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SPORTS

Back with MSU, Stiles builds off Junior Pan Am experience

Some people only need three weeks in order to achieve what most people would in three months. That is exactly what MSU field hockey sophomore midfielder Becky Stiles did as she played for the Spartans. She traveled to Mexico with Team USA for the Junior Pan American Games and went to school all within three weeks of time.

FEATURES

College of Arts, Letters hosts video contest

Just after celebrating its 50th anniversary, the MSU College of Arts and Letters, or CAL, started the I am CAL contest, an opportunity for its students to display another side of themselves in creative way. “We’re encouraging students to make a video that’s less than two minutes that tells their story,” professional writing and communication junior Kathryn Palczewski said.

MICHIGAN

City Council denies proposed Gunson development

In a chamber packed with residents, the East Lansing City Council fielded a multitude of concerns regarding DTN’s request to allow rezoning for their Garten Haus property, located at the intersection of Gunson and Beech streets, which was unanimously denied by council at Tuesday night’s lengthy council meeting.

NEWS

Out, with love

After a brief encounter, a Facebook conversation and months of casual dating, Ra’Nia Hawkins is happily content walking around campus hand in hand with her significant other this fall — something she said anyone involved in an intimate relationship would be pleased about.

NEWS

Details emerge about McCarthy's health history

The MSU professor who screamed at students in the Engineering Building and stripped, walking up and down the ground floor hallway, has struggled with apparent depression for more than a decade, a source told The State News on Tuesday.

FOOTBALL

Burbridge to take Fowler’s place

When Andrew Maxwell made his way to the podium for his weekly press conference, it was the junior quarterback who was on the receiving end of the team’s most recent bit of news.

FOOTBALL

Thomas succeeding in position transition

Lawrence Thomas is used to change. A redshirt freshman, Thomas came to MSU as one of the nation’s top linebacker prospects. But in spring camp, Thomas was asked to move to defensive end, being thrust into a new position before he’d even stepped on the field.

MSU

Campus Cooks provides convenient food

At Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity, social relations and policy junior Eric Singer and his brothers have no need for frozen food nuked in the microwave or making a trip onto campus for food. Instead, meals are homemade fresh each day by Campus Cooks.

Zachary Peña ·
MSU

MSU student veterans, families embraced in welcome reception

Student veterans and other service members had the opporunity to gather and learn more about on-campus resources at a welcoming reception hosted by the MSU Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities, or RCPD, in collaboration with the MSU Spartan Armed Forces Council.