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FOOTBALL

MSU, Wisconsin becoming new rivalry

There isn’t a trophy, or a name for it. It isn’t rooted in history, nor has it been named one of college football’s premier matchups. However, over the past few years a new rivalry has taken shape between the MSU football team (4-4 overall, 1-3 Big Ten) and Wisconsin (6-2, 3-1).

ICE HOCKEY

Anastos uses 'Scotty Bowman factor' when shuffling MSU's lines

Lately, Tom Anastos has been taking a line-shuffling note from Scotty Bowman’s book. Anastos, the MSU men’s hockey (1-2-1) head coach, has been mixing and matching linemates this season to see which players can click together. With 12 new players this year, it’s going to take a couple of tries until the MSU coaching staff can get it right.

FEATURES

Spartans eat hot dogs for charity

On Wednesday afternoon, criminal justice junior Joe Gianino sat at the bar with his fraternity brothers preparing himself, both mentally and physically, for the onslaught of hot dogs that would greet him later.

COMMENTARY

Stand clear of closing doors

In more ways than one, the New York City subway serves as a metaphor for life. I spent my summer on the subway traversing the city underground, and the words that come over every loudspeaker in every single train as the doors close have become ingrained in my brain.

BASEBALL

Tiger Fever

If there is one thing Mario Impemba remembers from when he was a student at MSU, it was getting together with friends to watch the 1984 Detroit Tigers sail through the playoffs and win the World Series.

MICHIGAN

East Lansing unable to fund carousel alone

In the midst of Tuesday’s East Lansing City Council work session items, one bullet point on this week’s agenda stuck out among the others: the discussion regarding submitting a proposal to the MSU Museum to lease the nearly century-old Crystal carousel within the city.

MSU

Duck Days promotes safe holiday drinking

There are a few things Count Duckula and the Bride of Quackenstein want you to know before having a few drinks this Halloween weekend.