SPORTS
Womens Basketball Big Ten Tournament
Game 1: No. 8 Illinois (14-12 overall, 7-9 Big Ten) vs. No. 9 Michigan (16-11, 6-10) 3 p.m.
FEATURES
Weekend guide
Friday • Breslin Center presents veteran rockers REO Speedwagon and Styx on their “Arch Allies Tour” at 7:30 p.m.
NEWS
MIDDAY UPDATE: Lansing man hopes filmmakers get the story right with latest Vietnam flick
War movies seem to be everywhere these days.From the reality-based “Black Hawk Down” to the terrorist theme of “Collateral Damage,” the turmoil throughout the world is available at local theaters.Making it’s way to cinemas Friday is “We Were Soldiers,” a film dedicated to one of the first major conflicts during America’s time in Vietnam.“I’ll bet you 90 percent of people haven’t heard of the battle,” said Lansing resident Clarence Hill, who knows quite a bit about the battle and the war.
BASKETBALL
Tournament time
As the court inside Breslin Center was taken apart piece by piece, one couldn’t help but think of MSU’s 2000 National Championship won on that very floor. It stands as a foundation for the entire program - the NCAA title, the Big Ten championships, the 53-game home-court winning streak.
FEATURES
Leap of faith?
I was pretty surprised after the Daniel Pearl tragedy when I realized that being a journalist could be a dangerous profession.
COMMENTARY
Headline wording was poor decision
In the Feb. 26 issue of The State News, a headline blares “Online classes linked to poor performance.” Reading on, we find that MSU Professor Carl Liedholm and a colleague compared the exam grades of students in Principles of Microeconomics, some of whom took the course online while others took it in the traditional classroom-style mode. The word “poor” in the headline is inappropriate.
NEWS
Trial opens in death of associate professor
Opening arguments began Wednesday in the case against a DeWitt Township woman accused of killing her husband, an MSU associate professor, last summer. Jonaki Ray’s husband, Dinesh Balagangadhar, who taught mechanical engineering, died July 1 in his DeWitt home from a stab wound, which penetrated his heart and lungs, police said. The prosecution Wednesday played Ray’s 911 call and questioned four of its witnesses, including the pathologist, the first officer to arrive at the home, an emergency medical technician and a Delta Medical Center employee. “At this point we are presenting the evidence,” Clinton County Prosecutor Charles Sherman said.
MSU
Sheep facility teaches, births about 100 lambs
As part of his nightly routine, Dan Kiesling delivers babies into beds of straw and hay. In the middle of the night Tuesday, Kiesling, an animal science sophomore, prepared a sheep to nurse her newborn twins.
MSU
Speaker to offer perspective on culture in educational presentation
Rodney Patterson said the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. will have a positive and educational message to offer students who attend his presentation today.
BASKETBALL
Big Ten breakdown get fans ready for tournament
Illinois (10-5 Big Ten, 22-7 overall) Key Players: Frank Williams, junior guard - 16.3 ppg, 4.7 rpg and 4.0 apg; Brian Cook, junior forward - 12.9 ppg, 6.6 rpg and 1.3 bpg; Williams can do whatever he wants, whenever he wants, from wherever he wants on offense.
SPORTS
Parity fever strikes Big Ten basketball
I have a confession to make - I’ve had the tendency to jump on the occasional bandwagon. Yes, I “Blame(d) it on the rain” with Milli Vanilli, “Jump(ed)” with Kris Kross, and sang along to “YMCA” at sporting events.
BASKETBALL
Freshman returns home for Big Ten Tournament
Playing in front of the hometown fans is always difficult. The desire to rise to the challenge and represent is unavoidable, but so are the distractions.As an Indianapolis native, freshman guard Chris Hill has more to think about than just the Big Ten Tournament.
MICHIGAN
Report suggests pool fixes
The East Lansing Family Aquatic Center may have been one of summer’s biggest successes, or one of the season’s more mediocre events.
COMMENTARY
Conciousness
As people strive to figure out their place in the post-Sept. 11 world, it’s crucial for them to learn as much as possible about the circumstances that led to such a tragedy. The events of that morning are among the most significant in our history - it’s imperative we learn about them.
NEWS
Honor students wear glasses more than most
by SHANNON HOUGHTON For The State News Freshman year in high school was a turning point for me.
MSU
Immigration workers rights to be discussed
A presentation titled “Mexican Immigration Workers: Is Working in the U.S. Good or Bad for Health?” will be held noon Thursday in 301 Nisbet Building.
COMMENTARY
Basketball team has done wonderful job
I just wanted to take a moment to tell the MSU men’s basketball team how proud I am of the extraordinary job that it is doing.
MICHIGAN
Cleaning efforts coming up short
Mason - Posts still stand where waterfowl and goslings were once raised, the old, rusted fencing and barbed wire lying nearby. Just across the trail, the remnants of last season’s prairie grasses stick up above the small amount of snow cover. The Ingham Conservation District has worked to clean up the land since receiving it two years ago but executive director Susan Tangora said there is still a lot to be done. Eventually the district wants to restore the 200-acre plot to a mix of beech-maple woodland, grassland and wetland areas. But a lack of funds limits the amount of work the small district can do. “Volunteers are a really good resource,” Tangora said.
NEWS
Skating for Success
By NICOLE BIRKHOLD For The State News As Sarah Hughes and Michelle Kwan celebrated bringing home two Olympic medals in women’s figure skating last week, some MSU figure skaters prepared to accomplish dreams of their own. The MSU Figure Skating Club has qualified for the U.S.
FEATURES
Costner slips up again with Dragonfly
Whatever happened to Kevin Costner? Once upon a time he was great, starring in movies like “Bull Durham” and “Dances With Wolves.” But now he seems to pick movies by throwing darts at scripts, and he hasn’t gotten a good one yet.“3000 Miles to Graceland,” “Thirteen Days” and “The Postman,” for God’s sake?