MICHIGAN
Panel: Vaccine problems minimal
While the anthrax vaccine has begun shipment from Lansing-based BioPort Corp., a National Academy of Sciences panel has asked the U.S.
NEWS
SPORTS UPDATE: Izzo calms down about No. 10 seed; debates whether to schedule easier opponents
Tom Izzo’s weekly roundtable with print and radio media turned into a interactive dialog Monday - a day after the Spartans were announced as a No.
MSU
Local officials prepare for possible attacks
Six months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Lansing Mayor David Hollister still has his eye to the sky. “We have been advised that middle-America capital cities could be targeted,” Hollister said.
BASKETBALL
NCAA Tournament time for point guards to take over
As the No. 10 seed MSU men’s basketball team tries to rally in the NCAA Tournament, it will look to its point guard for a spark - a position teams traditionally turn to in March.Great point guards have typically led the teams that make runs in the tournament’s history.
COMMENTARY
By voting yes on tax increase, SN can continue to keep U up to date
I’ve never been a very good politician. When I was younger I could blame my lack of politicking skills on my inability to do anything that required coordination - or maybe it was the glasses and braces.
MSU
U-M graduates to strike
The University of Michigan’s Graduate Employees Organization will have a one-day walk-out today, as members voted in favor of the action 462-106 last week. Organization members will form picket lines around major buildings and high traffic areas on the Ann Arbor campus.
FEATURES
South Pacific to begin Wharton Center run
If anything is colorblind, it’s love, and the perfect story to convey such a message is the musical “South Pacific,” which tests racial barriers during World War II . Dance captain Lenny Daniel said despite being written in 1949, the play’s story line is relevant today. “It also shows what the daily life was like for the soldiers,” he said. The plot centers around Nellie, a nurse from Arkansas who falls in love with a French painter named Emile.
MICHIGAN
Wal-Mart given OK to build new store
Harlene Matilda is looking forward shopping at a new Meridian Township Wal-Mart. “The new Wal-Mart will save me time from having to drive to the Wal-Mart at (Interstate) 96 and Saginaw, so it would be more convenient for me,” the East Lansing resident said. But the groundbreaking for the store on a site on Marsh Road north of Central Park Drive, has been held up for more than a year. Since November 2000, Meridian Township had been in a legal battle with developer Eyde Co. and Wal-Mart.
MICHIGAN
Windstorms cause residents to lose power
Wintery weather during spring break brought power outages and a half-inch of snow to the Lansing area, after a mostly warm and pleasant week. The area saw only a half-inch of snow but an average wind speed of 24 mph with gusts up to 54 mph.
BASKETBALL
Program seeks stability
A lot of basketball teams can look good in stretches, hitting a few shots in a row or stopping their opponents for a couple of minutes.
MSU
Elders to speak about alcohol on Tuesday
Former U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders will speak in East Lansing Tuesday about attitudes, behaviors and perceptions associated with alcohol in university communities. Elders, the first black surgeon general, will give a speech entitled “Prevention or Punishment: Challenging the Environment of High-Risk Drinking in a University Community.” The presentation will be at 7 p.m.
FEATURES
Dont waste time with so-so flick
I’ve never read the book “The Time Machine.” The reason is not, as many suspect, that I am barely literate, but that I was too busy being nerdy and reading comic books.
COMMENTARY
Freedom of speech has responsibilities
Your editorial on the publication of the hateful column in Wayne State University’s student newspaper was very well done (“Moral choice,” SN 3/1). It is always important to remind people that along with rights come responsibilities.
MSU
Tour promotes nuclear physics
When Charles Breneman finally saw the high-tech equipment and white tiled floors of MSU’s Cyclotron, he was impressed.His son had worked at the facility as a summer job while attending MSU years ago, but he’d never seen the particle accelerator before.“It is a fascinating thing,” the Haslett school board member said.“There are so many opportunities and you don’t have to have a Ph.D.
NEWS
Sprinklers disabled in burned housing complex
Investigators found sprinkler systems turned off or disabled in three buildings of an East Lansing apartment complex after a fire swept through one of its units more than a week ago. A building at Abbott Pointe Apartments, 204 East Pointe Lane, caught fire March 1 due to an electrical problem in the basement, East Lansing Fire Inspector Gerald Rodabaugh said.
ICE HOCKEY
Enforcer Maloney out for season
Brian Maloney is as tough as anyone on the Spartan hockey team.The junior left wing from Bassano, Alberta is MSU’s enforcer on the ice - methodically antagonizing the other team and administering bone-rattling body checks.
NEWS
Alumnus completes 1,200-mile run for cerebral palsy
With more than 1,200 miles on foot behind him, the cold sting of the Atlantic Ocean felt good on Brian Thomas’ windburned and blistered skin last week. Rubbing the salt and sweat from his blue eyes, it still hadn’t sunk in yet - he was done. The 2001 MSU graduate embarked on a solitary mission Jan.
SPORTS
Wrestlers place eighth
The wrestling team (5-12, 2-6) finished eighth with 54.5 points in the 2002 Big Ten Wrestling Championships hosted by Illinois. The Spartans were led by juniors Rashad Evans and Gray Maynard, who each placed fourth.
COMMENTARY
SN endorses
ASMSU is asking for more money out of students’ pockets, but the organization isn’t providing enough information to sell its plan to the undergraduate population. The organization wants student taxpayers to spend an extra $3 per semester on its services, upping its semesterly per student revenue from $13 to $16.
NEWS
MIDDAY UPDATE: U-M student instructors lead walkout; hope actions bring new contract
Ann Arbor - Members of the University of Michigan’s Graduate Employees Organization led a one-day walkout today that left some students’ classes canceled.About 500 graduate student instructors at the Ann Arbor campus picketed several locations to show the organization is working without a contract.The graduate students have been negotiating with the administration since last October and several agreements were reached early Monday morning after a 16-hour marathon session.Union members said if both sides are not in a position to sign a new contract March 17, the union will vote whether to indefinitely strike.