FEATURES
Weekend guide
Friday • The Campus Center presents the Shake It Fast Dance Contest with DJ Kutz from 10 p.m.
BASKETBALL
Wolfe out for season with hamstring tear
The Spartans will be without sophomore forward Adam Wolfe for the remainder of the season. Wolfe suffered a severe hamstring tear to his right leg in the first half of Saturday’s Penn State game. “It’s very disappointing news,” said MSU head coach Tom Izzo in a written statement.
COMMENTARY
A step backward
There is no such thing as being too safe. MSU students who walk around campus late at night need programs like StateWalk to ensure they arrive at their destinations safely.
BASKETBALL
Judgment lost in heat of battle
Iowa City, Iowa - Late in the MSU men’s basketball team’s 75-71 Tuesday night loss to Iowa at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Jason Andreas had his shot blocked.
MICHIGAN
E.L. may paint more crosswalks
Jen Hubinger doesn’t own a car. The child development junior said she prefers to walk, but isn’t always happy with drivers.“Some drivers, when the signal to walk flashes, turn right even though I have the right of way,” she said.The city is examining a proposal to place several crosswalks between Bogue Street and Hagadorn Road on Grand River Avenue.Approximately 30,000 vehicles travel on Grand River Avenue daily, said John Matuszak, the city’s engineering administrator.“We are aware of the problem pedestrians have had and not only that, the roadway is fairly poor,” he said.The area is under review by city officials who are considering painting crosswalks, adding pedestrian lights and replacing sidewalks with 6- and 8-foot pathways.If the project gets a green light, it is estimated to cost $550,000 and may not see completion until 2004.
MSU
Campus briefs
Conference helps minorities adjust The False Expectations Appearing Real conference will be held from 9 a.m.
FEATURES
Globetrotters return to Breslin
One of the last times the Harlem Globetrotters made an appearance in East Lansing, they were subject to a whooping by the MSU men’s basketball team. And memories of the Globetrotters’ 72-68 loss to the team in November 2000 still linger. But an enjoyable time was still had by all. “It was good, we had a great crowd,” said Globetrotters 6-foot-9, 265-pound forward Otis Key.
MICHIGAN
Workshop to help women plan finances
In February, women will have a chance to learn more about financial management. Jane Fahey, president of Fahey Financial Inc. will present “Taking Control: A Financial Management Workshop for Women” on Feb.
COMMENTARY
Academics should matter over sports
MSU’s dropping of the Tuition Guarantee is another slap in the face of the few people left who genuinely care about academics.
MSU
Endowment to benefit math education
A project designed to help children learn math will soon help MSU’s students learn to teach math with the creation of the Lappan-Phillips-Fitzgerald Endowed Chair.
MICHIGAN
State lacks small farm pollution plan
The Ingham County Health Department has kept track of E. coli levels in the Red Cedar River for four years, but has just now started to work out what is contributing to the problem.And while the Red Cedar is just one small river in the middle of Michigan, the issues of its health coincide with the state’s efforts to develop a general plan to protect Michigan waterways.“Water and the Great Lakes literally define Michigan,” said Matt Resch, spokesman for Gov.
NEWS
Web site provides exclusive student resources
By JUSTIN KING For The State News With 15,085 seats, Breslin Center is likely more overwhelming than the average laptop computer.
NEWS
Mid-day update: Police captain readies for new job at U
MSU police Capt. Ken Hall has a big job to do.The 21-year veteran will lead the Department of Police and Public Safety’s newly created Student Support Division.The new division will focus on student matters such as events, tailgating and student group liaisons with his new position as coordinator of the Student Support Division.“We thought we could do a better job internally of coordinating different options with a liaison with student groups and committees - it seems like that’s where we run into conflicts at times,” MSU police Assistant Chief Jim Dunlap said.
MICHIGAN
Company begins redevelopment
Lansing- Mayor David Hollister and Combined Van Lines Inc. officially began construction Tuesday on the company’s new home.Combined Van Lines already maintains two facilities in the state capital, but will consolidate its operations in a 31,000-square-foot facility to be built on a vacant site at the end of Seager Street.The site, a brownfield, has been vacant for more than 40 years because of slag from nearby railroad tracks.
COMMENTARY
Tuition hike unjust,
In the past year, despite the large tuition increase, we have not seen the administration do anything that will justify another such hike. Here are a few ways that MSU used its money in the past year: a raise for men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo (OK he has led us to a few Final Four appearances and a national championship), a raise for football head coach Bobby Williams (he barely had a winning season, even with a talent loaded team), new Dodge Dakotas for parking services.
MICHIGAN
Community center ready to open
The Hannah Community Center blends classrooms and lockers from the past with modern computers and shining green floors.New wood trim surrounds glass cases on the second-floor lobby, where the work of local artists will be put on display, and wrought iron railings and lighting were installed to keep with the building’s original 1926 design.All of the center’s features, new and old, will be open to the public to view during its grand opening at 5:30 p.m.
ICE HOCKEY
Spartans move up in polls, play Buckeyes
In the wake of a 1-1 tie with archrival Michigan, MSU climbed up a spot in both national polls this week. The Spartans (17-5-3 overall, 12-4-2 CCHA) are now ranked No.
NEWS
Whats happening?
Art • Kresge Art Museum: Gallery talk by Anne Gilman, a visiting artist from New York, 7:30 p.m.
COMMENTARY
Dont raise rates, still fat left to trim
After reading articles in The State News and the Detroit Free Press regarding the death of the MSU’s Tuition Guarantee, one theme seemed prevalent -“how to trim the fat.” The majority opinion was that MSU has no fat to trim.
MSU
Lack of use may mean cease of StateWalk
The long walk home could be lonelier for some students after tonight’s decision about the fate of the Residence Halls Association’s StateWalk program.StateWalk, a free service for students walking on campus after dark, might be eliminated by RHA because of low participation.