FEATURES
Week ahead for March 26-29
As the semester winds down, students often find themselves in a repetitive schedule of studying. Here are a few events to break the cycle.
FOOTBALL
Dantonio: Spartan football looking to build off 2013 success
It's been just 82 days since the Spartans brought home the Rose Bowl trophy, but MSU already is preparing for the 2014 season.
MICHIGAN
Bills address legal gaps in medical marijuana laws
Bills currently moving through the state legislature could clear up some gaps in current laws regarding medical marijuana and dispensaries.
SPORTS
Golf team finishes 13th out of 15 at invite
The men’s golf team finished in 13t h place out of 15 teams at the Linger Longer Invitational this weekend in Greensboro, Ga.
MSU
MSU's Ford College Ambassadors drive for the Lansing Food Bank
East Lansing residents and MSU students made donations on Monday through driving brand new cars, thanks to MSU’s Ford College Ambassador team. JM
MICHIGAN
CATA holds charrettes for feedback on Bus Rapid Transit plans
After four days of planning the potential Bus Rapid Transit system, Capital Area Transit Authority held a work-in-progress charrette to show their updated design plans Sunday night at the International Center.The design team took into account community ideas along with concerns about the environmental impact, sustainability, pedestrian safety and optimal traffic solutions to create two main design plans.The potential bus system would run down the Michigan Avenue and Grand River Avenue corridor and would replace the current Route 1 bus.The five-day series of charrettes focused specifically on the section of corridor from Abbot Road to Hagadorn Road.In creating the two road plans, designers addressed the main concerns from community members including: keeping left turns, better pedestrian crossings, keeping the median and not intruding on the campus.“Updating the transportation system in this area isn’t just about transporting you,” CATA urban design consultant Victor Dover said.
COMMENTARY
Living in sorority house has surprising perks
With only about six weeks left in the spring semester at MSU, I realized not only are classes slowly coming to a close, but I will be moving out of my house for the summer.When I say house, my house is a bit different from everybody elses.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Touted small forward commits to MSU men's basketball
Of all places in America, Bel Aire, Kansas has treated Tom Izzo right on the recruiting trail. This morning, 3-star small forward Marvin Clark committed to the Spartans.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Powers, Jankoska will be critical for Spartan women's basketball in battle of top freshmen
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. —Come March, a player might still be tagged an eligible freshman on the roster, but after playing in 30-plus games, they might as well be called a sophomore.
FEATURES
Sigma Pi and Up 'til Dawn MSU host first pancake eating contest for charity
By Casey Hollandcholland@statenews.comTHE STATE NEWSnnFor the first time, Sigma Pi fraternity and the Up 'Til Dawn MSU student organization teamed up to put together an event that allowed people to stuff their faces with as many IHOP pancakes as they could, all for a good cause.The two organizations held their first pancake eating contest at IHOP on Grand River Avenue Monday evening.
SPORTS
Spartans prepare for bout with Tar Heels
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — MSU and North Carolina, the top two seeds of the Chapel Hill region, were on opposite sides of the coin Sunday night.
NEWS
Triplett, Byrum seek to legally recognize Saturday's same-sex marriages
In an attempt to preserve the legality of the same sex marriages
COMMENTARY
Don't stereotype co-op residents
When you imagine the stereotypical co-op kid, a few traits may pop into your mind: vegan, Phish lover, dubious standards of hygiene, space case, organic food enthusiast, environmental advocate, pie-the-sky idealist, etc.I would like to take this opportunity to dispel the typecast and offer up a more accurate and realistic image of what the typical co-op-er looks like.
SPORTS
Sweet Survival
Tom Izzo remembers the first Sweet16 he ever went to as a head coach, in 1998 after his team beat Princeton.Capping off a two-win weekend in Spokane, Wash., Izzo and the MSU men’s basketball team beat another Ivy League school to reach Izzo’s 12th Sweet 16 in 17 years.
NEWS
Medical students find out their residency matches
MSU medical students found out where they’d be spending their residencies this past Friday.
MICHIGAN
Michigan same-sex couples in legal limbo as appeal heads to higher court
After about two weeks of deliberation, U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman ruled on Friday that Michigan’s ban on gay marriage was unconstitutional. Attorney General Bill Schuette filled a temporary stay to prevent the ruling from going into effect until an appeal is filed. The stay was granted by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Saturday afternoon and will be in effect until Wednesday.
FEATURES
'Cries for Freedom' play highlights sex trafficking issues in Michigan
Sex trafficking is not an issue typically associated with Michigan. However, on Saturday night , students and community members were exposed to the underground world that exists in MSU’s own backyard.
SPORTS
Win against Harvard mirrors regular season
SPOKANE, Wash. — Forty minutes of basketball summed up MSU's first 35 games.It sounds weird, but their win over Harvard to get to the Sweet 16 was the perfect ballad to this season. Allow me to explain.
NEWS
LETTER: LGBT people deserve same rights
As many of you know, Michigan's same-sex marriage ban was overturned by U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman.
MSU
Amateur Radio Club operates the waves
For most, radio is a way of listening to tunes, newscasts and eccentric personalities, for others, it’s a conversation.