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MSU

Scholars program numbers up, Honors College alternative

Brian Charlton
October 16, 2002

A program in its second year is giving high-achieving students not invited into the Honors College an alternative.With the trend of high school grade-point averages and ACT scores swinging higher each year and MSU officials saying they want to stabilize Honors College enrollment, the option of the Academic Scholars Program is quickly gaining popularity.The program, which had 114 students its first year, has doubled its enrollment with 279 students this fall.

ICE HOCKEY

Team downsizes, falls 3 in rankings

James Jahnke
October 16, 2002

Hockey head coach Rick Comley’s ax finally fell last week, and little-used junior defenseman Mike Porter took the brunt of it. Porter, a 6-foot, 185-pounder, was cut from the MSU team to fulfill Comley’s wish for a 26-man active roster. The 23-year-old Northville native played three games last season, but didn’t register any statistics.

BASKETBALL

Healthy Spartans work better

Andrew Fifer
October 16, 2002

Last season, the MSU men’s basketball team lacked enough healthy bodies for intense practices. The Spartans had just eight scholarship athletes on the roster and various injuries - including redshirt junior forward Adam Wolfe’s season-ending injury - forcing walk-ons and others to play minutes they had not earned. Head coach Tom Izzo said practices were played “safe.” This fall, the first three days of practices have been more to Izzo’s liking.

FEATURES

Hand over hand

Fayetteville, W. Va. - Hanging from a rock 30 feet above the ground with only a thin climbing rope and a trusty belayer determining her safety, Dawn Smith hears the slight murmur of the New River hundreds of feet below her and searches for the next minuscule crack or ledge to propel higher on the almost-flat rock face. MSU Outing Club members on the ground called out advice to the deaf education junior, giving her advice as to where to go next. “You’re going to want to bring your right foot up to that crack just above your right knee,” one member shouts. From the ground, the cracks in the rock look enormous, but staring at them head-on, they only go a centimeter or two deep - and each hole’s circumference is tiny.

MSU

Free program aids relaxation techniques through yoga

Healthy U is sponsoring a free course called Yoga Movements and Relaxation for MSU employees. The six-week course will meet every Thursday in the Union Purdue Room. The sessions run from 12:10-12:50 p.m., and participants are encouraged to bring a mat or blanket and wear loose fitting clothing. The course will be instructed by Jo Martinie, a certified yoga instructor, and will focus on basic yoga positions, stretching and meditation. Registration is required to attend all sessions.

MICHIGAN

Residents: Tier brings questions

Patrick Walters
October 16, 2002

With the city of East Lansing extending its Northern Tier borders to accommodate apartments and commerce, nearby residents of the affected area see the development as a mixed blessing.The East Lansing territory north of Saginaw Highway - mostly between Abbott and Coolidge Roads - is the focus of a stream of development.

MICHIGAN

Lake Lansing Road crash sends 3 to hospital

Amy Bartner
October 16, 2002

Three people were injured and Lake Lansing Road was shut down for about a half hour, just before rush hour Tuesday as police cleaned up a three-car pile up spanning the entire five-lane road. “Holy cow,” said Paul Lentz, who’s Oldsmobile Bravada was totaled.

FEATURES

Three in the Back offers complex, conspiracy-filled drama

Lindsay Frederickson
October 16, 2002

Opening in pitch black to the tune of a mournful jazz trumpet and a light dusting of piano keys, the Department of Theatre’s “Three in the Back, Two in the Head” briefly evokes the image of a of a private eye’s office in the moments before the play begins. But as soon as the lights come up, the audience is thrust into the cold world of the play and never looks back. “What did he do - that was so wrong?” Paula Jackson (theater senior Kelly Cavanagh) demands of CIA agent Katherine Doyle (theater graduate student Sarah Reule). Paula’s quest to trace the bullets referenced in the play’s title - bullets used to murder her military scientist father - drives the action in the play through the Pentagon, the U.S.

FEATURES

China gives insight to Lansing living

Casey Mcnenly
October 16, 2002

Sometimes growing old brings us back to our youth. And English Assistant Professor Jeffrey Wray’s film “China” gave the audience a different perspective of life on Saturday during its premiere at the Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbott Road. Rudolph and Evelyn Jackson (Von Washington and Sheila Stewart) lead nauseating lives.

FEATURES

Last DJ shows Pettys musical decline

Tom Petty is an artist who’s never struggled with creative excellence since he hit the music scene in the 1970s. Today, Petty has created a definitive hybrid of American music.

FEATURES

Whats happening?

Events • The Asian Studies Center will show the Japanese film “Princess Mononoke” at 7 p.m.

COMMENTARY

Look at Williams academic success

Football head coach Bobby Williams must be given the same chance as his predecessors. The tone of letters written to The State News as of late, calling for Bobby Williams’ head on a platter, are upsetting, but not surprising.

NEWS

Michigan meets EPA standards for clean air

Michigan residents can take a breath of fresh air, according to a report announced Tuesday by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. All 83 counties in the state of Michigan have met a set of air quality standards that are in accordance with federal regulations set by the Environmental Protection Agency. Russell Harding, director for the Department of Environmental Quality, said federal standards for air pollutants such as fine particulate matter, carbon monoxide, smog and sulfur dioxide were met, The Associated Press reported.

COMMENTARY

Crime stoppers

The Michigan State Police is making use of the Internet to provide easy access to information about Michigan’s most-wanted criminals, a move that could prove beneficial to the capture of these individuals.

MICHIGAN

City housing service on lookout for volunteers

The Board of Directors for East Lansing Housing and Neighborhood Services Inc., a nonprofit organization working to provide home ownership opportunities for low- and moderate-income families, is looking for volunteers to serve as at-large representatives.