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NEWS

Archers aim for target at tournament

Gina FrigoFor The State News Men, women and children lined up and took aim over the weekend. They were taking part in the MSU Fall Classic Archery Tournament, held on the new MSU Archery Club Field located on East Service Road. The MSU Fall Classic is designed to be an intercollegiate event.

MICHIGAN

City, county officials dedicate new courthouse to veterans

Lansing - Two years ago Monday, 313 W. Kalamazoo St. was a pile of dirt with a silver shovel in it. After 22 months with an average of 42 workers on the site per day, the Ingham County/City of Lansing Veterans Memorial Courthouse, which grew from the pile of dirt, was dedicated Tuesday. “I know that there were many that questioned whether this could be done,” said Mayor David Hollister, who had discussed the idea as early as 1969.

COMMENTARY

Air Jordan | A reason, again, to watch

Today is rumored to be the day Michael Jordan makes his much-anticipated official announcement.Since early this year, stories have grown about the possibility, the probability and the practicality of Jordan coming back to the NBA.

MSU

Haley takes position as DCL board president

Clifton Haley, a 1961 graduate of the MSU-Detroit College of Law and board member since 1997, was unanimously elected president of the MSU-DCL Board of Trustees on Friday.Haley has served as vice president of the board under the leadership of Judge Richard Suhrheinrich since 1998 and since then has helped to increase the academic standards and enrollment at the law school.Haley said he has wanted to give something back to the university for some time.“It’s a tremendous honor to be elected by the same school that I graduated from,” he said.

MSU

Crime drops over chiefs 15 years

For the last 15 years, Melinda Benson has spent many birthdays celebrating within the walls of MSU’s Department of Police and Public Safety.With her September birthday falling right when students return to campus, it’s the only way she has the chance to see her husband, MSU police Chief Bruce Benson, on her special day.“He’ll always say ‘I know how to show my wife a good time,’” she joked.

MSU

ASMSU ends search, names chief of staff

ASMSU has been looking for the right person to fill its chief of staff position for three months.They finally found her.Ashley Grieve, a packaging junior, was officially hired as the new chief of staff of MSU’s undergraduate student government Thursday, beating out five other candidates.

NEWS

Experts say cash standstill good strategy to find culprits

Exactly two weeks after Sept. 11, U.S. officials are still attempting to smoke the terrorists out - by any means necessary. In the nation’s latest measure to pinpoint the culprits, President Bush called for a “strike on the financial foundation” of terrorists, and froze assets of 27 individuals and organizations. The freeze applies to “terrorist organizations, individuals, terrorist leaders, a corporation that serves as a front for terrorism and several nonprofit organizations,” Bush said.

SPORTS

Field hockey squad hosts Central Michigan

The MSU field hockey team hosts Central Michigan at 7:30 p.m. today in the Duffy Daugherty Football Building. The Spartans (5-3, 1-0 Big Ten) are coming off a dominating 5-0 win over Northwestern in their Big Ten opener Saturday at Spartan Stadium. Despite its 3-3 overall record, Central could present a challenge for the Spartans.

COMMENTARY

Safety first?

In the halls of our federal government, preparations are underway to step up our sense of security as a people.

FOOTBALL

Rogers, Jarretts improvements earn Big Ten Player of Week honors

The Big Ten named freshman wide receiver Charles Rogers and senior punter Craig Jarrett Big Ten Players of the Week on Monday for their efforts in MSU’s 17-10 win over Notre Dame.Rogers was named co-offensive player of the week along with Northwestern’s Damien Anderson and Jarrett was named the special teams player of the week.

COMMENTARY

Not time to have Knott discussion

I have been reading about the controversy surrounding our football team and Eric Knott since the beginning of school and I have come to realize a few things. First, I do not feel the opinion of men on this matter should be taken very seriously since it is not their safety at risk.