Professor recovers from fire-related injuries

After several days of treatment, music professor Jonathan Reed was released from the hospital after suffering from severe burns.

Women's basketball defeats Northwestern on the road

On Big Ten Network, the No. 21 women's basketball team (20-8 overall, 12-3 Big Ten) defeated Northwestern (14-14, 4-11) 75-44 on the road.The Spartans have won at least 20 games for 11 consecutive seasons, the longest streak in the Big Ten. MSU can earn at least a share of the Big Ten title with a win over Indiana on Sunday.Redshirt freshman guard Aerial Powers had 19 points and 13 rebounds in a winning effort, and senior forward Annalise Pickrel has 15 points and 11 rebounds.Junior forward Alex Cohen led Northwestern with 11 points.The Spartans were quite sloppy early, handing the rock over to to Northwestern four times in the first five minutes.

Women's basketball leads Northwestern 30-21 at halftime

On Big Ten Network, the No. 21 women's basketball team leads Northwestern 30-21 on the road at halftime.

Latino groups exhibit culture

Latino student groups danced their way through Thursday evening at their third annual Latino Greek Exhibition in Snyder Phillips Hall.

Healthy Spartans looking toward Illinois

If there’s one thing Tom Izzo is happy about, it’s that his team is taking the court in March.

Bye bye birdie

The Badminton Club looks a little bit more like a United Nations meeting.

Hockey team gets home exhibition on Saturday

By Robert Bondyrbondy@statenews.comTHE STATE NEWSnnMSU hockey will look to regain some momentum on Saturday night in an exhibition matchup against the U-18 US National Team Development Program.The USNTDP plays out of Ann Arbor, Mich., and recruits the best pre-college hockey talent in the country.?Last season, MSU was shutout by USNTDP, 3-0.

Art project brings secrets to MSU

Secrets are meant to be kept unknown by others, but for some people secrets can be exposed only in an artsy way.

Spartan Board Gamers keep competition alive

All four players counted down from three and suddenly drew foam guns.Members of the Spartan Board Gamers stared each other down as they deliberated surrendering or taking the shot in a particularly heated game of Cash ‘n Guns.

Picking the Best of the Big Ten in men's basketball

The season is winding down for both MSU and the rest of the Big Ten. It's been a competitive season for the Spartans, one filled with injuries and a lack of playing chemistry at times.

Front desks to stop providing change

Beginning March 7, service centers on campus are changing the services they provide to students, including no longer providing change or stamps.

Healthy Dawson will practice today; expected to play this weekend

"Today’s Tom Izzo press conference is brought to you by injuries. Injuries: Will they ever leave Michigan State?”It’s a fictional sponsor message, but an accurate one if the injury bug ran wanted his own ad space during this season.

Staycation

B eginning today, many students will flock to places with warmer weather for a week of fun under the sun. However, those who are staying behind on campus can still enjoy spring break. Here are a few places on campus students can visit to still get the vacation feel.

Student Services Building deserves to be renovated

On my morning commute to class through the frozen tundra that used to be called East Lansing, I walk past two buildings on the northern edge of campus that could not be more different from one another.

LETTER: Sexual assault prevention is everyone’s responsibility

Sexual assault on campuses around the country is and has been out of control for far too long. Changes need to be made at a greater community level, and even though blaming the victim is not going to improve anything, neither is blaming the university.

Dinner preps students for professional meals

Slurping soup is not recommended at a professional dinner, but some habits are hard to break.Many students who wanted to ensure they knew proper protocol for a meal with a prospective employer learned how to properly go about it at a professional prep dinner hosted by the MSU Federal Credit Union Wednesday night.

Lansing kicks off annual Relay for Life

To kick off the start of this year’s Relay for Life, Lansing residents and cancer survivors came together to inform people on how to get involved in the relay which will take place this summer.

Investigation: Office of Civil Rights reps meet with student groups

As a part of the U.S. Department of Education’s plan to investigate MSU’s handling of alleged sexual assault and sexual violence complaints, representatives from the department’s Office for Civil Rights, or OCR, are visiting campus this week to hear from students.Department of Education spokesman Jim Bradshaw told The State News Monday that it is currently investigating Title IX sexual harassment and violence complaints that are pending against MSU. Neither the OCR nor MSU have provided additional information regarding the claims.

Sequestered beneath four floors of traditionally-bound books in the Main Library, more than 200,000 comic books are safely nestled in protective plastic, waiting for eager eyes searching for a graphic novel fix.“Special Collections” signs act as guides through the cluster of shelves in the library’s basement. Once inside the Special Collections reading room, both the curious and the scholarly simply need to tell thepresent faculty member what they are looking for.

Student creates delivery service

It was Saturday morning when prenursing freshman Nick Holcman laid in his bed craving Taco Bell.He wanted it, but he could not fill his appetite. He didn't have a car and was unwilling to make the journey from East Holden to Grand River on foot.