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MICHIGAN

New ad tries to keep minors from drinking

Lindsay Frederickson
April 17, 2002

Lansing - A new ad campaign that will attempt to discourage underage drinking was launched in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday, accompanied by signs proclaiming “We all lose when kids buy booze.”“We want to address the issue that comes home to parents when kids drink,” said Mark Smith, director of enforcement for the Michigan Liquor Control Commission.Smith and Michigan Liquor Control Chairman Dan Gustafson said they plan to have a hotline, or a central place to call to report those who are selling to or providing minors with alcohol.“We’re going to start in the Lansing and Jackson area,” Gustafson said.

COMMENTARY

Money crunch

Creating empty storefronts isn’t the answer when it comes to collecting taxes from local eateries who haven’t paid up.

MSU

ASMSU sets student voter registration goal

Alison Barker
April 17, 2002

ASMSU members will start this summer to encourage students to vote in the fall. The undergraduate student government’s Academic Assembly members set a goal last week to get at least 2,000 students registered to vote in East Lansing. Organization officials say they hope the rest of the 120 member organization will get involved in the project, which will kick off at the Academic Orientation Program in June. A campuswide voter registration drive will start about Aug.

MSU

University Apartments Council in need of resident officers

Casey Mcnenly
April 17, 2002

In addition to a 6 percent housing rate increase and a failed tax increase referendum, the University Apartments Council of Residents have yet to fill all of its 25 spots for next year’s officers.Only eight positions in the council have been filled, leaving apartment officials scrambling to prepare for next year. Last week, the council elected four executive board members and representatives from University Village and Cherry Lane apartments.

COMMENTARY

Greeks subject to discrimination, bias

This is in response to Scott Szymendera’s letter to the editor (“Fraternity members’ right to act dumb,” SN 4/15), and his comment that the recent actions of Pi Kappa Phi is a “disgusting reminder of the moronic antisocial behavior that is all too common in the MSU greek system.” I would like to ask what Szymendera is basing his opinion on?

MICHIGAN

Promoters lobby for sidewalk scooters

Lindsay Frederickson
April 17, 2002

Lansing - Legislators and aides looked on as the Segway Human Transporter zoomed around the west Capitol steps Tuesday afternoon. A new kind of stand-up scooter, the transporter would be permitted to navigate city sidewalks if a bill proposed by Sen.

BASEBALL

Sluggers break home-run record

Chris Mackinder
April 17, 2002

The MSU baseball team broke an 18-year-old record Tuesday with five home runs in its 22-6 beating of Wayne State.The Spartans (23-8 overall, 6-5 Big Ten) entered the nonconference game with 57 home runs, two shy of the 1984 record of 59.

MICHIGAN

Gas leak wakes up neighborhood

Aaron Johnson
April 17, 2002

Some East Lansing residents were awakened by the sounds of police and fire sirens Monday night brought on by a gas leak at the southwest corner of Collingwood Road and Ann Street.The leak, in the basement of 239 Collingwood Road, was reported at 11:39 p.m.

NEWS

MIDDAY UPDATE: U doesnt push graduate students to study abroad

Chad Previch
April 17, 2002

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 and was in his second study abroad program with MSU.“Things like that are just priceless,” the agricultural extension and education graduate student said.In the 2000-2001 academic year, 223 graduate students participated in MSU’s programs.

NEWS

Cyclers prepare for end of season

Kris Karol
April 17, 2002

“Ride or die.” That is the motto and the attitude the MSU Cycling Club takes to every meet. And with the weather warming up, the club will be practicing more to prepare for the last few events of the season. The club sent three riders to its most recent meet, April 6 at Purdue University.

FEATURES

Moth rocks with Provisions

What can you say about a band that just plain rocks? Each song on Moth’s third record couldn’t have been done better. Hailing from Ohio, the same state that spawned Nine Inch Nails, Devo and The Breeders, Moth contributes a solid major label debut by molding generous portions of geek rock in with some dark and satisfying love songs, such as “Lovers Quarrel,” one of the album’s best. Brad Stenz’s gritty vocals glide along the same horizon as U2’s Bono, and even occasionally slightly hints at Jeremy Enigk of the now defunct Sunny Day Real Estate. The music somehow manages to incorporate punk rock angst with a tint of spunk by nailing each song’s theme, whether it be bittersweet, relaxed or carefree. A decent number of songs on the record sound like they were written for radio airplay.

FEATURES

Goo Goo Dolls much anticipated album is easily confused with earlier recordings

Writing a follow-up to a highly successful record must be quite a feat. Not only does the artist have the pressure of writing more hits that will remind its fans that it can still write really good songs, but it has the task of proving to harsh critics that it has staying power. I’m one of the critics who was quite skeptical about the newest by the Goo Goo Dolls.

FEATURES

Exhibit highlights student work

John Ostler
April 16, 2002

An eclectic mix of traditional paintings, electronic art and statues has transformed the Kresge Art Museum for the 2002 Undergraduate Art Exhibition. An accumulation of a year of hard work, the art show opened last week and runs through April 28. It is an exhibition of judged art, from art department courses, including ceramics, drawing, graphic design, painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture. Roughly 200 people attended Friday’s opening day as they crammed into the corridor of the Kresge Art Center to listen to Chairman Jim Hopfensperger announce the show’s winners. A constant flow of art enthusiasts then moved to the gallery to view the student art on display. Jenclare Gawaran, an art education junior had a drawing piece in the show titled “Branded.” “I don’t think people realize there is a creative side to this university,” she said.

MSU

Visiting professor to preview IAH classes

Megan Frye
April 16, 2002

Before coming to MSU to teach an honors section of Integrative Studies in the Arts and Humanities 211C, Area Studies and Multicultural Civilizations: The Americas, Jualynne Dodson will present and discuss her work on campus. Dodson, who is from the University of Colorado, will be next fall’s visiting Hannah Professor of Integrative Studies.

NEWS

BREAKING NEWS: MSU alumnus Robert Urich, star of numerous TV shows and plays, dies at 55

Tony Paul  and  Kendra Snyder
April 16, 2002

Robert Urich, who earned his master’s degree from MSU in 1970, died today after a battle with cancer. Urich, who was 55, was best known for his starring role on ABC’s “Spenser: For Hire.” He also was a pivotal player on shows like “Vega$” and “Gavilan.” The alumnus, who earned his master’s in broadcast research and management from MSU, died at a hospital in Thousand Oaks, Calif., surrounded by family and friends, The Associated Press reported. “For MSU, this is a very sad situation,” said Gary Hoppenstand, an MSU American Thought and Language professor.