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FEATURES

Love of music unites fans of all ages

There’s just something special and indescribable about music and the outdoors. I don’t know if it’s simply the elements combining with the melody of the bands, or feeling more alive than ever before while brushing up against thousands of other people simultaneously feeding off the energy in the air. Either way, your soul soars as you lose yourself in the sea of people, each there for the same reason as you - to grasp every single moment of life and draw it deep within where no one can take it away. After all, the most memorable episode in music history was a summer festival, and as many of you, I did not exist yet. The summer of 1969 brought new meaning to music and the values that it could possess for an entire generation of music-lovers.

FEATURES

Summer grooves

With the Memorial Day weekend, the Meadow Brook Music Festival kicks off its 39th season. The festival, which began July 23, 1964, has become a staple of the Michigan summer music scene.

NEWS

Coaching ranks examined

Andrew Fifer
May 22, 2002

Coaches, administrators, professors and media professionals gathered Tuesday at Kellogg Center for a symposium about minorities in high-ranking positions within the world of sports. Nine speakers, ranging from businessmen to lawyers to journalists, addressed the more than 50 attendees.

SPORTS

Olympian hopes to bring attention to asthma

Andrew Fifer
May 22, 2002

Lansing- Asthma affects more than 14 million Americans, but one Olympian is trying to spread the word that it can be overcome.Two-time tennis Olympic gold medal winner Mary Jo Fernandez, the spokesperson for the Breathe Easier campaign, spoke to local children and their parents about the disease Tuesday afternoon at the Sparrow Professional Building, 1200 E.

MSU

10 graduate students win fellowships from foundation

Amy Bartner
May 22, 2002

Ten MSU students were each awarded fellowships from the National Science Foundation of $21,500 for three years of graduate studies plus $10,500 for their tuition in March.These fellowships mean different things to each student who won.“It means I don’t have to waitress and TA,” said zoology graduate student and fellowship recipient Meghan Duffy.

MICHIGAN

Inquest begins in body mix-up

Antonio Planas
May 22, 2002

Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III requested an independent investigation through the Ingham County Sheriff’s office to look into the events that led to the misidentification of two Lansing-area boys killed by a drunken driver.On April 6, 2001, Kyle Karp and Thomas Schneider, both 13-years-old, were killed walking home from a skate park on Lake Lansing Road.A mix-up between the two bodies resulted in Schneider wrongly being buried in a Clinton County cemetery and the other was wrongly crematedDean Sienko, Ingham County medical examiner, exhumed the body Thursday.

FEATURES

Soluna ready to become next pop sensation

Tanee Elston
May 22, 2002

Soluna “For All Time” (DreamWorks Records) 2 1/2 records With the members of Destiny’s Child working on solo projects, DreamWorks Records’ new Latina pop group Soluna has all the makings to fill the void as the next girl group on the rise. One glance and you’ll realize it definitely has the look to make it.

FEATURES

Blockbuster weekend overshadows Cannes

I am beginning to worry that America is suffering needlessly from a bad case of tunnel vision. It seems that Anakin Skywalker’s weekend income compared to Peter Parker’s is headline news every night.

COMMENTARY

Belted Bibles

The superintendent of Wayland Union Schools near Grand Rapids recently had a tough decision to make: Turn way the Gideons International’s efforts to give out free Bibles in school or face a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union. Fortunately for the U.S.

MICHIGAN

Election 2002 hits campus

Tara May
May 22, 2002

Sparty had a visitor from the capital Tuesday.Lt. Gov. Dick Posthumus kicked off his gubernatorial campaign in front of the statue on MSU’s campus as part of a four day, 15 city tour.“I went to college here at Michigan State, and two of my kids went to here as well,” Posthumus said.

COMMENTARY

Fair Warning

U.S. officials are right to warn citizens of the danger of continued terrorism on American soil. Since Sept.

MSU

Web site to aid food poisoning reporting

Katie Byrne
May 22, 2002

MSU’s National Food Safety and Toxicology Center is leading state agencies in implementing the nation’s first Web site for reporting food poisoning.The site will allow people to go online, answer a 15-minute questionnaire about foods they’ve consumed in the last 48 hours and view postings from other citizens.Veterinary epidemiology Professor Paul Bartlett is heading the project.

FEATURES

Chumbawamba should just quit

Ben Landes
May 22, 2002

England’s one-hit wonder Chumbawamba has returned with another album. Those of you who don’t remember the annoyingly overplayed and infectious 1997 anthem “Tubthumping,” off the groups 9th album “Tubthumper,” obviously didn’t own a radio or television. With the lyrics “I get knocked down/But I get up again/You’re never going to keep me down” - it’s a shame the band didn’t stay down.

NEWS

Scientist, former U speaker dies

Amy Bartner
May 22, 2002

Nationally renowned evolutionary scientist Stephen Jay Gould died Monday of cancer in his home in New York City. Gould was the first speaker brought to campus as part of the McPherson Professorship in September 2000.

FEATURES

Deadsys debut album deserves a chance

Tanee Elston
May 22, 2002

“Commencement” is a combination of smoothly blended music and carefully written lyrics that metaphorically look into the depth of this group’s creativity. After five years of waiting on the music industry’s talent roster, Deadsy’s debut album kicks off with a lot of energy.

COMMENTARY

Terrorism a reality everywhere, nations must defend before negotiations

How quickly we forget the horror of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Remember the fear, the astonishment, the utter hopelessness that we all felt watching passenger-laden aircraft decimate the World Trade Center, murdering thousands of men and women whose only crime was to rise with their alarm clocks and journey to another day of work? Now imagine if we had to experience this feeling again, not in another isolated, dramatic episode of terror, but every single day, not knowing which of our friends or family would next find themselves under the murderous ax of militant extremists.

SPORTS

Womens golf team prepares for NCAAs

Andrew Fifer
May 20, 2002

The MSU women’s golf team will make its third consecutive appearance in the NCAA Championship on Tuesday at Washington. MSU will be one of 24 teams to battle at the Washington National Golf Club for 72 holes over a four-day span in Auburn. The Spartans made the national tournament with an eighth-place finish in the NCAA Central Regional at Forest Acres West Golf Course in East Lansing. Last year, the Spartans finished in 12th-place at nationals, which was the highest finish in MSU history. MSU will look to improve upon that performance behind the clubs of seniors Emily Bastel and Stacy Snider.