NEWS
Graduates shouldnt worry about whats next
Because graduation ceremonies are a few weeks away, the inevitable question is soon to follow: What are you going to do next?
COMMENTARY
Infiltration caused loss of respect
On March 27, Students for Economic Justice met with the president and administration in its continuing struggle to get MSU to cease its utilization of sweatshops.
MSU
International experts to address U
Wendy Baldwin, deputy director of extramural research at the National Institutes of Health, will be delivering an address to advanced degree candidates at advanced degree ceremonies May 4. In addition to speaking, Baldwin will be receiving an honorary doctorate of science at the ceremonies, which will take place at 7 p.m.
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.
COMMENTARY
Skate park would improve safety
This response is a cry for help and funds in an effort to build a public skate park in the Lansing area.
COMMENTARY
Tower is closing because of prices
I am writing in response to the article in Friday’s paper regarding the closing of Tower Records on Grand River Avenue (“Tower to close, blames Napster,” SN 4/13). I find it interesting how it blames Napster - like everyone in the music industry seems to be doing.
COMMENTARY
Union should be welcomed by U
On April 19 and 20, MSU graduate employees will be voting to become members of the Graduate Employees Union.
SPORTS
Hockey team looks to have tough D next year
If defense truly wins championships, the NCAA should strongly consider giving MSU the 2001-02 national championship trophy right now.The Spartans, who dominated the nation defensively this season, probably look downright scary to next year’s opponents.Not only does MSU head coach Ron Mason return his five starting defensemen from the unit that led the nation by only allowing 1.36 goals per game in 2000-01, but he also welcomes back Hobey Baker Award-winning sophomore goaltender Ryan Miller.To put MSU’s defensive accomplishments in perspective, Cornell owned the second-best defense in the NCAA at 2.18 goals per game.So, with another year of experience under the belts of Miller, junior defensemen Andrew Hutchinson and Jon Insana, sophomores John-Michael Liles and Brad Fast and freshman Joe Markusen, will anyone score on MSU at all next season?“Obviously, you can’t go a whole year shutting everybody out,” said Miller, who led the nation with 10 shutouts this season.
MICHIGAN
City officials may receive pay raises
LANSING - Lansing officials are slated for a raise in July and then again in mid-2002, unless city council members vote to oppose the increases. If the council doesn’t vote before April 28, Lansing Mayor David Hollister, City Clerk Steve Dougan and Lansing City Council members will see salary increases ranging from 2 percent to 13 percent. Lansing’s Elected Officers Compensation Commission approved the increase in March.
MSU
Psychology project examines language
If you ever wondered, um, why people, uh, have trouble understanding you, well so have some of MSU’s top psychologists.Fernanda Ferreira, a professor of psychology, is researching the development of a theory into how people are able to understand the sentences we hear in the real world that are full of corrections, mistakes and disfluencies.“The question I am interested in is how people, mainly adults, understand language,” she said.
MSU
Department sponsors bowl-a-thon for cancer
The Department of Communication is working to defeat cancer - at the bowling alley. The department is hosting its eighth annual Bowling For Scholars - A Strike Against Cancer bowl-a-thon from noon until 5 p.m.
MICHIGAN
Lawmakers seek tougher construction zone penalties
Michigan’s construction workers may feel a bit safer on the shoulders of the state’s roads.A bill proposed by state Sen.
SPORTS
Gymnasts finish as big winners
If it was indeed their last college gymnastics meet, then two MSU gymnasts may have saved their best for last at the NCAA men’s gymnastics championships.
COMMENTARY
Excess prices
The demise of Tower Records-Videos-Books was less the fault of Napster and other free online music services and more the result of excessive prices.Tower Records announced last week it will close its doors for good May 6.
NEWS
NCAA seeks to keep athletes as students
Responding to the increase of college basketball players leaving early for the NBA, the NCAA recently approved several proposals intended to keep the student in “student-athletes.”On April 10, the NCAA Division I Management Council passed proposals that would allow student-athletes to apply for a one-time bank loan up to $20,000, engage in fee-for-lesson employment and receive money to compensate for training costs if the player places in an Olympic event.The NCAA also proposed making available premiums on student-athlete disability insurance.“In a lot of situations with the NCAA, I think (the loan) is a good idea,” assistant hockey coach Tom Newton said Monday.
MSU
COGS adopts tax increase
Despite a low turnout at the polls, graduate students approved a tax increase beginning in the 2001-02 school year.
FEATURES
Online zine focuses on independent, Michigan-based bands
Norm Zebrowski is proud for being part of the reason Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave. in Lansing, was transformed from a “dumpy” neighborhood bar to a club that hosts bands from all over the world in the span of about four years. Zebrowski is the editor in chief of the online, Livonia-based ’zine called “Vox Pop.” The site, located at www.voxpopzine.com, specializes in independent and lower Michigan-based band reviews. “It started out as a side project for (the now discontinued Lansing-based publication) ‘Etch Magazine,’” Zebrowski said.
MSU
ASMSU elects new chairperson; members confident in decision
Despite competing against four candidates, Quinn Wright said his confidence in winning ASMSU’s Student Assembly chairperson election never faltered.
FEATURES
Kresge exhibition brings student artwork to U
Plaster, paint, steel and string are just samplings of materials used in the works recently hung in Kresge Art Museum. From the traditional to electronic, the works represent the creative thinking and hours of work put in by MSU students, displayed for the Art 2001 Undergraduate Exhibition, which opened Monday. Studio art senior Soh Suzuki entered a painting and two sculptures in the show.
MICHIGAN
Senator to return to session after being jailed; state may take further action
State Sen. David Jaye is supposed to return to session today after spending part of his weekend in a Florida jail for allegedly assaulting his fiancée during the two-week break for Michigan legislators.Jaye, R-Washington Township, denied the charges, but spent Thursday night in jail and was released Friday on a $2,500 bond.