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Poets bring life to words

Libby Lussenhop’s new hobby allows her to combine two of the activities she is most passionate about — performing and writing. As a slam poet, the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities and professional writing sophomore is able to take pieces of writing she has created and share them by reciting and acting them out.

Julia Nagy ·
NEWS

Helping hands

Inspired by her own life experiences, Terri Catano decided something needed to be done to solve the Lansing area’s homelessness problem.

BASEBALL

Spartans beat Chippewas, continue on 8-game streak

Looking at the box score, there’s very little that stands out about Tony Wieber’s ground out in the bottom of the ninth inning. However, it might have been the most significant at-bat of the ballgame between MSU and Central Michigan Wednesday at McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field.

Isabella Shaya ·
MSU

Tunnel enlightens students

The Tunnel of Oppression is an experience that forces students to encounter the seen and unseen oppressions in our society, the director of Tunnel of Oppression, political science and pre-law and general management junior Michelle Cooper said in an email.

MSU

MSU attempts to find Angel replacement this semester

One Saturday, with an assignment due within hours, supply chain management freshman Aashray Patel was left helpless when he couldn’t access ANGEL, MSU’s current online learning management system, or LMS. Getting more angry and nervous by the minute, Patel said he waited hours before the system began to work correctly. “I went crazy about it,” Patel said.

MSU

Cafeterias conduct study to reduce waste

When education freshman Kristen Bock works her shift in the dishroom of Holden Hall cafeteria, she said it’s not uncommon for her to see pieces of food left lying on trays. “People will leave entire slices of pizza, (or) fruit not even touched and sometimes whole sandwiches,” Bock said. “It’s kind of ridiculous.”

MICHIGAN

In face of Supreme Court review, students react to health care act

During the past three days, the U.S. Supreme Court started reviewing the Affordable Care Act — a decision experts agree could have profound effects on the powers of the Congress. Under the new law, young adults can remain on their parents’ plan until age 26. The act also has a program to help repay medical students’ loans.

FOOTBALL

Maxwell determined to find identity; defense bench sees reps

There are a number of fresh faces among MSU football’s first-team offense, but none is more jarring than the one lining up behind sophomore center Travis Jackson. For the first time in about three years, Kirk Cousins won’t be leading the Spartans on offense — his graduation allowing for junior Andrew Maxwell to step in at quarterback. Just don’t call him “Kirk’s replacement.”

MSU

CATA application to be discussed again in April

A meeting next month between university officials and ASMSU will determine the fate of ASMSU’s proposed Capital Area Transportation Authority, or CATA, bus tracking mobile application, which has been in the works since last semester. ASMSU Director of Media Relations Samantha Artley said there has been little recent development on the app, but a meeting in mid-April is expected to shape the app’s next steps.