COMMENTARY
Cloning has many practical reasons
Though I agreed with most of Monday's "Spartans question claim of human clone" (SN 1/13), one point struck me as needing an answer.
MSU
Council to see revised graduate student document
The University Graduate Council presented three years worth of revisions to the Graduate Students Rights and Responsibilities to the executive committee of Academic Council.The document sets academic regulations governing MSU graduate students.The graduate council will again present a list of the proposed changes at next month's Academic Council meeting.
FEATURES
What's Happening
Events The Michigan State Sustainable Agriculture Network will hold its Seminar Series: "Michigan Agriculture in 2003" at noon Thursday in 222 Erickson Hall.M The MSU School of Music will hold "A Celebration of the Beautiful Voice" benefit gala concert at 7:30 p.m.
MSU
RHA offers free tickets for Ja Rule, Eve concert
MSU's Residence Halls Association is sponsoring a visit from R &B artists Ja Rule and Eve - and students can win tickets to the event. The concert, held in cooperation with the University Activities Board, will take place at 7:30 p.m.
NEWS
ASMSU supports ban on cell phones in libraries
Library goers eager to silence the nuisance of cell phones may be in luck if an ASMSU bill banning cell phone use in most areas of the MSU's libraries is approved by university officials.ASMSU, MSU's undergraduate student government, voted on a bill Tuesday which gives student support regulating cell phone usage to stairwells, entryways and bathrooms.
MICHIGAN
Hollister confirmed by Senate committee
Lansing Mayor David Hollister was the first of Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm's appointments to go in front of the Senate Government Operations Committee in a series of hearings to examine candidates for top spots in the governor's cabinet Tuesday. A state Senate committee unanimously confirmed Hollister as the director of a new state department on labor and economic growth. "He will represent Granholm very well," said Mary Dettloff, spokeswoman for Jennifer Granholm.
NEWS
'Phantom' returns to haunt Wharton Center
Wharton Center might be far from the Paris Opera House. But both venues can thank the same cloaked figure for their success.On Wednesday, "The Phantom of the Opera" returns to the Great Hall, six years after it shattered box office records and put MSU's performance hall on the map."We built a really huge reputation on 'Phantom of the Opera' and we've been able to retain it," Wharton spokesman Bob Hoffman says.But Wharton Center isn't about to take its past success for granted.
COMMENTARY
America's unalienable rights include selfishness, greed, power
"When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation." America: Land of the free, home of the brave. Yeah, right. One would have to be blind, deaf and ignorant not to see the truth.
MSU
Film series to feature German documentary
The Friday Night Film Series continues at 7 p.m. Friday in W449 Main Library. The movie featured is "Germany in Autumn," a documentary about terrorism in Germany in 1977.
MSU
'U' reacts to clearing of death row
A recent decision by former Illinois Gov. George Ryan to commute the death sentences of 167 inmates has members of the MSU community talking. Ryan, who left office Monday, said the move was necessary because of errors in "trials, sentencing, the appeals process and the state's failure to reform the system." Bryan Crowe said he agrees with Ryan's decision. The engineering arts senior said the state was better off being cautious than wrongfully executing inmates. "My immediate reaction was 'that's ridiculous,' but he did the right thing in not allowing the state to execute innocent people," he said.
SPORTS
Sports Briefs
Anisko, Laskowski claim Big Ten Diving Honors Two Spartan divers garnered conference awards this week. Senior Stephanie Anisko and sophomore Justin Laskowski were selected as the Big Ten Conference Divers of the Week on Tuesday. The two combined for six first-place diving finishes as the MSU men defeated Northwestern and Ball State, and the women's team split, besting the Cardinals and falling to the Wildcats. Anisko, a co-captain for the Spartans, won every diving event she competed in this weekend.
COMMENTARY
Penn State only considering removal
Articles and letters to the editor recently appearing in The State News referred to an apparent move by Pennyslvania State University to eliminate all 8 a.m.
NEWS
Photo ID requests rise as technology improves
It's getting easier for MSU faculty members to match students' names with faces. This semester, technology upgrades to a 4-year-old policy, allowing faculty to access photo IDs of students in their classes has sparked an increase in requests from professors to see what their students look like. "I've heard a lot of favorable comments from the faculty," Associate Registrar Dugald McMillan said.
NEWS
'U' remembers Desert Storm, prepares for future conflict
More than a decade after serving in Iraq, Capt. Doug White is ready for another battle. "I remember when we were getting ready to leave Saudi Arabia we felt that we had unfinished business and we'd be back in 10 years," he said.
COMMENTARY
War, not gas, should concern students
I was outraged when one of your interviewees in the article "Students weigh in on merits of potential Middle East conflict" (SN 1/13) mentioned "the economy would improve if we went to war." The fact that someone would rather send thousands of men and women to their potential death than pay an additional 3 cents per gallon at the pump reflects the sad state of our society.
ICE HOCKEY
Liles on fire; Maloney gets cool with referees
MSU head coach Rick Comley said senior defenseman John-Michael Liles was MSU's best player on the ice during this weekend's sweep of Alaska-Fairbanks. And for his efforts, Liles was named the CCHA Offensive Player of the Week on Monday.
FEATURES
Blues queen to heat up town tonight
Sometimes it's hard to get motivated to go outside in the winter. For Koko Taylor, so-called "Queen of the Blues," the cold and having to travel in the cold is a familiar experience."It's cold in Chicago this morning," Taylor said in a quiet raspy voice.
FEATURES
Duo scores big with 'Adaptation.'
Thank God for Charlie Kaufman and Spike Jonze. The duo which brought us 1999's "Being John Malkovich" have teamed up once again to make one of the most creative films since, well, "Being John Malkovich." In doing so, the wonderful duo manages to slap Hollywood in the face by making a comedy that will likely go over most people's heads, a comedy that only becomes conventional to mock convention. "Adaptation." is the story of its screenwriter, Charlie Kaufman (Nicolas Cage, redeeming himself after crap such as "Captain Corelli's Mandolin"). Charlie has writer's block.
COMMENTARY
Just say yes
ASMSU would be wise to join the voices of 75 other student governments by telling Washington to find another way to fight America's war on drugs. MSU's undergraduate student government is set to decide Thursday if it will condemn a national policy prohibiting students convicted of drug crimes from receiving federal student loans. According to the Drug Policy Alliance, the United States awards about $40 billion in financial aid to 7 million students each year.
MSU
AOP changes tours, activities
The freshman Academic Orientation Program at MSU will undergo some changes this summer following input from students who participated in the overnight program.One of the major changes in the orientation will be the tour, which gave the participating freshmen a look at the university's campus, said Megan Bracket, assistant director of AOP."Surveys showed that the students thought a walking tour would be better than a bus tour," the journalism senior said.AOP, which takes place during the summer months, is required for all incoming students.