COMMENTARY
Spartan Stadium staff failed at game
I’m writing to express my extreme disappointment in the staff of Spartan Stadium at the first football game.
NEWS
Musicians, survivors join to increase cancer awareness
With October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a tribute to raise awareness and honor survivors was held at the International Center on Thursday. The event, An Evening with Women in Jazz : A Tribute to Breast Cancer Survivors and Supporters, showcased three jazz bands, which both informed and entertained the 100-member audience. The fund-raiser took place at Crossroads Food Court and was co-sponsored by MSU’s Women’s Resource Center, the Department of Residence Life and the Lansing chapter of the American Cancer Society. “The purpose of this event is to promote the Breast Cancer Awareness Month and draw attention to the importance of early cancer detection,” said Patricia Lowrie, director of the Women’s Resource Center.
MSU
Cycler goes coast-to-coast for pets
Driving across the country in a car can be a challenge in itself. But imagine riding a bicycle all the way from Santa Monica, Calif., to Washington, D.C. Lutrell Christian, a 1973 MSU graduate, is doing just than in an effort to raise $1 million for Tony La Russa’s Animal Rescue Foundation in San Francisco.
COMMENTARY
McP Money | President donates to U
If money can be an indicator of love for this campus, MSU President M. Peter McPherson’s heart must be as big as his wallet. How big is that?
MICHIGAN
Volunteers cleanup endeavor to focus on Grand, Red Cedar rivers
The Red Cedar and Grand rivers will be so fresh and so clean after Saturday.The MSU Sportfishing Club, the Mid-Michigan Environmental Action Council and the Lansing Board of Water and Light, 1232 Haco Drive in Lansing, are inviting residents to help clean the banks of both rivers.The project is part of the Adopt-A-River program, which has been working to clean the area rivers since 1994.Volunteers wishing to help the club’s cleanup of the Red Cedar River should meet at Sparty at 10 a.m.
MICHIGAN
Womens Recruitment hopes for success
Women interested in becoming a part of the MSU greek system are encouraged to participate in women’s Recruitment, which begins today.Despite the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington Sept.
VOLLEYBALL
2001 Big Ten volleyball preview
In a conference as stocked with talent as the Big Ten, it’s hard to try and pick a clear favorite.
FEATURES
Our flag was still there.
On Dec. 7, 1941, John Moon was 13. Sitting in the back seat of a Buick on the way to see his Aunt Bess in Detroit, he heard on the radio Pearl Harbor had been attacked. Moon, now 72, is a senior companion volunteer for Active Living for Adults and said the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington evoked emotions comparable to his initial reaction to Pearl Harbor. “My reaction was similar to what is going on right now,” he said “Amazement and shock.” The public has been bombarded countless times with media comparisons to the attack on Pearl Harbor, an event the student population at MSU has little means to relate, other than stories from grandparents and residents like Moon. “I was kind of too young to be shocked right away, but I knew there was this terrible thing,” Moon said of the Pearl Harbor bombing, the event that drew the nation into World War II.
FEATURES
Popular comedy opens this weekend
You haven’t seen every side of Shakespeare until you’ve seen “Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet).” It’s a hybrid of “Romeo and Juliet,” “Othello” and author Ann-Marie MacDonald’s sense of humor and is being performed at Bath Middle School, 13675 Webster Road, this weekend. “It starts out with this drab academic who’s been working on her doctorate and her thesis is that ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and ‘Othello’ were originally comedies,” Bridgette Redman said.
FOOTBALL
College football is back, bringing meaning to prognosticators lives
The prognosticators were unaware of last weekend’s cancellations when we compiled our predictions, and we apologize for any inconveniences.
MSU
3-D products show rise in customer satisfaction
E-commerce sites may not collect commission, but virtual sales agents may be more effective in selling products than their real-life counterparts. MSU researchers have found adding electronic salespersons and 3-D product images to e-commerce sites creates better customer satisfaction.
MSU
Excutive business center prepares for opening
Amid the hum and dust of construction, four MSU students rubbed shoulders with professionals in their field Wednesday while getting a sneak peak at the James B.
FEATURES
Students to debut independent films tonight at Lawn Shorts
Everyone has a friend that always talks about making a movie.Some people even rope their buddies into acting out a few scenes in their ambitious masterpiece.But for all those people who have actually spent a great deal of time and money to create their own film, there aren’t a lot of places available to show it.
MSU
Fraternity blood drive surpasses expectations
Sigma Sigma Phi, a medical fraternity in the College of Osteopathic Medicine, is sponsoring a blood drive from noon to 5:45 p.m.
COMMENTARY
Afghan people will bear cost of bin Laden
Quite literally, the dust has not settled. The southern tip of Manhattan is still bound by an oppressive cloud of vaporized gypsum, marble, ash and concrete.
COMMENTARY
Keep loved ones close at this time
I am deeply saddened by the recent events in our country. I strongly believe now is the time to rally together to fight against this act.
COMMENTARY
SN needs updated photo of 19 Wheels
For the second time in the past year, I opened up The State News MS&U section to see another 19 Wheels show being promoted by the paper (“19 Wheels to play at Rick’s,” SN 9/13). As a long time fan of the band it is nice to see it get coverage in their hometown.
FEATURES
Local success story comes home for free show
The Dollar Nightclub, 3411 E. Michigan Ave., will host the eighth birthday of The Edge on Friday with an all-night concert featuring Exit to Windsor, Joydrop, Bliss 66, Molly, 19 Wheels and the Verve Pipe.Doors open at 7 p.m., but Exit to Windsor and Molly will perform at an outdoor stage beginning at 5:45 p.m.
COMMENTARY
Grand ol flag
U.S. flag sales have soared thanks to the surge of patriotism that has flooded our nation after last week’s terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington.
COMMENTARY
Right resolution
On Friday, the Board of Trustees could speak for the first time about last year’s undercover police investigation of a student activist group.