SPORTS
Spartans look to steal a victory from Wolverines
It’s football season. It’s MSU vs. Michigan. What more needs to be said? “It’s about pride and heart.
NEWS
Professor helps ID oldest star in galaxy
After nearly 25 years of scanning the sky and its 100 billion stars, an MSU professor has helped to identify what is possibly the oldest relic in the Milky Way. Timothy Beers, MSU professor of physics and astronomy, is part of a team of international astronomers who have identified an ancient star named HE 0107-5240.
NEWS
U-M full of postgame amusement
Ann Arbor - It’s the lion’s den. It’s the forbidden city. And it’s the last place MSU fans want to be after a loss.
NEWS
Respectful rivalry? Marching bands get along
Michigan fans hate Sparty. Spartan fans hate Maize and Blue.But could it be possible that the Spartan Marching Band actually enjoys playing The Victors?MSU’s band and the Michigan Marching Band might represent rival schools, but their relationship is friendly and respectful, say the two band directors.There’s no hatred, no animosity, no our-band-is-better-than-yours, no bad feelings.“There’s really none of that,” Spartan Marching Band director John Madden said.
COMMENTARY
Dont blame Rogers for voter laziness
All of the talk about how hard it is to register to vote is hooey, and nothing more than making excuses for bad behavior. Let me tell you how I, a resident of the far off locale of Marquette, came to be an East Lansing resident.
MSU
Photos exhibit Dia de los Muertos
Dressed in elaborate costumes, a group of people re-enact the crucifixion of Christ in Chicago.A 9-foot-tall statue of the virgin Mary is paraded through the streets of Grand Rapids.These images, mounted on the burgundy background in the lobby of the Main Library, are part of a photo exhibit celebrating Dia de los Muertos, the Mexican holiday honoring the dead.The exhibit was taken by history Assistant Professor Juan Javier Pescador.
MICHIGAN
Parties watch out for Election Day miscues
Some Michigan Democrats are accusing the state’s Republican party of plotting to intimidate and harass urban and minority voters in the Nov.
MSU
Report: Greek grades on the rise, below U average
Greeks at MSU are earning better grades in their classes, and their grade-point averages have been rising for at least the past five years.The Spring 2002 Greek Academic Report says all Interfraternity Council groups averaged a 2.831 GPA, up from 2.689 in spring 1997.
FOOTBALL
Smoker rumors unconfirmed
One week after the indefinite suspension of junior quarterback Jeff Smoker, Spartan fans are still in the dark as to what “team rules violation” actually means. Attempts by The State News to reach Smoker on campus or at his parents’ home in Manheim, Pa., have not been successful.
FOOTBALL
BREAKING NEWS: Another Spartan suspended for breaking team rules
Junior defensive end Greg Taplin has been suspended for one game for violating team rules and will not dress for the Spartans’ contest against No.
FEATURES
No Exit offers classic, dark humor
In the famous words of Jean Paul Sartre, “Hell is other people.”So says the main male character Garcin in Sartre’s 1944 French morality play “No Exit.” The play features two women and a man grating each other’s nerves in a living room with Second Empire furniture - Sartre’s idea of hell’s physical location.Prepare for a taste of existentialist theory and classic dark comedy in this student-produced production at 7:30 p.m.
MICHIGAN
Students win prizes for stamp creations
The grand-prize-winning crayon drawing of a dark pink chrysanthemum was displayed among creative drawings from eager students in the Design-A-Stamp contest at Delta Center Elementary School on Monday. Fourth and fifth grade students at Grand Ledge’s Delta Center Elementary, 305 S.
FEATURES
Ghosts, folklore haunt U
Ever share a dorm room with a ghost? Ever walk a little faster than usual past the ancient ivy-covered buildings near West Circle Complex late at night?
VOLLEYBALL
Spartans fall to U-M volleyball
The No. 25 MSU volleyball team played sloppily and made costly errors, falling in four games to Michigan 24-30, 27-30, 30-24 and 18-30 at Jenison Field House on Wednesday night. It was the Spartans (14-7 overall, 6-5 Big Ten) first loss at home this year and the first time the Wolverines, (13-8, 7-4) have swept the Spartans since 1992. “We were just too inconsistent, and we didn’t have enough offense tonight,” MSU head coach Chuck Erbe said.
MSU
College to sponsor seminar
The Office of Minority Student Services in the MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine is presenting an informational seminar titled “So You Wanna be a D.O.ctor: Pre-medical Student Informational Seminar” on Nov.
SPORTS
Veterans lead team into battle
“Let’s sign a brick you guys.”Field hockey head coach Michele Madison speaks to her team’s Leadership Group in the field hockey locker room with a smile on her face, beaming with pride over a perfect 10-0 season at the MSU Field Hockey Complex.“We have to sign a brick, we just went undefeated at home,” Madison said.Matching last year’s 16-6 overall record, Big Ten Championship and Elite Eight appearance is no small feat, but with the help of four women this year’s No.
COMMENTARY
Go Granholm
After 12 years of Gov. John Engler’s often iron-fisted rule, it is time Michigan changed direction.
MSU
Writers series starts Friday
MSU Libraries, Computing & Technology is hosting Michigan Writers’ Series, featuring readings and discussions with prominent Michigan writers.
COMMENTARY
Halloween festivities promote embarrassment, candy addiction
Today is Halloween, and I’m here to give all the little kids reading this a warning: Don’t get addicted. See, kids, I’m a fairly boring and unsurprising person, and if you were to come to my apartment, you’d see almost nothing but evidence supporting this.
ICE HOCKEY
Versatility proves to be important
Versatility has been the name of Jared Nightingale’s game so far this season. The 6-foot-2, 191-pound freshman is a defenseman by trade, but he has played half of MSU’s games as the fourth-line right wing this year. Where Nightingale lines up on a given night seems to depend on whether freshman defenseman Evan Shaw is playing or not.