FEATURES
Weekend guide
Friday The Breslin Student Events Center welcomes “Fake the Funk 11,” a lip-synch contest featuring R&B, hip-hop and pop music.
FOOTBALL
Haygood more than return man
Herb Haygood has not just made a name for himself as an explosive kick returner this season, but also as a prolific wide receiver.
VOLLEYBALL
Spartan spikers pull 3-1 victory over rival Wolverines
While rain and wind pelted MSU students in East Lansing on Wednesday evening, the Spartan volleyball team created a storm of its own inside Jenison Field House. The Spartans (12-6, 5-6 Big Ten) wrestled their way to a 3-1 victory against the rival Michigan Wolverines.“We controlled the net, and we won the serve and pass part of the game,” head coach Chuck Erbe said.
FOOTBALL
Big games stump pundits
Some things never change. O.J. Simpson is back in court and MSU is a mediocre 3-2 with six games left in the season.
MSU
Cognitive science program receives competitive grant for research, equipment
A National Science Foundation grant began filling the bank to fund MSU Graduate School research, student stipends and new equipment early this month.The foundation’s Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training Grant was officially awarded to the graduate school’s cognitive science program Sept.
FEATURES
Forbidden Broadway to run this weekend
Musicals can be fun, but they’re hard to take seriously. “Forbidden Broadway,” playing this weekend at Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre, will be harder to take seriously than any musical so far, except maybe “Cats.” “It’s all the things audiences have thought about but never really expressed,” producer John Freedson said.
MICHIGAN
Library sees lending boom
An East Lansing secret has been getting around. The East Lansing Public Library has been gaining popularity since the completion of an 18-month renovation project began in 1998. “We see ourselves as a treasure chest of jewels, a number of which are undiscovered,” said Laurie St.
COMMENTARY
Still a deal
Students don’t need a national survey to tell them college tuition rose an average of 7.7 percent last year, including an 8.9 percent raise at MSU.
MSU
First Amendment lecture comes to U
Félix Gutiérrez, senior vice president of the Freedom Forum, a journalism organization that focuses on First Amendment issues and diversity, has been chosen to speak for the 32nd annual Frederick S.
MICHIGAN
Lawmakers aim to gain pay raise veto power
State lawmakers shouldn’t get used to exorbitant pay increases.A resolution passed out of a House-Senate conference committee Wednesday would require the Legislature to vote on future pay increases and would give the lawmakers power to accept smaller pay increases than those recommended by the State Officers Compensation Commission.Lawmakers drafted the resolution in response to a $20,000 pay increase earlier in the year.
MSU
Library cookbooks going digital
A recent grant awarded to the MSU Libraries will make it possible to view part of life from the early 19th century online. The $249,783 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services will be used to fund “Feeding America: The Historic American Cookbooks Project” - a plan to make 75 pre-1923 cookbooks digitally available online. MSU Libraries has more than 6,000 such cookbooks in its Cookery Collection in the Special Collections department. “We are pleased in a number of ways,” said Michael Seadle, the digital service and copyright librarian.
MSU
Distinguished diplomat speaks to U
World renowned diplomat Richard Holbrooke shared his views on the political implications of Sept.
FEATURES
National act to play at Magic Bag tonight
Unlike most musicians, Bob Schneider didn’t pursue his profession for the love of making music or a need to express his creativity. “I did it for girls,” Schneider said.
COMMENTARY
Important to see ugly photo display
The truth is ugly, but the reality of abortion is important for people to realize. The displays near Wells Hall showed the gruesome truth of abortion in a way that words cannot easily reveal.
FEATURES
Annual Fake the Funk featured Friday
Glenn Lott has the look of the latest hot hip-hop artist - unlaced Timberlands, baggy jeans, a head scarf tied neatly around his head and jewelry to glamorize his attire.
NEWS
Storm wreaks havoc
Unseasonable temperatures and gorgeous skies Wednesday morning gave way to ominous clouds, severe weather and funnel clouds by early evening. Two funnel clouds were spotted southwest of Lansing near Dimondale about 7 p.m.
MICHIGAN
Hall of Fame welcomes 8 new inductees
Eight accomplished women will be added today to a gallery of about 150 others at the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame.The women are being honored for their lifetime achievements.The Michigan Women’s Studies Association, Inc. will hold their 18th Annual Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame Awards Dinner at the ballroom in the Sheraton Hotel, 925 S.
ICE HOCKEY
New offensive approach bringing results
It’s not an uncommon hockey strategy, but it seems to have penetrated the top-ranked Spartans’ consciousness more than usual in the early stages of this season. “Just get the puck to the net and see what happens,” junior left wing Brian Maloney repeated again and again after practice Monday. The Spartans won’t call it their season motto, but it’s close.
COMMENTARY
Students dont want to read about attack
I know, “Not another 9-11 article.” For those who feel that way I apologize, but when I took a look around me for some ideas, I was surrounded by headlines reading anthrax reports, “America strikes back” and the latest clues leading to the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida terror network. But the terrorist attacks have been covered in papers across the country over and over again.
NEWS
Seale shares insight into founding of organization
Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, spoke about his experiences during his organization’s prime to a crowd of about 250 students, faculty and staff Wednesday night at the Erickson Kiva. Seale and fellow activist Huey P.