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Goaltenders vie for No. 1 spot

The names Matt Migliaccio and Justin Tobe had might as well be superglued together for the next several months, because rarely will you hear one mentioned without the other.The young goaltenders have almost morphed into one entity in the minds of Spartan fans this fall.

MSU

Campus Center attendance rises

Weekends for some students consist of kegs and house parties, but more students this fall are putting away their six-packs in favor of tubs of popcorn and attending Campus Center movies at Wells Hall. Graduate student Erica Benson said she is a regular because there are no theaters close to campus. “I watch at least one movie a weekend, sometimes two,” she said.

NEWS

Man gets life for U students death

Dennis Michael Salerno was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without parole for the 2000 slaying of his wife, an MSU graduate student. Salerno, 32, motioned for a new trial, but his request was denied by Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Peter Houk. The judge found Salerno guilty Aug.

FEATURES

NYC singers to play Creole show

The relentless lifestyle of a musician is a rigorous task. You have to drive across the country, play every single night to anyone who’ll listen and then find a comfortable floor to crash on. For Amy Speace and Felix McTeigue, the next two weeks they spend touring the Midwest will be like this.

MICHIGAN

Artists compete, show off work

Lansing - The Art Michigan All Media Competition 2002, featuring all forms of art from Michigan artists, opened at the Lansing Art Gallery on Monday.The exhibit was judged by Perin Mahler, an assistant painting professor for Kendall College, who sifted through the nearly 300 entries to choose 48 pieces for the exhibit.

NEWS

MIDDAY UPDATE: U in process of getting third cyclotron

MSU will soon be home to three cyclotrons. Two of the particle accelerators already exist at the Cyclotron, but a third will be completed by April of next year as part of an addition to the Radiology Building.“It gives us access to short-lived isotopes that allow us provide top-quality health care to those in Michigan,” said Jim Potchen, chairman of the department of radiology.Isotopes, or variation of elements like oxygen and carbon, can be created and used to detect cancer in its infancy with the new device.For more about this report, see Friday’s edition of The State News.

MSU

Greeks begin Recruitment

Recruitment for MSU’s Panhellenic Council begins today. The process consists of three components - phase A, phase B and preference. “Phase A is really a getting to know you phase,” said Elana Pure, Panhellenic Council vice president of external recruitment.

NEWS

No change in Vet Med security

Despite the attempted break-in at the Veterinary Medical Center last week, MSU police Chief Jim Dunlap said additional security measures won’t be installed because nothing was stolen. “It’s doing what it was designed to do, and that’s why they couldn’t get into the pharmacy,” Dunlap said.

COMMENTARY

Pedestrians should share danger blame

I’d like to respond to Patti Ruggiero’s letter to the editor, “Drivers should read, yield to pedestrians” (SN 10/1). I’m a frequent walker or biker myself, but I drive on campus once or twice a week to my night classes.

COMMENTARY

Council right to allow apartment construction, E.L. is home to students and residents alike

Yet again, the development of more student housing has residents bothered about noise, but finally the East Lansing City Council made the right decision.In a 3-2 vote Wednesday, the council approved a request by Campus Village Properties to build an apartment complex at 1153 Michigan Ave.The new development is expected to house 222 residents.After recent complaints concerning noise in off-campus neighborhoods, it is good to see the city council is not backing away from new near-campus housing geared toward students.This complex is not in the middle of a neighborhood, it’s on Michigan Avenue - near the Brody Complex and other student housing venues.East Lansing residents need to realize the city’s need to grow along with the university.

COMMENTARY

Union doesnt get respect it deserves

Arbitration will prove a costly process for both the Graduate Employees Union and the university. But it is the only out-of-court option left to the union if it wants to get the salaries it thought were promised to its most experienced teaching assistants in the contract signed last spring.

COMMENTARY

TAs trying to abuse power of unions

In response to the letter to the editor “SN should side closer with union” (SN 10/2), I must respectfully ask, “are people nuts?” Of course job promotions are at the discretion of employers.

NEWS

MIDDAY UPDATE: E.L. couple awarded for adopting efforts

They both had children from previous marriages, so when Jim and Sue Wheeler had their first child together in 1986, they thought they were through.But then the East Lansing residents discovered Catholic Social Services of Lansing and the foster children that would soon become an integral part of their family.“There are so many children out there who need help,” Sue Wheeler said.