SOFTBALL
Softball team falls in tournament final
The MSU softball team placed second with a 2-1-2 record at the Elk Rapids Tournament during the weekend.
VOLLEYBALL
Smiths confidence returns
Kyla Smith could have easily stayed at home in British Columbia. Or she could have followed her high school friends to places like Colorado, Washington or Oregon. Instead the senior outside hitter chose to play volleyball at MSU, and four years later, the Spartans must be mighty happy at her need for individuality. The player head coach Chuck Erbe calls “the cornerstone” of his team is raking up the best numbers of her life.
MICHIGAN
Travel agency caters to students needs
Devouring the competition has put STA Travel on the map.Council Travel filed for bankruptcy in February, and STA Travel acquired the assets from its main competitor in April.
ICE HOCKEY
New coach uses training to gauge team
New hockey head coach Rick Comley was understandably anxious to get training camp under way Tuesday after six months of studying the MSU roster on paper.
NEWS
Spartan Stadium looks to renovate with luxury boxes, club seating
Spartan Stadium renovations that would add luxury boxes and club seating are in the works, but MSU officials say exact plans are still uncertain. Looking at the upgrades done at Munn Ice Arena and several Big Ten football stadiums, MSU officials expect to draw more corporate revenue with improvements to the 72,027-seat stadium. “We’re going to do it,” Trustee Joel Ferguson said Wednesday.
NEWS
Pi Kappa Phi leaders look to reopen chapter
National representatives of an MSU fraternity that was shut down in May were met with skepticism Wednesday when they pitched the reopening of the chapter to the Residence Halls Association. After being closed last spring by its national council for breaking anti-hazing and anti-discrimination codes, Pi Kappa Phi has started a five-week campaign to recruit new members and reopen its 131 Bogue St.
NEWS
MIDDAY UPDATE: Nobel Prize winner to speak tonight at Wharton
The McPherson Professorship for the Understanding of Science kicks off 7:30 p.m. today in Wharton Center’s Great Hall.Roald Hoffman, a chemistry professor from Cornell University, is the first speaker in the series of lectures.
NEWS
MIDDAY UPDATE: U makes Playboy party school ranking
Playboy’s November 2002 issue hits newstands Monday, which includes its “Top 25 Party Schools” list.Rankings were determined by write-in votes and testimonials from more than 1500 students have placed MSU as the No.
FEATURES
Youngest student in U history gives school credit for success
The MSU archives did not forget who the youngest person ever to attend MSU is - and it says it is not 14-year-old Taraz Buck as The State News reported in August.Instead, Southfield resident Michael Grost, 48, was the youngest student to attend the university at age 10 in 1964.But Taraz said he is not bitter - instead he said he’s focused on studying and doesn’t want the recognition.“It really doesn’t matter to me,” he said.
MSU
Groups to revive past Womans Weekend
Campus groups will be reviving “Every Woman’s Weekend” in October after the event sat idle for nearly two decades.The weekend is scheduled to take place Oct.
COMMENTARY
SEC cheers make Big Ten look weak
I moved to East Lansing after having earned my bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida.
FEATURES
Banderas, Liu smart in action-filled thriller
If I knew how much money is in international espionage, I would have given up on the journalism game a long time ago.
MICHIGAN
House hopefuls set tone on big issues
While the candidates for state representative for the 69th District stand in agreement on many issues, there are some cases in which they recognize each other as glaring opposites. On Nov.
COMMENTARY
Take some time to check out womens sports, U might like it
More than half of MSU’s student population is supposedly female - about 54 percent of the estimated 44,950 Spartans. Well then, if that’s the case, why is there such little support for women’s sports teams at MSU?
FEATURES
Theater gets a breath of fresh Oxygen
play that combines chemistry and character will spontaneously combust at Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre this weekend to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Lyman Briggs School.Written by Carl Djerassi, developer of the birth control pill, and Roald Hoffmann, winner of 1981 Nobel Prize in chemistry, “Oxygen” explores scientists’ emotional investment in invention by describing a committee’s search for the first scientist to discover oxygen.“It’s the first time three departments have gotten together to collaborate on a production, and it’s been wonderful,” director Mary Job said.The experiment of combining Lyman Briggs, the College of Natural Science and the Department of Theatre into one production began in the spring.Natural Science Dean George Leroi approached Frank Rutledge, interim chair of the Theatre Department, and asked if he would be willing to produce “Oxygen” on the Pasant stage.“I thought it was a very interesting idea,” Rutledge said.
MSU
Event debates Sept. 11 coverage
A panel of journalists and School of Journalism faculty members will discuss media coverage of the Sept.
BASKETBALL
MIDDAY UPDATE: Magic to enter NBA Hall of Fame on Friday
Earvin “Magic” Johnson, the star who led MSU to a NCAA Championship in 1979, is about to live through another Magic moment.On Friday, his old coaches, teammates, friends and family will gather in Springfield, Mass., to hear Larry Bird, his greatest rival and friend, induct Johnson into the NBA Hall of Fame.The 6-foot-9 point guard revolutionized basketball and was the tallest point guard to ever play in the NBA.
MSU
Greek council begins softball league for fall
With one baseball season winding down, another has just begun.MSU’s Interfraternity Council played the first games of its inaugural softball season Tuesday night.“We’ve always had football and soccer,” international relations junior Ryan Kohlmann said.
FEATURES
Hyperbole makes familiar punk music
The Lansing locals of Hyperbole never leave you guessing who their musical influences are. This five-piece band has produced a decent album filled with tunes closely resembling its idols Blink-182, A New Found Glory and Saves The Day.
COMMENTARY
Constitutional option
The U.S. House, led by Republicans and backed by the Bush administration, passed a bill Tuesday that would allow hospitals and health care providers the right to deny the abortions to be performed in their facilities.