Roundabouts, circles different

Does everyone in the MSU community know the difference between a traffic circle and a roundabout? They are, in fact, different.

Critic finds theres more to reviewing movies than free shows and press packs

For all the people out there who have a passion for movies and at least halfway consider themselves to be a critic of some sort, I have some advice for you: Stay exactly the way you are now.

Gore appeals ruling in latest legal twist

By LARRY NEUMEISTER The Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida’s highest court kept the presidential race on the legal fast track Tuesday, agreeing to speedily hear Al Gore’s appeal of a ruling awarding George W.

Gators look to take down cagers winning streak after championship defeat

Andre Hutson knows what it’s like to play a road game in a hostile environment. He doesn’t like it.The senior forward is pleased opposing players feel that same wrath when they play in Breslin Student Events Center, where the 5-0 Spartans have won 32 consecutive games, the second-longest run in Division I.Tonight at 7, the 3-0 Florida Gators will try to snap MSU’s streak in a rematch of last year’s national championship game, which MSU won 89-76.“I feel we have the best crowd,” Hutson said.

Semester has been full of changes and challenges

It is awfully hard to believe that half of my junior year is over. Even though the temperature has dropped about 60 degrees, I still feel like school has just started.

Dont blame other holidays

The basic flaw in John LaFleur’s diatribe against multiculturalism (“Retailers sold out Christmas to be politically correct,” SN 11/30) is the consistent and repeated misuse of the word “usurp.” Jews, Buddhists, Muslims, Taoists, Sikhs, Parsis, Americans who choose to commemorate their African roots, Wiccans, followers of any other religion, or even atheists, have no desire to require Christians to observe Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or Ramadan or to prevent Christians from observing Christmas by forcibly seizing the holiday and replacing it with their own observances.

Spartans win without Cummings

Before the MSU women’s basketball team can devote its full attention and energy to finals next week, they will first have to pass tests of stamina on the court during the next five days.

Thomas transitions into new role

Making the switch from high school senior to a college freshman is often a rough transition for many to handle.

Clean copy

The administration’s proposed changes to the university’s copyright policy are justified and are being considered in a thoughtful manner.

Police identify suspect in robbery

Lansing police officials announced Tuesday that they are seeking a local man who they believe is responsible for the most recent bank robbery in the city. Terrence Leontha Wallace, 31, is described as a black male, 5 feet 10 inches tall and 194 pounds.

Everclear fails to meet singers promise of experimental album

Everclear Songs From An American Movie Vol. Two: Good Time For A Bad Attitude (Capitol Records) When Art Alexakis of Everclear promised his band’s latest album, “Songs From An American Movie Volume Two: Good Time For a Bad Attitude,” would present a harder and louder side of the band, some fans might have learned how to smile. Alexakis gave the impression that the album would be something different, something experimental.

Election tiresome to students

Is it just me, or has this election turned into something more along the lines of a prime-time television special?

Report card: Michigan higher education is average

Students will not be alone in receiving grades this semester. All 50 states have already been handed their marks for higher education. For the first time, the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education put both public and private universities nationwide to the test, and spent more than two years comparing them. No state received straight As, and many were given low grades.

Motion to dance at Disney

They won’t be dancing on the sidelines of a bowl game in support of the football team, but that doesn’t mean the women of MSU Motion won’t be traveling during winter break.The climax of the dance troupe’s season is at the Universal Dance Association Collegiate National Dance Team Championship in Orlando, Fla.

Police aim to educate E.L.

East Lansing residents will have the opportunity to attend a citizens’ police academy hosted by East Lansing police. Those who work or live in East Lansing or are enrolled in MSU and are 18 or older may submit an application to East Lansing police.

Police briefs 12/06/00

Store offers creepy gifts

If you are searching for that perfect creepy-crawly gift for someone, MSU’s Insect Emporium may be the place to do your holiday shopping.

Enon samples variety of styles

Enon Believo! (SeeThru Broadcasting) For most bands or groups, there is a general classification that adheres to the kind of music they produce.

U professor plays role in high-profile forensics case

Todd Fenton is perfectly comfortable in his laboratory on the fourth floor of Fee Hall, even though he’s surrounded by small fragments of prehistoric remains of teenagers and an intact human skeleton lying on the table next to him.Fenton, a forensic anthropologist and anthropology professor at MSU, works daily to identify the cause of death in cases when it is unknown or when a crime victim’s identity remains a mystery.“My favorites are the ones where you have to figure out the individual death story,” he says.Fenton received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and earned his master’s degree at the University of Arizona in Tucson.He has been working on campus since 1998.“I love forensic anthropology because you can work a case one day and assess the trauma to a body, positively identify the remains and when you go home at night there’s a sense of accomplishment like no other field allows,” he said.Fenton and the rest of the employees at MSU’s forensic anthropology lab have recently been receiving increased statewide and national attention for their hard work and positive results.

Physical Plant gives cheer, toys to youth

MSU Physical Plant employees are continuing a typical workplace tradition at their annual Christmas dinner this year: a gift exchange.But the presents will not be swapped by and for facility workers.