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Workshop improves science fiction writing

Shaun Byron
June 14, 2001

Distant lands, scientific gadgets and fantastic creatures are at MSU this June.The 34th annual Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop began at Van Hoosen Hall on June 3 and will run through July 14.The workshop accepts writers from all over the country to teach them the different techniques involved in science fiction and fantasy writing.“It is the best workshop in the country,” said Pheodora Goff, a student at the workshop.To participate in the workshop, writers must submit two short stories.

MICHIGAN

Athletic league, police to sponsor bike rodeo

Kristina Hughes
June 14, 2001

Sondra Hamilton, like many other MSU students, doesn’t wear a helmet when she is riding her bike. “I don’t think I am going a far distance, so it isn’t really an issue,” the human biology sophomore said while riding her bike in downtown East Lansing. But some bike safety advocates say wearing a helmet is important no matter where you go.

COMMENTARY

Studio scraping the barrel with latest trick

Who is David Manning and why is he causing such a commotion in Hollywood and across the country? The answer: He is the figment of the imagination of an employee at Sony Pictures who has given out good reviews for movies produced by Sony Pictures. It’s bad enough to hear hundreds and hundreds of critics run their mouths about what movies they think should get a thumbs up or a thumbs down.

FEATURES

Independent films shown at festival

By BILL WARD For The State News SAUGATUCK - Thousands of film lovers enjoyed 19 feature-length films and 17 short films at the third annual Waterfront Film Festival in western Michigan last weekend.

SPORTS

High school all-stars set to play in Lansing today

Cavan Moon
June 13, 2001

Many of the area’s best high school baseball players will take the field this afternoon in the 28th annual High School Seniors All-Star Game. The doubleheader is sponsored by the Old-Timer’s Baseball Association and will be held at Kircher/Municipal Field, at the intersection of Clippert Street and Michigan Avenue in Lansing.

NEWS

U continues to cut hunger

Jamie Gumbrecht
June 13, 2001

Professor John Staatz was drawn to MSU more than 25 years ago, but not just by the greenery of the campus or the growing student body.Even then, MSU faculty members were working to decrease hunger in Africa, a project the agricultural economics professor said kept him tied to East Lansing - and to the faraway continent of Africa.“It was one reason I came here,” he said.

SPORTS

Heathcote proud of Snow as ex-Spartan heads into Game 4

Justin A. Rice
June 13, 2001

Even though it’s the middle of June, former MSU basketball coach Jud Heathcote can’t seem to stop thinking about snow.That’s because Eric Snow, Heathcote’s point guard from 1991-95, is averaging 13 points per game for the Philadelphia 76ers in this year’s NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers.But Snow’s recent success in the NBA is no surprise to Heathcote - or is it?

MICHIGAN

Officials say restaurants license may not be taken

Lisa Satayut
June 13, 2001

Although Coscarelli’s Restaurant & Lounge is in jeopardy of having its liquor license revoked by the Lansing City Council, officials at the Lansing Police Department said Tuesday they’re “optimistic” it won’t be revoked.Revoking prevents the restaurant from regaining permits.

COMMENTARY

People make air travel a miserable experience

On the tip of almost everyone’s tongue is the state of airline travel in the new millennium. Complaints range from too many people to too few flights, canceled flights to delayed flights, poor food to every conceivable problem known to man.

COMMENTARY

Come together

President Bush’s visit to Europe is a good way for his administration to kick off good relations abroad, but his focus appears skewed. Bush’s five-day tour began Tuesday in Madrid, Spain, where he met with King Juan Carlos and Queen Sophia before a private session with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar. Items on Bush’s agenda in Europe include defending his position on the Kyoto treaty and the proposed missile defense system.

FEATURES

Summer Circle puts on free plays for 41st year

Kevin Tuczek
June 13, 2001

On the banks of the Red Cedar, there’s a theater that’s free to all. The Summer Circle Theater, presented by the MSU Department of Theatre, is a hybrid of student and community talent that provides free entertainment for everyone throughout June. The organization, in its 41st season, puts on free plays on the lawn behind the Auditorium.

MSU

Privacy issues prompt program revision

Jamie Gumbrecht
June 13, 2001

More than 4,000 freshmen will enter the residence halls at MSU this fall with their required Internet-ready computers.While computers will provide new students with easy means of communication and learning, some University of Michigan students also are discovering the easy means of annoyance computers provide.U-M technical personnel recently deactivated the “fingering” protocol on campus following some stalking complaints.But an outcry from students and faculty who use the program regularly led to the return of the program - with some alterations.“There was a great demand for ‘finger’ to stay on,” said Seth Meyer, systems engineer at U-M.

NEWS

Survivors express thoughts,

By Danny Boyd The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY - Shari Sawyer shows her 3-year-old daughter pictures every day of a grandmother who died six years ago when a truck bomb destroyed the Alfred P.

MICHIGAN

Stretch of I-69 may commemorate Pearl Harbor attack

Matt Treadwell
June 13, 2001

John Sterling is always looking for a good excuse to take his older brother’s Monterey blue, 1941 Buick out for a joyride.And he’s hoping the state Legislature will soon give him one.The state House is considering a bill that would name the stretch of Interstate 69 between Perry and Flint to honor Americans who lost their lives in the Dec.