MSU

Survey shows college freshmen have more academic motivation

Stephen Brooks

January 30, 2012

This year’s freshmen are working harder and playing less compared to previous years, according to a national survey. The 2011 Cooperative Institutional Research Program, or CIRP, Freshman Survey shows first-year college students are entering college showing attitudes reflecting higher study priorities, less desire to party and more behaviors leading toward better academic success, said Linda DeAngelo, assistant director for research at CIRP. The survey polled more than 200,000 students nationwide and was administered by CIRP — the research arm of the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles.

NEWS

Movie rental system on the mend

Rachel Jackson

January 30, 2012

RHA Director of Movie Offices Justin Love said at last week’s RHA meeting, despite looking into fixing the problem, only Akers Hall remains open for rental.

MSU

Broadcasting courses, student internships added through WKAR

Rebecca Ryan

January 30, 2012

When junior Mallory Londeck first got involved with MSU’s student radio program Impact (89FM) as a freshman, she never expected it would lead her into a future in broadcast journalism.

SPORTS

Gymnast’s passion trumps injury

Jesse O'Brien

January 30, 2012

This time last year, Shanthi Teike had the world in front of her. Then a sophomore on the MSU gymnastics team, Teike was a rising star in the Spartan ranks coming off a freshman season, which made people take notice. As a sophomore, Teike competed as an all-around gymnast in seven of the team’s 12 matches and finished with three first-place, five second-place and three third-place honors leading into the NCAA Corvallis Regional.

BASKETBALL

Merchant’s lineup changes lead to win, more confidence

Josh Mansour

January 30, 2012

With the MSU women’s basketball team (13-9 overall, 5-4 Big Ten) sliding from first to sixth in the conference after losing four straight games, head coach Suzy Merchant said her team needed a game to turn the tides.

BASKETBALL

Trice suffers pulled groin, Kearney could step in against Illinois

Jeremy Warnemuende

January 30, 2012

For the second game in a row, the No. 9 MSU men’s basketball team likely will be without the services Travis Trice. The freshman guard sustained a groin injury in a loss to Michigan on Jan. 17.

COMMENTARY

Empathy the universal emotion

The column by Craig Pearson (“Empathy, passion make us human,” SN 1/17) about empathy is enlightening.

COMMENTARY

Internet triggers avatar activism

Christian Hokans

January 30, 2012

A few weeks ago, millions of concerned citizens gathered to topple a great injustice in their government. However, this gathering did not occur in Cairo, New York, or any other city around the world for that matter — it happened in cyberspace.

COMMENTARY

Ticket price increase exploits fan mindset

Athletics Director Mark Hollis is making improvements to Spartan Stadium and the MSU football program, but the program’s gain could be fans’ financial loss.

NEWS

Lahanas named E.L. city manager

Beau Hayhoe

January 29, 2012

The consensus among East Lansing City Council members was clear during discussions last Friday: the best candidate for the city manager position worked right down the hallway.

NEWS

MSU buys new property in Grand Rapids

Andrew Krietz

January 29, 2012

MSU’s College of Human Medicine is continuing its expansion in Grand Rapids with the $12 million purchase of the Grand Rapids Press headquarters and surrounding parking lots.

Darcie Moran ·

NEWS

Obama, state officials address college costs

Ian Kullgren

January 29, 2012

Gov. Rick Snyder and MSU administrators both showed support for President Barack Obama’s call to suppress the rising cost of college, which he outlined in a speech at the University of Michigan last Friday.

NEWS

FRIB construction approved by MSU Board

Stephen Brooks

January 29, 2012

The first phase of construction for the multimillion dollar Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, was approved by the MSU Board of Trustees at their meeting last Friday, along with several other campus construction projects.

NEWS

Police Brief 01/30/12

Lauren Gibbons

January 29, 2012

A 43-year-old female MSU employee reported a wooden step stool stolen from the Main Library between 10 p.m. Jan 14, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

SPORTS

Morrall, Gibson honored at First Pitch Dinner

Dillon Davis

January 29, 2012

In MSU athletics lore, Kirk Gibson and Earl Morrall stand head and shoulders above most for their time in East Lansing and beyond. Nearly 600 people came out to honor Morrall and Gibson at the 2012 MSU Baseball First Pitch Dinner Saturday at the Kellogg Center.

BASKETBALL

Nix, Payne work together, see results

Pat Evans

January 29, 2012

Last year, Derrick Nix and Garrick Sherman made for a unique friendship. This season, with Sherman now at Notre Dame, Nix — a junior center for the No. 10 men’s basketball team — has paired with sophomore center Adreian Payne to make up a new age Bash Brother combination. Nix and Payne have utilized their vastly different styles of play to help the Spartans (17-4 overall, 6-2 Big Ten) stay atop the conference standings.

ICE HOCKEY

Spartans swept at Ferris State

Dillon Davis

January 29, 2012

In its first true road series since December 9th, the No. 16 hockey team was swept in two games this weekend by Ferris State.

Kellie Rowe ·

MSU

Institute shares Chinese New Year with E.L.

Kellie Rowe

January 29, 2012

A group of traveling performers from Jilin University in China traveled 6,000 miles to bring a little bit of home to the Lansing community. On Sunday afternoon, MSU’s Confucius Institute held the Chinese New Year Spring Festival to honor the Year of the Dragon at Dart Auditorium at Lansing Community College.

MICHIGAN

‘Taken’ poses discussion of fighting real sex crime

Lauren Gibbons

January 29, 2012

On Friday night, students gathered to watch an enraged Liam Neeson hunt for sex trafficking criminals that captured his daughter in the 2008 movie “Taken.” But for most of those caught in the snares of human trafficking, there isn’t an ex-CIA agent father there to help them escape, members of the MSU chapter of International Justice Mission said at the event.

MSU

MSU buys 4 .xxx domain names to protect university integrity

Andrew Krietz

January 29, 2012

The off-color websites — without any X-rated content on them — include spartansagas.xxx, spartanswill.xxx and two other similar variations.