FEATURES
Llamas focus of 12th annual pavilion festival
It’s time to make way for the peculiar world of llamas. Llamafest comes to the MSU Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education Aug.
SPORTS
Henry returns to gridiron after missing a season
When Ivory Miller’s eldest grandchild signed with MSU, she planned to move to the area from Sarasota, Fla., to watch him play in his senior season. But when senior cornerback Cedric Henry was declared academically ineligible two weeks before the season opener against Central Michigan last season, her plans were altered. Instead of becoming a cheerleader, she assumed a more familiar role - counselor. “It was a coincidence I was here when all the things happened,” she said.
COMMENTARY
SN should consider all party candidates
I am encouraged The State News is calling for debates among the candidates for governor. But I am dismayed that your editorial “Come to ‘U’” (SN 8/26) doesn‘t call for inclusion of all candidates on the ballot.
NEWS
E.L. businesses get ready for gridders five-game homestand
Local businesses are gearing up for thousands of MSU fans that will flood campus and downtown East Lansing for MSU’s first football game against Eastern Michigan University. The football season marks both an exciting and trying time for downtown businesses, said Jim van Ravensway, director of planning and community development for the city of East Lansing.
COMMENTARY
Freshman finds college life full of surprises
I was seriously considering bleaching my hair and buying tall boots, or wearing short skirts and carrying a cell phone. I was ready to do pretty much anything that would help me fit in with the other girls in my freshman class.
NEWS
MIDDAY UPDATE: Student arrested for drug possession
A 19-year-old MSU student was arrested Thursday after police allegedly found 117 grams of marijuana hidden in a box of detergent in his car as he rode along I-69.General management freshman Eliot Green, who is from Gary, Indiana, was stopped by an officer from Eaton County Sheriff’s Department for speeding along I-69 near Kalamo Highway and was arrested on a drug possession warrant issued by MSU, the sheriff’s department said.
COMMENTARY
Inspirational
Sometimes we skip classes because we’d rather do something fun or just don’t feel like it.
SPORTS
Lugnuts ready for playoffs one step at a time
As the minor-league baseball regular season comes to a close, the Lansing Lugnuts have secured themselves a spot in the playoffs - the only question is who’ll they play.If Lansing finishes at the top of it’s Eastern Division of the Midwest League, it will face off Sept.
COMMENTARY
Activism highlights campus life
Show of hands: How many of you are deathly afraid of the real world? I’m not talking about the seven-strangers-picked-to-live-in-a-loft kind, I’m talking about the one after graduation. To be honest, I don’t think the real world is all that much harder than college life, especially if you’ve had some experience living off campus and worked while in school. In the real world, at least, you don’t have to juggle classes, jobs and maintain a somewhat decent social life - all while trying to scrape by with enough cash to pay the bills. It’s not the possible difficulty of post-college life that scares me - I can handle that part just fine.
NEWS
MIDDAY UPDATE: Tailgating, parking priority for fans
No-preference freshman Erin Blacha is looking forward to her first football game as a Spartan.“I’m supposed to go tailgating with some friends,” she said.
SPORTS
Field hockey ready for opener
After winning the first Big Ten title in team history last season, the women’s field hockey team has a tough road ahead of them - but they’re ready. Eight starters and 14 letter-winners return to a squad that last year compiled a 16-6 overall record and advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament before being ousted by Michigan in a 2-1 overtime loss. The team kicks off its season Saturday by visiting the nine-time National Champion Old Dominion Lady Monarchs, and is anxious to take on the task. The Monarchs are favored to win their seventh consecutive national championship, despite the loss of 2001 Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year Adrienne Yoder to graduation. “To have a strong opponent right away is fun, that’s what we train for all summer,” head coach Michele Madison said.
MICHIGAN
Bikers head to Mackinaw for long weekend
Stanley Bieker grinned as he pulled on his striped helmet and adjusted the duct tape on the handlebars of his pale yellow bike.“This will be my 32nd year doing this,” the 63-year-old Greenville resident said Wednesday morning as he prepared his bike for the “Dick Allen Lansing to Mackinaw” tour.
VOLLEYBALL
Rule change looks to give Spartans more freedom
To spice up the game of volleyball, the NCAA added another rule to the sport this year.The position “libero” was added to increase the level of passing and defense.
NEWS
Grocery options increase
Andrea Bouchard and other students have noticed more choices in the marketplace since last week’s opening of Farmer Jack Supermarket in Meridian Township.With two Meijers and three Krogers in the surrounding areas and The Country Markett, 1367 E.
MSU
U to vote on greek input
The MSU student body will decide in the spring whether the Interfraternity and Panhellenic councils will have a vote on the ASMSU Academic Assembly.The Academic Assembly voted 10-2 Tuesday night to hold a referendum to allow the greek councils a vote on Academic Assembly.
MSU
Higher GPAs might be caused by grade inflation
MSU’s fall 2002 freshman class is the smartest yet - based on ACT scores and grade-point averages.
MSU
Grant hopes to improve K-8 science learning
MSU’s College of Education was awarded a five-year, $2.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation that will allow university educators to collaborate with K-8 teachers from Lansing Public Schools to improve science learning.
NEWS
Woman returns to U at age 84
Before the construction of Shaw Hall or Sparty, before it was MSU, Margaret Halava was a junior on campus, pursuing her degree in music education. But when she was offered a job as a music teacher at Lansing’s Resurrection School in 1938, Halava couldn’t resist it. “It was very hard to find a job at that time - it was the Depression,” she said.
MICHIGAN
Study: Most students lack renters insurance
Despite warnings and horror stories about protecting rented homes and apartments, a study released this week says more than 80 percent of college students living off campus don’t have proper insurance to protect their belongings. Many students do not realize insurance plans can change when they leave for college, said Bob Pierce, CEO of the Michigan Association of Insurance Agents, which released the survey conducted by Insurance Agents & Brokers of America. He said most insurance policies will let a college student be listed as a dependent only if he or she is a full-time student, leaving part-time students to fend for themselves. “When the student moves away to go to school, the parents should contact their insurance agent to determine how much coverage the student will have,” Pierce said.
FOOTBALL
Eagles hope to contain Spartans
Ypsilanti - The Eastern Michigan Eagles know what they must do in to win it’s season opener Saturday at Spartan Stadium - slow down junior wide receiver Charles Rogers. The problem is they don’t know how.