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COMMENTARY

Abortion debaters looking at wrong problem, need to dig deeper

Pay attention all of you who champion pro-life and pro-choice efforts because I think you are all blind to the real problems that plague our society. You can march and drive around with catchy signs and bumper stickers all you want, but none of you are helping remedy the ills we face together. Ever since coming to The State News, I have told myself I would never write a column with the word “abortion” in it.

SPORTS

Penn State eyes Michigan in marquee matchup

No. 15 Penn State at No. 13 Michigan What’s better preparation, a relaxing bye week or a hard-fought victory on the road? That’s the question as Michigan and Penn State collide Saturday in Ann Arbor.

MICHIGAN

Officials debate coasters effect

Megan Frye
October 11, 2002

Coasters that can detect date rape drugs in a drink sound almost too good to be true to many young women. And recent tests and criticisms from various groups, including the Michigan State Police, might have proven the inefficiency of the invention. The coasters, released in late winter, are sold by Florida-based Drink Safe Technologies, Inc. and can be bought at convenience stores.

NEWS

Eminems 8 Mile hits campus

Antonio Planas
October 11, 2002

With the advanced screening of the Eminem movie “8 Mile” set for 7 p.m. at the Auditorium, the rumor mills are swirling as to whether the famous rapper will be appearing on campus. “I’ve heard the rumors, and I don’t think it would be a big surprise if Eminem comes,” political theory senior Stan Beltowski said.

SPORTS

Heisman watch

Andrew Fifer
October 11, 2002

The front-runners across the country didn’t do too much to bolster their standing last weekend, making the forecast for the Heisman Trophy even cloudier than before.

COMMENTARY

Women have choice to become pregnant

I was extremely offended by Shelby Newman’s letter to the editor “‘U’ should choose to vote pro-life” (SN 10/8) and her statement that “when a woman is pregnant her choice is over, already having been made when she decided to have sex.” It is important to distinguish between consenting to have sex and consenting to become pregnant, which are two entirely different things. If a woman takes every precaution and still becomes pregnant, it does not mean she consented to pregnancy.

COMMENTARY

Crooked cop

After Tuesday night’s arrest of a Lansing police officer for drunken driving, how can area police expect people to heed their teaching and demands concerning sober driving? When defenders of the law breaks the law they, maybe more than anybody, need to answer for that mistake. Any police officer is a public official and therefore should set the example for all members of a community. As of Tuesday, Lansing police Capt.

SPORTS

WEB ONLY: Womens golf places 6th in tourney

Emily Buckler
October 11, 2002

The women’s golf team placed sixth in the New Mexico State Give’Em Five Intercollegiate on Wednesday at the University of New Mexico Golf Course in Las Cruces, N.M. The Spartans shot a team score of 294 in the three-round tournament, rounding out at 915 (315-306-294) and trailing fifth place finisher Texas El Paso by two strokes.

SPORTS

Conference play is where the action is, just watch it all unfold

Oh yeah, the college football year is rumblin’, bumblin’ and stumblin’ like a 320-pound defensive tackle who just scooped up the brown, oblong pill and ran it 60 yards to paydirt. It’s the second weekend in October and most teams already have a taste of conference play.

MSU

Events to promote diversity

A series of events for Palestinian Awareness Week will take place Monday through Friday. Students for Palestinian Human Rights are co-sponsoring the event with Muslim Students’ Association, Students for Economic Justice and the Peace Education Center. Ilan Pappe, a history and political science professor at Haifa University, will be hosting a lecture called “Israel: a State of Denial” at 7:30 p.m.

COMMENTARY

Security issues

Colleges and universities across the country are taking more precautions to protect students from rape.

NEWS

U staff criticizes DeWeese e-mail

Chad Previch
October 11, 2002

An e-mail to MSU faculty and staff members from state Rep. Paul DeWeese sent some community members hitting their reply buttons to complain. Last month, the Williamston Republican said he sent the message to MSU employees to thank them for the work they do to improve the quality of everyday life.

MICHIGAN

Annual breast cancer march set for weekend

The fourth-annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk will be held Saturday in Lansing. As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the American Cancer Society is inviting the public to join in the walk-a-thon to fight breast cancer.

SPORTS

Death Ro stays a head of McSkinny with good picks

For the second-straight week, Death Ro one-upped McSkinny. The Pac-10 matchup between Washington State and Southern Cal produced the only loss for Death Ro (19-9). McSkinny (16-12) benefited from Wazzu and Ohio State victories, while he watched his other picks - Wisconsin and Clemson - fall to Penn State and Florida State, respectively. Much to Death Ro’s delight, there aren’t any Pac-10 matchups on the Pigskin Prognosticators’ slate, but they do have four top-25 matchups to debate. MSU vs.

MICHIGAN

Employees to discuss anthrax scare aftermath

Elissa Englund
October 11, 2002

On Oct. 12, 2001, 15 female graduate school employees at Linton Hall were stripped, detoxified and taken to the hospital because of a false case of anthrax. One year later, the women say they still are dealing with the embarrassment from the encounter with what they claim to be extremely ill-prepared emergency personnel.

SPORTS

Gridiron grades: A midseason report

Eric Mckinney
October 11, 2002

With college football at its midway point and the bye week behind the Spartans, MSU is ready to tackle the second half of its season. But MSU (3-2 overall, 1-0 Big Ten) was expected to be sitting with the big boys by this point in the season, at least according to most preseason predictions. The Spartans were ranked 18th in both preseason polls and selected by the media to finish third in the Big Ten.