FEATURES
Ex-Metallica bass player shows promising future
Jason Newsted made a bold move in early 2001 when he left Metallica, partially because of the band’s strict policy about side-projects.
MICHIGAN
E.L. police use sports to build youth relations
East Lansing police officers are taking youths to court - where the biggest offense is a double dribble.Basketball season began last week for the Police Athletic League, a program designed to help relations between youths and the East Lansing Police Department.The league was started in 1998 when Officer James Campbell grew tired of watching East Lansing children getting into trouble.“There were kids in the community that didn’t have anything constructive to do,” he said.
BASKETBALL
No. 10 seeds find steady success in tourney
If everything went as planned in the men’s basketball NCAA Tournament, all four No.
MSU
Campus briefs
MSU Museum talk details digital art With a storage of artwork moving from dusty galleries to memory chips, MSU Museum officials are addressing the preservation of digital artwork.
NEWS
State works to clean up Red Cedar
Chris LaRue could tell you with his nose when things aren’t right in the Red Cedar River. The engineering freshman is becoming acquainted with the aromas rising from the river close to his Bailey Hall room. LaRue would agree with many students that sewage, even if it’s partially treated, doesn’t belong in his back yard. “I’m really happy (the Red Cedar) stinks,” LaRue said sarcastically. But when the snow melts and the rain falls, that’s what sometimes happens. In those situations, the East Lansing Wastewater Treatment Plant can’t hold the influx of water, forcing it to be discharged into the Red Cedar watershed, which runs near the Brody Complex. The plant experienced five such overflows in 2001, the smallest of which deposited 5.8 million gallons of water into the Red Cedar River - water that contained partially treated sewage. Plant superintendent Jeff Johnston said the number of sewer overflows has dropped by 80 percent since 1997, a result of a recent emphasis to reduce sewage making its way into the river. “Those happen during high rains and snowmelts and the (retention treatment basin) will hopefully add to that,” Johnston said. The basin is the latest in a series of steps the plant has taken in partnership with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to decrease the occurrence of discharges and is set to be completed in 2006. And some organizations and legislators are working to ensure other plants receive the same treatment. State Rep.
FEATURES
Remix album a solid compliment
Sometimes the full length record isn’t enough - occasionally the ultimate fan needs more. But this isn’t always a plus, as bands may jump the gun with another product simply to make an extra buck.
COMMENTARY
Worth it
Raising $15,000 in 30 days is a lofty goal for organizers of annual Michigan Pride events, but it can be done.
MSU
RHA looking for new leadership as elections continue
Elections for the Residence Halls Association’s executive board will continue tonight at the general assembly meeting. President-elect Tim Liss could be joined by Case Hall Rep.
COMMENTARY
Izzo has nothing to cry about, seed OK
I’m writing in response to men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo’s ridiculous public complaints about MSU’s seeding in the NCAA Tournament (“Izzo upset with No.
NEWS
Cereal capers raise questions
A crime wave of unparalleled scope and depth has hit the cafeterias of this once-safe campus. Right under our collective noses, from the inside of seemingly banal cereal bowls comes a threat to the very fibers of our freedom and well-being as students.
COMMENTARY
Dont support tax increase for ASMSU
Don’t be ambivalent enough to let ASMSU representatives outvote the vast majority of us who are sick of them spending our money on fruitless ventures. Why should you care about $16 of your money?
NEWS
Cereal capers raise questions
A crime wave of unparalleled scope and depth has hit the cafeterias of this once-safe campus. Right under our collective noses, from the inside of seemingly banal cereal bowls comes a threat to the very fibers of our freedom and well-being as students.
COMMENTARY
Cartoonist chose wrong side of issue
I enjoy a satirical, well-drawn political cartoon based on current events. It does not matter whether I agree or disagree with the viewpoint.
COMMENTARY
All E.L. liquor establishment should join citys hospitality council, help curb alcohol abuse
Responsibility on the part of businesses and restaurants that serve alcohol promotes responsibility all around.
NEWS
BREAKING NEWS: ASMSU, apartments council elections postponed amid controversy
The universitywide student elections for ASMSU and University Apartments’ Council of Residents were postponed today, and have been rescheduled for next week. Computer glitches and conflicts about ballot wording led Tuesday to the All University Elections Committee’s recommendation to postpone and void the undergraduate student government representative elections and referenda. The recommendation was approved today by Lee June, vice president for student affairs and services, after he met with committee members. “The goal is to run and fair and equitable election,” Lee said.
NEWS
Tenants unsatisfied with replacement housing after fire
A fire that ripped through one of three units in an East Lansing apartment complex March 1 left displaced residents scrambling for housing.
ICE HOCKEY
Junior lends talents to multiple positions for Spartans
Utility players are a rarity in hockey.The capable-at-all-positions players are better known in baseball, where fielding principles from second base to left field are similar.Hockey generally doesn’t lend itself to position-hopping, partly because players are taught to station themselves on the ice for offensive attacking and defensive coverage based on their assigned position.But don’t tell MSU junior forward Troy Ferguson there’s no place for a jack-of-all-trades in hockey.
SPORTS
U runners reap honors
While MSU students were enjoying their spring break, two Spartan athletes were busy becoming All-Americans. Senior Paul Terek and sophomore Steve Sherer competed in the 2002 NCAA Men’s Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., last weekend. For Terek, this was the second year in a row he took home All-America honors for the pole vault.
NEWS
Public relations group competes in contest
By KRISTIN CAIN For The State News Since November, a group of MSU students has been urging other students and faculty members to “get on the bus.” But they aren’t talking about the campus transportation system. As members of the university’s chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America, the group used the slogan to publicize Contiki Holidays, a travel company specializing in bus tours, as part of the national Bateman Competition. Each year, the student chapters enter the competition, in which they must create a media campaign for a designated company while following rules set by the Public Relations Society of America. This year, student chapters created a media campaign for Contiki using a $300 initial budget and soliciting donations that could not exceed $1,000. Members of the MSU group contacted local media to distribute press kits and invited them to “get on the bus” at a media event Feb.
NEWS
Problems plague election
Universitywide student elections could be postponed today, a day after voting began, because system glitches didn’t permit some students to vote and others to vote in races outside their representation. Unapproved language that appeared on referendum questions also has been contested by an ASMSU elections committee. After a two-hour deliberation, ASMSU’s All University Elections Committee unanimously recommended on Tuesday evening the elections be postponed for a week.