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MEN'S BASKETBALL

MSU slugs out win over Northwestern

Gary Harris and Keith Appling combined to score 25 points to lead the No. 4 MSU men’s basketball team to a 54-40 win against Northwestern Wednesday night in Evanston, Ill. Appling also contributed four assists, while junior forward Branden Dawson grabbed 11 rebounds to lead MSU.

COMMENTARY

Raw

Check this: We’re eating uncooked and unprocessed raw food for the month. Essentially, this includes: fruit, vegetables, nuts, seeds. This does not include: bread, pasta, rice, meat (unless raw), coffee, dairy products, most condiments. Sounds crazy, right? What sane person would do this?

FEATURES

How to combat the winter weather

There’s no doubt that the chilling winter months are upon us. MSU’s campus might feel bigger than usual walking through the cold weather, and going out might not feel like it is an option. The good news is that there are resources that students can use to stay warm while still getting around during the frosty winter. Don’t let the bad weather keep you indoors.

MSU

Simon refuses another raise

Despite receiving an offer annually, President Lou Anna K. Simon has remained adamant in refusing any increases in her salary. At the December Board of Trustees meeting, Simon turned down a raise for the sixth year in a row.

NEWS

East Lansing mayor hospitalized

As the East Lansing City Council began their special meeting to discuss the strategic direction of the city in the coming years, one difference was felt throughout the room — the absence of Mayor Nathan Triplett. Triplett was hospitalized on Monday because of complications with Crohn’s Disease.

SPORTS

Cartwright expands leadership as Spartan

When there is so much pressure resting on you, the best thing to do is relax. Even if you have to throw yourself in the air and flip over twice. Even if you have to tumble on a 4-foot-high and 4-inch wide surface. Even if you have to run toward a still object as fast as you can, like MSU junior gymnast Alina Cartwright does every day. As MSU’s gymnastics season gets underway, Cartwright is focusing on relaxing to reach her goals of placing and medaling at the Big Ten championship, as well as at nationals. Cartwright’s lofty goals date back to her career as a high school gymnast.

COMMENTARY

Limiting Board trips a step in right direction

When news broke last fall that members of the MSU Board of Trustees had spent more than $100,000 on travel and entertainment expenses, we were outraged to discover trustees had so frivolously spent university funds. As a majority of the board voted to increase tuition last year, seeing trustees spend funds toward the end of their term, renting limousines and staying in hotel suites on the university’s dime was extremely concerning. But the university’s recent move to limit unnecessary spending by putting restrictions on international trips, event and ticket availability, hotel costs and limousine rentals is a step in the right direction. In 2012, Trustee Faylene Owen took a trip with her husband to Germany to see the MSU men’s basketball team play Connecticut at the Ramstein air base.

FEATURES

MSU College of Music performances to take place tonight

The stages are set for an evening of beautiful melodies provided by two of MSU’s faculty members and a guest performer on Wednesday. Philip Sinder, a tuba and euphonium professorch, will ?be performing alongside ?piano professor Deborah Moriartych. The two will be playing three classical pieces from composers Bach, Broughton and Prokofiev.