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SPORTS UPDATE: Izzo still unsure if Taylor will be ready to go against Northwestern

Dan Woike
February 4, 2002

After suffering a minor concussion against Illinois on Sunday, the status of Marcus Taylor is uncertain.The sophomore point guard sat out the final 18 minutes of Sunday’s game after coming down on his head, the result of a hard foul from Illini forward Lucus Johnson.MSU head coach Tom Izzo said he’s not sure if the team’s leading scorer will be ready to go again Northwestern (12-8 overall, 3-5 Big Ten) on Wednesday.“I talked to the doctors and the one thing they told me was that it was so different for every guy,” Izzo said.If Taylor doesn’t get the green light to play, the Spartans (13-8, 4-4) will go with freshman guard Chris Hill at point guard, Izzo said.Fellow freshman Alan Anderson will fill in as backup.“One thing (the doctors) were thankful of was that there were no real headaches, and that was big,” Izzo said of Taylor.

SPORTS

Super Bowl: Partying key as game itself

Call it Super Bowl FunDay, not Sunday. It’s the one day out of the year that the Sabbath (in the Christian sense) can be forgotten and the gods of the gridiron are worshiped from kickoff ’til the clock expires. Sure, during the National Football League’s regular season there are 17 weeks of play to be witnessed.

COMMENTARY

Choices, decisions are part of what makes living life interesting

Sometimes the clock drives me crazy. It just doesn’t stop. We are so controlled by time that I find myself wasting too much precious time or trying to kill time while I’m waiting to do something more exciting. But what bothers me more than the endless ticking of my watch is wondering if I’m making the wrong choices.

MICHIGAN

Students interact with kids

Shannon Murphy
February 4, 2002

Sarah Masternick spent her Saturday afternoon tying ice skates and spinning kids on the ice. The elementary education junior volunteers along with about 40 MSU students through Meridian Township Police Department’s Spartan Buddies program. The program, which pairs elementary-aged students with college-aged mentors, was started nine years ago by Meridian Township police officer Gayelord Mankowski. “We found we didn’t have much success with the adults, so we decided to do things with the kids,” he said. Spartan Buddies began at Wardcliff Elementary School for children in need.

COMMENTARY

Cuba detainees are being treated fairly

In response to the recurring concern by media and political cartoonists of the mistreatment of the detainees at Camp X-Ray in Cuba, I feel it is necessary to express my disappointment in these forums for completely misconstruing the type of people they are defending.

MSU

Pool shows potential, beauty of IM facility

Alison Barker
February 4, 2002

For about 20 years, a pool in IM Sports-Circle has been collecting dust and debris.James Perra, ASMSU chairperson of the intramural facility improvement committee, said the 80-year-old pool represents the potential of all the intramural facilities on campus.

NEWS

Games aura makes up for lackluster ads

Haslett - For one Sunday every year, we all at least pretend to care about football. Of course, the truth is we really care more about hanging out with our friends and eating junk food on a Sunday.

NEWS

MID-DAY UPDATE: U officials excited about chance of seeing worlds only Rare Isotope Accelerator built on campus

Chris Boyer
February 4, 2002

MSU is being considered by the U.S. Department of Energy as a potential host for a Rare Isotope Accelerator, the only one of its kind in the world.Still in the design stages, the half-mile long piece of machinery is slated to be about 10,000 times more powerful than the linked cyclotrons MSU has now.MSU’s nuclear physics program was ranked second by the U.S.

FEATURES

Students exhibit years of work

Tanee Elston
February 4, 2002

Just as studio art senior Erika Martinez loaded her car with ceramics, graphic designs and screen printings she’ll exhibit this week with two other studio art seniors, all of her frames broke.She knows getting ready for an exhibit can be timely and costly if things don’t go as planned.

FEATURES

Lummox honest memoir

Dan Julian
February 4, 2002

A “guy guy,” as described in Mike Magnuson’s third book, “Lummox: The Evolution of a Man,” is someone who is easily identifiable, especially in today’s society. This memoir follows Magnuson, a red-blooded Wisconsin-born cheese-head, who partakes in some interesting situations during Ronald Reagan’s reign, including living in a hollowed-out elementary school music room in his teens.

COMMENTARY

SN showed bias in Engler editorial

In the editorial “Engler Games,” (SN 2/1) the bias of The State News comes out once again. I wonder if the newspaper’s editorial board is comprised equally of Democrats and Republicans, as it wants the MSU Board of Trustees to remain.

MSU

Study: Liquor may prevent dementia

Erica Berg
February 4, 2002

A recent study found that drinking alcohol could have longer-term effects than a hangover. A survey published in The Lancet, a British medical journal, said moderate consumption of alcohol - between one and three drinks a day - can help prevent heart disease, strokes, Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia. Dementia refers to a group of disorders - the most common one being Alzheimer’s disease - that cause a significant change in thinking and memory. The six-year study was conducted at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

MICHIGAN

Family trees branch out in E.L.

Shaun Byron
February 4, 2002

Carole Callard has been investigating her family history since 1974.She traced her father’s family back to Jamestown, Va., in 1623 and her mother’s family came to the United States from Ireland in the 1850s, she said. Callard, a genealogy specialist from the Library of Michigan, will help others fill holes in their family histories at 7 p.m.

MSU

DCL diversity week begins

Chad Previch
February 4, 2002

MSU-Detroit College of Law’s Diversity Week 2002 will include community service events, lectures and celebrations. The events are sponsored by several organizations, including the Wolverine Student Bar Association and The Young Democrats.

NEWS

Womens swimming and diving team ends home schedule with win

The MSU women divers made sure John Narcy, the women’s diving coach, had a successful final home meet. As MSU women’s swimming and diving team closed the regular season with a win over Northern Michigan, 132.5-89.5 on Saturday in East Lansing, his divers achieved their highest scores of the season.