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SPORTS

Freshmen make their marks

Dawn Klemish
January 15, 2003

Some athletes would get tired of sharing the limelight with each other for such a long time. That's not the case with Liz Shimek and Lindsay Bowen. The two athletes came to MSU to play basketball after battling for Michigan's prestigious title of Ms. Basketball, an award given by the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan as the top prep player in the state. "There really was no competition," Shimek said.

NEWS

Bush condemns U-M's affirmative action policy

Some MSU officials are fuming after hearing of President Bush's opposition to the University of Michigan's affirmative action policy. According to senior Bush administration officials Wednesday, the president plans on labeling the policy unconstitutional. White House press secretary Ari Fleischer said the president plans on pinpointing other ways to promote diversity that do not include quotas. "Bush's response to Michigan's affirmative action policy represents a typical republican response," Rodney Patterson, director of the MSU office of racial ethnic student affairs said. "The people who created the lawsuit were strategic and intentional, and purposely wanted to dismantle the works of affirmative action." U-M, which faces a lawsuit from three white students, offers minority students extra consideration in admissions for their undergraduate and law school programs. Staff and Wire Reports For more on this story please see Wednesday's edition of The State News.

FEATURES

Detroit announces date for electronic music fest

Jessica Nowak
January 15, 2003

Good news for electronic music fans - the Detroit Electronic Music Festival is scheduled to return to the city's riverfront Memorial Day weekend. Although the fate of the music festival has been undetermined since May, Pop Culture Media and a rival group led by techno pioneer Derrick May have presented plans to Detroit city officials. The large crowd of more than a million is expected to return this year.

FEATURES

Creativity allows money-impaired to enjoy winter

Leslie Escobar  and  Megan Frye
January 15, 2003

For the transportation- and money-impaired, participating in any type of winter sport is usually an unattainable fantasy. Unless you're creative. Where there's snow or ice, there's some sort of winter sport, and for those of you who have set foot on campus lately, you know the Lansing area has both. Lansing resident Robin Harris, 22, enjoys free winter sports often at Quinton Park in Lansing. Harris said he usually gets a group of friends together to go sledding in the park, and even though they're usually the only adults partaking in the fun, it's worth it. "I'll get a few friends together, maybe five or six people and go in the evening," he said.

NEWS

Council debates punishments for rental over-occupancy

Brian Charlton
January 15, 2003

The East Lansing City Council argued Tuesday whether landlords or tenants should shoulder the bulk of responsibility when residents illegally over-occupy rental houses. At the council work session, members received statistics detailing over-occupancy troubles before debating the city's policy.

NEWS

Police examine leads in assault

Chad Previch
January 14, 2003

As police investigate a series of leads into the weekend assault of an MSU student in her East Lansing home, officials are reminding residents to keep up their guards. While the investigation is in preliminary stages, East Lansing police Lt.

NEWS

Occupancy violations to be reviewed

Brian Charlton
January 14, 2003

David Meyer was told he wasn't supposed to reside in his East Lansing home. Today the finance senior will head to court to fight a ticket he received for over-occupying a house on Stoddard Avenue. "I'm not too happy about it," said Meyer, who has since moved to Lansing.

FEATURES

Music downloading a hot topic

My best friend, a self-proclaimed musical expert, and myself, an average consumer, disagree on an ethical situation that has been making news since roughly four years ago - downloading music and burning CDs.

COMMENTARY

Hard work, dedication make a winner - not the No. 1

Over the holiday break, I lost count of how many bowl games I watched. When I realized I was listening to languages other than English, I knew I had entered another world zone on the satellite and it was time to turn the television off because something was critically wrong.

MICHIGAN

E.L. promotes recycling with new drop site

East Lansing residents again have an opportunity to turn their trash into reusable goods.The city reopened the Valley Court recycling drop-off site on Friday, located at Valley Court and Hillside Court.

COMMENTARY

Bobby's den

The Lions are hoping to gain from MSU's pain. Former MSU head football coach Bobby Williams is now employed as running backs coach for the Detroit Lions.

COMMENTARY

Study comments out of context

I want to thank The State News for its continued interest in the National Collegiate Health Assessment, especially in light of those things that impact academic health, but I am very concerned The State News took comments and the purpose of the study on this issue out of context.

MICHIGAN

Union, school board square off in lawsuit

Brian Charlton
January 14, 2003

The bickering over the budget crisis in East Lansing Public Schools reached the legal level Monday.The East Lansing Education Association, the union representing East Lansing teachers, filed unfair labor practice charges against the East Lansing School Board - accusing them of breaking a state labor law.Union officials have pointed fingers at the school board, saying Superintendent Tom Giblin broke state labor laws by releasing budget plans publicly before they were presented to the teachers' union.

MSU

Budget woes force cut backs in TA positions

Aaron Naumann has seen the number of teaching assistants in his Integrative Studies for Social Science office cut in half.Last semester eight graduate students worked in his Berkey Hall office.