COMMENTARY
Dont be upset about infiltration
I am writing this letter in response to the recent articles about the investigation by the MSU police into Students for Economic Justice.
FEATURES
Former Buffett member comes to E.L.
Don Middlebrook compares Gregg “Fingers” Taylor’s approach to performing music in the same way baseball greats play their game. “After 26 years plus of nothing but 20,000-people concert settings, he’s very selective about his time to play and what he’s going to say,” Middlebrook said.
NEWS
Foot-and-mouth crisis concerns spread to U
What’s quickly becoming an overseas crisis is gradually becoming a concern for MSU officials.MSU agricultural experts are taking notice of the overseas outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease, all the while preparing for the possibility of the epidemic finding its way onto American soil.The first case of the disease was confirmed in Great Britain on Feb.
SPORTS
Softball loses despite late rally
A late rally by the MSU softball team fell short as the Spartans lost at home to Central Michigan on Wednesday. The 6-5 loss to the Chippewas (22-17) dropped MSU’s record to 17-30, 4-6 Big Ten. “Our motto is keep getting better,” MSU head coach Jacquie Joseph said.
SPORTS
New offensive line starter ready to make impact this season
As a first-year player on an offensive line plagued with injuries last year, Brain Ottney felt the growing pains of the Big Ten in more ways than one.Thrown into the starting center position after two games, while recovering from a torn ligament in his left leg, Ottney said contributing on the field was a challenge due to his limited athleticism.
MSU
Take Back the Night makes students aware
Hundreds of women are expected to unite against sexual violence Friday night as the highlight of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.The Take Back the Night March aims to empower women who have survived acts of sexual violence and allow them to voice the need to stop this type of violence.“We need to raise awareness that there is a problem,” said Alyssa Baumann, events coordinator and The Listening Ear center coordinator.
NEWS
Assistant basketball coach to become head coach at Kent State
One more member of head coach Tom Izzo’s basketball family will be saying goodbye today.Kent State Athletics Director Laing Kennedy will announce that Stan Heath, an assistant coach under Izzo for the past five seasons, has been hired as the school’s new head basketball coach, Kent State sports information Director Will Roleson said Wednesday.Izzo said Heath will be able to take the Kent State program to the next level.“There is no question that without Stan’s vigilant work, both on the recruiting trail and on the court, the success we’ve experienced over the past five years here at Michigan State would not have been possible,” Izzo said in a statement.
COMMENTARY
Ticket U
An increase in student season tickets for football is not a big deal. A full-season student football ticket will cost $99, $16.50 a game, for next season, up from the $84, $14 a game, charged for the last two seasons.
NEWS
Triple time
As the weather gets warmer and summer nears, the MSU Triathlon Club is getting anxious to start racing. “This time of year really pumps us up,” said Jason Torrente, the team’s captain and an education junior. The season doesn’t start until the end of May, but some members are training up to 15 hours a week - swimming, biking and running - to get ready for the races. The club participates in Olympic and sprint-distance triathlons.
MSU
Coaches to speak at commencement
Men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo and men’s hockey coach Ron Mason will be this year’s undergraduate commencement speakers May 4. Izzo and Mason will speak at 1 p.m.
NEWS
Career Services has resources to help U
So you thought just because you will soon have your degree in hand that employers will be knocking down your door?
FEATURES
Alien Ant Farm offers eclectic mix of sounds
Alien Ant Farm ANThology (DreamWorks Records) With a name like Alien Ant Farm, one would think this band would fall into the general category of hard-core crap rock. No way. Instead, the album dishes up an eclectic combination of the percussion of the Deftones, the vocals of Incubus and the energy and precision of Tool. “Flesh and Bone” rehashes a guitar sound reminiscent of the Police, surfs atop a wave of desperate yearning and smoothly descends to shore with a slap-happy bassline. Sticks and Stones” finds drummist (according to the liner notes) Mike Cosgrove kickin’ an old school and cracking his tom tom drums like a fist punching a CD player that skips continuously - fast and with amazing fury. To further their horizons, the band explores funky time signatures during “Attitude,” all while giving the song a King Crimson-meets-311 in the darkness of an alley touch. “Wish” delves into the library of Anthrax with a speedy guitar-metal feel, while “Death Day” intervenes with the complete opposite - molding an undistorted power chord with basic rhythm patterns.
COMMENTARY
Grad union should answer questions
During the past few weeks, a lot has been said about the Graduate Employee Union and whether we should let them come to the bargaining table.
NEWS
Scuba Club gives no penalty for diving in underwater hockey
The MSU Scuba Club hosted its first underwater hockey tournament April 7 at Jenison Field House, where 45 players competed, with some traveling from across Michigan, Canada and Illinois. Underwater hockey takes place along a pool floor, where two teams of six players compete to get a 5-pound puck through sheet metal troughs that serve as goals.
SPORTS
Coach says Miller will see some playing time
U.S. National Team head coach Lou Vairo is quite blunt in his assessment of Ryan Miller. “He’s coming in as our No.
MICHIGAN
Fluctuating temperatures frustrate local residents
Students and locals may not have been dreaming of a white April, but that’s what they woke up to Tuesday morning. Saginaw resident Scott Seeburger expressed the thoughts many Michigan residents had as they ventured out of their homes to face temperatures between the mid-20s and mid-40s. “I wasn’t anticipating it being this cold,” Seeburger said.
COMMENTARY
Players left for more than money
I was disappointed with Keith Dunlap’s column in The State News on Monday (“Richardson, Randolph must really love money,” SN 4/16). I don’t believe Dunlap has put himself in the shoes of either Jason Richardson or Zach Randolph and looked at the world through their eyes.
FEATURES
Ladies bring what women want to center stage
Students will have their chance to find out about a cappella music Friday, when MSU’s Ladies First performs its annual spring show. “I think that a cappella music is something that should be an experience for someone at least once,” said Ladies First member and communication sophomore Erin Brooks. “Once exposed, you become addicted.
MSU
Students form teams to battle against cancer in Relay for Life event
The battle might be coming to a close on Saturday, but for some students the war on cancer continues.The Relay for Life, co-sponsored by Battle Against Cancer and the American Cancer Society, marks the close of this year’s battle which officially began Feb.
MICHIGAN
Groups rally for sexual orientation rights in Michigan
LANSING - MSU students and community members held a rally Tuesday on the steps of the Capitol Building to voice support for legislation that adds sexual orientation as a trait that cannot be discriminated against. The Alliance of Lesbian-Bi-Gay and Transgendered Students, an MSU student group, organized the rally to bring awareness to the issues that face their community and the legal challenges they face in Michigan. Alliance member Jeremy Grzymkowski said his group is supporting a proposed amendment to the state’s Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act that makes it illegal to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation.