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SPORTS

Column: Field hockey overcame rough start

Big Ten Champions. A 14-10 overall record. An Elite Eight exit in the NCAA Tournament. By all means, the 2013 season is the most successful season for the field hockey team since 2009, and the best of head coach Helen Knull’s three-year head coaching tenure. Thankfully, the season didn’t end after nine games.

COMMENTARY

Jackson National Life Insurance a welcome addition

Expecting an insurance company to help students and boost downtown East Lansing seems counterintuitive, but Jackson National Life has exceeded expectations. Even the feeling of walking past the building and peering into the big glass windows to see the quirky workplace inside is encouraging.

BASKETBALL

MSU struggling early, leading Portland 36-32 at half

The seniors stole the show for the No. 1 MSU men’s basketball team as they lead Portland 36-32 at the break. Senior guard Keith Appling led the way with 16 points, while senior center Adreian Payne chipped in with 10. Portland got off to a hot start when they stole the opening tip and rolled it in for the first lead of the game. The Pilots got another basket sandwiched in between 3-point baskets from sophomore guard Gary Harris and Appling. The lead went back and forth until there was 14 minutes left in the game and MSU forced back-to-back turnovers.

FEATURES

Help Tackle Hunger Food Drive helps students get much-needed food

Yesterday marked the launch of the seventh annual MSU Help Tackle Hunger Food Drive, a collaborative effort between Residential and Hospitality Services and MSU’s athletics department. The Help Tackle Hunger Food Drive is collecting canned food, non-perishable food, personal care items and monetary donations around campus until Nov. 29.

MICHIGAN

CD and record show draws music lovers to Lansing

Upon arriving at Lansing’s CD and Record Show, Andrew Moore had no intention of leaving empty-handed. Saturday’s free show was the fifth time the MSU College of Law clinician has filtered through the tables of CDs and vinyls throughout the years, and for him the adventure never gets old. His choices for the day included Frank Zappa, Led Zeppelin and David Bowie.

MICHIGAN

Woman reported missing after fleeing East Lansing residence

A mother of three is considered a missing person after fleeing from a home in East Lansing Saturday night, according to the East Lansing Police Department. Sarah Jane Jackson, 23, reportedly left a home on Chartwell Dual Carriage Way Saturday at about 9 p.m. with the father of two of her three children, according to a statement from police.

SPORTS

UConn ends field hockey's unpredictable postseason

Fresh off a major upset of No. 2 Syracuse, the field hockey team’s postseason euphoria was at an all-time high. However, all storybooks come to a close. An improbable, Cinderella-like postseason run finally ended for the field hockey team on Sunday. In a physical game, the Spartans (14-10 overall, 4-2 Big Ten) fell to No.

FEATURES

Alumna leads Arts Council of Greater Lansing

Passion for the arts and its development is something MSU alumna Debbie Mikula has had since middle school. Now, being the newly elected executive director of the Arts Council of Greater Lansing, Mikula said she will continue acting as an arts administrator and being involved with the success of artists and other art organizations.

FOOTBALL

Some type of win

LINCOLN, Neb. – With a historic opportunity in their grasp, they ran a “Charlie Brown,” but they didn’t pull a Charlie Brown — whiffing and falling flat. The then-No. 14-ranked Spartans strolled into one of college football’s most hallowed sanctuaries and used a crafty fake field goal to power their 41-28 win, the program’s first win against Nebraska in eight tries. MSU (9-1 overall, 6-0 Big Ten) was ahead by six and facing fourth-and-1 at the Cornhuskers’ 27-yard line early in the fourth quarter when head coach Mark Dantonio ordered the trickery named after the “Peanuts” main character. Once again, junior punter Mike Sadler was the secret weapon and designated ball-carrier on the deceptive play, this time as the holder on the field goal unit.