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Column: 20-win men's basketball team still searching for identity

Josh Mansour
February 10, 2013

West Lafayette, Ind. — When Tom Izzo looked out on practice Friday and saw two of his top guards sitting out injured and several other players hobbled, he didn’t know what he had. Could they be healthy enough to compete in a tough road environment? Would they be mature enough to focus on the game at hand and avoid getting caught looking ahead to a matchup with arch-rival Michigan on Tuesday? It didn’t take long for Izzo to get his answer. The No.

NEWS

Worst of winter storm over, chances of snow slim for weekend

Michael Koury
February 8, 2013

While the snow was falling hard last night, no more snowfall is expected for the rest of the weekend. “Really we’re not expecting any (snow) accumulation at this point,” said Jim Macvko, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids. “We might see some light snow on Monday to Tuesday. That will be our next chance for any snow accumulation.”

NEWS

Opening Doors

Lilly Keyes
February 7, 2013

Before Colin Wiebrecht came out to himself in January of his senior year of high school, every time someone mindlessly said the phrase “That’s so gay,” he felt a small jab at the person inside of him — he just wasn’t ready to share.

NEWS

MSU funding increases proposed

Kellie Rowe
February 7, 2013

Gov. Rick Snyder recommended a 2 percent increase in 2014 for higher education Thursday, but the small increase might not be enough to make up for double-digit cuts in 2012.

FOOTBALL

Players to watch from the 2013 recruiting class

Stephen Brooks
February 7, 2013

National signing day on Wednesday marked the official start of 18 high schoolers’ journeys as MSU football players. As with essentially every class in head coach Mark Dantonio’s tenure, the national recruiting analysts have pegged the Spartans’ 2013 class somewhere near the mid 30s in terms of national rankings.

MSU

ASMSU to vote on MTH 1825 course changes

Robert Bondy
February 7, 2013

ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, passed a bill trying to boost students’ chances at success in MTH 1825, Intermediate Algebra. The committee unanimously passed the bill, which advocates for a lecture option for the MTH 1825 class currently only offered as an online course. MTH 1825 is the lowest math class offered at MSU and is the class where students who score the lowest on the math placement exams are put. Surveys conducted by ASMSU representatives showed students were struggling in the class and felt changes were necessary. ASMSU will look to meet with the bill’s main supporters, ASMSU representatives Nate Pasmanter and Paul Mooney, in the coming weeks as their next step in the process.

MSU

Civil rights activist shares story in honor of Black History Month

Samantha Radecki
February 7, 2013

After growing up in Atlanta, in the 1960s, Donzaleigh Abernathy vividly can recollect events of the civil rights movement. She recalls a childhood with “white” and “colored” drinking fountains, no guarantee to receive an education and not being “allowed” to step foot in the public library. Author and actress Donzaleigh Abernathy, daughter of civil rights leader Ralph Abernathy, also remembers the day her “Uncle Martin,” known to most as Martin Luther King Jr., was assassinated. On Thursday evening at Kellogg Center, Donzaleigh Abernathy stood before members of the MSU community and told her story; the untold story of her father and King, and the civil rights movement. Abernathy said she was glad to be a part of the 13th-annual “Slavery to Freedom: An American Odyssey” visiting lecture series organized by the College of Osteopathic Medicine to celebrate Black History Month. About 200 people attended Thursday’s event, and crowd members were attentive and intrigued by Donzaleigh Abernathy’s stories — including stories of her father, Ralph Abernathy, who was the “thinker and planner” next to King.

MICHIGAN

A flowering business

Justin Wan
February 7, 2013

The week before Valentine’s Day means extra work for Ruth Leyrer, who spends the holiday preparing floral arrangements. “I have been in the business over 40 years, so I must be a glutton for punishment,” joked Leyrer, owner of Bancroft Flowers, 1417 E. Michigan Ave., in Lansing.

MICHIGAN

Chandler Crossings soon to get new renovations

Michael Koury
February 7, 2013

Changes are coming to Chandler Crossings, both in the form of management and new apartment renovations. The Woodlark Companies, Westpac Campus Communities and Torchlight Investors purchased Chandler Crossings from Long Wharf Real Estate Partners LLC in a multi-million dollar acquisition that was executed Jan. 31.