Spartans face No. 25 Sooners

Another familiar foe from the past will try to knock the No. 15 MSU men’s basketball team from the Preseason NIT, when the Spartans matchup with No.

Four out of five back strikes

Support of U.S.-led airstrikes in Afghanistan is evident among college students across the country.Last month, Harvard University’s Institute of Politics conducted a telephone survey of 1,200 undergraduate students nationwide and discovered nearly four of five students were advocates of the airstrikes.

Whats happening?

Events • Golden Key National Honor Society: Induction Ceremony, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Brody Hall north cafeteria.

Sloan record falls short of previous intrigue

Sloan, quite possibly one of the few great things to come out of Canada besides Labatt beer and fellow rockers Our Lady Peace, has come out with its long-awaited release, “Pretty Together.” Plain and simple, this is a disappointing album, not because it’s bad, but because it fails to match earlier releases.

ASMSU to pose tenant law to E.L.

During the campaign for East Lansing City Council, candidates spoke frequently about the need to strengthen relations between city residents and university residents.Many of the topics brought up, including getting a student to serve on city council and changing the primary date for city elections, are also concerns facing ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government.

Meadows gets mayoral seat for third term

The last of the city’s election results are in. Tuesday night marked the beginning of Mark Meadows’ third term as mayor of East Lansing.

Police briefs 11/14/01

Michigan writers to speak at Old Town Poetry series tonight

Michigan poets Mary Ann Samyn and Gerry LaFemina arrive in Old Town Lansing today for an evening of poetry at The Creole Gallery, 1218 Turner St. Tonight’s Old Town Poetry series reading is sponsored by the Lansing Poetry Club and the Lansing Community College Creative Writing Club. “It seemed like a good idea to link up the writing club with The Creole Gallery,” club adviser and LCC Professor Dennis Hinrichsen said. Hinrichsen said the poets were chosen because of their recent publications and because he thought it was important to feature Michigan writers. Their most recent collections are LaFemina’s “Zarathustra in Love,” and Samyn’s “Inside the Yellow Dress.” He described LaFemina’s poetry as “Whitman-esque.” LaFemina wrote for a time about living in New York City, and now incorporates his city experiences with poetry about life in Michigan. “Mary Ann Samyn writes a very spare, lyrically concise poem,” Hinrichsen said.

Tuition tax credit should be repealed

It’s tough enough paying for school as a student. Students rack up thousands in debt because most 18- to 22-year-olds just don’t have $40,000 set aside for their education. But Michigan’s tuition tax credit has caused unprecedented tuition increases and jeopardized the quality of education students like me struggle to afford. This year is the first year that MSU is unable to continue its tuition guarantee, which promised to keep tuition increases at or below the projected rate of inflation.

Sport has impressive season with 5-1 record by aggressive players

Cathy Keehn loves to relieve stress by knocking someone down.However, the animal science sophomore isn’t alone.

Peers blamed for Wiccan girls suicide

Lincoln Park - Pictures of Tempest Smith’s crooked smile and blue eyes are frozen in time - reminders of the ballerina, honor role student, flute player and daughter Denessa Smith called her “blessing.” Denessa’s eyes fill up with tears when she remembers “My Family,” the song Tempest composed and the Sylvester slippers Tempest put on her feet to keep her warm when she fell asleep on the couch. “It was a rule that if mom didn’t tuck you in, you tucked mom in,” Denessa said. Denessa remembers the last “I love you” from Tempest, the night before the 12-year-old tied a scarf around her neck and hung herself from her bunk bed on February 20. Tempest’s journal, found under her bed after her Feb.

Uncle Earl to perform at Creole

Meegan Holland said the Creole Gallery, 1218 Turner St., in Lansing, doesn’t generally book old-time country-bluegrass acts, but something about the newly formed “Uncle Earl” showed promise. “You’ve just got four very talented women up there so I figured you can’t go wrong,” said Holland, the concert presenter for the gallery. “Uncle Earl” will perform at 7:30 p.m.

Pagans in college face stereotypes of faith

Pagan groups at universities across the country are practicing their faith, but some of the campus organizations say they’ve faced discrimination. A decision by the Religious Council, which monitors religious organizations at Boston University, to not endorse campuswide neopagan organization Nemeton upset pagans. Seamus McKeon, a religious studies junior and president of Nemeton, said the decision prevents her group from participating in council events and receiving funding from Boston University for religious books and ritual tools. McKeon said the decision was based on stereotypes.

Campus Briefs

As part of National Osteopathic Medicine Week, a program to learn more about the threat of bioterrorism and anthrax will be held tonight at the Kellogg Center. “Anthrax, Bioterrorism: What You Have to Know” starts at 7 p.m.

Green Day releases greatest hits

Green Day International Superhits! Reprise Records Once upon a time Green Day was a great band - back in the day when it was all about Lookout!

Win doesnt guarantee place in poll

For the second straight week, MSU went unbeaten and untied for a weekend and still slipped in one of the national polls. This time, the USA Today/American Hockey Magazine rankings dropped MSU from No.

Lit album disappointing

Lit Atomic RCA Lit is one of those bands people love or hate. Either way, it’s hard to deny it writes some catchy stuff, and this album is a vindication of why it is such a popular outfit. It doesn’t matter that the percussion work is minimal and amazingly simple, but perhaps that’s the point.

Task force talks U cash

Ready to talk cash? Ready or not, the House Democratic Task Force on Higher Education Affordability is coming to MSU, 7 p.m.

Three basketball recruits warming up pens to sign letters today

At 11 a.m. today Rochester forward Paul Davis, Detroit Crockett guard Maurice Ager and Arlington (Indianapolis) forward Delco Rowley will sign letters of intent to play for MSU men’s head basketball coach Tom Izzo in 2002.Recruiting analyst Dave Telep of bluechiphoops.com said Izzo’s new gang of recruits rests in line with some of college basketball’s more storied programs.

Bombs away

President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin have put together a positive agreement to reduce the nuclear stockpiles of their two nations.During the next decade, the United States will reduce its arsenal of strategic nuclear warheads from an inventory of about 7,000 to between 1,700 and 2,000.