COMMENTARY
Unfair to U
The new arrest statistics may place MSU at the top of the list for alcohol violations, but the university’s reputation should not be judged by those numbers.The U.S.
SPORTS
XFL is a nice side dish for a traditional football fan
I’m sitting in my buddy’s apartment puffin’ on a Camel wide light and drinking a 16-ounce Budweiser expecting to watch the beginning of what I think will be a farce of a football league - the XFL. I take a long pull from the ice-cold brew and toke from my smoke pondering if World Wrestling Federation guru Vince McMahon can actually make a football traditionalist like myself want to watch another XFL game. Several cigs and a few beers later, I have decided the XFL is freakin’ great. McMahon actually sensationalized the sport I love to the point where it is just simply hilarious enough to watch - much like the WWF. What could be more comical than listening to Minnesota Gov.
MICHIGAN
Lansing celebration strengthens marriages
Love was in the air as 370 Lansing-area residents celebrated World Marriage Day on Saturday.Couples reaffirm their commitment to their marriages during the day, which is traditionally celebrated close to Valentine’s Day and in several countries around the world.The celebration sheds an optimistic light on marriage, said Rick Peiffer, a technologist for MSU’s Vincent Voice Library who helped plan this year’s event.“It’s a day set aside to celebrate the sacrament of marriage,” said Peiffer, who will celebrate 20 years with his wife Diane in May.
MICHIGAN
State Legislature to vote on pay raise ballot proposal
The state Legislature would approve salary increases if a Senate joint resolution becomes an amendment to the Michigan Constitution. Senate Government Operations unanimously passed the proposal Thursday.
NEWS
Two Lansing men could face trial for murder
Final arguments are expected today in preliminary hearings that will determine if two Lansing men will stand trial for the murder of an East Lansing woman. Cornelius “Al” Brown, 29, and Sam Jones III, 25, are charged with the Dec.
FEATURES
Critic longs for TV of her past
Television shows easily become part of our lives. I remember racing off the bus when I was in elementary school to see the latest “Punky Brewster” episode - she was my hero.
MICHIGAN
LCC celebrates unity in Black History Month
LANSING - Students at Lansing Community College honored the first days of Black History Month and previewed upcoming February events with a kickoff celebration Friday. The unity celebration, titled “Black History Is All Of Us,” included performances by students, the unveiling of the Black History Month poster and a traveling display of works produced by black inventors. Stanley Chase, assistant dean of student and academic support and director of student relations at LCC, said the event was just a sample of what Black History Month activities are to come.
FEATURES
Love and Lopez a big hit at box office
LOS ANGELES - Traditional Valentine’s romance won out over the slasher variety at the box office. Jennifer Lopez’s “The Wedding Planner” remained the No.
MSU
Program probes suns surface
MSU Professor Robert Stein’s research has taken him to a place where no men have gone before.Through a computer-based program, Stein, a professor of physics and astronomy, is able to simulate what happens on the surface of the sun.“I have always been interested in the dynamics of the surface of the sun,” Stein said.
NEWS
Giddy up: U hosts horses
The Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education had more than 1,200 visitors last weekend - and 200 of them had four legs. MSU hosted the fourth annual Michigan Quarter Horse Youth Association Horse Show, which brought sequins, chaps and a western flare to campus. “MSU has the nicest indoor horse facility in the state - and probably the country,” said Ray James, a youth adviser for the association.
COMMENTARY
SN coverage unfair to activists
I was extremely disappointed with The State News’ biased coverage of the MSU Students for Life vigil (“Abortion vigil stirs student debate,” SN 1/24). The photos were unfair and gave a distorted image of what really happened.
MICHIGAN
Engler lays out budget plans
Gov. John Engler will present Michigan’s budget Thursday to a joint session of the state Senate and House appropriations committees.
SPORTS
Spartan defense topples Purdue
Al Anagonye, who had foul problems in games earlier this season, doesn’t pound the hardwood with his hands because he’s frustrated with officiating - he does it to invoke a strict Spartan defense. “That’s just something that’s been a tradition here at MSU,” the sophomore forward said of the gesture.
NEWS
ASMSU to lawmakers:Keg bill not worthwhile
The university’s undergraduate student government intends on sending a direct message to the state House this week: “We want our kegs.” ASMSU’s Student Assembly approved a measure Thursday stating its formal objection against any state legislation that suggests a more elaborate process in the purchasing of a beer keg. “We need to send a message to the House that you cannot screw with us,” said Malaika Ward, a James Madison College representative who admitted to hating beer, while still in favor of the official stance, during the assembly’s weekly meeting Thursday. The legislation, which was introduced in November, calls for all liquor retailers to attach an identification tag on the keg - which includes information from the buyer’s driver’s license.
NEWS
Icers split against Wildcats
MARQUETTE - Even though the Spartans’ plane landed in this northern Michigan city late Thursday night, the top-ranked squad didn’t mentally arrive until the third period of Friday’s game.Two periods of uninspired play resulted in a 3-2 loss to Northern Michigan on Friday night, spoiling MSU’s previously unbeaten (9-0-2) road record.
NEWS
Spartans slam Boilermakers
MSU’s 72-55 win over Purdue on Sunday extended Division I’s longest home-court winning streak to 41.And as the last team to defeat No.
MSU
Cancer fund-raiser kicks off
About 30 people gathered around the rock on Farm Lane Thursday night with candles blazing. Their purpose: To honor cancer survivors and the memories of friends and loved ones lost to cancer.
MSU
Travel-study takes alumni to England
Sara Stid said she first fell in love with England when her son was studying there in the 1980s.So when the opportunity to return came along, she took it.Stid, an office assistant with the MSU Alumni Association, participated in Odyssey to Oxford last year.
MICHIGAN
Fountain Square project to oversee summer redevelopment
The East Lansing City Council will discuss a project at its Tuesday meeting that will redesign the Fountain Square at the intersection of M.A.C.
SPORTS
Womens hoops team trampled by Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. - Another Big Ten game meant another big-time loss for the MSU women’s basketball team as Wisconsin blew by the Spartans 69-49 at the Kohl Center on Sunday. The score doesn’t really let on to how rough the game was for MSU, which trailed by as much as 35 and had its third-lowest scoring half in school history, with a 12-point first-half effort. “They gave us enormous trouble in the first half,” head coach Joanne P.