ICE HOCKEY
Spartans swept at Ferris State
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
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MSU
Institute shares Chinese New Year with E.L.
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
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
The off-color websites — without any X-rated content on them — include spartansagas.xxx, spartanswill.xxx and two other similar variations.
MSU
Student comedians get mixed reactions
On Saturday, 12 comedians took the stage to compete to be the Last Spartan Standing, although they left some students dissatisfied by what they felt were inappropriate jokes.
MSU
MSU Comics Forum begins on Friday
The MSU Comics Forum will take place this Friday and Saturday to celebrate comics and graphic storytelling.
MICHIGAN
Community takes time to remember Gandhi’s death
With a few moments of silence, students plan to remember the 64th anniversary of the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of peaceful protests and nonviolent resistance in India. The MSU Indian Students Organization, ISO, plan to pay homage in remembrance of his life and ideologies at about 6 p.m. tonight in the Spartan Village Community Center, graduate student Sivaram Murthy, ISO’s web coordinator, said.
MSU
New acceptable use policy released
MSU Information Technology Resources released a revised Acceptable Use Policy, or AUP, on Friday. The AUP, which was last revised in 1992, governs the use of MSU’s IT resources.
MICHIGAN
Paranormal talk today at East Lansing library
The Michigan Paranormal Research Association, or MPRA, will host a presentation today from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road.
MSU
TFA rally promotes student involvement
MSU alumna Ariadna Ginez, a Spanish teacher for Teach for America, or TFA, spoke to more than 200 people Saturday afternoon in Wells Hall at the Now More Than Ever Rally for Educational Equity, presented by TFA and ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government.
FEATURES
Fundraiser brings Las Vegas Strip to EL
Andrew Blumberg brought the sights and sounds of the Las Vegas Strip to East Lansing on Saturday. The hospitality business senior was one of many students in the School of Hospitality Business who helped host Vegas Night 2012.
FEATURES
Student creates song to fuel Spartan spirit
Genomics and molecular genetics sophomore Bryndan Arnold is passionate about two things: MSU and music.
ICE HOCKEY
Column: MSU is two-faced, real identity unknown
Whenever I start to get a grasp of the MSU hockey team, it makes a quantum leap in a different direction. Like a schizophrenic uncle or a cranky girlfriend, the team shifts personalities on a dime and leaves spectators and media wondering which version is the real one. So, which one is it?
COMMENTARY
Avoiding meat leads to healthier life
Celebrity chef Paula Deen’s announcement that she has diabetes should be a wake-up call about the dangers of eating meat, cheese, butter, and other fatty, cholesterol-laden foods.
COMMENTARY
Quizzes bridge education gap
Michigan State University is by all accounts a big school. It has big sports teams, a big campus, a big reputation — and for many students, big classes.
COMMENTARY
City manager needs new outlook for E.L.
Sometimes the right candidate for a job might be someone with fresh and new ideas rather than a familiar doctrine.
SPORTS
Women's tennis tops Eastern Michigan, 5-2
The MSU women’s tennis team defeated Eastern Michigan 5-2 for its second win of the season Sunday at the Indoor Tennis Facility and now boasts a 2-1 record for the season.
BASKETBALL
Lineup changes give women's basketball 83-77 win over No. 18 Penn State
Following the MSU women’s basketball team’s fourth straight loss on Thursday, MSU head coach Suzy Merchant sat at the podium, wondering aloud where her team that opened the conference season with four straight wins had gone. On Sunday, Merchant said she might have found her squad.
SPORTS
MSU suffers weekend losses, moves to 3-8
Ann Arbor — It was another tough weekend for the MSU wrestling team as the Spartans dropped both their weekend duals to fall to 3-8 overall and 1-6 in the Big Ten.
SPORTS
Gymnastics earns first season win against Illinois State
The MSU gymnastic team got its first win of the season Friday night over Illinois State at the sixth annual Jan Howard Memorial Flip for a Cure meet, 194.400-193.625. The mark is the Spartans’ highest of the season and helped them to improve to 1-3 overall.