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Loomis hopes to support education, downtown development

Sara Luneburg
October 25, 2001

This is the third in a series of articles profiling the four candidates for East Lansing City Council. Vic Loomis has a vision for the future of East Lansing - and it includes the school districts, university, neighborhoods and the future of downtown development. As a product of the school district and MSU, Loomis said he understands their importance and knows the city and the schools’ successes are intertwined. Loomis, a senior vice president and senior lender for National City Bank of Michigan/Illinois and the chairman of the Downtown Development Authority, is running in the Nov.

SOCCER

Team refuels with shutout over Broncos

Aaron Johnson
October 25, 2001

After Sunday’s 1-0 loss in double overtime to Penn State, the MSU men’s soccer team dropped down to at least third in the Big Ten. But the Spartans proved they could still compete with a 4-0 win against Western Michigan on Wednesday at Old College Field. The Spartans (9-3-1, 3-2 Big Ten) controlled the game from the start, but could not get the ball into the net. Junior forward Brett Konley fired three shots without nailing a goal before the Spartans were able to score. “We were scared our offense wasn’t going to come out that well,” sophomore forward Thomas Trivelloni said.

COMMENTARY

Cash strapped

As we face down a fiscal year fraught with possible deficits and revenue shortages, state lawmakers need to take a careful look at the way they manage the budget. At Tuesday’s financial conference, economists predicted an overall deficit of about $1 billion in 2001, but they expect the state’s economy to recover in 2002.

COMMENTARY

Coach disgraceful, dismiss Williams

I am calling for the immediate, unconditional dismissal of MSU head football coach Bobby Williams. He has been disgracing MSU’s football program for too long. Week in and week out I listen to or watch MSU football hoping that we will not do our best to give a win away.

VOLLEYBALL

Spartan spikers pull 3-1 victory over rival Wolverines

Dan Woike
October 25, 2001

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.

MSU

Library cookbooks going digital

Megan Frye
October 25, 2001

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.

MICHIGAN

Lawmakers aim to gain pay raise veto power

Steve Eder
October 25, 2001

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

First Amendment lecture comes to U

Camille Spencer
October 25, 2001

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.

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.

MICHIGAN

Library sees lending boom

Sara Luneburg
October 25, 2001

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.

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.

FEATURES

Theory ponders decent disc

Dan Julian
October 24, 2001

The Juliana Theory“Music from Another Room”(Tooth and Nail)If The Juliana Theory is any indication where modern rock and roll is headed, then fans of the craft are in for a treat. Its latest release is a collection of songs that didn’t make it on to its powerful 2000 release “Emotion is Dead,” and various B-sides. For fans who have watched the band grow from its earlier recordings, it’s a nice addition to their collection. “Moments