NEWS
Day of execution approaches for McVeigh
By REX W. HUPPKE The Associated Press TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - In the next few weeks, Timothy McVeigh will sit in his 8-by-10-foot cell at the U.S.
SPORTS
Richardson, Randolph must really love money
Well, the fallout has just about ended in the wake of now former MSU basketball players Jason Richardson and Zach Randolph bolting to the NBA, and numerous aspects of their decisions have popped out to most observers.
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Holocaust commemoration honors victims and survivors
In commemoration of the Holocaust and the death of millions of Jewish people, members of the MSU community will gather at 8 p.m.
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Panda habitat examined
Some MSU wildlife experts are looking to have an impact on the protection of giant pandas and endangered species around the world. Jianguo Liu, an associate professor of fisheries and wildlife, is the lead author of the paper “Ecological Degradation in Protected Areas: The Case of Wolong Nature Reserve for Giant Pandas,” which was published April 6 in Science magazine. “I, like many people, love pandas and I wanted to do something to help save them,” Liu said.
FEATURES
Diary provides laughs for men, women alike
The sight of a dejected Renee Zellweger drunk in her pajamas and singing along to “All By Myself” can only mean one thing - “Bridget Jones’s Diary” is, without question, a chick flick. That early warning in the movie is the first of many “girl moments.” And they keep coming, so women in the theater can look at each other, giggle and comment, “That’s so true!” The men, meanwhile, can fold their arms, smirk and hope for a car chase.
MICHIGAN
Residents rush to file taxes
Despite a late start to file her tax forms, Blanka Chrominska said she will mail them before today’s midnight deadline.
COMMENTARY
Union gives grads way to be heard
Amidst all the discussion about the issues raised by the upcoming Graduate Employees Union election, believe it or not, there is perhaps a point that may have been overlooked.
COMMENTARY
No trust in U
Relations between MSU police and students will be further strained with President M. Peter McPherson’s approval of an undercover investigation of Students for Economic Justice, then called United Students Against Sweatshops. Beginning in February 2000, MSU police Officer Jamie Gonzales posed as elementary education junior Samantha Volare and attended SEJ meetings so she could observe meetings and activities. McPherson told The State News last Thursday of his approval of the investigation.
NEWS
Football ticket prices increase
Psychology sophomore Amina Ahmad, who had season tickets for football last year, said she would buy them again next season despite a $15 increase in price.MSU football tickets will cost students $2.50 more a game, or $15 more for a full-season package, for the 2001 season to help finance improvements to some university athletic facilities, Associate Athletics Director John Lewandowski said.
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Telecommunication class creates Virtual Commerce Mall on Internet
While new technology is making a world of virtual businesses available on the Internet, some MSU students have been learning more about it through a simulation of their own.Charles Steinfield’s Telecommunication 891, Advanced Electronic Commerce, has constructed the Virtual Commerce Mall - a Web site with nine virtual stores created by students.Steinfield, a professor of telecommunication, said it’s important students understand how business and technology combine.“Part of the problem that we’ve had with all the dot com failures is a whole lot of people started creating Web businesses without really knowing enough about what makes a good business,” he said.
SPORTS
Conference tourney in doubt after loss
There were no sweet Easter goodies for the MSU baseball team Sunday, as it fell to Ohio State 13-3, finishing a four-game weekend home series.
SPORTS
Lugnuts split series with South Bend
A mediocre start to the Lansing Lugnuts’ season carried over to their weekend series with cellarmate South Bend at Oldsmobile Park on Friday and Saturday.The Midwest League’s two bottom-dwellers split a pair of games in Lansing before heading to South Bend to finish the four-game series Sunday and today, according to the Lugnuts’ front office.
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Partnership helps educate South African students
It all started with a visit from two Zulu artists.And now, Sally McClintock and other mid-Michigan teachers are launching a project that could send many children in an impoverished region of South Africa to school.McClintock, a retired East Lansing Public Schools teacher and administrator, is the founder and director of Linking All Types of Teachers to International Cross-cultural Education, or LATTICE, a partnership that allows mid-Michigan teachers to collaborate with international students in the MSU College of Education.The organization is selling baskets made by women in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, and using the proceeds to send the artists’ children to school.“Public schools are not free in South Africa,” McClintock explained.
MICHIGAN
Parks serve tastier foods
LANSING - Amy Thompson is a huge Lansing Lugnuts fan, but one of her favorite reasons for visiting Oldsmobile Park is the wide array of foods she can fill up on. “It’s usually food you can’t have at your house,” said Thompson, an eighth-grader at Holt Junior High School, while munching on her giant New York Pretzel. And at Oldsmobile Park, 505 E.
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Civil rights advocate to speak to U about activists of the 1960s
The Rev. Edwin King, a peace and civil rights activist will address an audience at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Auditorium. In his second trip to MSU since 1999, King’s address will be on “A Rumor of Freedom, A Rumor of War: The Mississippi Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam.” King, who teaches at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, also served as a chaplain and dean of students at Tougaloo College in Jackson, Miss.
SPORTS
Spring practice is over and head coach Bobby Williams still hasnt decided on a starting quart
The spring practices are over, but a starting quarterback is still yet to be determined.And in an intrasquad, no-hit practice that was open to the public at Spartan Stadium Saturday, both senior Ryan Van Dyke and sophomore Jeff Smoker made their case as starters for MSU’s first regular-season game against Central Michigan on Sept.
FEATURES
Jazz greats perform at concert; U hopes to better program
With a host of jazz greats from the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and otherwise, Friday night’s MSU Jazz Spectacular certainly lived up to its name.The concert combined the talents of students in Jazz Band I and II with accomplished jazz musicians from across the country.
NEWS
Inspectors offer ride-alongs
Jack Mosher spends his days flipping switches and flushing toilets. As an East Lansing housing inspector, it’s Mosher’s job to make sure each of the properties holding the city’s 16,000 rental licenses are following regulations and meeting standards. City housing officials hope a new Housing Guest Inspector Program, which was introduced last week, will give city officials and community representatives a chance to flip and flush along with him. Guests will ride along with a housing inspector for two hours, checking for incorrect wiring, leaky roofs and bad smoke detectors in houses, apartments and duplexes. “We felt that it would be a good opportunity for people who are involved in decision-making,” said Howard Asch, the city’s code enforcement and neighborhood conservation director.
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DCL program trades cans for participation
MSU-Detroit College of Law students spent last week telling their professors to “can it.” The Journal of International Law at DCL sponsored its fourth annual Can-a-Professor Program, which allows students to bring in a canned good or other nonperishable food item in exchange for not having to participate in class. Professors who agree to participate in the program may not call on students who bring cans of food to class. For some law students, the program, which began last Monday was convenient. Daniel Olson, a second-year law student who participated in Can-a-Professor, said the because he was out of town two weeks ago, the program saved him both some reading and from answering questions. “I was at a law review symposium in Washington, D.C., got back late in the week and didn’t feel like reading a lot,” he said. Olson said being able to avoid questions “especially took the stress off for exams in a week and a half.” That’s exactly why the program is so popular, said Connell Alsup, DCL assistant dean of student affairs.
COMMENTARY
Local bands not covered enough
Last week, I was strolling past Tower Records, and what I saw inside got me really excited. Domestic Problems was right there, like a display in a window, playing away. I know, Domestic who? Domestic Problems is just one of the great local bands you’ve never heard of, thanks to lack of exposure.