NEWS
Students hit the streets in search of houses
It’s that time of the year again when students begin searching for off-campus houses to live.
ICE HOCKEY
Western Ontario provides tuneup for Spartans
Seventh-ranked MSU probably won’t be challenged by Western Ontario tonight, but the Spartans know what’s looming just three days from now.The ice hockey team’s exhibition game against the Mustangs tonight is a mere speed bump in MSU’s collision course with No.
NEWS
Dorms help residents learn different cultures
After spending all her life in India, Aditi Pandya had a lot to learn when she first arrived in the United States less than two months ago to attend MSU.The zoology sophomore was surprised by the many extracurricular activities American students participate in and the vast amount of freedom they enjoy.Although foreign to many U.S.
MSU
Professors launch project to offer support for breast cancer patients
A collaborative pilot project between professors from two Michigan universities aims to give women support after completing breast cancer treatment.The project, Transition to Survivorship - Following Breast Cancer Treatment, acts as a trial-run support group for women who have recently gone through treatment after the early stages of breast cancer.
SPORTS
Spartan golfers tie for tournament title
In its first tournament win of the season, the MSU men’s golf team was declared co-champions of the 2002 Wolverine Invitational Sunday at the University of Michigan Golf Course. The No.
FOOTBALL
Tight end Randall emerges as weapon in Spartan passing attack
By no stretch of the imagination did Deborah Randall limit her son’s options while he was growing up. Before sophomore tight end Jason Randall started high school, he had been participating in baseball, basketball, football and soccer.
NEWS
Beware, housing discrimination still prevalent despite laws
In the eight years that I worked as a property manager in the Lansing area I discovered a single loathsome truth: All landlords are not created equal.
NEWS
Parking tickets add up on East Lansing streets
There was hardly a place to park in her driveway when communication junior Nicole Beltchenko came home from work, but she managed to pull her car up far enough that only the back wheels were hitting the sidewalk.
FEATURES
Play recounts murder of Shepard
Lansing - Todd Heywood found artistic inspiration at the most inconvenient of times - in the middle of the night. Waking from a dream, he sat at his computer and churned out “Moral Obligations,” a play about the murder of Matthew Shepard two years before in 1998.
MSU
Book lovers enjoy new program
The One Book, One Community program officially kicked off its six-week program Monday with community leaders and free books. More than 150 people attended the “Get Fired Up” event at the Union, where spicy foods, free books and excitement loomed in the air. Kristan Tetens, a university spokesperson who helped develop the program, said the 100 free books provided by Barnes & Noble Booksellers , 333 E.
FEATURES
Students go buggy before Rusted Root concert
The rock on Farm Lane was surrounded by the shiny colors of Volkswagen cars from noon to 5 p.m. Monday, as students ogled and indulged in free events.The Volkswagen Music Ed.
NEWS
Cafeteria food differs between dorms
Cafeteria food has always had a reputation of being one of the evils of dorm life. It’s almost required to be inedible.
NEWS
WEB ONLY: Spartans take down Mastadons, 4-0.
Women‘s soccer bounced back from its loss to Penn State to earn a convincing 4-0 decision over Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne Tuesday at Old College Field.The two teams traded scoring opportunities and played an evenly matched game the first 15 minutes.Momentum soon swung the Spartans’ way as junior forward Tiffany Laskowski had the game’s first score, putting one past IPFW goalkeeper Rachel Poor at 17:17.From that point on MSU owned the match, outshooting the Mastadons 18-2 the first half and 27-7 for the game.“It was one of those games where it was easy for our team to overlook them.” Spartan head coach Tom Saxton said.
NEWS
Despite Dow, U portfolio still stable
Despite a sluggish economy, MSU officials said its investments are looking healthy. The university’s long-range portfolio is at $580 million as of June 30, but some students are still upset at some of the university’s investment policies. “If you look at the comparative returns we’ve had for the last couple of years, its been great,” President M.
COMMENTARY
LBGT issues about people, not sexuality
I often have struggled with the fact there are lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender people out there.
SPORTS
Yankees lose, small market teams win
Start spreading the news. They’re leaving today. They don’t wanna be a part of it. New York, New York. The Bronx Bombers appeared to be duds, as they no longer are kings of the hill, cream of the crop, top of the heap. And I don’t want to wake up, as my baseball blues are melting away.
NEWS
Minority groups boycott U-M student newspaper
The University of Michigan’s student-run newspaper is the focus of a boycott by minority groups on the Ann Arbor campus. Several groups accused the The Michigan Daily last week of intentionally misspelling names of minority students, composing unbalanced articles on the conflict in the Middle East, and not employing a diverse staff. “What the paper represents is total mainstream white frats and all that,” said Sherry Guirguis, a member of the Orthodox Christian Fellowship and the U-M American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.
NEWS
MIDDAY UPDATE: U pledges to increase investing despite weak economy, controversy
MSU officials briefed The State News last week on its investments and said the school’s long-range investment portfolio is expanding, even among a weak U.S.
NEWS
LBGT candlelight vigil remembers acts of hate
With the night sky cloudy behind him, JJ Schrader curled up against the rock on Farm Lane on listening to people retell stories of hate. “It’s about remembering,” the East Lansing High School student said at the Sunday night candlelight vigil, attended by more than 30 people. The event was co-sponsored by the Alliance of Lesbian-Bi-Gay-Transgendered and Straight Ally Students as part of National Coming Out Days.
NEWS
Volunteers hit streets, set example
Lansing - Mary Himebauch stretched a piece of rumpled blue fabric over a wooden bench on Saturday afternoon and slowly flattened the material with an iron, framing the start of hours of entertainment for Lansing-area children. Himebauch, a political science senior, volunteered part of her weekend preparing children’s crafts for the Advent House Ministries, 743 N.