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NEWS

The Cold War brings added security risks

Jamie Gumbrecht
October 5, 2001

Three layers of warmth will be waiting for Kate Mason when she rolls out of bed Saturday morning - long underwear, khaki pants with a white button-down shirt and a uniform green jacket. As a Greencoat for MSU’s Department of Police and Public Safety, Mason is one piece of a carefully carved safety plan for Saturday’s record-breaking hockey game, “The Cold War.” Mason, one of more than 110 student safety workers, will be stationed in the stadium’s “crow’s nest” at the top of the stadium, watching the crowd and the parking lots in temperatures predicted to dip as low as the high 30s. “The buzz around the Greencoat world is that we’re going to watch history happen,” the pre-vet freshman said.

MICHIGAN

Student commission still looking for members

Sara Luneburg
October 4, 2001

Jonathan Rosenthal is excited to get to work improving student and East Lansing community relations.The business administration and pre-law junior has made a lot of changes in his life in the past year - transferring to MSU from Florida State University, taking a position with MSU’s undergraduate student government as director of communication affairs and his appointment to the University Student Commission during the Oct.

FOOTBALL

Cornerback out 8-10 weeks

Eric Lacy
October 4, 2001

Redshirt freshman cornerback Jason Harmon broke his right ankle in practice Wednesday and will be out for eight to 10 weeks, MSU Assistant Athletics Director John Lewandowski said. Harmon was participating in seven-on-seven drills and landed on his foot awkwardly. “He planted his foot, and it just broke,” Lewandowski said.

MSU

Professional developer set to address students on exhibit development

Megan Frye
October 4, 2001

Eugene Dillenburg, an exhibit developer with the Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul, will be speaking to a group of students and area museum professionals today. The event, “Perspectives of an Exhibit Developer,” will consist of a talk given by Dillenburg about the exhibit-development process and standards developed by the National Association for Museum Exhibition.

MSU

IU professor to discuss book

Ryan Wallace
October 4, 2001

To many students, alcohol and college sports go together like peas and carrots. Indiana University Professor Murray Sperber likes to describe it more like beers and circuses. The English and American Studies professor will be discussing his new book, “Beer and Circus” at 6 p.m.

FEATURES

School of Music to feature concerts

Musical talent from far and wide is visiting the MSU School of Music this week. Contemporary and avant-garde styles are highlighted.Clarinetist Roslyn Dunlop of Sydney, Australia, and flutist Katherine Kemler of Louisiana State University are coming to East Lansing to share their expertise with music students.

FEATURES

Tossing and turning

Juliana Keeping
October 4, 2001

Andy Campbell has battled insomnia since he was 15. He sometimes walks by the Red Cedar when he can’t sleep; the sound of water soothes his night anxiety. After unsettled nights, the 21-year-old accounting senior says he feels loopy, unable to concentrate and downright groggy.

COMMENTARY

Reader hopes police get skater

Thank you for the article on the MSU Skate Club (“Skate, Rattle and Roll: On board with ‘U’ skaters,” SN 10/3). I sincerely hope the article and accompanying picture will result in police action against the individuals responsible for destroying the stone edging in front of the Kresge Art Center.

ICE HOCKEY

Melting ice slows Cold War preparations as planners await cooler weather

James Jahnke
October 4, 2001

Perhaps nobody is looking forward to the expected drop in Lansing area temperatures more than Al Osterloh. Osterloh owns Los Tres Papagayos, the company contracted to ready Spartan Stadium for “The Cold War” hockey game Saturday night - and Wednesday’s sunny, warm weather was giving him cold feet. The rink had some solid ice Wednesday afternoon, but it was submerged in a fair amount of standing water.