MIDDAY UPDATE: Trustees to consider adding free-standing Multicultural Center to 2020 Vision plan

The Multicultural Center located in the basement of the MSU Union is inadequate, the Council of Racial and Ethnic Students told the Board of Trustees today.During the monthly board meeting, the council proposed a free-standing center be built on campus - a notion trustees took seriously.“A Multicultural Center serves so many facets,” Trustee Dorothy Gonzales said.

Hockey fans low on spirit, enthusiasm

I have been a hockey fan all my life and I must say I am highly disappointed with the crowd at home hockey games at Munn Ice Arena.

ASMSU considers recycling plans

ASMSU is researching ways to revive its involvement in a newspaper recycling program that faded away shortly after it began in 1996.The undergraduate student government is re-evaluating recycling programs on campus, and assessing whether those programs could be enhanced by offering people more options.A decision to launch a new pilot program will be made by March 12.“What I’m looking for is the ways, means and costs,” said Steve Lovelace, Academic Assembly internal vice chairperson.

Police briefs 02/13/02

Fewer hours means better performance

This is in response to the article “Diagnosing the Doctor” (SN 2/7) and the Web poll regarding the reduction in the hours during medical residencies.

Role-playing game offers weekend fun

Want to do something other than get drunk on Saturday night? Try being a vampire.While many MSU students flock to bars every weekend, one campus group strives for an alcohol-free, socially active alternative to escape from reality.Darker Images meets every Saturday night to play the Lansing area’s longest running live-action role-playing game.Upon entrance to the Union Purdue Room, one can see a myriad of conversations and confrontations going on between members posing as vampires.

Spartys Flowers ready for Valentines Day

By BENITA MEHTA For The State News The demand for flowers around Valentine’s Day overwhelms flower shops everywhere.

No matter how much we want to, humans can never know everything

If you’ve been keeping tabs on my weekly rhetoric, you’ve probably noticed a theme of faith has been a central thread through each of my columns. This Ash Wednesday proves to be no exception.

Sports briefs

Runner off to NCAAs The women’s track and field team sent sophomore distance runner Jamie Krzyminski to the Cannon IV Classic Saturday to compete in the 5000-meter run. Krzyminski finished fifth with a time of 16:35.99, a provisional qualifying mark for the NCAA Indoor Championships scheduled for March 8-9 in Fayetteville, Ark. The NCAA qualifying time gave Krzyminski a fourth-place spot on MSU’s top five all-time indoor performance list at 5000-meters. The team’s next meet will be the Jack Skoog Open on Friday in Mount Pleasant, Mich. Golfers sit at 9th place The women’s golf team sits in 9th place following Tuesday’s second round action at the TRW Regional Challenge. The tournament is being held at the par 71 Palos Verdes Golf Club in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. Fifthteenth-ranked MSU shot a 310 in the first round before shooting 303 in the second for a two-day total of 613. The women’s golf team finished day one at the challenge with a 12th-place finish. Final round action begins at 11 a.m.

McPherson looks to further global U

For Ritu Sharma, a global education is a way of life. Sharma, a cellular and molecular biology graduate student from Delhi, India, was one of roughly 400 in the audience Tuesday to see MSU President M.

Real blondes lose value amid fakes on campus

By HEIDI JURY For The State News I was sitting in the back of my history class the other day, letting my eyes wander, for lack of anything better to do.

Spartans thrive in close games, gain confidence

As the turnaround of the MSU women’s basketball team continues, the biggest difference has come in close games.Not only are the Spartans (15-9 overall, 5-8 Big Ten) winning more games overall, they have played in the same number of games decided by five points or less as last season.

City briefs

Capital Area Transportation Authority will be moving two of its bus stops Monday. The stops located on Vine Street, east of Clippert Street and north of Sears in the Frandor Shopping Center, will be moved one street north on Sellers Avenue to two new shelters across from Panera Bread, 310 N.

Flamenco flairs at Wharton tonight

The jubilant styles of Compania Espanola de Antonio Marquez will grace the Wharton Center stage tonight with the art of the flamenco dance. Marquez, Spain’s leading flamenco dancer, will perform with the emotions of colorful traditions and rhythms of his culture. “I know the American public will not only value the discipline and beauty of dance,” Marquez said.

List shrinks of possible Mason replacements

If the rumor mill is on track, MSU has apparently lost its top candidate to replace Spartan hockey head coach Ron Mason. Denver head coach George Gwozdecky held a press conference Tuesday afternoon to announce a long-term contract extension to stay with the Pioneers.

No More Drama re-release an upbeat compliment to original

If you’re walking through the music store and see two different Mary J. Blige CD covers, don’t think she is trying to be stylish or cause drama.

Ordinance revision could lower rents

Landlords facing intensive inspections for minor violations may soon get a break. And that break might mean lower rent for students. The East Lansing Housing Commission wants to revise an ordinance passed in 1998 that requires every rental property to have a rigorous inspection by 2009. The inspection, which is called an all-trades inspection, is a process that can cost close to $1,000.

Holiday puts bakery in a rush

Walking into Puffin’s Pastry Shop, stacks of cookie sheets and cake pans are evidence of the work at hand.Chefs are preparing pizza crusts and dinner foods after a long day of cookie-baking.MSU bakeries are busy taking and filling orders for several hundred dozens of Valentine’s Day special offers.The smell of sugar and flour filled the pastry shop, the campus bakery tucked behind the scenes in the Brody Hall cafeteria, Tuesday. More than 12,000 cookies already were prepared for delivery on campus.This week, Joan Goheen, retail supervisor for the bakery, has been busy making sure thousands of orders about and beyond campus are delivered on time.

Awareness

When MSU police Officer Ann Stahl joins the Department of Police and Public Safety’s Detective Bureau on March 1 as an alcohol education officer, we hope she is up to a tough challenge before her. Stahl will be charged with working alongside Olin Health Center, the Residence Halls Association and mentors to educate MSU students.

Campus briefs

Debate team members win awards By MEGAN FRYE MSU’s top debate team vied against 138 teams nationwide to take the win at a debate tournament hosted by Northwestern University last week. The Owen L.