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(2) NEW YORK 5,
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Chicago 4.
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Montreal 5,
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Arizona 8,
COLORADO 6
Chicago 5,
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Check oUt the Michigan field hockey team, which
plays at 4 p.m. tomorrow at Ocker Field. The
Wolverines host Michigan State in the Big Ten opener,

Wednesday
September 23, 1998

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Western suspends hockey players, coach

WARREN ZINN/Daily
Western Michigan players and their coach were suspended after an alcohol-
ated incident last Friday. Neither player was of legal drinking age.

By Mark Francescutti
Daily Sports Writer
Western Michigan coach Bill Wilkinson was offi-
cially placed on temporary suspension yesterday,
while university officials conduct an internal investi-
gation of the school's hockey program.
Two of Wilkinson's players, sophomores Steven
Rymsha and Wilkinson's son, Mark, were suspended
indefinitely by Wilkinson after Kalamazoo police
arrested the two men Friday night.
The players, who are both under 21 years old, were
allegedly in possession of alcohol and did not cooper-
ate with the police.
Both were at a team party following a team golf
outing earlier in the day.
The party took place in a house owned by the elder
Wilkinson, where Mark Wilkinson and a number of
other players live.
Western Michigan Director of Athletics Kathy
Beauregard announced the decision yesterday. She
also appointed assistant coach Jim Culhane to head

the team for the interim.
Beauregard added that the Kalamazoo police came
to the scene because of a neighbor's complaint of
excessive noise.
The Western Michigan athletic department will
concentrate on investigating a possible hazing incident
at the party, and NCAA violations that may have
occurred with the housing situation.
"In light of the incidents which have come to our
attention, we felt it was important to remove coach
Wilkinson from his current duties and responsibilities
to avoid any possible conflict of interest;' Beauregard
said in a released statement.
Western Michigan media relations director Daniel
Jankowski said that under NCAA rules, it would be
legal to have players living in a coach's house as long
as he charges market price for rent.
Coach Red Berenson informed his players this
afternoon of the news.
"He came in and said that he doesn't want anything
like that on our team,' senior captain Bubba

Berenzweig said.
Assistant coach Mel Pearson, who knows
Wilkinson personally, said he was saddened by the
news.
"Bill's done a pretty good job and is one of the lead-
ers in NCAA rules," Pearson said. "You never like to
hear something like this."
Pearson said he also respects that Wilkinson and the
program took responsibility quickly.
"I think he just took responsibility and suspended
his players," Pearson said. "He's well aware of what's
legal."
Michigan coaches tell players at the beginning of
the season that any kind of hazing will not be tolerat-
ed.
"You tell them 'You don't do it,"' Pearson said. "We
make sure our players are aware of that:'
Hazing incidents have been known to occur around
sports teams and campuses around the country, but with
increased penalties and enforcement, the reports have
See SUSPENSIONS, Page 14

State

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confusion

*No new
State News;
cows still
ioule campus
e bars are full, the libraries are
empty, there's not a book to be
found anywhere and the cows are
causing another traffic jam at Grand
River and Hagadorn.
Yep, it's another Wednesday in East
Lansing.
You might
think things
uld be a little
it different this
week -what
with the Spartans
preparing to playN
Michigan on
Saturday - but, JIM
in fact, nothing's ROSE
changed in and Rose
around what Rose
0ight be the best Be _f_
gricultural
College in Ingham County. Fourteen
wayward sixth-year seniors guard
Sparty with eggs and BB guns. Johnny
Spirit is waving his pom-pons in the
Bice of four terrified freshmen girls.
An aroma of manure wafts gently in
from Munn Field.
Ahh, East Lansing.
It's really too bad that this year's
game is in Ann Arbor - it's so much
ore fun when the Wolverines win in
qartan Stadium. Inside the Big
House, victory for the host is expect-
ed. Humdrum, even. Happens most
weeks. It'd happen even more if
Michigan State came to town every
week.
Actually, Ann Arbor gets a bit of an
unfair reputation on this one. State
students think the city is boring. "No
arties," they say. The fact of the mat-
a is, there are plenty of parties in
Ann Arbor - Michigan students just
tend not to burn furniture during them.
So they don't make the nightly news.
"Everyone's studying," they say.
Well, it's all relative, I say. Truthfully, I
can understand the Michigan State
point of view on this one. Why would
any Spartan study? How much prac-
tice do you need to learn how to milk
a cow?
And when the neighbors down in
Arbor are always doing the
important things --- building comput-
ers, designing skyscrapers, making the
sling that Mateen Cleaves wears on his
shoulder - why even try to compete?
Better for the average Michigan State
undergrad to concentrate on more
Ipractical uses of time -._ finding the
computer's "ON" switch, for example,
or building sturdy loft ladders, or car-
Vg Cleaves' books for him because
Ws shoulder's in a sling.
This year, morethan ever, East
Lansing suffers a serious hit. Munn
Field, formerly Home of the Big Ten's
Best Tailgate Parties, has been relegat-
ed to Munn Field, Home of the Big
Ten's Worst Intramural Football Teams

Stop the insanity! Ann
Arbor isn't that bad

nough is enough. After a long,
intense, state-dividing period of
contempt between East Lansing
and Ann Arbor, the time has come to
make peace. There's no reason for this
kind of behavior.
And whether you nice folks in
maize-and-blue accept it or not, I'm
extending the olive branch.
So, fellow Spartans, after you've
buttoned your overalls and cleaned out
the chicken coop, I implore you to take
some time and think about just what
makes you hate
Ann Arbor.
Many of you,
probably don't
even know much
about the place,
much less its
inhabitants. But
you know all the JOE
popular stereo- REXRODE
types, and you The State
continue to rely News
on them, rather
than give
Michigan the credit it deserves for
being a fine institution with outstand-
ing people.
In order to develop a base of mutual
understanding, I think it's important to
first correct some of the gross miscon-
ceptions that we at Michigan State
have about our neighbors.
MICHIGAN STUDENTS DON'T KNOW
HOW TO HAVE FUN: Fun is such a rela-
tive term. At State, it usually means
hanging out with friends in a conven-
tional 'party' situation. Who are we to
say that a Friday night spent isolated in
a dorm room, gawking at a smut mag-
azine tucked inside a physics book
isn't fun for them?
MICHIGAN IS NOT THE HOTBED OF
SOCIAL ACTIVISM IT ONCE WAS:
Perhaps not, but they still shower

rarely, complain often and smoke dope
by the pound.
ANN ARBOR IS A DRAB WASTELAND:
If you've been there, you know that
this simply isn't true. From atop the
rusty, in-ground eyesore of a stadium
you can take in a beautiful view of
classy, soon-to-be collapsed Yost
Arena, offset nicely by a lush tree or
two.
Dozens of quirky coffee shops and
plenty of places to get your genitals
pierced are among the more striking
features.
MICHIGAN PRODUCES MORE
SOCIALLY INEPT PEOPLE TIIAN THE
BRANCH DAVIDIANS COULD EVER
DREAM OF: OK, fine, so maybe Ted
'Unabomber' Kaczynski developed a
twisted, homicidal mistrust for other
humans in Ann Arbor. But what about
Madonna? She went to Michigan for
just one semester, and I'd say she defi-
nitely qualifies as 'social.'
ANN ARBOR IS A HAVEN FOR SNOT-
TV, OVERPRIVILEGED BRATS FROM
NEW YORK: Can we stop with the gen-
eralizations already ? Michigan is
home to plenty of arrogant schmucks
from Jersey and Massachusetts as
well, not to mention Bloomfield Hills.
WOLVERINE FANS ARE SPOILED,
UNENTIIUSIASTIC AND EXTREMELY
FAIR-WEATHER: Hey, not everyone can
cheer vocally, stay past halftime or
support a team after it loses a game or
two. And remember, the only time
these people talk to each other is when
they make excuses and/or gripe after a
loss. After wins, it's quickly back to
worrying about who's trying to steal
whose homework.
SECRETLY, MICHIGAN STUDENTS
AND ALUMS ENVY MICHIGAN STATE:
For what? We may have brighter,
friendlier, more diverse people, a real
See REXRODE, Page :15


AP PHOTO
Michigan State quarterback Bill Burke, like most State hicks, was reportedly deciding between a life of cow-milking and
working at McDonald's. Our sources say he's leaning toward the cows - he can't handle the extra-value meals.

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