FOOTBALL
Spartans do battle for vacant tailback position
Heading into the final scrimmage of spring practice, the race for the starting tailback position is heating up.In the wake of T.J.
MICHIGAN
Counts dropped in plea agreement for drinking case
Two counts of supplying alcohol to a minor were dropped Wednesday in the case of an MSU student charged in connection with the death of Eric Blair.Blair, an 18-year-old Bay City resident and Delta College student, drowned in the Red Cedar River in October.Police said Blair began drinking Oct.
BASEBALL
Spartans pound Lakers with offensive explosion
Not even a 7-foot fireballer could cool down the Spartan bats Wednesday night at Kobs Field.When southpaw Nathan Barden took the mound against the MSU baseball team (20-6 overall, 4-3 Big Ten) he couldn’t have imagined the Spartans would outscore his Grand Valley team 20-2.But Barden lasted just three innings for the Lakers (14-7, 6-2 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference), surrendering six runs and eight hits.Six different Spartans hit home runs as the team launched a season-high seven over the fence.
NEWS
Needing guidance
Anna Schuck’s fingers ran across the raised bumps twice. She found a mistake, then felt the paper once more, smiling because she recognized the misspelling. Standing in a sheltered area in front of Cedar Street Elementary School in Mason, she passed her child-sized cane toward her teacher’s voice so she could fully grasp her book.
COMMENTARY
Safer drinking
It’s too early to tell if sending the message to drink responsibly has been working enough to lower alcohol-related accidents, but it’s also too soon to give up trying to promote it. A study released Tuesday by the Task Force on College Drinking, showed 1,400 college students are killed each year in alcohol-related accidents.
MSU
U works to lead in preventing alcohol abuse
In response to a study showing 1,400 college students are killed each year in alcohol-related accidents, university officials say MSU is ahead of the game in using strategies to combat alcohol abuse.“I think we’re ahead with the recommendations and programs we’re currently doing,” Olin Health Educator Jasmine Greenamyer said.
NEWS
GEU to focus on negotiations despite vote for one-day strike
Even with overwhelming support, Graduate Employees’ Union officials said Wednesday they will not have a one-day strike Monday. Ballots were sent on April 1 to more than 600 members.
SPORTS
Lugnuts close out series with 8-3 win over Whitecaps
The Lansing Lugnuts continued its trend of scoring early and often in its 8-3 victory Wednesday over the West Michigan Whitecaps. The Lugnuts (5-2) took three of four from the Whitecaps (3-4) in the opening series at Oldsmobile Park. Lansing scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning, only to follow with two more in the bottom of the second inning.
COMMENTARY
America is reasonable party in Middle East conflict
Love him or hate him, President Bush has been admirably measured in his response to terror. He waited until he had evidence of Osama bin Laden’s culpability to invade Afghanistan.
NEWS
MIDDAY UPDATE: College celebrates 50 years
Judy O’Brien recalls her first day at MSU in the early 1970s, when she and more than 300 other education majors were corralled into Erickson Hall Kiva.With 30 years of teaching elementary school now under her belt, the MSU instructor still says it doesn’t get better than teaching.“There is no better profession, I have been absolutely thrilled,” she said.
FEATURES
Ladyfest Lansing 2002 event listing
Today For all shows at the Temple Club, 500 E. Grand River Ave. in Lansing, admission is $10 a day without an event pass. Bands: All bands at Temple Club • The Trembling, 8 p.m.
FOOTBALL
Intrasquad game canceled because of poor weather
Spartan football fans hoping to get a sneak peak of the team at Saturday’s annual Green-White intrasquad game will have to wait until the fall season.MSU head coach Bobby Williams officially canceled the game, which was scheduled to take place at Okemos High.
MSU
ASMSU denies support for unions wage, benefit plan
ASMSU’s Academic Assembly voted Tuesday not to support the Graduate Employees Union’s request for increased wages and benefits.Thirteen out of 15 undergraduate student government members voted against supporting the union, which is seeking higher wages to cover the cost of living and health care benefits.
NEWS
Minority faculty numbers fall behind others in state
MSU has a lower percentage of tenured minority faculty members than Michigan’s two other major research universities, despite efforts to attract more minorities to teach on campus. MSU has 306 minority tenured faculty members, or 15.5 percent of its 1,977 tenured faculty members, according to a report released this week by the Office of Affirmative Action, Compliance and Monitoring. The University of Michigan employs 486 minority tenured faculty members, or 17.9 percent of its tenured faculty, and Wayne State University had 149 tenured minority faculty members in 2000, or 23 percent of its tenured faculty. Wayne State has not yet compiled numbers of tenured faculty members for this year. Tenure is offered to faculty members when they reach full professor status, giving them protection from dismissal except for serious misconduct. Despite trailing U-M and Wayne State, MSU officials said attracting more minority faculty to the university - which has seen an increase from 14.6 percent to 15.5 percent since 2000 - is a priority. “In looking at those data, we have been able to make some modest progress in the context of decline in the number of tenured faculty,” MSU Provost Lou Anna Simon said.
FEATURES
Leading ladies to sing at Wharton in Friends
This weekend MSU welcomes “Just Between Friends,” featuring Barbara Cook and Marilyn Horne.
MICHIGAN
Students celebrate higher temperatures
At a time when students’ heads should be in the books, many have them in the clouds. Three weeks before final exams, students are celebrating the return of higher temperatures in sunglasses and tank tops while playing recreational sports outside.To commemorate Wednesday’s 58-degree weather, Krysten McCully, a pre-vet junior, was just one of the guys.
COMMENTARY
Dont charge women to prove your point
I would like to agree with Andrew Banyai’s column, “Students shouldn’t be charged for death” (SN 4/9). I think Banyai brings up some excellent points.
ICE HOCKEY
The hockey awards that count
The Spartan hockey team’s year-end awards banquet starts at 5:30 p.m. today at the Holiday Inn South, 6820 S.
FEATURES
Cello Plus chamber music series continues
The second annual MSU School of Music’s “Cello Plus” chamber music series kicked off Wednesday night at the Music Auditorium, and will continue with performances Friday, Sunday and Monday at the same location. Suren Bagratuni, associate professor of cello and performer, started the series in 1996 at the University of Illinois School of Music and introduced it here when he joined the faculty in 2000. Bagratuni said it is difficult to catch some of the performers live without paying a huge amount of money. “These are top quality musicians,” he said.
MSU
Administration considers establishing environmental measures
A meeting between students and administrators is causing MSU to examine its impact on the environment.MSU President M.