FEATURES
Wharton offers variety of concerts, performances for spring 2013
The 2012-13 fall semester is coming to a close, but the attractions at Wharton Center are far from ending.
FOOTBALL
Introducing the Horned Frogs
*On Sunday, it was announced the MSU football team (6-6 overall, 3-5 Big Ten) is headed to Tempe, Ariz., to take on the TCU Horned Frogs (7-5, 4-5 Big 12) in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl.
SPORTS
Spartans prepare for finals as well as Sweet 16 matchup
For many students, the upcoming finals week can be a stressful experience.
MICHIGAN
Pope will begin using Twitter next week
The Pope soon will increase his following worldwide on a popular social networking website.
MSU
RHA considers new living requirements for caucus leaders
A new bill requiring all in-hall caucuses’ presidents and vice presidents to live on campus was discussed, but ultimately sent back to committee during Wednesday’s Residence Hall Association, or RHA, general assembly meeting.
MSU
Students win Broad competition, work to develop running app
When marketing senior Josh Leider and his team entered a room full of suits and ties at the Broad Business Pitch Competition wearing running gear, they were met with a few puzzled stares.
MSU
MSU foster care program provides help for students
MSU has provided environmental economics and policy junior Molly Black, who was in foster care from age 10 to 19, with the support to adjust to college life.
MSU
Students create signs for community music school
The MSU Community Music School teamed up with design students to create signs for the music school’s new location on Hagadorn Road, according to a release from the music school.
COMMENTARY
Simplifying issues ruins argument
The State News column “Blame unions for failed businesses” (12/4) is a particularly good example of this country’s increasingly deteriorating form of argumentative reasoning.
COMMENTARY
Semester’s hardships bond student body
With the last week of classes drawing to a close and finals week being the last remaining obstacle standing between students and a well-deserved break, Michigan State soon will be saying goodbye to a semester that presented its fair share of adversities and triumphs.
COMMENTARY
Life lessons I learned in college
Never think you know someone based on a first impression. Within five minutes of meeting my best friend, I decided she was judgmental and that we were going to constantly butt heads. Five years later, I don’t know anyone else on the planet more like myself.
NEWS
Mind Games
It was an idea Nick Saban and Tom Izzo had talked about together years ago, back when the duo roamed the sidelines of the Spartans’ most high-profile sports as two of the hottest young college coaches in the country.
MSU
Syrian conflict affects students in U.S.
The destruction of the Syrian revolution has hit home for Anas Attal — literally.
MICHIGAN
Study shows rise in youth unemployment
MSU alumna Julie Zimmerman’s job search has been ripe with frustration. Since graduating in May, Zimmerman has been on almost a dozen job interviews and heard nothing back, leaving her discouraged about beginning her career. “Looking for a job in itself is a full-time job,” she said.
NEWS
ASMSU, COGS to vote on IMPACT 89FM tax money
Although MSU’s undergraduate student government, ASMSU, and the Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, are slated to vote on whether to grant Impact 89FM its already-collected student tax money at their respective meetings this week, radio station general manager Ed Glazer is more concerned with the station’s other financial troubles.
MICHIGAN
Students celebrate Hanukkah away from home
Hillel hosted the menorah-building event to make it easier for students to practice Hanukkah traditions, which begins at sundown this Saturday, in their dorm rooms and apartments while they’re at school, instead of relaxing with their families at home.
MSU
Author Tom Woods speaks on campus after funding delay
ASMSU paid thousands of dollars to sponsor a visit from The New York Times best-seller list author Tom Woods on Tuesday night, just a few months after the MSU College Libertarians were delayed rights to funding from the university.
MICHIGAN
City council approves move of two main polling locations
Voters in two different precincts in East Lansing will have to travel to new polling locations, as the East Lansing City Council approved at Tuesday’s regular public meeting recommendations to move the locations.
MSU
Insurance requirements upset faculty
Faculty and administrators spent almost an hour voicing their concerns and discussing the dependent eligibility verification process, which requires those who cover a dependant under their MSU health plan to send indicated documentation that might include a copy of a marriage license or birth certificate, by Jan. 3, 2013.
MICHIGAN
House considers insurance changes
As lawmakers debate a bill that could lessen Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan’s dominance in the health insurance marketplace, the American Medical Association released a study this week stating Michigan’s market is one of the least competitive in the U.S.