Loftier fines will keep noise down

If East Lansing officials were serious about noise probable, they should stiffen fines and stop pussyfooting around.

WEB ONLY: ASMSU Student Assembly expresses concern about expense for Jackson event

Members of ASMSU’s Student Assembly learned on Thursday that, for the first time, they would be responsible for a mistake members of the executive board made - one that will cost them more than $4,800. The undergraduate student government group said it had little time to plan for the Rev.

HARDY: Tigers in need of a tuneup, overhaul

Close shop as the bolts have been loose since Opening Day, nuts scattered everywhere and the fans screwed.

Its so easy

I you’re not registered to vote in the Nov. 5 general election, get off your couch, quit making excuses and do it.

U not keeping deal with graduate union

The Graduate Employees Union and MSU administration already have discussed the issue of level-three teaching assistant pay while bargaining the union’s first contract. The contract’s objective was to set down, in legal form, the rights and responsibilities of both parties. Level-three pay is set for employees with a master’s degree or equivalent and at least four semesters of experience as a graduate assistant (or equivalent experience at the faculty level) in the employing unit or in a department considered relevant by the chairperson of the employing unit.

Red Dragon impressive as latest Hannibal film

Hannibal Lecter is at it again. But when he isn’t killing, he is helping others like the humanitarian he is. So how can one more film be adapted around his life?

BluesFest brings incredible lineup to Old Town

The Old Town BluesFest 2002 begins today, showcasing local, regional and national artists amid Lansing’s historic commercial district on the corner of East Grand River Avenue and Turner Street. The two-day event is the ninth annual Old Town fall festival, but the first-ever BluesFest.

Refusal to grant bars request to expand wrong,

It’s nice to see East Lansing is trying to help its struggling businesses with grants, but city officials should keep a better balance in the way they handle the economy.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Overused stereotypes, jokes abound in Alabama

“Sweet Home Alabama” brings fashion prodigy Melanie Carmichael (Reese Witherspoon) back to her roots in order to marry the man of everybody’s dreams.

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.

Big Ten heats up, Bowdens clash

In a weekend full of upsets, Death Ro maintained his two-game advantage over McSkinny. Only Iowa’s upset of then-No.

Police briefs 10/03/02

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.