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BASKETBALL

Harris out indefinitely with shoulder injury

Harris’ shoulder was popped out when he was hit hard on a moving screen that MSU head coach Tom Izzo said was illegal and will result in an MRI Wednesday morning. “Harris is not good,” Izzo said. Don’t know what it is yet. He’ll have an MRI (today), but he’ll be out for a while.

MSU

Bars get ready for Thanksgiving rush

When marketing senior Jeff Lough heads home to Marshall, Mich., for Thanksgiving break, one of the events he’s looking forward to the most is happening before the actual holiday occurs. “Thanksgiving eve,” a night known for its heavy bar and restaurant traffic, serves as a time for students who return home to reunite with hometown friends and catch up as the holiday season officially kicks off.

NEWS

Giving thanks, giving back

As a widow of about seven years with grown children who can’t always visit, Juanita Harrison often is alone. But frequently being alone doesn’t make Harrison immune to the onset of loneliness she experiences when it comes to spending the holidays by herself, sometimes unable to make herself any sort of holiday meal.

MSU

Student groups hold event to observe Israeli conflict

For members of the Students Allied for Freedom and Equality, or SAFE, the Palestinian student activist group on campus, being on the opposite end of the world didn’t seem to be far enough to keep them away from tensions currently impacting their home.

FOOTBALL

Column: New additions more about money than merit

By now, you’ve already heard of the Big Ten’s newest additions, Maryland and Rutgers. You’ve heard Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany talk about why it’s good for the conference, spinning tales of grand potential for the two haphazard athletics departments and explaining that this expands the conference’s footprint.

MICHIGAN

Council approves distillery license

East Lansing City Council members approved Uncle John’s Fruit House Winery’s application for a Michigan Liquor Control Commission small distillery license at their meeting Tuesday at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.

FOOTBALL

Dantonio refuses to get frustrated as MSU chases bowl game

It’s been a tough season for Mark Dantonio and the MSU football team, but the Spartans’ head coach refuses to get frustrated.

FOOTBALL

Spartan players still eyeing potential bowl game

As the MSU football team nears the end of a disappointing regular season, the Spartans head into their final game against Minnesota on Saturday looking for a win and a bowl game berth to boost them into next season.

SOCCER

Men's club soccer team reflects on national championship win

Both teams took the national title at the 2012 NIRSA NCCS National Soccer Championship in Memphis, Tenn. this past weekend for the first time in MSU club soccer history. Many players believe that the national title and the exposure will help them not only motivate the members currently on the team, but also new players to tryout for the club.

BASKETBALL

Injury bug continues to strike Merchant, women's basketball team

Suzy Merchant might want to think about a second career in the medical field. On Saturday morning, before the MSU football team took on Northwestern at Spartan Stadium, the MSU women’s basketball head coach got a call that junior forward Annalise Pickrel stepped on a nail in her apartment and needed a tetanus shot — the latest in a series of injuries to strike her roster this season.

COMMENTARY

Keyboard can’t replace college experience

Many students at MSU have experienced what it’s like to share a classroom with hundreds of other students. MSU’s largest lecture classes can be composed of more than 500 students, leaving many to feel the classroom is impersonal and too large for class interaction.