COMMENTARY
Coaches coach
The revolving door to the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics has been spitting out athletics directors faster than President M.
MICHIGAN
Local organizations vie for city grants through Community Improvement Challenge
The city of East Lansing will hold a workshop tonight for area resident groups interested in receiving matching grants for community projects. The grants, awarded by the city through the Community Improvement Challenge Program, allow community organizations like neighborhood associations or churches, to complete expensive programs they would not otherwise be able to afford. During the meeting at 7 p.m.
FOOTBALL
Fumbling Spartans in bowl bind
West Lafayette, Ind. - One inexperienced quarterback and loads of mistakes left MSU one more week out of the bowl hunt. The Spartans (5-4 overall, 3-4 Big Ten) racked up six turnovers Saturday as they failed to clinch the sixth win needed to become bowl eligible for the second straight week.
FEATURES
Rap college tour canceled at Auditorium
After driving two hours from the city of Sturgis, 17-year-old Chris Moses was disappointed when he discovered the hip-hop show scheduled for Friday night at the Auditorium was canceled because of promotional and technical problems.
COMMENTARY
Save money by turning down heat
One night I was talking to someone and they mentioned the university could save more than $1 million if dorm residents would just shut off their lights when they weren’t needed. Well I have a grand idea of how the university can save money. How about turning down the heat in some of the campus buildings?
COMMENTARY
Comic not funny, just bashes race
In Nov. 8’s paper there was a “comic” strip that I and many others found very offensive. The strip, “The Boondocks” by Aaron McGruder, referred to African Americans no longer being the most hated ethnic group in America.
MICHIGAN
Neds Bookstores creator dies of cancer at age 58
Ned Shure, co-founder of Ned’s Bookstores, died Nov. 10 of cancer in Ann Arbor.Shure, 58, began selling books in 1967 at the University of Michigan.
BASKETBALL
Team drags to 72-62 OT victory
TV cameras weren’t around to witness this one.And that was probably a good thing - the MSU men’s basketball team didn’t feed the net until the 15:54 mark of the first half.
FOOTBALL
Dowdell humbled in debut
Some players try to control their nerves by puking or taking naps before games. But all Damon Dowdell needed to shake his jitters in his first collegiate start was a love tap from Purdue defensive end Akin Ayodele.
NEWS
U awaits success of energy campaign
The logo is drawn, the summit has been held and the energy conservation campaign is under way. Now administrators await the answer to their $1 million question: Will MSU turn off its lights? In an effort to conserve budget dollars and natural resources, MSU is aiming to cut campus energy usage by 5 percent this year, creating savings of $1 million.
MICHIGAN
Free parking offered in downtown
The city of East Lansing is getting into the holiday spirit.For several weekends in November and December, parking in the downtown lot ramps and at meters will be free. Ami Field, assistant community events director for the city, said this program has been going on for several years as a way to lure people into doing their holiday shopping downtown.“It’s basically to encourage people to come downtown to do their holiday shopping, it’s an incentive,” she said.The free parking days kick off Friday through Sunday and return Dec.
MICHIGAN
Students hit the books for charity
Packaging senior Salimah Turner always spends her Sunday afternoons studying. But this past Sunday, she joined members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority in the Wonders Hall Kiva to help raise money for a charity and scholarships during their Study-A-Thon, which is held twice a year. More than 40 students were expected to participate in the study day, which was from 10 a.m.
FEATURES
Ours performs Saturday night
While it may not have performed in front of a sold-out house, the rock band Ours played a high-energy performance Saturday night that rattled the walls of the Erickson Kiva.Playing a majority of the material off its latest album, “Distorted Lullabies,” Ours played for more than an hour and cruised solidly through the singles “Drowning,” “Sometimes” and “Here is the Light,” among others.
ICE HOCKEY
Spartans blank RedHawks at Munn for second straight night
Ryan Miller seems to have turned the usually potent Miami (Ohio) RedHawks into his personal statistic-padding team. The junior goaltender recorded another shutout over the RedHawks - his fourth straight whitewash of Miami - in Saturday night’s 2-0 MSU win at Munn Ice Arena. The Spartans (8-2-1 overall, 7-2-1 CCHA) have now held Miami (6-5-1, 4-3-1) scoreless for 292:07 minutes of hockey, dating to March 11, 2000. Miami came into the series averaging 3.90 goals per game, but Miller made 28 saves Saturday for his 23rd career shutout.
ICE HOCKEY
Spartans blank RedHawks at Munn for second straight night
Ryan Miller seems to have turned the usually potent Miami (Ohio) RedHawks into his personal statistic-padding team.The junior goaltender recorded another shutout over the RedHawks - his fourth straight whitewash of Miami - in Saturday night’s 2-0 MSU win at Munn Ice Arena.The Spartans (8-2-1 overall, 7-2-1 CCHA) have now held Miami (6-5-1, 4-3-1) scoreless for 292:07 minutes of hockey, dating to March 11, 2000.Miami came into the series averaging 3.90 goals per game, but Miller made 28 saves Saturday for his 23rd career shutout.
FOOTBALL
Spartans fumble five times in 24-14 loss to Boilers
West Lafayette, Ind. - The MSU football team failed to become bowl eligible for the second straight week Saturday as it fumbled the ball five times in a 24-14 loss to Purdue at Ross Ade Stadium.Redshirt freshman quarterback Damon Dowdell started the game because sophomore quarterback Jeff Smoker sprained his left shoulder last week against Indiana.
VOLLEYBALL
Spartans prepared for Lady Lions, Buckeyes after losses
It isn’t just about the Big Ten anymore. When the Spartans (16-7, 9-7 Big Ten) travel to face No.
COMMENTARY
Wrong values
Supremacy organizations are getting fresh blood in their ranks, researchers say. A study conducted by a faith-based organization in Chicago revealed that during the last year in the Midwestern states, 33 percent of the 338 white supremacist groups actively recruit young people, 10 percent higher than in 1999. There is nothing wrong with taking pride in one’s race or heritage, whether it be black, white, Asian, Indian or anything else.
FEATURES
Weekend Guide
FRIDAYThe “Black Comedy Tour“ featuring Shawn C & Cocoa Brown will be visiting MSU.