Heisman watch

The Heisman race is starting to take form as the conference schedules separate the pretenders from the contenders. The season started with everyone thinking a quarterback would take home the hardware, but Marshall’s Byron Leftwich hasn’t been enough to keep the Thundering Herd in the national spotlight and Florida’s Rex Grossman has played himself and the once-mighty Gators out of just about everything. Only one signal caller remains, Iowa State’s Seneca Wallace, who nobody considered a candidate in the preseason. Joining Wallace in pulling away from the rest of the field is a pair of tailbacks, Ohio State’s Maurice Clarett and Miami’s Willis McGahee. Front-runners:Seneca Wallacesenior quarterback, Iowa StateFollowing a bye week that allowed his hype to cool, Wallace led the Cyclones to a 31-17 victory over Texas Tech. Iowa State entered the third quarter tied 3-3, but a 12-yard TD run by the senior signal caller ignited a 21 point third quarter for the Cyclones.

Fans should stay home until new coach is found

It all comes down to dollars and cents. I am truly considering relinquishing my season tickets for football next season.

Season not worth hype, Williams was a let down

It is hard to put into words what a letdown the last six weeks have been for a Spartan football fan and an MSU graduate. It also is hard to comprehend how a team draped with so much talent has stumbled its way to a 3-3 start with five of its first six games at home. What else can we as a university provide for football head coach Bobby Williams to produce a campaign worthy of a national ranking?

Police briefs 10/17/02

Martial arts, action scenes predictable in lame Transporter

The rules for transporting packages, according to courier Frank Martin, are don’t open the package and no names. It sounds easy, and for the payment of $40,000 I would quit my job.

Residential growth, development cause commuter troubles

Northern Tier development has some students and area residents in a jam - literally and figuratively. Four new apartment complexes off Abbott and Chandler roads coupled with new retail centers and road construction have brought a flood of traffic to the area that was undeveloped a few years ago.

Real Spartans support coaches, despite losses

This is in response to Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday’s letters to the editor about football head coach Bobby Williams.

Residents confused by syringe warning

An official university e-mail sent out Wednesday cautioning Brody Complex residents about used syringes left in the cafeteria has students confused and worried.Although the message was sent from the complex manager’s Pilot account, university officials don’t know who wrote the e-mail.

Rental signs spark talk of migration to Northern Tier

Some city officials say they aren’t alarmed by the unusual amount of for-rent signs posted in yards of East Lansing rental properties around town. The fact that thousands of students are opting to migrate to the Northern Tier might be one reason that rental signs aren’t going away, said Howard Asch, East Lansing’s director of code enforcement and neighborhood conservation. But, he said, most landlords maintain that they are doing OK as competition stiffens. “There has been speculation that the competition from the new apartment complexes may actually cause an improvement in the quality of living downtown,” he said, adding that some property owners have been doing more than what is required to improve their rental properties.

Weekend guide

Friday • The University Activities Board will feature Green & White Fridays Homecoming Kick-off as part of Homecoming celebrations from noon to 2 p.m.

SN should watch what letters have to say

I am writing in response to Joshua Feinberg’s letter to the editor “Israel’s shown great restraint in conflict” (SN 10/10). Anyone is free to hold their own opinions, but The State News has a responsibility not to publish hateful and insightful speech demonizing an entire population.

Team scrimmages for last time, prepares for upcoming season

The San Francisco Giants and the Anaheim Angels aren’t the only teams playing baseball this deep into October.The MSU baseball team took the field Wednesday afternoon for the last time this year in the final game of the three game Green/Gray World Series.In the contest, the Gray team came out victorious with some last inning heroics.

Open-door policy

Students living in Bryan Hall were making a lot of noise over a new rule that required them to keep doors closed.

E.L. thinks ahead to year 2025

A car-free Grand River Avenue, neighborhood unity and more housing by the year 2025 are in the mix for the future of East Lansing, residents and MSU students say.

Habitat founder salutes Carters Nobel Prize win

Lansing - Newly christened Nobel Prize winner Jimmy Carter was the topic of conversation last week when Millard Fuller, the founder and president of Habitat for Humanity International visited town.Fuller spoke to a crowd of nearly 600 Habitat for Humanity volunteers, staff members, friends and supporters last weekend, focusing on former President Carter and the honor that was announced Friday morning in Oslo, Norway.The event took place at Trinity Church-United Methodist, 7533 W.

Williams record wont get him fired, cash will

I couldn’t prevent myself from contributing to the debate over what to do with football head coach Bobby Williams.

Group holds date auction

Bright red spray paint across the rock on Farm Lane on Wednesday delivered two important words to MSU students - date auction.

Spartans look forward to second half of season

The season for the MSU football team has not developed the way anyone could have imagined. The Spartans (3-3 overall, 1-1 Big Ten) have dropped three of their last four games - two of which have been blowout losses. “We’re not anywhere near where we should be or where I expected this team to be,” head coach Bobby Williams said at a Tuesday press conference.

Roe v. Wade lawyer speaks at Cooley, inspires students

Lansing - Sarah Weddington, who 30 years ago argued the winning side in the landmark abortion case Roe v.

Applications up 43 percent

About 10,000 students already have applied to MSU for fall 2003 - up about 43 percent from last October.