Terek eyes NCAA titles

The Big Ten Athlete of the Year and a promising freshman will represent MSU this week at the 2001 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Ore. Junior All-American Paul Terek, who won Big Ten Athlete of the Year and Athlete of the Meet at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships honors earlier this month, will compete in the pole vault and the decathlon at the competition, which started Wednesday and continues through Saturday.

Congress, eighth-graders honor Miller

Bryce Miller knew his older brother didn’t need a lavish introduction - so he kept it simple.“That’s my brother Ryan and - um - so yeah,” he said before handing the microphone over to MSU hockey’s superstar goaltender, Ryan Miller.

No good to go

While it is unfortunate the L.A. Globe nightclub is being forced to shut down because of liquor law violations and numerous police calls, the three owners of the club should try to clean up their establishment and get it back in business. The Lansing City Council voted in March to block renewal of the club’s liquor license.

Bowen verbally commits to w-hoops for 2002

DANSVILLE - MSU’s tireless recruitment of Dansville High senior point guard Lindsay Bowen, which started when she was an eighth-grader, proved valiant Wednesday. In front of a crowd of Dansville faithfuls Wednesday morning, Bowen announced her intention to dress in green and white for the 2002-03 season.

ASMSU chief of staff leaves for new space

For the sixth time in the last four years, the key to ASMSU’s chief of staff office has been turned in early.Nimri Niemchak, the undergraduate student government’s most recent chief, turned his key ring in Wednesday in exchange for a NASA ID card.Niemchak will intern at NASA this summer.“I wish Nimri the best and I don’t blame him for leaving ASMSU,” said Quinn Wright, Student Assembly chairperson.

Company gives millions in software

Tim Rechtien has just more than a month before he moves to Chicago and begins his new job designing power plants.But if the spring mechanical engineering graduate had worked with the $60.7 million worth of software recently donated to the College of Engineering, he said he’s not sure he would have that job.The software - the largest noncash donation in MSU’s history - came from Ann Arbor-based Mechanical Dynamics Inc., and includes support, training and unlimited site licenses for the Automatic Dynamic Analysis of Mechanical Systems software.“If I’d been trained in it, I might have done something different,” Rechtien said.

Daycare center gains accreditation

Childtime Children’s Center is now a part of the elite 5 percent of childhood programs in America.

Area officials crack down on pole advertisements

Concerts, weight loss, high-paying jobs and a great new club opening. Walking down a city street, most people take the postings on telephone poles and buildings for granted.But they may not be there much longer.

Police briefs 05/31/01

U2 lights up the Palace for fans

AUBURN HILLS - You weren’t able to find a mosh pit at this concert. Irish-born U2’s sold-out show at the Palace of Auburn Hills was filled with 20,000-plus fans of all ages. The darkness of the arena didn’t stop U2 from opening up to a bright venue, surprising fans with an “Elevation” mix.

Bushs energy crisis is a blessing in disguise

The Bush administration’s current heralding of an energy crisis is right on target. There is obviously an energy shortage, because, seriously, who would ever fabricate such a crisis for purely political and economic gain?

Smooth move

The departure of Vermont Sen. James Jeffords from the Republican Party last Thursday was an accreditation to the American legislative system.

Area officials join together for new sewer services

East Lansing and Lansing Township are embarking on a new partnership.East Lansing will be providing the sewer services to the new 190-acre Eastwood Towne Center retail complex, which includes an 18-screen theater, on the northwest corner of Lake Lansing Road and U.S.

Local zoo houses rare oryx

Two-year-old Gabby Kindig smiled when her mother, Barb Kindig, told her they were looking at a baby scimitar-horned oryx. “A baby,” Gabby Kindig said. The scimitar-horned oryx are a new exhibit at Potter Park Zoo, 1301 S.

Seat switch effects echo through Senate

LANSING - Less than a week after the Democrats learned they would soon become the majority party in the U.S.

Online class offers alcohol advice

Students at MSU may have the choice to take an online course on alcohol education in the future.The course is called AlcoholEdu, and was created by Outside the Classroom.

Izzo still searching for aide; Garland promoted

By this time next week, MSU head basketball coach Tom Izzo expects to fill the empty seat on his bench - a seat vacated last month when assistant coach Stan Heath took the head coaching job at Kent State. Since Heath’s departure, Izzo has promoted his No.

Dansville w-hoops recruit may choose U

Dansville High junior Lindsay Bowen will announce her fate as a college basketball player at her 10:30 a.m.

First lady finds life out of spotlight

It was the winter of 1993-94. Joanne McPherson had only recently arrived on campus, leaving behind a warm San Francisco climate for East Lansing after her husband signed on to become the university’s 19th president. And the winter was not a kind greeting for a woman who had never even visited the Midwest before becoming MSU’s first lady. “I remember the first winter we were here - now that was a shock,” recalls McPherson, 53.

Underage drinkers may get harsher sentencing

Michigan’s zero-tolerance laws could soon get more intolerant because of legislation passed by the state House of Representatives last Wednesday. The bill would force youths convicted of multiple underage alcohol violations to complete substance abuse programs or spend up to 90 days in jail or juvenile detention centers, in addition to existing fines and penalties. “It’s not really harsher,” said state Rep.