FEATURES
Opera theater premieres audience-friendly shows
If the word “opera” conjures up thoughts of warbling sopranos and unintelligible arias, think again.
MICHIGAN
Bernero wins seat; DeWeese reflects
Although Paul DeWeese lost to Virg Bernero in Tuesday’s 23rd District state Senate race, he remains optimistic about the community’s involvement in politics.The two state representatives faced off in pursuit of the senate seat currently held by term-limited Dianne Byrum, D-Onondaga.
FOOTBALL
MIDDAY UPDATE: Moss back on football team, suspended indefinitely
Junior linebacker Monquiz Wedlow said Dawan Moss has been reinstated on the MSU football team, and MSU Sports Information spokesman John Lewandowski said the senior tailback is now suspended indefinitely.Wedlow said Moss won’t play Saturday at Indiana, but will stay on the team with a suspended status until his court charges are cleared or he is convicted.Moss was arrested Sunday morning for drunken driving, resisting and obstructing a police officer and fleeing and eluding, a felony.
NEWS
Election results in power conflict
Tuesday’s election was historical, but its aftershocks remain to be seen.Michigan’s first female governor and the state’s first Republican attorney general in about 50 years are expected to be sworn in at the beginning of the new year.
FEATURES
Artist to offer lessons to aspiring singer/songwriters
Aspiring singers and songwriters will be able to learn from the fearlessly timeless aptitude of Vance Gilbert at the Creole Gallery, 1218 Turner St.
NEWS
Recruits waver since coachs removal
MSU’s pool of interested football recruits may be shrinking in the aftermath of Monday’s firing of head coach Bobby Williams.
NEWS
Williams reacts to firing
Former Spartans football head coach Bobby Williams spoke out Wednesday for the first time since his firing.Williams told ESPN his expectations as coach included the same opportunities extended to his predecessors - former head coaches George Perles and Nick Saban - when they took over the football squad.Williams was fired after a team practice Monday.
COMMENTARY
Williams firing not an issue of racism
This is in reference to comments about the MSU Trustee Joel Ferguson and claims of racism. As an African-American student at MSU, I can understand the discrimination that minorities face.
COMMENTARY
Wise words?
In August 1998, a Manistee woman spent four days in jail for making an anti-Hispanic slur outside of a Pepper Mill restaurant.
MSU
Voters rejected Proposal 4
ASMSU can rest easy now.Tireless efforts from several members of MSU’s undergraduate student government culminated Tuesday when Proposal 4 - a proposal they had been opposing since May - failed in the general election.The proposal would redirect about $8.5 billion obtained by the state in a 1998 settlement with tobacco companies.
COMMENTARY
Politicians should clean up stickers
I have a suggestion for all of the politicians who thought it was reasonable to slap bumper stickers all over campus.
COMMENTARY
Unequal field
Athletics Director Ron Mason didn’t only dismiss MSU’s football coach when he fired Bobby Williams on Monday; he fired a quarter of the black head coaches in Division I-A college football. That’s because Williams was only one of four blacks among the 117 head coaches in the top tier of the game. So no one should be surprised to see questions about race arising out of the ashes of MSU’s nearly dismantled football program. MSU Trustee Joel Ferguson, who is black, was quick to come to Williams’ defense Monday, claiming the university is doing a disservice to its diversity efforts by not giving the coach the same opportunities his predecessors had to improve the football program. “Since I have been an adult, MSU has had a reputation for fairness to minorities,” Ferguson said.
COMMENTARY
Williams deserved to be fired, period
What has happened to MSU’s football team is embarrassing for the athletics department, the administration and the thousands of students of the university.
NEWS
Levin knocks out Rocky in Senate race
Detroit - Democratic Sen. Carl Levin held onto his position Monday, defeating Republican candidate Andrew "Rocky" Raczkowski with more than 1.2 million votes, or 62 percent, with 65 percent of precincts reporting. Thirty-three-year-old Raczkowski, a Farmington Hills resident, garnered 746,007 votes, or 37 percent of the vote, with the same number of precincts reporting. Detroit resident Levin, 68, said although the win was projected by many political analysts, it was still bigger than he anticipated. "We promised my granddaughter a big party, but this is bigger than we expected," he said.
NEWS
MIDDAY UPDATE: Results for selected Michigan races
Governor: Jennifer Granholm, DMSU Board of Trustees: Still undecidedColleen McNamara, D - 26 percentJoanne Emmons, R - 24 percentDonald Nugent, R - 24 percentCal Rapson, D - 21 percentAttorney general: Still undecided with 99 percent of precincts reportingGary Peters, D -- 49 percentMike Cox, R - 49 percentSecretary of state: Terri Lynn Land, RU.S.
NEWS
Peters wins attorney general race over Cox
Voters decided Tuesday to continue the 47-year tradition of a Democratic attorney general.Gary Peters was named Michigan's new attorney general over Republican Mike Cox with 52 percent of the projected vote, Cox had 46 percent.The Oakland County 43-year-old financial adviser and state senator's campaign focused on consumer protection, working to end pollution and tracking down child abusers.At the Renaissance Center in Detroit, crowds gathered around televisions as points went up and down during the race, which was too close to call during the night.
FEATURES
Music nothing without valuable drummers
I can’t think of anything worse than listening to Dave Matthews Band. I know I’m going to get plenty of hate mail for saying this (and might lose some friends who are die-hard fans), but DMB is one of the most - if not the most - overrated bands of the recent past. Each of its albums constantly cycle one another with the same theme.
FEATURES
Whats happening?
Events • The MSU Spanish Club will show the film “Solas” as part of its semester long Romance Language Film series at 5:30 p.m.
NEWS
MIDDAY UPDATE: Results for selected Michigan races
Governor: Jennifer Granholm, DMSU Board of Trustees: Still undecidedColleen McNamara, D - 26 percentJoanne Emmons, R - 24 percentDonald Nugent, R - 24 percentCal Rapson, D - 21 percentAttorney general: Still undecided with 99 percent of precincts reportingGary Peters, D -- 49 percentMike Cox, R - 49 percentSecretary of state: Terri Lynn Land, RU.S.
NEWS
MIDDAY UPDATE: Results for selected Michigan races
Governor: Jennifer Granholm, DMSU Board of Trustees: Still undecidedColleen McNamara, D - 26 percentJoanne Emmons, R - 24 percentDonald Nugent, R - 24 percentCal Rapson, D - 21 percentAttorney general: Still undecided with 99 percent of precincts reportingGary Peters, D -- 49 percentMike Cox, R - 49 percentSecretary of state: Terri Lynn Land, RU.S.