Spartan soccer signs 7

The MSU men’s and women’s soccer teams signed seven new recruits. The women’s team signed four Tuesday.

Campus briefs

Panel discussion to address conserving campus energy The panel discussion “Michigan’s Energy Future: Shaping the New Century,” will be held at 7 p.m.

Making the choice

Standing in the bathroom of her boyfriend’s apartment, a 19-year-old MSU English sophomore glanced down at her over-the-counter pregnancy test.

Years Oscar winners picked despite intense hatred for award shows

I hate award shows. I mean, I really, really hate award shows. At first, it’s fun to pick your favorites to win.

NCAA considers overtime rule change

A new proposal by the NCAA may change the way overtime games in men’s and women’s soccer will be decided.During its annual meeting in February, the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Soccer Rules Committee proposed to eliminate ties by shortening the sudden-victory overtime periods and implementing penalty kicks if the game has not been decided.Currently, men and women play two 45-minute halves.

Police briefs 03/21/02

Speaker addresses public health

Madalyn Pollock fidgeted with her pearl necklace Wednesday as tears filled her eyes.Photos of her husband flashed across the screen in Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre as an introduction to journalist Laurie Garrett’s presentation.

Spartans prove their versatility

With another high-scoring win against Alabama on Tuesday night, the Spartans continue to prove they can win playing both offensive and defensive styles of basketball.Early in the season, the MSU women’s basketball team (19-12) was known for shutting down its opponents defensively.

Man suspected of scamming for donations

A 32-year-old Lansing man was arrested Monday night as he is suspected of scamming money from the American Red Cross and other charities after the Sept.

SPORTS UPDATE: Icers begin quest for NCAA title

The Spartan hockey team is four wins away from its first national title since 1986. But it is also one loss away from an abrupt end to the season.Such is life in the NCAA Tournament, which starts Friday.

Stereotypes used in SN article on AIDS

This is in response to the article “Speaker discusses Third World AIDS crisis” (SN 3/19). In the light of cultural understanding, I was surprised to open The State News and read this statement: “Gulick said one major reason Africa has the highest number of estimated cases is because the culture promotes unsafe sex.” I would not expect such a generalization from a highly educated medical practitioner.

MHSAA plans released for new seasons

The first plans by the Michigan High School Athletics Association to realign high school sports seasons will be unveiled today at Breslin Center. As part of a December U.S.

Engler pushes bonuses

Before the Legislature breaks for two weeks of vacation, Gov. John Engler is hoping to move an early retirement plan for judges through the Senate and into immediate effect.The plan, which would offer bonus benefits for judges who retire early, has been criticized by many Democrats as “court-packing” and bribery.

New uniforms look like horrible joke

If football head coach Bobby Williams is trying to pull an April fool’s joke, it is too early.

Tigers present classic rematch

Senior defenseman Jon Insana remembers being overwhelmed during MSU’s game against Colorado College in the NCAA Tournament West Regional in Madison, Wis., on March 28, 1999. MSU was trailing the Tigers 3-2 late in the third period and, with less than two minutes separating the Spartans from a disappointing end to their season, emotions started to burst out. “I remember (former defenseman Brad) Hodgins on the bench, literally in tears,” said Insana, who was a freshman at the time.

Striking not a bad solution for union

Your editorial board recommended the Graduate Employees Union follow the University of Michigan graduate union’s example by settling a contract without a strike (“Good example,” SN 3/19). If U-M’s Graduate Employees Organization was able to win a contract this year, it was precisely because of our ability to strike.

SPORTS UPDATE: Womens hoops will travel to Oregon to face Ducks in WNIT semifinals

The women’s basketball team will take on Oregon in the semifinals of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament at 10 p.m.

Business owners expect festival tourism to pump up commerce

Despite concerns about summer tourism earlier this year, East Lansing business owners aren’t worried about sales dropping during the city’s summer festival season.But Lori Martin, a research specialist at MSU’s Travel, Tourism and Recreation Resource Center, said the tourism outlook for 2002 is uncertain while the nation recovers from recession.“There are a few wild cards out there,” she said.Those wild cards include the possibility of terrorism, weather and gas prices.Despite the unknowns, the center’s researchers expect increases in tourism throughout the state, including a 3 percent increase in traffic volume due to tourism in the region including Ingham County.And East Lansing officials aren’t expecting much of a drop-off as the Great Lakes Folk Festival and East Lansing Art Festival near.“It seems like people are looking for more things that they can spend time with their family or friends,” community events specialist E.

Real World cast members sex U up

Trying to find answers to those embarrassing questions about relationships, love and sex?Look no further than two people who have lived with these issues in front of millions of people once a week on television.Malik Cooper and Coral Smith, cast members of “The Real World” in New York, will be at the International Center on Friday as part of MSU’s third annual “Sex in the Real World” program.Cooper and Smith will be part of a panel alongside health experts Dianne Singleton and Dennis Martell to address questions about sex from students in the audience.“It’s been very successful and very popular,” Martell said.

Separation

A law signed by Gov. John Engler in December, though meant to make people more patriotic, is not inclusive of all Americans and stands only to defeat Constitutional rights. Most Americans probably don’t blink an eye at the national motto, “In God We Trust,” and a bill passed stating that the motto could be displayed in schools and other governmental buildings.