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SPORTS

Day earns freshman honorable mention

MSU freshman pitcher Tim Day continued a recent Spartan tradition by earning honorable mention status on the 2002 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America baseball team. Day became the third Spartan in as many years to be selected to the team.

MSU

U official heads to California

Former MSU President Jonathan Snyder is the reason Donald Straney came to MSU.“He cast a long shadow on the family,” said Straney, a zoology professor and assistant to the provost for faculty development.

BASKETBALL

Taylor fails to impress, but remains confident

After competing with 65 professional hopefuls at the Chicago predraft camp June 4-7, Marcus Taylor will soon cement his decision to leave MSU.The guard said he plans to return home Tuesday and sign with an agent before leaving to work out with the Chicago Bulls on Thursday.Hiring an agent would end any dreams that Spartan fans have for Taylor to don the green and white for MSU next season.While in Chicago, Taylor said he was focused on displaying the skills that allowed him to lead the Big Ten in scoring and assists.

COMMENTARY

Gas pipeline needs better placement

The recent natural gas pipeline accidents in East Lansing and the surrounding areas should offer a perfect example of why we need to get the Wolverine Pipe Line Co.’s gas pipeline out from under the streets and neighborhoods of Meridian Township and East Lansing and put it in the protected right-of-way along the highways of Interstate 96.

SPORTS

Lugnuts split series

The Lansing Lugnuts split a four-game road series with a 8-4 victory over the Burlington Bees on Saturday night at Community Field in Burlington, Iowa. The Lugnuts (30-31) dropped the third game of the series 4-0 and the opener 5-3. In game two, Lansing came away with a 3-0 shutout of the Bees (31-30). Lansing opened a four-game series against the Clinton LumberKings at 3 p.m.

SPORTS

With bloody knockout, Lewis proved Tyson is finished

Saturday night’s heavyweight bout confirmed my belief that Mike Tyson has forever fallen off the plateau of boxing superiority. The man called “Iron Mike,” who used to intimidate opponents first with his psychological warfare - he was quoted as saying he would eat Lennox Lewis’ unborn children - then knock them out with brute strength, was beaten by Lewis, clearly the more skilled and tactical fighter. I suspected that Lewis’ height and reach advantage would be too much for Tyson to overcome.

FEATURES

Country opens Summer Circle with success

I’ve been waiting for the chance to write a positive review for this newspaper, and the opportunity to do so presented itself Saturday night when I saw “A Month in the Country,” the first of three plays in the MSU Summer Circle Theatre season.The play is a never-ending web of love and relationships, highlighted by the fine acting of Natalya (theater Professor Julia Lenardon) and Michel (2002 graduate Mike McKeogh). The two share some intense scenes, where their love and hatred for each other envelopes the audience.

SPORTS

5 Spartans get drafted

With the season already finished, the baseball team set another record with five players drafted in Major League Baseball’s 2002 First-Year Player Draft on Tuesday and Wednesday. Senior center fielder Chris McCuiston and junior catcher Brady Burrill were selected Wednesday, setting the new record.