Hi-Fi in for big muscial success

American Hi-Fi (self-titled) (The Island Def Jam Music Group) Whoever said drummers don’t do anything in bands should take a look at Stacy Jones, the former master of the skins for Letters To Cleo, Aimee Mann and Veruca Salt. After a bitter breakup with Veruca Salt, he formed American Hi-Fi with some friends, and even wrote all 12 tracks on the band’s self-titled effort - the result speaks for itself. It’s bands like this that make me proud to be an American rock ’n’ roll fan.

Ballroom Dance Club teaches classic moves

KRISTINA HUGHESFor The State NewsElizabeth Seagull, a professor emeritus in pediatrics and medicine, was swept away when her husband invited her to take ballroom dance classes.

Orchesis prepares ballet-influenced dances for upcoming concert, festival

JULIE KNAPPFor The State News MSU students with a range of training backgrounds are preparing modern dances for the Orchesis Spring Dance Concert and the American College Dance Festival.

Miller ranks third in Hobey fan balloting

Sophomore goaltender Ryan Miller is currently in third place in the online fan voting for the Hobey Baker Award, college hockey’s most prestigious individual trophy.Miller trails North Dakota forward Jeff Panzer, the vote leader, and Maine forward Niko Dimitrakos in the standings.

Students divided on Bushs address; discouraged, overjoyed by speech

Not every television was set Tuesday to ESPN, which aired the MSU cagers’ victory over Wisconsin. Kathy Savard tuned to CNN in a North Case dorm room to enthusiastically support “her man” Tuesday. As President Bush addressed a joint session of Congress, in his first annual address, she shouted at the TV and argued with other students about the merits of his 10-year, $1.6 trillion tax-cut plan. “What a lot of people don’t notice (is) that it is not the government’s money,” the James Madison freshman said of the projected surplus. “It is the money we gave to the government.” Savard joyfully jumped up and down when Bush proposed a reformed inheritance tax, saying it was positive for the nation. Meanwhile, Rich Fierens, also a James Madison freshman, was left rolling his eyes at Savard every time she cheered for Bush. His face was solemn, as words of tax cuts and education reform echoed from the TV and Savard. Fierens had concern over military spending. “Money should not go to more tanks and missiles,” he said, commenting on Bush’s pledge to increase the defense budget.

Stars homes cant match dorm decor

Lately I have noticed that there are more and more celebrity home TV shows. MTV, E! Entertainment Television and others have revived an industry once dominated by Robin Leach in the 1980s. “Champagne wishes and caviar dreams,” was Leach’s signature line.

Campus charity race offers healthy alternative in St. Patricks Day race

While St. Patrick’s Day is traditionally known for being green, this year’s Shamrock 5K “run, walk and roll” sponsored by the MSU Tower Guard will have participants racing for the gold. Tower Guard president Carl Oliver, who co-founded the event, said the race will give students more options for celebrating. “It’s a fun alternative to waking up and getting wasted for St.

Dave Matthews Band tries something new

Dave Matthews Band Everyday (RCA Records) True fans of the Dave Matthews Band will ask themselves whether a song could get any better than “Lie in our Graves,” “Seek Up,” and of course, “Crush.” DMB is often categorized as one of those “jam bands,” with its eight and 10 minute songs which receive only minimal airplay but still manage to become some of the most successful songs of the album. In many ways, it’s right up there with Phish and the other jam bands, especially with its first few albums and the live compilations, especially 1995’s “Live at Red Rocks.” But with DMB’s new album, “Everyday,” things have turned around. What happened to the long songs with minutes of saxophone and violin solos that gave the band that undeniable sound? Many fans live for these solos, which have become a trademark of any good DMB song. The first single off the album, “I Did It,” doesn’t even start off with the sax or violin, but an electric guitar. It sounds strange.

Doctor off to Balkans

With tensions heightening between ethnic Albanians and ethnic Serbians in Kosovo, the U.S. military is preparing to send additional personnel to the area. Dr. Dean Sienko is prepared for the battle - medically. Sienko, medical examiner of the Ingham County Health Department, will command the medical forces in the Serbian Providence beginning March 8, and oversee medical health and assistance to Allied and U.S.

Healthy trails ahead for U

Through treatment of a common horse disease, MSU veterinarians look to make sure the April 27 Spartan Spectacular Arabian Horse Show will go off without a hitch.The disease, called strangles, was detected by MSU Farm Manager Paula Hitzler last November.

Tax cuts actually benefit no one

Contrary to Kevin E. Greaney’s opinion (“Bush tax cut does benefit everyone,” SN 2/26), President Bush’s tax cuts really benefit no one.

U strives for broader range of writing courses

A proposed change to the American Thought and Language Department could offer a wider range of writing courses for students at MSU.The department, already responsible for many required writing courses for freshmen, is in the process of taking on new responsibilities and a new name in an effort to increase writing opportunities for undergraduate students.“With my support and urging, the department is looking at having a more robust program with various levels of writing courses,” said Wendy Wilkins, dean of the College of Arts and Letters, under which the department is included.“One of the things that I think our students desperately need is to become better writers, and we know that from many different sources.”Douglas Noverr, chairperson for the department, said officials plan to offer more writing courses for undergraduates at all levels.And that could be good news for Shelly Powell.The business administration and pre-law sophomore, said she thinks writing is very important for students - and will be significant in her field.“You want to make sure you can communicate on paper as well as verbally,” she said.“If you can’t write a memo, then I don’t think you can survive in the business world.”American Thought and Language officials hope to implement the changes with help from other departments, such as the Department of English.“We’ll be giving writing much more visibility, attention and opportunities than have been available in the past for the students who want to take advantage of those opportunities,” Noverr said.In addition, the American Thought and Language Department will be taking over the responsibility of further developing an undergraduate major in American Studies.

Group asks U to switch paper types

An MSU student environmental group is not asking the university to trash its recycled paper practices, but instead modify them. Group members of ECO are working hard to convince the university to use 100 percent recycled paper by the end of the spring semester. “We are trying to raise awareness a lot on the department’s part,” said ECO co-coordinator Liisa Bergmann, an environmental policy sophomore. The environment group is asking all university departments to switch over from the commonly used 30 percent recycled paper to a chlorine-free, post-consumer 100 percent recycled paper. The group will hold a public demonstration today at the rock on Farm Lane to urge MSU to use only 100 percent recycled paper processed chlorine-free. ECO members say they believe the 100 percent recycled paper is not used more at MSU because the departments are not aware it’s available.

Construction management team brings home honors

Six MSU construction management students brought home third place honors in the National Association of Home Builders student competition in Atlanta during the weekend.The MSU group competed against 20 universities.

College photographers earn awards at state competition

Jennifer Jankowski walked into a Lansing Holiday Inn hotel last weekend believing she was not an experienced enough photographer to win a statewide award.But Jankowski, a State News photographer, ending up taking second place in three categories at the annual Michigan Press Photographers Association Picture of the Year Awards.

Local radio station wins award

Katy Carolan wasn’t surprised when she found out the Michigan Association of Broadcasters named WDBM, 89 FM The Impact, College Station of the Year for the second year in a row.

Alumna returns for benefit show

Kirt Herronen said the Student Alumni Foundation likes to present a benefit event of some sort every year for a good cause, and this year it decided to do something different. “We had several people on the board who had turned 21 and received the B.R.A.D.

ASMSU allocates money to build ropes course

MSU’s undergraduate student government is betting money that students will want to improve their teamwork skills - $50,000 to be exact.

Police briefs 02/27/01

Williams appoints second new coach to defensive position

It took MSU head football coach Bobby Williams only 11 days to name Troy Douglas the new defensive secondary coach, the second person to be named to the post in just more than a month.“We’re very fortunate to have Troy Douglas on our coaching staff,” Williams said in a written statement.