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ICE HOCKEY

Spartan duo reminisces about playing hockey in Nebraska

CCHA arenas don’t get much farther away from MSU than Nebraska-Omaha’s Civic Auditorium.But they don’t get much closer to home for Spartan hockey players Tim Hearon and Chad Hontvet.Hearon, a junior center, and Hontvet, a freshman right wing, both played their junior hockey in the Cornhusker State.

SPORTS

Mens tennis finishes with six doubles wins

The Spartans finished the Minnesota Invitational this weekend with six doubles wins. Two doubles teams, seniors Adam Hourani and Jimmy McGuire, and sophomore Anthony Stefani and freshman Mike Brown, each collected two victories in the tournament on Sunday. The Spartans will travel next to Madison, Wis., after 10 days of rest to compete in the Omni Hotels Region IV Tournament.

MSU

Free salsa lessons get clubs name out

Brandy Muscato watched intently as the two salsa dance teachers spun each other around. Although she had never practiced salsa dancing before, Muscato and her roommate, no-preference freshman Libby Hingst, partnered up and tried to mimic the teachers’ moves while spinning and laughing.

COMMENTARY

Team in disarray, Williams at fault

It’s frustrating to watch the Spartan football program continue to crumble when the simple remedy is to call for the “coach’s head.” The question can be made why the athletics director would equate this lack of performance to his own first two years as a coach and term the program as in a “rebuilding” stage.

MICHIGAN

Council lays-out budget priorities

Lansing - Investigating relationships between police and the community and expanding minority business contracts are among the priorities of the city council in the next fiscal year. The council announced a new set of budget resolutions for 2003-04 at Monday’s meeting.

NEWS

Hayride takes U on historical campus tour

East Lansing resident Pauline Gaseller situated her 3-year-old son’s ski cap as he peered over the green bar of the hay wagon to see the Red Cedar River. Small pieces of hay flew up as a tractor halted to a stop at a red light on Farm Lane on Monday. Gaseller and her son Takudzwa were among students and East Lansing residents who came out to learn about MSU’s history while enjoying free donuts, cider and the fall night air. “I really enjoyed it,” Gaseller, who came from Zimbabwe three months ago to join her husband, who studies at MSU.

SPORTS

Field Hockey forward earns Big Ten honor

Sophomore forward Michelle Carstens was awarded Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week honors Monday after netting three goals in weekend action. The first tally came Saturday in a 5-1 victory over Indiana (3-9 overall, 1-2 Big Ten). Carstens went on to strike twice Sunday during a heated matchup against No.

MICHIGAN

Fire temporarily shuts down Ramada Inn

The 130-room Ramada Inn on Trowbridge Road is temporarily closed after a fire extensively damaged the front desk, lobby and several other rooms Monday. The fire started in a storage room where breakfast items and paper products where kept, East Lansing fire Deputy Chief Terence Lapinski said.

NEWS

New state most wanted list online

George Forbes doesn’t know how likely he is to help police apprehend a criminal, but with a new state Web site, the political science junior could find out. Clicks and tips have been pouring in since Michigan’s newest “Most Wanted” Web site appeared to the public last week.

COMMENTARY

America lost a great historian in Ambrose

Sunday was a sad day for America, as national historian Stephen Ambrose lost his battle with cancer. Ambrose was an avid proponent of learning about and spreading America’s rich cultural heritage to people throughout the country.

NEWS

Students head north

To Megan Guzman, the International Center and its surrounding lawn serves as a temporary home on school days - providing her a place to study, eat and waste time between her classes while miles away from her apartment. Guzman, a special education senior, depends on the Capital Area Transportation Authority bus system for transportation from her apartment in Capstone Commons, 2501 Abbott Road, in East Lansing’s Northern Tier. “It would be pointless to go back to the apartment for an hour,” she said.

SOCCER

Mens soccer scores victory over Michigan

MSU defeated Big Ten rival Michigan 2-1 Sunday in Ann Arbor. With the victory, the Spartans jumped to 8-4 overall and 2-2 in the Big Ten, while the Wolverines fell to 4-6-1, 0-3. After an equal first half where each team registered six shots on goal, senior forward Brett Konley broke the tie, floating one past Michigan goalkeeper Joe Zawacki at the 66:36 mark. Two minutes later MSU struck again, this time on a header from junior midfielder Jeff Krass to put the Spartans up by two. MSU faces Notre Dame in its next matchup at 8 p.m.

MICHIGAN

Free course helps increase adults computer literacy

A few months ago, Tamila Bennett barely knew anything about computers - now she plans to take MSU classes to work for her computer programming certification.The Lansing resident graduated from the Closing the Digital Gap Port of Entry Program two weeks ago and said the course has significantly increased her computer literacy.The program is offered free of cost to low-income individuals in the Lansing area.

MSU

Date auction to be held

The Chuckling TSuNaMiS are sponsoring a date auction all day Wednesday at the rock on Farm Lane, and participants will be auctioned off at 6 p.m.