Student fills management position

Not many students can leap into a leadership position without rising through the ranks first.But Dan Kimmel has accomplished that feat.

Governor unveils alternative energy proposal

In Dearborn on Thursday, Gov. John Engler announced a plan designed to make Michigan the world leader in alternative energy. The plan includes tax benefits for companies researching the topic and a NextEnergyZone, which would be a 700-acre area near Ann Arbor where research on the topic will be centered. Much of the alternative fuel issue has centered on fuel cells in automobiles, but Engler spokeswoman Susan Shafer said the plan hopes to generate just as many advances in other everyday activities. “We’re probably not going to see it in our cars soon,” she said.

Campus briefs

Community health department provides grants for college mentoring programs The Michigan Department of Community Health announced earlier this month a $325,000 grant to be spread among 13 Michigan universities for the Campus Connections Program. MSU will receive $30,000. Campus Connections is a mentoring program that links incoming-freshmen volunteers with upper-class mentors.

Drivers dont have respect for walkers

As a freshman and a pedestrian, I was unable to sympathize with Jackie Froeber’s column, “Campus driving annoys students” (SN 4/17). Every day I risk my life crossing West Circle Drive by the library or Red Cedar Road by Sparty.

Loyola next on Spartans 11-game road trip

Before the MSU softball team returns to Big Ten play this weekend, the Spartans play Loyola today in nonconference action.MSU (21-26 overall, 3-7 Big Ten) will travel to Chicago for a 5 p.m.

RHA actions may be void

A question of quorum may void everything the Residence Halls Association has done in the 2001-02 academic year. At the association’s meeting Wednesday night, several representatives questioned the legality of what executive board members were calling quorum. If the RHA General Assembly decides quorum has been misrepresented this year, money allocated to student groups could be void.

Interfaith discussion to feature student groups

An interfaith discussion about Christianity and paganism will take place tonight at the Union. The discussion will feature representatives from the Riverview Campus Fellowship, a Christian organization, and Wiccan Journey, a pagan organization. This will be the third year the event has taken place.

U residents debate quality of apartments

When Chris Kroll moved into his Spartan Village Apartment more than a year ago, he didn’t know rent would go up every year.

Fraternity rides along with police

Life for one MSU fraternity includes speeding tickets, breaking up fights and filling out paperwork.The 40 members of Alpha Tau Omega are tagging along with East Lansing police officers through the beginning of May.Each member will ride with an officer on duty for a two-hour shift.“The misperception of college kids is that we party and we have no brains and we are just some frat guys that destroy anything we put our hands on,” Alpha Tau Omega member Jonathan Rosenthal said.

Frailty a smart, tense thriller

Have you ever noticed that only people in small, backwoods towns ever see aliens or demons? Is it the fresh air that does it?

Study Abroad attracts fewer graduate students

Rick Sokol walked into a McDonald’s in 1999 and saw something he had never seen on the fast-food giant’s menu - a kiwi burger. Sokol was in New Zealand for his second study abroad program with MSU. “Things like that are just priceless,” the agricultural and extension education graduate student said. In the 2000-01 academic year, 223 graduate students participated in MSU’s programs.

Article was good, but team needs coverage

As an MSU athlete, I feel compelled to express my feelings about the article, “Coach retires after nearly 4 decades” (SN 3/26). It recognized a great man. John Narcy has coached and built the MSU Diving Team for the past 37 years.

MIDDAY UPDATE: RHA wont request refunds

After questions were raised Wednesday concerning more than $18,000 allocated to student organizations throughout the year, RHA officials said the association will not request money back.Low attendance at Wednesday’s meeting caused the debate of whether the association had actually met at quorum this year.If it hadn’t met quorum, and action votes were still take, those actions would be void.Still, Josh Minor, formal RHA internal vice president, said RHA won’t request the money back and the issue is simply a misunderstanding and misinterpretation of the association’s bylaws.All new business conducted by the general assembly was valid last semester, he said.“Throughout the fall, we didn’t have 39 voting seats, we added five,” he said.

SPORTS UPDATE: There may be no glory, but Spartan long-snapper could be off to NFL

No one at Beaner’s, 270 W. Grand River Ave., recognized him as he sipped an orange smoothie that matched his orange American Eagle T-shirt.His gold chain with a tiny gold football dangling at the end didn’t give him away either.But while electrical engineering senior Tony Grant is trying to graduate like the rest of the students at the coffee house, last year’s Spartan long-snapper hopes to be signed in this weekend’s NFL Draft at Madison Square Garden in New York City.“It’s not like the quarterback, there’s no glory in it at all,” he said.

Blatant anti-Semitic message displayed

This is in response to the letter “Sign didn’t equate star with swastika” (SN 4/16). The sign displaying the Star of David (or the Israeli flag, as the student stated in her letter) equaling a swastika had no other message but anti-Semitism.

Science fiction writer who taught at U workshop remembered

Damon Knight, a science fiction author who helped push the genre into the mainstream, died Monday. Knight, 79, had taught for 27 years at the annual Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop at MSU.

Police briefs 04/18/02

Bill to set water guidelines

The water beneath your feet is receiving some attention from a bill introduced recently in the state House.The bill, introduced by Rep.

Waynes World

From his antics on the ABC weekly prime-time show “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” it seems Wayne Brady was born for the cameras. And whether singing, dancing or just prancing around on the stage, many fans of the improv comedy show think he outshines co-stars Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles. Brady will bring his traveling comedy show, “Wayne Brady and Friends,” to Breslin Center at 8 p.m.

Neal Shine lecture to feature journalists

Gerald Boyd, managing editor of The New York Times, and Robin Stone, a former editor of Essence magazine, will give the Neal Shine Lecture on Ethics in Journalism today in the Union Gold Room. The presentation, “Do the Right Thing: Social Change and Relevant, Responsible Journalism,” is free and open to the public.