COMMENTARY
Meaningless
Numbers don’t mean much. Especially when they appear in a list without any type of context. The U.S.
COMMENTARY
Dirty Prank
We just wanted to take a second to express our disappointment in our Wolverine neighbors to the southeast. It’s seems our friends are having trouble accepting the fact that their poor excuse for a basketball team may lose its eighth straight meeting with the Spartans tonight at Breslin Center.
MICHIGAN
U institute to release survey results about cities
After growing up in Detroit, Kelly DeGrandchamp found Greater Lansing a whole different type of area.“(Lansing’s) a lot more friendly and a lot greener,” the zoology junior said.But like many students, DeGrandchamp sees room for improvement in Lansing.“I think there’s a major issue with a lot of housing and property values,” she said.DeGrandchamp represents a majority of Michigan residents, according to a survey put together by MSU’s Institute for Public Policy and Social Research.A group of state representatives and MSU professors will meet to discuss the survey results at 11:30 a.m.
MICHIGAN
State Police director heads to homeland administration
Gov. John Engler accepted the resignation of Michigan State Police director Col. Michael Robinson on Tuesday. Robinson, a Grand Rapids native, joined the State Police in 1968 and has been the department’s director for 11 years. Robinson is the thirteenth director for th state police. “It will be a great loss to the community and to the State Police,” East Lansing police Capt.
COMMENTARY
Mason is as biased as his predecessor
I was elated to see that finally the university would be replacing athletics director Clarence Underwood (‘U’ wants Mason for A.D.,” SN 1/28). Since 1999, Spartan athletics have been supervised by this man who has been quoted as saying the only reason women play sports is for college scholarships.
FEATURES
The Mothman Prophecies delivers effective scare
In all the time I’ve been a critic, Richard Gere has only recently come out with one movie: “The Mothman Prophecies.” Now, being the type of guy that I am, it would be pretty easy to make jokes about him.
BASKETBALL
Renewed rivalry worries U
Ann Arbor and East Lansing are 65 miles apart, but when MSU and Michigan meet on the basketball court, the gap in talent seems much farther. MSU has toppled U-M seven straight times by an average of 20.4 points.
NEWS
Inner tubes make polo possible
By SEAN GALVIN For The State News Some people love the game of water polo but swim like bricks. Is this a problem? Not at MSU. “I’ve never exactly been the strongest swimmer,” said Michael Ducham, a packaging junior.
COMMENTARY
All residence halls should ban smoking
Even though I am not living in the dorms next year, I want to thank the Residence Halls Association for banning smoking in more residence halls for next fall (“RHA grants halls smoke-free status,” SN 1/28). I think RHA should consider making all dorms nonsmoking sometime in the near future.
MICHIGAN
Contest captures unique aspects of E.L.
For some residents, East Lansing might mean their home, family or a favorite moment spent with friends.Since May, residents could snap a picture of what they thought was unique about East Lansing for the City Scenes Photo Contest.The contestants were divided into three categories: children, youth and adults.
FEATURES
Band strikes a chord on disc
Improvisation is key to a band’s aura. If it can occasionally jump off its routine and veer off on some random tangent, that’s when the true spirit of the artist is showcased. Ekoostik hookah’s seventh disc is a laid-back record infused with random jaunts of improvisation at its best. It fuses a Stevie Ray Vaughn vocal influence with an old-school bluegrass tinge. It has plenty of breakdowns and the album’s motivation is built in its overall simplicity.
NEWS
Event helps student leaders improve skills, reflect on 9-11
By KRISTIN CAIN For The State News At first glance, 250 people playing Simon says, giving each other shoulder rubs and waving their arms in the air hardly looks like leadership in action.
MSU
Discussion to address legal issues of war on terrorism
A panel of experts from around the country will discuss on campus tonight the legality of how the U.S.
NEWS
Medieval Meets Modern
Severed limbs, soaring arrows and seamstresses.These are just some of the words to describe the Society for Creative Anachronism, a group dedicated to recreating the medieval period of 600 to 1600 A.D.
COMMENTARY
Nothing said
State addresses and annual reports should highlight the good and bad of any community. But all too often, the bad is buried underneath the good.
FEATURES
Ridiculous study proves the obvious
There are a lot of things in this world that bugs me. And one thing that really gets my blood pressure boiling is when people spend their time examining insignificant issues.The Parents Television Council released a study between basic cable and broadcast television.
NEWS
Medieval Meets Modern
By KRISTOFER KAROL For The State News Severed limbs, soaring arrows and seamstresses. These are just some of the words to describe the Society for Creative Anachronism, a group dedicated to recreating the medieval period of 600 to 1600 A.D.
FEATURES
Ruff album isnt a fun Ryde
Hip-hop or garbage - which do you prefer? Personally, I prefer hip-hop and artists with originality.
MSU
Study says fish-eating men more apt to father boys
A recent MSU study found that the food people eat affects their children’s gender.Males who have higher levels of PCBs in their systems were more likely to father boys, the study found.Epidemiology Professor Wilfried Karmaus, who led the study, said the study was an effort to dispute the effect of chemicals on human reproduction.“We tested both the maternal and paternal influence to see which parent was responsible for the reproduction of boys,” Karmaus said.PCB, or polychlorinated biphenyl, is an industrial chemical used in compactors for insulation, cutting oils and hydraulic fluids.
NEWS
Columnist discovers comedy on campus
I have been told that in this existentialist age in which we live, nothing is funny anymore. I cannot help but be saddened by such a bleak outlook on the state of humor in modern times.