Problem sets

MSU students in mathematics classes have a tradition of having a harder time with their courses than they should.

Team reflects on prime season, ready to meet future challenges

The MSU field hockey seniors certainly made their presence felt in their final hurrah. Maybe they knew it was their one last chance to show just how much they’ll be missed. In the team’s 3-1 win over Kent State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Ann Arbor on Nov.

Silly to think raise not due to coach

To whoever believes that Izzo does not deserve his salary increase, you’re silly. Not only does he deserve it, but he’s honestly earned it. Obviously it’s not about the money to him, because if it were he would have left coaching at the collegiate level when he was offered a job in the NBA.

Legal perhaps, but plant could be fatal

Two students and two nonstudents treated for jimson weed poisoning are expected to recover, but the near-death state the men were in Saturday in Akers Hall is cause for concern, police say.

City council to discuss tower, Web site launch

Tonight’s East Lansing City Council meeting will mark the first meeting of Councilmember Vic Loomis and Councilmember Bill Sharp’s new term.It will also feature a full agenda, because it is the first council meeting in nearly a month.Among the issues to be discussed or acted upon during the 7:30 p.m.

Like film, album leaves streaks

The Wash Soundtrack (Interscope) Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg might be bumpin’ again, but “The Wash” is often washed out. Dre and Snoop’s umpteenth collaboration provides the straight West Coast stuff that fans expect from the rap veterans who steer the nation’s gangsta direction.

Medical redshirt not an option for Van Dyke

Senior quarterback Ryan Van Dyke announced Monday that he won’t pursue the possibility of being granted a medical redshirt to play next year. Van Dyke, who broke his jaw Oct.

MADD red-ribbon campaign urges safe Thanksgiving holiday drive

As Michigan motorists take off for the holidays, Mothers Against Drunk Driving is reminding drivers not to mix booze with navigating roads.MADD initiated its 15th annual statewide Red Ribbon “Tie One on For Safety” safe and sober driving holiday public awareness campaign Monday at the state Capitol.Red ribbons will be tied to automobiles to serve as reminders to drive alcohol-free in response to the campaign.“This is a memorial to families who have lost loved ones to drunk drivers, and it continues to get the public support to enforce the laws tightly,” said Chuck Hurley, a former national board member of MADD and vice president of the National Safety Council.“Many have likened drunk drivers to terrorists, randomly killing innocent people.”Hurley said the National Safety Council is predicting 532 people will be killed in traffic accidents during the Thanksgiving Day holiday, and about 40 percent of those deaths will be alcohol related.“Some events are hard to predict and hard to prevent,” he said.

Police briefs 11/20/01

Columnist wrong on impact of obesity

I am usually a great fan of Rishi Kundi’s columns, so I was a bit dismayed to see him citing incorrect information in his recent opinion piece (“24 lessons in 24 years, Rishi looks back,” SN11/15). About 300,000 people a year do not die of obesity-related conditions, as The New England Journal of Medicine stated in a 1998 report. This number was evidently created based on a study that tracked fewer than 200 actual deaths out of the 115,000 women it surveyed.

Companies apologize, give money to students

Compensation and changes are coming from the debate about 10 students who say they were asked to leave a store in Meridian Mall because of their race. The students were shopping for Fake the Funk outfits at the Deb Shop in the Okemos mall Oct.

Morley racks in awards

The wins keep on coming for the MSU volleyball team. But this time, it’s personal. Junior middle blocker Angela Morley was named the National Volleyball Player of the Week on Monday for her 31 kills and .558 hitting percentage in MSU’s weekend upsets of No 9.

New unit directors receive warm welcome from U

A ceremony at Kellogg Center welcomed three new unit directors within Student Affairs and Services on Monday.Kelley Bishop of Career Services and Placement, Marti Ruel of the Department of Student Life and Renee Sanders-Lawson of the Office of Supportive Services ventured into their new careers at the beginning of this semester, each coming from different backgrounds.Lee June, vice president for student affairs and services, said he is very pleased with the performance of the directors so far.“Each one, in their own ways, has looked at the issues in their units and are moving forward with great progress,” he said.June said the directors have also taken initiative to welcome themselves to the community, but he thought Monday’s event would help since all three were together.Ruel, who has lived in Kansas for years but grew up in Ohio, said coming to MSU is like being home.“I feel like I’ve really been welcomed well,” she said.

Douglas J. moving to E. Grand River

A vacant building with dirty windows and some old newspapers will be getting a new summer look.Douglas J.

Izzo deserves pay more than others

Tom Izzo is very deserving of his recent pay raise. Izzo’s salary is more than offset by the money that is brought in by the basketball program, from ticket sales, merchandise and TV revenue.

Miller ignores Hobey talk, focuses on team play

Granted, it’s still early in the season, but Ryan Miller said the H-word hasn’t come up too much so far. Last season, the goaltender stormed through the regular season and set numerous team, conference and national records en route to winning the Hobey Baker Award as college hockey’s outstanding player. Now a junior, Miller is subject to the question that nags every underclassman who wins a major award... Can he do it again? “Some people were asking me before the season, before they saw what kind of team I have to play with,” Miller said last week.

Racial slur mars black caucus poster

Despite university efforts to promote multiculturalism on campus, an incident last week displayed intolerance for minorities in residence halls. Social relations sophomore Kalaethia Hawkins is a member of Case Hall Black Caucus.

Art Apartment features Holocaust exhibit

On Nov. 9, 1938, anti-Semites ran through the streets of German-held territory setting fire and laying waste to anything Jewish in a massive planned pogrom known as Kristallnacht, or The Night of Broken Glass. Until last year, Susan Hensel, director of The Art Apartment, hadn’t been able to express this tragic event with her art.

Bloody Afghan war just the beginning

“We injured them. So we pulled them out of the trenches and lined them up on the ground, and we drove the tank over them,” Farid, a northern alliance tank commander, told a CBS camera crew about killing 27 Taliban soldiers. Very effective, Farid.

Financial aid woes

Students nationwide are getting the short end of the stick when it comes to financial aid. Recipients of the Pell Grant, including more than 6,000 MSU students, are facing the possibility of an oversight that would provide no increase in next year’s aid package.There were bills passed by the U.S.