MICHIGAN
Dems request advice
Two Democratic legislators proposed Wednesday that an outside credit counselor be brought in to remedy Michigan’s budget shortfall.House Democratic Leader Rep.
SPORTS
Terek ready for nationals
For the second consecutive season, senior Paul Terek captured the title of Big Ten Men’s Track and Field Athlete of the Year.
FEATURES
Season draws top acts
This summer’s 2002 concert lineup is busting at the seams with an all-star lineup featuring some of nation’s most rocking artists. Diverse musical acts ranging from hard to classic rock, R & B, country to pop jam in the Great Lakes area.
FOOTBALL
Ex-Spartans return to Meridian Mall
Former MSU football players will be signing autographs from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday at Meridian Mall, 1982 W.
VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball adds transfer
The volleyball team added transfer student Sara Villwock to its 2002 roster. Villwock, who appeared in 59 career games for Colorado, transferred to MSU after two years of play for the Buffaloes.
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
Study abroad aids cultural understanding
The American Council of Education released a report in hopes to better the American understanding of the Middle East in the post-Sept.
NEWS
Coaching ranks examined
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
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
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
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
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
Religion, faith is what you make of it
I was born and raised a Catholic. Baptized, first Holy Communion, confirmed - you name it, my mother supported it.
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.
NEWS
Legislation would eliminate drunkenness as legal defense
Legislators fell under the influence of a recently passed bill to eliminate drunkenness as a legal defense. The measure, sponsored by Rep.
MICHIGAN
Election 2002 hits campus
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
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.