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MICHIGAN

Festival launches holiday season

Alison Barker
November 16, 2001

Fireworks will light up the sky behind the Capitol dome tonight to kick off the holidays with Silver Bells in the City. An electric light parade and the lighting of Michigan’s official holiday tree in front of the Capitol are a few of the attractions at the 17th annual celebration in downtown Lansing. “Thousands of people gather in a huge crowd and share the spirit of the season,” said Joanne Eason, a spokeswoman for the event.

SPORTS

Formanczyk wins singles consolation title

Chris Mackinder
November 15, 2001

Though MSU wasn’t one of the two teams battling for the championship, much of the attention was on Spartan freshman Andrew Formanczyk who took home the Big Ten singles consolation title. Formanczyk won three matches Sunday, and cruised to a 6-2, 6-1 win over Ohio State’s Vince Ng in the semifinals, and a 6-1, 6-3 win over Northwestern’s Jamie Sahara in the finals.

MSU

Black activist to speak on campus

Camille Spencer
November 15, 2001

Dick Gregory, an activist for social change and human rights, will be speaking on campus today.His speech, sponsored by the Black History Committee and the University Activities Board, will be held at 7 p.m.

FEATURES

Ours to perform Saturday night

Dan Austin
November 15, 2001

There’s one sure-fire way to really enrage Jimmy Gnecco.Compare him to the late Jeff Buckley.“I knew that after Jeff became popular we’d be compared to him,” Gnecco said as his touring caravan climbed through the Canadian Rockies.

MICHIGAN

Area storytellers gather for annual event

Sara Luneburg
November 15, 2001

Each night before she went to bed, Cheryl Bradley was fascinated by her mom’s stories of growing up on the farm. When the East Lansing resident had her own children years later, she continued the tradition, sharing the stories of their grandmother’s youth, adding in her own youth and making up others. But eventually, she said, they became too big to sit in her lap and listen. Then, about 14 years ago, Bradley heard about a Mason storyteller giving a presentation on the art. “It was an evening around Christmas and I went to it,” she said.

SOCCER

Mens team awaits news on NCAA, women reflect on season success

Aaron Johnson
November 15, 2001

Any hopes the MSU women’s soccer team had of continuing its season were lost Monday when the NCAA announced the 64 teams that will make up the tournament bracket.But the men’s soccer team still has four days to wait and hope that its season had that little extra spark that would push it into the 48-team bracket.The men haven’t been in the tournament since 1969, though in 1967 and 1968 the team was NCAA co-champions.The goalkeeper for the co-champion teams, MSU’S current head coach Joe Baum, said he believes this team could hold its own against the teams he played on.“I think if you look at our team today, we don’t have any All-Americans, but we’re more solid throughout the lineup,” he said.

COMMENTARY

No shows

ASMSU’s touted need for better student interaction with the MSU Board of Trustees has never been more clearly illustrated.The Board of Trustees was invited by the university’s undergraduate student government to a forum Wednesday night to discuss the potential of a voting student on the board.

ICE HOCKEY

Defensemen burying pucks with new offense

James Jahnke
November 15, 2001

Within MSU’s new offensive scheme, the Spartan forwards are darting all over the ice and generating plenty of goals for head coach Ron Mason.But fourth-ranked MSU’s offensive glory doesn’t start and end with centers and wings.