NEWS
Columnist has love-hate relationship with writing
As spring turns and the end of the semester nears, I can only think about one thing: writing. Yes, writing.
MSU
Car part made safe for environment
A team of MSU professors are trying to make a small but significant change in the way automakers build cars. Mani Subramanian, an MSU professor of material science and mechanics, is involved in a group research project to develop a new type of soldering for circuit boards in automobiles without the use of lead, an environmentally damaging product. “We are famous for our composite solders,” he said.
COMMENTARY
Everyone should be covered by civil rights law
About 80 percent of Americans believe people cannot be legally discriminated against based on sexual or affectional orientation in the workplace.
MSU
Students bring chapter of National Organization for Women to campus
The National Organization for Women’s newest Michigan chapter is starting up at MSU next Tuesday - and seeks volunteers and new members. MSU NOW co-president Kate Schmitigalsaid bringing the organization to MSU would be beneficial for students. \"NOW will provide both female and male students a chance to get involved through NOW with activism they are passionate about,” the history freshman said. The organization, founded in 1966, is the largest feminist organization in the nation.
SPORTS
Rogers ready for football beyond practice
As the nation’s top prep player of a year ago, Charles Rogers came to East Lansing confident of his abilities as an athletic, big-play receiver.
COMMENTARY
Union will provide academic freedom
As a MSU alumnus, with a law degree from the Detroit College of Law (while still based in Detroit), and as a union employee (UFCW Local 876 Legislative Director) with more than 20 years experience in labor relations, I feel compelled to write on the issue of graduate assistants voting on unionization this month. First, while a good dean at James Madison College of MSU while I was an undergraduate student there, MSU’s Robert Banks certainly seemed paternalistic in his comments in a State News story on the upcoming vote (“Graduate union seeks to collectively bargain,” SN 3/26). Banks said MSU would monitor the election process - well dean, the Michigan Employment Relations Commission does that just fine.
FEATURES
Spade film misses mark
Say what you want, but the disenfranchised are great subjects for comedy. The Farrelly brothers discovered long ago that you can milk laughs in any situation from the overweight and the elderly, among others. So shame on you, David Spade, for turning what could have been groundbreaking material, using a classic bit of American comedy, into an far-from-funny mess.
COMMENTARY
Riot shouldnt be treated as joke
I’m responding to Tim Kochenderfer’s column (“You’re to blame for loss of championship game,” SN 4/9). I know his column was meant to be humorous, but I find no humor in the March 27-28, 1999, riot.
COMMENTARY
Union will only help university
I am writing this letter to express my disappointment over the current anti-union tactics of the MSU administration regarding the unionization effort of teaching assistants and graduate assistants. I have been a faculty member at MSU for 37 years and served as chair of the history department for four years.
NEWS
Ranger 1 squad leads ROTC underclassmen through training
AUGUSTA, MICH. - In the middle of dirt, thorn bushes and a grueling 14-hour day in the woods, Jim Ianitelli and Neil Byerle had their last field training exercise together. While repacking their knapsacks full of dirty gear and Army rations Sunday, the seniors joked about their first year together. “I was the smiling new guy and Neil had to do the push-ups because of it,” said Ianitelli, a supply chain management senior. “We’d go through complete hell and he’d be smiling,” joked Byerle, a criminal justice senior.
MSU
Tickets available for Angelous campus visit
Ticket windows are now open for people wishing to see Maya Angelouspeak at MSU April 18. Angelou, an acclaimed poet, actress and playwright will speak at Breslin Student Events Center to kick off this year’s Take Back the Night events. “This is an incredible opportunity for students to come and see one of the foremost authors come speak,” said Melanie Olmsted, an international studies junior and co-director of the MSU Women’s Council - the group that worked to bring Angelou to campus. “It is such a privilege to have her come and speak and I hope students take full advantage of seeing such a nationally renowned speaker,” she said.
COMMENTARY
Substance-free world is a dream
Craig Gunn’s column in favor of bringing back prohibition doesn’t belong in any serious newspaper, and that includes The State News (“Alcohol can cause many nasty side effects,” SN 4/2). However, his whimsical ideas about an alcohol-free utopia have a place - next to the Harry Potter books.
NEWS
Residents rush to file taxes, explore new methods
Voula Skoutelas rushed into the East Lansing Public Library on Tuesday in search of a missing tax form so she could help a friend file taxes.The East Lansing resident and 2000 MSU graduate took some of the about 12 forms available in preparation for the April 16 filing deadline.She chose from the gray forms stacked neatly in cardboard boxes on a table near the entrance to the library, located at 950 Abbott Road.And Skoutelas flipped quickly through a few forms to determine which she needed. “It is more convenient than the post office,” she said.
FEATURES
Lagoon grabs audiences attention
Creeper Lagoon Take Back The Universe and Give Me Yesterday DreamWorks Records Creeper Lagoon is nothing more than a modern-day rock band with a clever ability to intrigue the listener simply by being.
NEWS
Judge suggests shutting down Napster
By LAURA POTTS The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO - Calling Napster Inc.’s efforts to block copyright works from its online music-swapping service “disgraceful,” a federal judge said Tuesday she may consider pulling the Internet service’s plug. “Maybe the system needs to be shut down,” U.S.
NEWS
In the Army now
AUGUSTA, MICH. - Sleepy-eyed and gripping her M-16 rifle, Susie Johnson went over last-minute signals to her squad. Sixteen years earlier, Johnson, a 5-year-old blonde full of spunk, followed her brother, P.J., into the woods.
NEWS
DCL students dont fret low rankings
The MSU-Detroit College of Law sits in the bottom tier among the nation’s law schools, according to a recent study by U.S.
MICHIGAN
Miles teaches driving safety
LANSING - While children in the front row of a dark movie theater laughed and applauded, Miles, a yellow animated road stripe, waved back as four short commercials about driving safety starring him played. It was his premiere. Miles was introduced Tuesday at Celebration Cinema, 200 E.
MSU
Disney to host celebration congratulating U sports teams
While members of the MSU hockey and men’s basketball teams were unable to say they are going to Disney World this year, the Magic Kingdom is coming to them instead.The Walt Disney Company, in conjunction with the university’s School of Hospitality Business, is sponsoring a celebration tomorrow in room N100 at the Eli Broad Business Complex to commemorate both team’s accomplishments throughout the 2000-01 season.
BASKETBALL
Randolph may leave U early for NBA; Izzo shows support
Sophomore guard Jason Richardson’s decision to leave college early for the NBA hit MSU fans hard, but things may get worse before a recovery can begin. At 1:15 p.m.