SPORTS
Spartan qualifies for U.S. Amateur
MSU senior Eric Jorgensen earned medalist honors at Friday’s U.S. Amateur Open sectional qualifier Friday with a 36-hole score of 137.
FEATURES
Books in the summertime? Some students dig it
Many people have grabbed a book, curled up in a favorite spot and escaped reality just for a moment this summer. Whether it’s chasing down “The Bachelor” with Carly Phillips or preparing for the end of the world with the “Left Behind” series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins, there have been several good reads keeping people occupied this summer. “‘The New York Times Best Seller Lists’ always sell well,” said Dan Chenoweth, store clerk at Schuler Books & Music in Okemos’ Meridian Mall.
MICHIGAN
Pipeline vote on agenda
Lansing - Lansing City Council will vote next week on a pipeline company’s request to build a gasoline line within city limits. The council members voted 5-2 Thursday to add two items to the Aug.
MICHIGAN
Race celebrates girls life, earns 15K
Threats of inclement weather couldn’t hold back more than 750 people from sprinting and walking for a good cause.The ninth annual Ellen’s Race 5K Run and Walk took off Sunday morning from Pinecrest Elementary School, 1811 Pinecrest Drive.
NEWS
E.L.: Veto risks fire safety
East Lansing officials are deeming Gov. John Engler’s veto of state revenue-sharing money to local governments a “dangerous” decision for MSU. City leaders said the move, which could cost the city $4.6 million, could force the closure of East Lansing’s campus fire station on Shaw Lane.
MICHIGAN
Auction attracts eager bidders
Lansing - Antiques, oddities and the everyday were unveiled for onlookers to put their money where their mouth is. It was all part of the Michigan Department of Management and Budget’s auction Wednesday at the former State Surplus Property, 3353 N.
SPORTS
Cleaves gives back with free camp
Flint - When former MSU star Mateen Cleaves was a young, aspiring athlete, he didn’t have many chances to meet professional athletes.
MICHIGAN
Annual event ends up as political feast
Ionia - Gov. John Engler used the 75th annual Governor’s Day Luncheon at the Greater Ionia Fair to stump for Lt.
NEWS
U officials see no end in GPA trend
MSU officials expect the grade-point averages of the incoming freshman class to be even higher than last year. The higher GPA is part of a five-year trend at MSU that some officials don’t expect to end anytime soon.
MSU
Service enables students to ask librarians online
If you can’t go to the Main Library, it can now come to you. Students have searched MSU’s databases from their homes since the library’s catalog went online.
COMMENTARY
Afternoon at the bar leads to conversations about life, love, universe
“A lot of weddings this July,” my friend Sheldon said. The two of us were relaxing last week on the patio of a local bar, soaking up the sun while he was soaking himself in beer.
FEATURES
Goldmember continues tradition of Powers antics
What can I say, it’s Austin Powers. You know you’ll laugh, your stomach will churn and then you’ll laugh again. “Austin Powers in Goldmember” doesn’t capture the same hysterical humor of 1997’s “Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery,”but what sequel ever does? “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me,” wasn’t as funny as the first either, but it was good.
NEWS
Plan shapes northern E.L
East Lansing planners announced Wednesday their outline to shape growth on the city’s north side. The area of the Northern Tier, which stretches from Saginaw Street to the city’s northern boundary, includes 1,700 acres of undeveloped land north of Lake Lansing Road.
COMMENTARY
Timing Trouble
While it’s commendable that East Lansing is asking questions about whether there’s a problem with discrimination when buying or renting property in the city, the way city officials are going about it serves only to keep up the appearance of action, instead of getting to the root of any problem. East Lansing hired an outside firm to look into fair-housing issues within the city.
MICHIGAN
Study shows truck drivers not at fault
Lansing - Max Menchaca stopped at a Lansing truck stop off Interstate 96 for a cup of coffee before heading back to Texas. During the more than 20-hour drive ahead of him, Menchaca and his Freightliner truck are sure to encounter some rude drivers on the long stretches of highway they travel together. And according to a AAA study, professional truck drivers such as Menchaca aren’t usually the ones at risk, or at fault, in car-truck collisions.
NEWS
Case closes in body mix-up
Mason - A scene of hysteria at the site of a drunken driving accident started a series of events that led to the switching of two 13-year-old Lansing boys’ bodies, an investigation by the Ingham County Sheriff’s Department concluded. Kyle Karp and Thomas Schneider were hit April 6, 2001, while walking with friends along Lake Lansing Road in Lansing Township.
COMMENTARY
New renovations at Shaw embarrassing
Entering my last year at MSU, I have seen enough university financial blunders to fill Breslin Center.
COMMENTARY
Facts about co-op misconstrued in SN
In the fair housing article, “City probes housing with survey” (SN 7/24), The State News terribly and unabashedly misrepresented the Student Housing Cooperative.
BASKETBALL
Spartans schedule filled with tradition
Once again MSU head coach Tom Izzo has ensured a nonconference schedule that will force the men’s basketball team to prove themselves. “I think we’ve done a good job of putting together a very difficult schedule,” Izzo said in a statement.
COMMENTARY
Help requested to prevent conflict
The purpose of this letter is to encourage Michigan residents and others to communicate to the leaders of India and Pakistan to settle their 50 year dispute without the use of nuclear weapons. The decision for the United States to drop the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki was made to end the war, thus saving millions of lives.