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ICE HOCKEY

Two exhibition games open hockey season

James Jahnke
September 28, 2001

The MSU coaching staff’s agenda for this weekend is fairly simple - provide the freshmen with their first competitive collegiate atmosphere, get the returning players back up to game speed and at all costs, avoid injuries. But it’s easier said than done. Just five days after their first practice, the Spartans are being thrust into back-to-back exhibition games, starting with the annual Green and White intrasquad game at 7:05 p.m.

FEATURES

Movie is genuinely good

Drew Harmon
September 28, 2001

This weekend, everyone in the Lansing area has a chance to see worldwide award-winner and genuinely good movie “Me You Them,” a great story detailing the story about a woman and her three husbands.

FEATURES

Blast! goes off with a bang

“Blast!” opened Tuesday night in the Wharton Center’s Great Hall to an enthusiastic and packed audience. The performance began with a somber instrumental of “America, the Beautiful,” but sorrows were quickly forgotten when the company began its show. “Blast!” is difficult to explain.

MSU

Campus briefs

Red Cross to sponsor disaster relief trainingA student chapter of the nationwide group, Physicians for Social Responsibility, is sponsoring a Red Cross Disaster Relief Training session from 9 a.m.

FOOTBALL

Cleaves horses around

Aaron Johnson
September 28, 2001

Mateen Cleaves may not be a Spartan or a Detroit Piston any more, but his local fan support doesn’t seem to care.About 30 fans watched as Cleaves played horse Thursday in front of the Okemos Sprint Store at 3544 Meridian Crossing Drive with four radio station winners.

FEATURES

3 Doors Down to perform at Breslin

Cavan Moon
September 28, 2001

3 Doors Down will be just down the road from MSU students when the national rock band plays at Breslin Center on Saturday night. The band is currently touring in the wake of their debut album “The Better Life,” which spawned the hit singles “Kryptonite,” “Loser” and “Life of My Own.” 3 Doors Down didn’t have an opening act scheduled for the show, so promoters scoured the area and invited local band Aventine to perform. The band hasn’t played recently because drummer Chris Ploeg left the band for unknown reasons.

COMMENTARY

Character should count in athletics

Although I’m becoming more concerned about justice in the nation’s efforts against terrorism, I’m glad to see some in the MSU community have not forgotten about justice on the personal level.

COMMENTARY

SN attacks rights; CCW law positive

It’s a shame in this time of immense patriotism we have to defend our Constitution, and the rights our forefathers guaranteed us, against fellow Americans (“Out of ammo,” SN 9/27). The Second Amendment clearly states good old American Joes like you and I have the right to own firearms for our personal defense and protection.

FEATURES

Weekend Guide

Friday The Ten Pound Fiddle Coffeehouse will present Nashville singer/songwriter Stacey Earle at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 855 Grove St.. She will be joined by Mark Stuart on lead guitar and vocals.

MSU

Program provides companionship for HIV patients

Kristy Austin
September 28, 2001

Anyone looking to donate some time and caring effort may find an opportunity through the Lansing Area AIDS Network. The network is looking for volunteers for its buddy program and for this Sunday’s AIDS walk. “Being a buddy can change your life,” said David Bialski, a buddy program volunteer.

NEWS

Airports bolster security

Jamie Gumbrecht  and  Shaun Byron
September 28, 2001

DeWitt Township - Kevin Carey sat in the almost vacant Capital City Airport on Thursday chatting with Lansing residents Steve and Marcia Kwiecinski. Steve was waiting with his wife Marcia, who was waiting to board a flight to Rochester, N.Y. “It is like a ghost town in here,” Steve Kwiecinski observed. Meanwhile Carey, who was waiting to board a plane taking him home to Madison, Wis., said he’s pleased with recent airport security upgrades. “I think the skies are pretty safe now,” he said. Such statements could be attributed to state and federal leaders who, since the Sept.

VOLLEYBALL

Senior captain Ashtons back injury cant stop her from leading

Dan Woike
September 28, 2001

Senior defensive specialist Lisa Ashton had big plans for this season. Her relentless hustle on defense, her work ethic and her leadership were going to be inspirational for her teammates.What the Spartan volleyball co-captain didn’t plan on giving her teammates was a lesson in vulnerability and optimism.“Maybe taking a look at me on the sidelines will remind them they aren’t guaranteed four years of play,” Ashton said.

COMMENTARY

Full disclosure

Lawmakers could be putting students’ safety at risk as they prepare to reform how colleges and universities report campus crime. U.S.