ASMSU, yearbook reach agreement

While sitting in a quiet, empty Red Cedar Log office late Thursday night, Editor-in-Chief Rianne Jones said she was able to breathe her first sigh of relief in weeks.Jones’ tension was due to a power struggle with ASMSU over the yearbook’s operation, which, after about a month of controversy, reached a compromise Thursday.The ASMSU Student Assembly approved three intricate parts of the bill that established the settlement while two other sections of the measure failed.

Icers Defense allows four goals in loss to rival U-M

DETROIT - In the end, 65 minutes was just too much to ask of four defensemen.When Michigan right wing Andy Hilbert blew past MSU sophomore defenseman Brad Fast and scored the game-winning goal in overtime Saturday night, it was the culmination of the most taxing game the NCAA-leading Spartan defensive corps has faced all year.

Nittany Lions kick women cagers when theyre down

State College, Penn. - There’s no other way to describe the MSU women’s basketball team’s 97-49 loss to Penn State than total Nittany Lion domination. MSU’s (2-5 Big Ten, 8-10 overall) poor shooting, holey defense, and overall lackluster play paved the court for PSU freshman guard Kelly Mazzante to sink 28 points and grab a career-high seven steals, while all five starters hit double digits. “Penn State just has excellent players,” head coach Joanne P.

Kamikaze Taxi comes to U

Japanese film director Masato Harada has been making and translating movies since the late 1970s, but that doesn’t stop comparisons to newer filmmakers. “He’s one of the new-wave cinema directors in Japan - compared to (Quentin) Tarantino,” said Michael Lewis, director of the Asian Studies Center and an MSU professor of history.

Cagers struggle on the road

Columbus, Ohio - The Spartans may be the best team in the nation at home but they’re no better than average on the road in the Big Ten. MSU’s 64-55 loss to Ohio State (13-7 overall, 4-4 Big Ten) dropped its conference record to 5-2, 1-2 on the road. “We have some young guys right now that just don’t understand what it’s like to win on the road in the Big Ten,” MSU head coach Tom Izzo said.

Comedy Central backs down

By DAVID BAUDERThe Associated PressNEW YORK - Comedy Central has ordered producers of an upcoming comedy series about the first family to remove all references to President Bush’s twin daughters.The series, by “South Park” producers Trey Parker and Matt Stone, had attracted notoriety when a proposed script leaked out with the 19-year-old girls, Jenna and Barbara, portrayed as incestuous lesbian lovers.Parker and Stone had already distanced themselves from that idea, but Comedy Central executives - who had received many complaints - told them this week the girls could not be included in their series at all.“We aren’t comfortable with them being in the show,” Comedy Central spokesman Tony Fox said on Friday.

No. 1 Spartans fall to rival Wolverines

DETROIT - Turnabout may be fair play, but don’t tell that to the Spartan hockey team.Top-ranked MSU (21-2-4 overall, 14-2-3 CCHA) has an unfamiliar taste in its mouth - the taste of defeat.

IAH options may increase

Students attempting to satisfy the university’s IAH requirement may have two new courses to choose from in the fall semester. Integrative Studies in Arts & Humanities 202, Europe and the World; and IAH 206, Self, Society and Technology, have recently been approved by the College of Arts and Letters Curriculum Committee for introduction this fall. The courses must now receive approval from the University Curriculum Committee. All undergraduate students not enrolled in the Honors College are required to take two IAH courses.

Stay in school activists inform and motivate U

The Office of Minority Student Affairs was out in full force to keep students from dropping out of school at Saturday’s Racial Ethnic Student Retention Conference: Overcoming F.E.A.R.Students gained tips and learned real expectations for college at the 11th annual conference, titled “False Expectations Appearing Real,” at the Union.“I don’t see sisters beating down the doors of brothers who are dropping out of school left and right,” said Lenzy Bell, while speaking to more than 100 students.

RHA seeks staff for annual conference

The Michigan State University Residence Halls Association is seeking volunteers for the Michigan Organization of Residence Hall Associations leadership conference at MSU on March 23-25.

Grant aids study of tourism

Tropical vacations of the future may take on a new meaning for tourists.MSU Professor of Anthropology Laurie Medina plans to study a new trend in travel - but she’s not headed to the popular Cancun or Jamaica mainstays.She recently received a $74,940 grant, which she’ll use on an 8-month excursion to Belize where she’ll study “eco-tourism.”The concept defines a type of adventure travel emphasizing tourists’ social responsibility when visiting parts of the developing world.“It’s a fairly new idea over the last decade,” Medina said.

Blood Wedding walks down its own odd aisle

It’s a nice day for a “Blood Wedding.”At least the student cast of the play by Frederico Garcia Lorca think so.

Restaurants seek permit for dance floors

East Lansing businesses want to give residents a place to put their feet up, and kick their feet up.Two downtown restaurants have requested the entertainment license required to have a dance floor: Troppo, 213 Ann Street, and Spartan Sports Den, 1227 E.

Kresge exhibit features student artists

Those who visit “Unrelated Segments,” an exhibit at the Kresge Art Center, are “bound to be captured by something,” said MSU art graduate student Harry Williams, whose work is among those being exhibited. The artwork on display ranges from stone carvings and abstract paintings to activated machines. April Liu, a sculptor for the past three years, said since most exhibits at Kresge show work done by undergraduate art students, “Unrelated Segments” may be the only show this year on campus to feature graduate artwork.

Lansing aims to curb racial profiling

Don’t ask Geneva Smith if racial profiling takes place in the Lansing area - she hears stories all the time.The Lansing NAACP president also knows how to handle the situation: “Collect yourself, don’t get nasty, be cordial and file a complaint.”Nearly one year ago, Smith did just that when she was stopped by a Lansing police officer for what she was told was a license plate that looked expired.It wasn’t - “and Geneva went straight to the police chief,” she recalled.In the year since that incident, Smith has watched area police departments take steps to prevent anyone from being pulled over for “driving while black,” and assisted in the most recent efforts.Last weekend, nearly 280 Lansing police officers received training on what racial profiling is and what their department is doing to prevent it.And members of the public will be able to receive the same training from 2 p.m.

Columnist was highly offensive

I usually manage to stomach the uniformly liberal editorials on The State News’ Opinion Page, but I found Brian Emerson Jones’s column (“Bush’s appointees enforce his ‘magical myth,’” SN 1/24) on Bush’s cabinet appointments to be especially offensive. Jones rails against the ostensible diversity of the Cabinet while attacking the politically incorrect views of Bush and his nominees.

Hoops ready for OSU rematch

With their first Big Ten road win behind them, the Spartans head into Columbus, Ohio on Saturday for a rematch with Ohio State.No.

Cagers lose to U-M defense

Coaches always say defense will win games, but in a heart-wrenching loss to Michigan on Thursday, the women’s basketball team learned a hard lesson in just how important offense can be. With their leading scorer, senior forward Becky Cummings, on the bench, the Spartans couldn’t muster up enough offense and Michigan (12-7 overall, 5-4 Big Ten) won 58-49 after trailing by six at halftime. “We have a bad habit of getting tired and digging ourselves into a hole,” head coach Joanne P.

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HealthTeam values new leader

Margaret Knapp said she is excited about the possibilities her new position with the MSU HealthTeam will offer.Knapp was appointed as the chief operating officer of the MSU HealthTeam in October, and she said she is hoping to move it forward.“This is a dynamic environment with extreme potential,” Knapp said.The team provides medical care to students and the public and includes the MSU College of Human Medicine, the MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine, the MSU College of Nursing, Olin Health Center and clinical offices throughout the Lansing area.Before coming to MSU, Knapp spent 20 years in the U.S.