Womens crew rips through competition

The women’s crew team controlled its first and only home meet of the fall Saturday at Grand River Park in Lansing.

Palestinian debate to be held by students

A proposal supporting Palestinian rights and a U.N. resolution is causing a stir among the student body of the MSU-Detroit College of Law that is culminating in a debate at 9:30 p.m.

Green and White set to tip off Saturday

The men’s basketball team will be kicking off its season this Saturday at 4 p.m. with the Green-White Game. The game will provide the last chance for fans to sign the “Elite Banner” before it’s raised to the Breslin Center rafters.

Spartans not better off under Williams

I remember when former President Ronald Reagan ran for re-election in 1984. He asked, “Are you better off now than you were four years ago?” Most people said “Yes,” and Reagan got four more years.

Understanding transgender way of life

The outfits in Nicole Ramp’s closet range from feminine skirts and high heels to men’s suits and ties.

Cultural center to host lunchtime events

The African Studies Center in 201 International Center will present two lecturers. The African Studies Brown Bag with linguistics Professor Grover Hudson is on “Linguistic Analysis of the 1998 Ethiopian Census” at noon Thursday.

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City council to discuss traffic, lawn furniture

The presence of sofas, loungers, and other furniture on the lawns of East Lansing will be addressed at the East Lansing City Council work session tonight.Council members will look at an ordinance that prohibits the placement of inside furniture outdoors when not in use.But some students don’t understand the law’s relevance.

Report: Plant adds phosphorus to river

The banks of the Red Cedar River are not as clean as they look, according to data issued last week by the Public Interest Research Group in Michigan.The group gathered information on pollutant violations from 1999 to 2001 from the Environmental Protection Agency and Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.

Help wanted: MSU football head coach

Internationally respected Big Ten university seeks leader to bring its talented football team and program to national prominence. Successful candidate must have a proven background of developing a winning program, be respected by his peers and the media, be a knowledgeable recruiter of players and coaching staff and be able to handle pressure.

Life is dear, dont endanger others

Life is a precious gift. Everyone is given this amazing opportunity when they are brought into the world.

Womens golf takes 8th in tournament

The MSU women’s golf team took eighth after posting a 313 on Sunday’s final round of play at the Mercedes-Benz Intercollegiate Championship.

MIDDAY UPDATE: SN, graduate council to host Board of Trustees debate

Four MSU Board of Trustees candidates will hash it out at 6 p.m. Oct. 30 in 145 Communication Arts and Sciences Building, one week before the election.The 90-minute debate will sponsored by the Council of Graduate Students and The State News .Students who want to attend the debate can contact the graduate council or The State News for tickets, or watch it live on campus cable channel 4.

MIDDAY UPDATE: U professors lowest paid in Big Ten

MSU’s professors received the smallest average paycheck in the Big Ten for the 2001-2002 fiscal year, but officials say with this year’s increases MSU should move into the middle of the pack. A 5 percent increase each of the last three years, and a 33 percent increase since 1994, leaves MSU’s average professor salary at $89,700, which is $8,000 behind the median Big Ten salary, according to the American Association of University Professors. On average at MSU, assistant professors earn $53,900 and instructors earn $35,600, both the lowest in the Big Ten.

Education goes beyond books, class; teach your kids

A short while ago, I sat shocked and horrified as I watched news coverage of the aftermath of a youth football game somewhere in the wilds of California.

U halls might charge for Ethernet access

The Internet has long been thought of as a superhighway where information runs free, but university officials might start charging dorm dwellers for access to its Ethernet. David Gist, MSU’s vice provost for libraries, computing and technology, said MSU might follow the lead of other Big Ten schools and charge students in the residence halls a fee for Ethernet access under the room and board rates for the 2003-04 school year. “The cost of Internet connectivity more than doubled this past school year,” he said.

Feminist outlook full of real choices

I agree with Matt Treadwell that abortion debaters are looking at the wrong problem and need to dig deeper to uncover the root causes of abortion and deal with the issue at that deeper level (“Abortion debaters looking at wrong problem, need to dig deeper” SN 10/11). I believe one of the more basic issues involved is that women have been taught that abortion is the way to freedom and equality for women. There is another way to look at it - a true feminist perspective. I long for a world in which the amazing ability of women to bear children is celebrated and not despised; a world where men take equal responsibility for the children they help to create; a world where children are loved and treated as individuals of immeasurable value and a world where women have real choices, including things like affordable childcare as they study and work.

Find a respectable coach, fire Williams

Football head coach Bobby Williams is a disgrace to Spartan football. We, as Spartan fans, should consider a boycott of football games until he is replaced.

Field hockey team brings U victories

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U deserves better leader than Williams

A note to the MSU community: You deserve better, period. After yet another debacle on the field Saturday, the last straw has been drawn.