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MSU

New policy lets students change names

At Tuesday afternoon’s Steering Committee meeting, committee members discussed developing a mid-semester course evaluation policy, announced an established preferred student name policy and addressed potential increases in funding for faculty salaries.

BASKETBALL

Payne has decision to make: Go pro or stay

With MSU’s 2012-13 season coming to a close in the Sweet 16 this past weekend, Tom Izzo made his way to the podium one final time to wrap up the season that was.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Players look to get, stay healthy in offseason

More than a week later, the season-ending loss to Maryland still eats at MSU women’s basketball coach Suzy Merchant. The Terrapins sent the Spartans home from the NCAA Tournament with their most lopsided loss of the 2012-13 season March 25.

NEWS

Collection of Dedication

Randy Scott always had loved comic books. As a typist for the Main Library in 1974, he spent his lunch hours volunteering at the library’s Comic Art Collection, which only had 6,000 comics at that time.

FEATURES

Lollapalooza roster is a hit and miss

Like many other college students, I have spent weeks anticipating this year’s lineup release for Lollapalooza with the tenacity of a small child on Christmas Eve. Many of my friends are veterans of the festival and already had planned to take the trip out to Chicago, regardless of the performers. But having never been to Lollapalooza — or any large music festival, for that matter — every musician counted.