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MSU

Student group looks toward tobacco ban

After a student-written petition to have smoking banned from MSU’s campus gained serious attention via social media and word of mouth, the MSU Anti-Cancer Society planned to bring the results to the Board of Trustees. However, just before the meeting Provost June Pierce Youatt published a memo announcing a task force designed to make MSU a tobacco-free campus.

MICHIGAN

Acafellas, Capital Green, move on to a capella semifinals

This past Saturday, the Wharton Center for Performing Arts held the quarterfinals for the 19th International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA). And for two MSU a cappella groups, the final results were aca-awesome. Winning the top two spots in the quarterfinals and heading to Dayton, Ohio for the ICCA Great Lakes Semifinals were MSU’s all male vocal group, the Accafellas, and coed vocal group, Capital Green.  Since 1996 the ICCA has held competitions throughout the nation, giving hardworking a cappella groups the opportunity to showcase their talent.

SPORTS

Men's basketball looks to bounce back against Northwestern

Before addressing the Big Ten matchup against Northwestern on Monday, men's basketball head coach Tom Izzo spent extended time talking about MSU's free throw troubles and questioning the mental toughness of his team.  This was before revealing that freshman guard Javon Bess may miss the rest of the season with a setback with his ankle recovery.

SPORTS

Gymnastics preparing for matchup with rival U-M

There will be no love lost Friday, February 13 when the MSU women’s gymnastics team faces off against school rival University of Michigan in their alumni meet, held at the Jenison Field House, East Lansing.

SPORTS

COLUMN: MSU players putting on a front

Game after game, the tune remains the same in the MSU locker room. Despite continually finding ways to lose games, the Spartans maintain that their confidence is high. Most recently, junior guard Bryn Forbes echoed the mantra. “I think we’re still confident, it just makes you mad to see the way it turned out, especially for guys that do this everyday and make free throws everyday and make shots everyday,” Forbes said of the free throw debacle that unraveled on Saturday.