FEATURES
Band plays good old rock n roll
Dredg Leitmotif (Interscope) In the past few months I haven’t come across very many new bands that I’ve liked.
MICHIGAN
Hill, Kilpatrick will square off to succeed Archer
The Associated Press State House Minority Leader Kwame Kilpatrick and City Council President Gil Hill were the top two finishers in Tuesday’s Detroit mayoral primary and will square off in the November general election to succeed Mayor Dennis Archer. With 24 percent of precincts reporting, Kilpatrick had 15,298 votes, or 47 percent, followed by Hill with 12,638 votes, or 38 percent. The two top finishers in the nonpartisan primary compete in the Nov.
NEWS
STUNNED
From staff and wire reportsNew York - In the most devastating terrorist onslaught waged against the United States, knife-wielding hijackers crashed two airliners into the World Trade Center on Tuesday, toppling its twin 110-story towers.The deadly calamity was witnessed on televisions across the world as another plane slammed into the Pentagon and a fourth crashed outside Pittsburgh.“Today, our nation saw evil,” President Bush said in an address to the nation Tuesday night.
NEWS
International students react to tragedies
The possibility of international or terrorist involvement in the New York City and Washington, D.C., tragedies has caused MSU’s international students to question the events.Hours after the destruction of the World Trade Center, The Islamic Center of East Lansing, 920 S.
SPORTS
Football could be rescheduled
Big Ten athletic directors will decide in a phone conference Wednesday morning whether or not this weekend’s football games will continue as scheduled, said Sue Lister, the Big Ten Conference associate commissioner.
NEWS
Locals cope with air ban
Lansing - Air travel across the country, including flights from Capital City Airport, will be suspended until at least noon today.Mike Lynn, assistant director of Capital City Airport in Lansing, said the Federal Aviation Administration ceased all domestic air travel and rerouted international planes in response to hijacked commercial airliners that crashed in New York and Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.Lynn said the attacks will change the way airports operate in the United States.“The world as airports know it changed this morning, and I think the world as you know it changed this morning,” he said.
NEWS
Classes continue as usual despite tragedy
After attacks on Washington, D.C., and New York made history Tuesday, MSU students had to choose whether to attend classes.And some chose not to, upset the university still held classes after the disaster.Psychology sophomore Sarah Brockert questioned MSU’s decision to have classes, saying four of her friends across the country all had theirs canceled.“One of my best friends is in Manhattan, and I still have no idea what’s going on,” she said.Brockert crowded around her couch to watch the news with 12 other women in Sigma Kappa.One of the women, Vanessa Moses, compared the events to a the movie, “Independence Day.” “I just think out of respect to the victims, their families and relatives, classes should have been canceled,” said Moses, a political theory and constitutional democracy senior.
NEWS
Surprise blitz shakes community
Betsy Prudian stood in the lobby of the Union on Tuesday morning, staring in stunned silence at a television set on the wall.“It’s so sad,” she said.
MSU
Bike lanes aim to ease congestion
As students walk, ride or skate to class, they may be noticing something different about the sidewalks. On Bogue Street near the traffic circle and around the major intersections on campus, bike lanes have made an appearance on campus to separate pedestrians from bikers.
MICHIGAN
Gas costs increase across state
Drivers lined their vehicles up to rush the pumps. Service station employees said they could only look on as one customer would leave while at least three more would take their place.Gas prices will rise 15 to 20 cents per gallon, said the Michigan Petroleum Association/Michigan Association of Convenience Stores.“I have had some calls from my members since this morning, they are worried about this,” said Mark Griffin, the association’s presidentThe market is reacting to the recent terrorist attacks to the United States, said John Griffin, the American Petroleum Institute’s executive director of associate petroleum industries in Michigan.Officials are linking the incidents in New York and Washington, D.C., to Middle Eastern extremist groups.
MSU
Student beaning with pride; crowned queen
Some pageants aren’t just for beauty queens - one MSU student won her crown because of her commitment to beans.Selected out of 17 applicants, Crystal Smalley, an agriculture and natural resources communication junior, was crowned Michigan Bean Queen on Sept.
FOOTBALL
Knott not fazed by protest
Even though he didn’t play in Saturday’s home opener - a 35-21 victory over Central Michigan - about 100 protesters outside Spartan Stadium still felt Eric Knott’s presence. Knott said Monday that he was aware of the protests, but didn’t pay much attention to them.
COMMENTARY
Less trash, more weed whipping for Grounds
I grab my earplugs and wiggle them out of my ears. It is not yet 7 a.m., and I am already up to my knees in chlorophyll. My sleeveless shirt is spewed with the guts of 200 dead forms of life.
COMMENTARY
SN should support local cartoonists
As a cartoonist in the Lansing area and a former MSU student, I am outraged and disgusted by The State News’ (MSU’s “independent” student newspaper?) lack of support for local talent.
MICHIGAN
Another outbreak of bovine TB found in Alpena County
An outbreak of bovine tuberculosis is forcing some Alpena County farmers to make a tough decision.This is the most recent outbreak of the deadly lung disease, following a series of sixteen other infected herds.John Molesworth, a veterinarian and district extension livestock agent for MSU Extension in Alpena County, said it is a heavy issue in the county.Molesworth said when a farmer finds traces of the disease in his cattle he has few choices of what to do.“They have two choices, they can either depopulate, which means kill them all and the state will pay them or they can test out of it,” he said.Alpena is one of four counties considered a high risk area of northeast lower Michigan for tuberculosis.
NEWS
Timeline: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK
The following timeline highlights the catastrophic events that unfolded earlier today: 8:45 a.m.: A large plane, possibly a hijacked airliner, crashes into one of the World Trade Center towers, tearing a gaping hole in the building and setting it afire.
MSU
Future business dean wants group effort to improve college
Future business Dean Robert Duncan hopes to improve the 16th ranked college in the nation - with some teamwork.Duncan, a professor at Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management, will become dean of the Eli Broad College of Business and Graduate School of Management in January.To improve the college, which is nationally ranked by U.S.
NEWS
Students in shock following blasts
MSU students gathered around TV sets and spent much of today getting in touch with loved ones after news spread of two apparent terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C.Andrew Keast, an art history senior, was on his way to get a haircut when he heard the news.“I can’t put it into words,” he said.
NEWS
Engler echoes Bush; says American spirit wont be crushed by todays events
Gov. John Engler said he’s confident President Bush and his administration will punish those who were responsible for today’s apparent terrorist acts.Engler joined Col.
MSU
Future business dean wants group effort to improve college
Future business Dean Robert Duncan hopes to improve the 16th ranked college in the nation - with some teamwork.Duncan, a professor at Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management, will become dean of the Eli Broad College of Business and Graduate School of Management in January.To improve the college, which is nationally ranked by U.S.