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ICE HOCKEY

MSU hockey splits weekend series at Alaska

It might not be the series sweep it was looking for, but MSU hockey (10-21-3 overall, 8-17-1-0 CCHA) picked up its first pair of back-to-back wins this season with a 1-0 win against Alaska on Friday night.

BASKETBALL

Men's basketball falls to Ohio State, 68-60, in Columbus

It was all Adreian Payne could do in a return to his home state. The Dayton, Ohio native dominated the paint for the majority of Sunday’s contest against No. 18 Ohio State, finishing the game with 12 points and 14 rebounds and asserting himself as one of the Big Ten’s most dangerous weapons.

FEATURES

The SNOscars

Tis the season, ladies and gentlemen, for the Academy Awards are almost upon us. Better known as “The Oscars,” the best in film will be awarded with the holy grail of entertainment. Or, so one may think.

FEATURES

'The Lady Victory' rolls into the weekend

The world premiere of “The Lady Victory” opened Thursday night in MSU’s Auditorium Arena Theatre. The cast and crew are comprised of graduate and undergraduate students. Ann Folino White, assistant professor with MSU’s Department of Theatre and the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, adapted and directed this play based upon the poems of Jane Taylor.

BASEBALL

Baseball team to return to South Carolina for four-game stint

The opening weekend of game action yielded a few lessons for the MSU baseball team. After several weeks of indoor practice, the Spartans (1-1 overall, 1-0 Big Ten) split a pair of games in the first weekend of play in Greenville, S.C., losing 3-2 to Furman on Friday before defeating Northwestern 7-4 on Sunday.

MSU

Going down singing

Biological science junior Bob Reed fights hard and sings softly.