NEWS
Poor living conditions test Lakota Sioux spirit
This is the second in a five-part series profiling one of MSU’s Alternative Spring Break trips. MISSION, S.D.
COMMENTARY
Underage drinking shouldnt be focus
This letter is in response to the article “Spotlight program targets underage drinking” (SN 3/1). It seems the “Spotlight” program is yet another attempt of the East Lansing Police Department to harass students in an attempt to cut down on victimless crimes.
FEATURES
One-man show comes to U
In Tupelo County, football reigns supreme and the annual Easter Egg Hunt takes on Super Bowl proportions.
NEWS
Thousands of tickets available for weekend games in Memphis
They’re going, but they’re not going that fast. There were 10,000 tickets available for the South Regional of the NCAA Tournament available Monday morning.
MSU
Pageant contestant hopes to raise activism
This is the second in a five-part series profiling the contestants of the Mr. Black MSU pageant. DeJuan Lever originally had no plans of running for the title of Mr. Black MSU on Saturday.
NEWS
Journal Editor resigns
Steve Crosby, the executive editor of the Lansing State Journal, announced to the paper’s staff Monday that he had been asked to resign from his position.According to a source close to the publication, Crosby, who has been at newspaper for more than five years, said he would be taking another job within the next two weeks in Ann Arbor.When contacted by The State News late Monday evening, Crosby only said that he wasn’t released from his position.Michael Kane, the newspaper’s publisher, was unavailable for comment Monday.
MICHIGAN
Council members to continue talks on height limits
The East Lansing City Council will continue discussion of an ordinance that could change the maximum height allowed for city buildings at tonight’s work session.
FEATURES
Old shows need more play on TV
Syndicated TV: My best friend.Mokey. Boober. Wembley. Red. Do any of these names sound familiar?My roommates and I woke up at our usual Saturday time, around 11 a.m.
NEWS
Student gears up for city council campaign
Matthew Mitroka plans on spending the rest of the semester preparing for graduation and graduate school, working on his new East Lansing home - and knocking on dozens of his neighbors’ doors. The geography senior will be campaigning for a seat on the East Lansing City Council.
MSU
DCL symposium to review labor laws
Northwest Airlines mechanics gathered in front of the White House on Monday protesting President Bush’s intervention in contract talks between their union and the Minnesota-based airline. Now, one day later, attorneys and high-ranking labor officials will take part in a labor law symposium on the MSU campus. The symposium, sponsored by the Law Review of MSU-Detroit College of Law, will be held at 7 p.m.
COMMENTARY
Bush tax cut plan helps needy most
The president’s plan is fair to all income taxpayers, sending money back to the people who sent it in.
MSU
Graduate students seek Pilot e-mail privacy by limiting outside access
Sam Howerton is hoping to offer more privacy to graduate students.Howerton, president of the Council of Graduate Students, is seeking to limit access to the MSU Web site’s Pilot e-mail directory, permitting access only to registered Pilot users.The move comes after Howerton received several complaints from constituents about excessive advertisements and solicitations in their Pilot e-mail boxes.“We get spam for all sorts of businesses that seem to have nothing to do with graduate student life,” he said.
COMMENTARY
State needs to end funding gap
The House Appropriations Committee will be deciding an appropriate funding level for MSU and other state colleges and universities soon.
COMMENTARY
Union for U
The formation of the Graduate Employees Union will benefit graduate employees and is unlikely to hurt the university. The recently formed union is awaiting approval by the Michigan Employment Relations Commission.
NEWS
Ellerbe on his way out, sources say
By LARRY LAGE The Associated Press ANN ARBOR - Brian Ellerbe will not be back next season to coach Michigan’s basketball team, a source close to the basketball program said Monday. The details of Ellerbe’s departure and when the university was going to announce the decision were not clear by Monday evening.
COMMENTARY
Support graduate employee union
The 1,500 teaching assistants and graduate assistants on MSU’s campus have been organizing the Graduate Employees Union for a while now, and with two-thirds membership they recently filed an election petition.
FEATURES
Two jazz musicians come to Wharton
To Rodney Whitaker, jazz crooner John Pizzarelli is one of the premier keepers of the American song. “It’s amazing for a guy his age to be in love with the American songbook and keeping with that tradition is an incredible thing,” the assistant professor and director of jazz studies said. Backed by the John Pizzarelli Trio and The Big Band Swing Orchestra, Pizzarelli will perform with another noted jazz performer, Maureen McGovern, tomorrow at 7:30 p.m.
FEATURES
Actor fights stereotypes
WATERVILLE, Maine - Grabbing a cab in New York City may be a whole lot easier, thanks to Danny Glover. The actor, who played Mel Gibson’s sidekick in the “Lethal Weapon” movies, complained in 1999 to the city’s taxi commission that cabbies passed him by because he’s black. “Most black men I meet in New York City thank me because now they can get a cab,” Glover told about 300 Colby College students. Speaking at the private college on Saturday to help celebrate diversity, Glover told students to reject divisive social, ethnic and religious stereotypes and look at the world in a new way. “Diversity is about honoring and celebrating our interdependence, our basic humanness,” he said.
MICHIGAN
Web site allows U to view council meetings
The city of East Lansing is plugged in, logged on and waiting for the e-mail to pour in. With the help of MSU Broadcasting Services, every East Lansing City Council meeting will be digitized and available to listen to and view on a new Web site - giving students and residents another way to watch officials in action. “It’s designed to be one of the many ways East Lansing and the university cooperate,” project coordinator Donald Weinshank said.
MICHIGAN
Proposed legislation fights hate crimes
A group of legislators and activists joined together Monday morning to introduce new legislation that may help combat hate crimes and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people.“Right now, people can be punished for hate crimes performed for ethnic or racial reasons, but not for sexual orientation,” said state Rep.