making his argument in front of a judge wearing a skull cap and hooded sweatshirt. Observers in the courtroom listened to the case while doing their homework and playing cards. Twice a week, two teams of students gather to assume the roles of lawyers, a judge and witnesses as part of MSU's Mock Trial team. The group next competes Feb.

Stampede brings calf roping, bull riding, barrel racing to 'U'

Mention of MSU's Rodeo Club could have those not in the know envisioning members as bull riders performing death-defying stunts to rowdy crowds. And that scene might be a reality to some club members. But interdisciplinary studies in social science junior Jennifer Hill says seasoned riders aren't the only participants of the group. "We have people from all levels - people who have competed and know a lot about horses and rodeos to people who don't know that much but are interested in learning and finding out about it," she said. The 50-member club is hosting this weekend's Spartan Stampede at the Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education. The event will feature seven categories, including calf roping, bull riding and barrel racing competitions.

Space center visitors praise astronauts legacy

Jackson - As President Bush memorialized the seven crew members who died onboard the space shuttle Columbia, the Michigan Space & Science Center remained relatively quiet Tuesday afternoon. The president's words resonated with East Lansing residents Margaret and Paul Roney, who watched a live feed of the memorial service on the center's AstroTheater. For Paul Roney, watching the news coverage of the failed re-entry Saturday morning rehashed somber memories of the Sept.

Gov. Jennifer Granholm plans walk-in office in Lansing

Gov. Jennifer Granholm will open a walk-in office for Michigan residents Thursday, her spokeswoman Elizabeth Boyd said. The office will serve as a forum for citizens to express their concerns with government. "The governor is very committed to making state government accessible and responsible to the needs of citizens," Boyd said. Before Granholm took office, the Constituent Services Division was on the third floor of the Romney Building and was designed to answer telephone calls, letters and e-mails.

Police class teaches 'U' about crime

Last week, five MSU students along with MSU police Det. Steven Beard were dispatched to an apartment to investigate a possible murder at a party after neighbors reported hearing several loud pops and saw people running from the building.Arriving at the apartment, Beard and the students found a dead college student laying on his side with a gun in his hand.

Stats don't define Pagel's impact

Relaxing in a chair in the basement of Breslin Center after her team's 73-56 waxing of Michigan on Thursday, MSU junior forward Julie Pagel is all smiles.During the game, Pagel assumed an entirely different persona as she stepped out onto the court with a scowl on her face and prepared to do battle with the rival Wolverines.Hauling in a game-and season-high 12 rebounds and tallying three steals during the game, Pagel was the epitome of the blue-collar Spartan defense head coach Joanne P.

Reality TV offers break from reality

After reading Jessica Nowak's recent indictment of her friend's inclination to watch "The Real World" as opposed to President Bush's State of the Union address ("Instead of watching 'Real World,' read a newspaper, get informed," SN 2/3), I can only extend my most cordial sympathies to her dear friend, who deserved not a word of public criticism. Nowak's controversial stance on current affairs (being informed is good) is rational, but I don't think that watching a dull speech populated with patriotic clichés and methodical applause necessarily makes one any more informed than one already is.

Police briefs 02/05/03

Noise is golden

The East Lansing City Council should not turn a deaf ear to students who always seem to be the target of noise violations.

Student wakes from coma, is responsive

The female journalism sophomore who is being treated for a meningitis-like disease is showing improvement, Ingham County Health Department officials said Monday. The student is still being treated at Lansing's Sparrow Hospital, where she was previously in a medically-induced coma. Judy Williams, Ingham County's disease control supervisor, said as of Monday morning the student was responsive.