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ASMSU acting director not hired

Amy Bartner
October 10, 2002

ASMSU is once again left without an association director after the Academic Assembly voted against the approval of James Perra for the position Tuesday.The decision came as a surprise to Perra, who moved from Student Assembly representative to association director in late September and has been acting in the position since.The association director acts as the “internal housekeeper” within ASMSU to make sure things are running smoothly between both of the undergraduate student government assemblies.To hire a person in a new position, both assemblies must approve the hire before he or she officially takes the position.The Student Assembly approved the decision with little debate, but the Academic Assembly didn’t follow suit - the bill failed 9-5.

COMMENTARY

Union, U just need to read agreed rules

Steve Duane’s letter to the editor “TAs trying to abuse power of unions“ (SN 10/03) and the State News editorial “Talk it out” (SN 10/01) are marred by two fundamental misunderstandings to which I must speak.

FEATURES

Tickets on sale today for Counting Crows concert at Auditorium

Counting Crows will perform at the Auditorium on Nov. 23 and presale tickets go on sale at noon today. The show time has not yet been released. The band has released four highly-acclaimed studio albums - three of which went platinum - and is renowned for its live performances. The only way to get tickets today is to go to the band’s Web site and register.

COMMENTARY

Pay attention

Pedestrians and drivers alike need to pay better attention when they are traveling through the streets of campus and East Lansing.

MICHIGAN

Religious, LGBT leaders rally for equal rights

Lansing - Religious leaders joined lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender rights advocates at the state Capitol on Wednesday to show support for anti-discrimination and anti-bullying legislation. As part of National Coming Out Week, church leaders addressed a group of people holding signs reading, “No one is free when others are oppressed” and “People of faith say no to discrimination.” “We cannot stand in isolation anymore,” said Michael Gibson-Faith, director of the LGBT issues program for the American Friends Service Committee.

SPORTS

Spartans take home first place

The No. 23 MSU men’s golf team won its second tournament of the season Wednesday after the final round of the Adams Cup of Newport at the Newport National Golf Club in Newport, R.I.This was the first outright tournament victory for the men, who tied with Xavier in the Wolverine Invitational, in Ann Arbor last weekend.The Spartans came out of the Orchard Course with a final team score of 873 after the last round Wednesday, three strokes ahead of Texas A&M.

NEWS

Israeli trio recalls life at home

Tara May
October 10, 2002

A backpack lies alone on the cafeteria table. Twenty seconds later, the bomb inside explodes and 10 students are killed. Kim Gordon ate twice daily at that university cafeteria in Jerusalem, where this attack occurred.

MSU

Housing fair educates students

Antonio Planas
October 10, 2002

Crunch time is approaching and students will soon face the yearly decision of where to live.To ease the process, ASMSU, East Lansing and the Community Relations Coalition in East Lansing cooperated in bringing the first annual Housing Fair to the Union Ballroom on Wednesday.

MICHIGAN

Capitol plays host to fashion show

Audrey Barney
October 10, 2002

Lansing - Downtown businesses made some noise with style in the Capitol Complex Courtyard on Wednesday. The Principle Shopping District reached out to its state employee customer-base by sponsoring a free event which included a fashion show, lunch, massages and raffles.

FEATURES

Weekend Guide

Friday Club Paradise, 224 S. Washington Square in Lansing, will host round two of Battle of the Bands.

SPORTS

Spartans take home first place

The No. 23 MSU men’s golf team won its second tournament of the season Wednesday after the final round of the Adams Cup of Newport at the Newport National Golf Club in Newport, R.I.This was the first outright tournament victory for the men, who tied with Xavier in the Wolverine Invitational, in Ann Arbor last weekend.The Spartans came out of the Orchard Course with a final team score of 873 after the last round Wednesday, three strokes ahead of Texas A&M.

SPORTS

Team sets high goals for season

Dawn Klemish
October 10, 2002

Women’s basketball players and coaches were on hand Wednesday to show that last year’s late season success wasn’t a fluke.The 2002-03 team gave the media a sneak peek to show off its new squad and talk about goals for the upcoming season at Breslin Center.Head coach Joanne P.

NEWS

MIDDAY UPDATE: Board pushing for more money from the state

Kristofer Karol
October 10, 2002

Trustee Colleen McNamara said MSU’s Board of Trustees will vote at Friday’s meeting on requesting more money from the state in appropriations for the 2003-2004 school year. The funding gap between Wayne State University, the University of Michigan and MSU is a concern that McNamara hopes can be corrected. “We are getting more and more students,” McNamara said.

NEWS

Proposal 4 debated on campus

Chad Previch  and  Amy Bartner
October 10, 2002

Sen. John “Joe” Schwarz has a homework assignment for MSU students.“This is your constitutional amendment,” he said during a debate Wednesday evening, holding up the language of Proposal 4.

MSU

Physicists to meet at Kellogg, discuss adding women to field

Kristofer Karol
October 9, 2002

More than 500 nuclear physicists from around the world and 200 students from the United States will inundate Kellogg Center later this week for the fall meeting of the American Physical Society’s Division of Nuclear Physics.MSU’s Cyclotron is sponsoring the event for the third time - the first since 1991 - and local scientists say the conference, which runs from Thursday through Sunday, will focus on several issues.