Trick-or-treaters to take over downtown streets

Goblins, monsters and princesses will take over downtown East Lansing tonight for the city’s 12th annual Great Pumpkin Walk.

Levin, Raczkowski state case for Senate

Carl Levin is 35 years older than Andrew “Rocky” Raczkowski, but the younger candidate says those years aren’t the most important factors in their U.S.

Blair, McCue mothers to speak against binge drinking at U

Konnie Licavoli and Cindy McCue want students to know they should think before they drink. Licavoli is the mother of Eric Blair, an 18-year-old Delta College student who drowned in the Red Cedar River in 2001 after drinking at a party, and McCue is the mother of Bradley McCue, an MSU student who died after consuming 24 shots on his 21st birthday in 1998. The two mothers will speak on responsible alcohol use and the need for students to take care of each other at the Auditorium’s Fairchild Theatre at 7:30 p.m.

Womanhood promoted during event

A group of 30 women dressed in purple T-shirts squeezed in between desks and chairs in an Eppley Center lecture hall for their first belly dancing lesson. The lesson was one of the workshops offered at Every Woman’s Weekend, an event revived after two decades by the Women’s Council Saturday. No-preference sophomore and Women’s Council member Ana Williams said belly dancing is harder than it looks.

Group sponsors stress-free programs

Celia Guro is ready to talk about stress. Guro, director of counseling for the College of Osteopathic Medicine, was a participant in the Healthy U program called “Managing Stress and Balancing Your Life,” which ran on Tuesdays from Oct.

Candidate: Confused students need refund

Students that can’t understand what their professors or teaching assistants are saying can be reimbursed for their class fees if a state senator has her way.State Sen.

Group stretches for Yoga Day

The mats were lined up across the small studio as a group of about 20 people quietly stretched in preparation for Yoga Day USA. Yoga instructor Cherie Ferro gazed over the diverse group as they eagerly awaited her instruction.

E.L. to host oral history workshops

The Michigan Department of History, Arts and Libraries will offer workshops designed to teach people about the art of oral history. The MSU Museum, Friends of Michigan History and the Michigan Oral History Association will work with the department to sponsor the workshops from 9 a.m.

Police briefs 10/29/02

Owners say lakefront homes need rebuilding

Meridian Twp. - Old dilapidated homes sitting on valuable lakefront properties are in the midst of being torn down to build big modern homes on Lake Lansing. Other homeowners looking to stay on the block must adhere to regulations on lakefront housing that require trees and muted paint colors. With such changes in store, Haslett resident and lakefront homeowner Ivan Bartha says it’s impossible for new homeowners not to rebuild or refurbish the homes surrounding the lake.

WEB ONLY: MTV game singles out students on campus

A legion of students vying for the affection of four singles entered the ultimate compatibility contest Thursday night - hoping to get singled out.Case Hall Singled Out, sponsored by the Case Hall government, was based on the popular MTV 1990s game show, “Singled Out.”The price for the winners of the contest was an all-expenses-paid dinner to Olive Garden Italian Restaurant, 5015 Marsh Road in Okemos.About 30 men and 40 women were placed in the dating pool.

ASMSU wants student bus tax

In the near future, students might be able to hop on a bus and travel anywhere on campus they want - without worrying about paying. ASMSU’s Academic Assembly is working to develop a transportation tax that each student would pay to ride the Capitol Area Transportation Authority buses - much like the taxes students pay each semester for services provided by ASMSU, the Residence Halls Association and The State News. Adam Raezler, James Madison representative for the undergraduate student government’s Academic Assembly, said the tax won’t come easily, but he has hopes of it happening by the 2004-05 school year. “This is just a great service for students,” he said.

Students get chance at superstardom with Spartan Idol

The University Activities Board and Residence Halls Association are co-sponsoring auditions for “Spartan Idol: The Making of an MSU Superstar” today and Tuesday. RHA and the University Activities Board had been discussing the idea, said Derek Wallbank, external vice-president of RHA.

APASO conference brings awareness

Standing arm in arm, Jennifer Won and Ben Yu waited for Saturday night’s formal dinner to begin.The couple stood in the halls of the Kellogg Center before dinner - the last event of the annual Asian Pacific American Student Organization weekend conference.The tables were covered in white linen cloths and candles softly lit the room.All day Saturday, the organization conducted workshops on Asian Pacific Americans in the job market, media, sexuality, activism and other issues.Won, a merchandising management senior, wasn’t able to attend the workshops earlier in the day, but dressed up to attend the dinner with her boyfriend.Won said she was glad the conference was able to touch on Asian Pacific-American sexuality issues.“They rarely discuss those issues,” she said.

Spooky weekend

A tortured scream rang through the woods as a masked man stepped out of the fog and revved his chainsaw. Rebekah Lampart gasped.

Objecting to WAR

Grand River Avenue traffic was halted Saturday afternoon as MSU student groups and area residents took to East Lansing streets in protest of a U.S.-led preemptive strike on Iraq. Hoisting anti-war placards and chanting pro-peace slogans, the participants marched west on Grand River Avenue before turning at Michigan Avenue to march east.

Police briefs 10/28/02

Greeks hand out candy, cookies, pumpkins in carnival activities

Wendy Andersen held an umbrella over the head of a three-foot Harry Potter on Friday, shielding the boy and his freshly painted purple pumpkin from falling raindrops.While the downpour soaked the streets, it didn’t put a damper on the turnout of the greek community’s Safe Halloween carnival.East Lansing children dressed as monsters, princesses and superheroes searched through a pile of wet hay for candy, decorated cookies, painted pumpkins, played games and ate doughnuts at the event on M.A.C.

Teach-in educates about Iraqi relations

More than 300 people gathered at Wells Hall on Friday at a teach-in about the United States’ potential war in Iraq, organized by a coalition of faculty members and students protesting the war.From the start, English professor and speaker Ken Harrow said the teach-in was “not purely an educational function, but a political function as well.”Speakers later urged the audience to join Friday’s rally against war on Iraq in downtown East Lansing.Harrow, along with four other staff members and a representative from the Students for Peace and Justice, spoke during the two-hour seminar, sponsored by the Faculty, Staff, and Student Coalition Against the War in Iraq.Assistant English professor Salah Hassan said after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, most of the Middle East was split up and colonized by Great Britain and France.

Event attracts golfers despite weather

Rainy conditions and chilly temperatures could not deter about 20 devoted golfers from attending the first Happy Gilmore Golf Scramble at Forest Akers East Golf Course on Friday afternoon.The University Activities Board event was slated for two weeks ago, but because of inclement weather, it was called off and rescheduled.“I was really excited to play because I’m a big golfer,” Scott Wolfe said about the event that was canceled two weeks ago.