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Dance supports sorority

Tara May
September 3, 2002

Calling themselves “The Brody Boyz,” five students busted a move on the Union Ballroom floor Friday. One phrase summed up their purpose for attending the event. To “dance ’til you can’t dance no more,” computer engineering freshman Kenny Morgan said. Morgan and his friends had the opportunity to have fun while supporting MSU’s chapter of the Zeta Sigma Chi multicultural sorority. The sorority hosted a dance from 9 p.m.

MICHIGAN

ASMSU to release free voter information guide

Megan Frye
September 3, 2002

About one month before election day, students will have the option of skimming through yet another book full of information - but this one won’t set your pocketbook back any further. MSU’s undergraduate government, ASMSU, has been working to release a voter guide aimed at informing students and area residents on the candidates running for statewide office Nov.

MSU

Campus briefs

Exhibition tour to discuss cartoons Curator April Kingsley will lead a free tour of the exhibition “Art in the ‘Toon Age,”’ at noon Wednesday at Kresge Art Museum. Emily Buckler Free walking horse show for students The Michigan Charity Walking Horse Show will take place from 8 a.m.

NEWS

Police focus on E.L. parties

Alison Barker
September 3, 2002

East Lansing police officers could be a guest at large parties this fall. Wearing plain clothes, officers will attempt to locate parties where alcohol is being illegally sold or provided to minors. Police also hope to curtail incidents of fighting, date rape and larcenies, officers are visiting large parties to make sure they are under control, police officials said.

NEWS

MIDDAY UPDATE: Spartans win heated match to gain tournament victory

Chris Mackinder
September 1, 2002

If ESPN SportsCenter featured college volleyball, there would undoubtedly be highlights from MSU-South Carolina matchup Saturday night. The championship match of the Coca-Cola/MSU Volleyball Classic proved to be just that - a classic. “That was one of the greatest matches I‘ve ever seen,” MSU head coach Chuck Erbe said of the two hour and twenty minute contest.

NEWS

MIDDAY UPDATE: Spartans crush Eastern in season-opener

Eric Mckinney
August 31, 2002

MSU started slow against Eastern Michigan, but by the end the score read 56-7 and the Spartans looked good. The 56 points were more than MSU scored in a single game all last season and the most in a season-opener since 1932, when the Spartans defeated Alma College, 93-0. In the blowout, MSU out-gained the Eagles a total of 625 yards to 241.

MSU

Hall of Fame accepting nominations

Brian Charlton
August 30, 2002

The Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame now is accepting nominations for inductees. Nominees are required to have established themselves or to have roots in Michigan. Steve Lacy, chairman of the Hall of Fame committee, said nominees should be outstanding contributors to their communities as well as educators who have served as models to aspiring journalists. “(These are) people who have made contributions that have exceeded what the average person has done as a journalist,” said Lacy, who is director of the School of Journalism. Honorees will be inducted at a banquet April 20at the Kellogg Center. “It’s a tremendous honor to be recognized by peers in the field,” University Ombudsman Stan Soffin said, who was inducted in 1999. Soffin has worked as a high school journalism and English teacher.

COMMENTARY

SN story ignored seriousness of issue

I am writing to note with concern the light-hearted treatment of excessive alcohol consumption presented in the article “Tailgating: a tradition of excess” and accompanying column, “20th century tailgating evolves into party scene,” both written by Casey McNenly (SN 8/29). While the article has quotes MSU police Capt.

SPORTS

Henry returns to gridiron after missing a season

Andrew Fifer
August 30, 2002

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

Audrey Barney
August 30, 2002

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

Steve Eder
August 30, 2002

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

8-game homestand gives seniors final peace

Home is something familiar. Home is something you look forward to after a long day at work. And home is also where 72,000 Spartan football fans will gather every weekend through the end of September. It’s that time of year again.