COMMENTARY
Emcees response was inappropriate
As an enthusiastic participant in the fight for equality and unity, I marched in Monday’s Martin Luther King, Jr.
COMMENTARY
Overspending is source of problem
Money is tight. University officials tell The State News that we’re going to have to be very careful with the money that we have.
SPORTS
Spartans hope depth prevails against Hawkeyes
After the final buzzer tonight inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena, one thing is certain - one team will continue its winning ways; the other will have to start over.The Spartan women’s basketball squad hits the road in hopes of extending its two-game winning streak against the red-hot Iowa Hawkeyes, fresh off four straight wins.Junior guard Vnemina Reese said the Spartans (12-6 overall, 2-5 Big Ten) have had their first taste of conference success, and they’re hungry for more.“Winning is contagious,” Reese said.
SPORTS
Buckeye turns green and white
The choice came down to being a Spartan or a Buckeye for Christy Linder. In the end, she decided to go green.MSU would be an obvious and possibly easy choice for a Michigan resident, but Linder is from Ohio.Her parents are both die-hard Buckeye fans and wanted their daughter to stay close to home, but they left the decision up to her.“Since we are both Buckeye fans, we both wanted her to go to Ohio State,” said Dan Linder, Christy’s father.
NEWS
SPORTS UPDATE: Iowa topples womens hoops, 75-55.
The Spartan women’s basketball team left Carver-Hawkeye Arena Thursday night taking some good out of their 75-55 loss to Iowa.The good news - the Spartans (12-7 overall, 2-6 Big Ten) outscored the Hawkeyes 36-33 for 20 minutes.The bad news - the Hawkeyes (13-5, 6-2) already held a 42-19 lead in the 20 minutes prior.The hot Hawkeye start crippled the Spartans’ chances of continuing their two-game winning streak.With the win, Iowa extends its winning streak to five.The Spartans were unable to contain a potent perimeter attack from the Hawkeyes.
NEWS
BREAKING NEWS: Test results show graduate student carried type C strain of meningitis
Test results revealed today the 25-year-old graduate student who died Sunday had the type C strain of bacterial meningococcus.School of Hospitality Business student Matthew Knueppel’s test results came back about 9 a.m., according to Dr. Dean Sienko, director of the Ingham County Health Department.Sienko said Knueppel had not received the vaccine, but group C is one of the meningococcal subtypes the vaccine prevents against.“The reason we find out which type someone has is because it gives us a rough sense of whether you might have an outbreak or a linkage between cases,” Sienko said.
FEATURES
Been Taken hits Arena Stage tonight
“Been Taken” hits the stage tonight, with the cast of 12 prepped by the show’s contemporary American playwright Roger Hedden.
COMMENTARY
Be prepared
It’s comforting that people are remaining calm about the death of a 25-year-old graduate student from bacterial meningitis.
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.
NEWS
Habitat for Humanity volunteers time, money to build Lansing house
By BENITA MEHTA For The State News Lansing - What started as an empty hole in the ground became a home filled with emotions Sunday, as a house built by members of MSU’s Habitat for Humanity was dedicated to a family in need. After more than a year of construction, the house now belongs to Mary Ann McCullem and her two children, Joe Ross, 18, and Tommy Green, 4.
MICHIGAN
Senators rewarded for protecting wildlife
Lansing - If Michigan Democratic Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin have anything to say about it, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will remain closed to oil exploration, leaving Americans looking elsewhere for fuel.For their efforts in protecting the refuge and their opposition to drilling in the Great Lakes, Stabenow and Levin were awarded the Arctic Defender Award by the Mackinac Chapter of the Sierra Club in a ceremony Monday.“The senator has stated numerous times that he opposes opening the refuge to drilling,” said Levin’s spokesman Eric Weber, who accepted the award.
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.
MSU
U still enjoys unlimited downloading
Pipes are bursting on college campuses across the country. But it’s not any fluid that’s overflowing - it’s data.Bandwidth, the amount of space available on a network connection, is becoming a concern for some colleges with high-speed connections to the Internet.
FEATURES
Webb weaves a good tale
Simplicity can be the most powerful form of expression.Trying to convey a statement with unnecessary words and phrases is annoying, but describing something in its simple, bare state helps the reader relate more.Best known for his 1962 novel, “The Graduate,” Charles Webb hits the mark of simplicity in its truest fashion with his ninth book, “New Cardiff.” His modern-day love story contains enough subtle humor to give it a partial thumbs up to contemporary literature buffs.The story revolves around Colin, an artist from England who is immersed in his drawings.While taking part in his other favorite pastime, reading, Colin finds a trend that applies to him, where the heartbroken tend to escape to another country to find happiness when a relationship goes awry.Colin attempts to reverse that literary trend after a sour breakup with his fiancee Vera - she mailed him a wedding invitation to her wedding with her new fiance the day before the scheduled wedding - by venturing to America.He finds solace in a quaint little Vermont town called New Cardiff.
COMMENTARY
Lame talk
I t seems Gov. John Engler’s goals are too lofty as he plans for his 12th and final State of the State address tonight.
MICHIGAN
Speculation ends; Kmart files for bankruptcy
Lansing - Like many people, Lansing resident Selene Pryor grew up thinking Kmart would never go away. But recently, Pryor has rethought the permanence her weekly trip to the store at 5400 S.