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Safety, not acrimony, goal of card system

When it comes to student life at MSU, safety on campus should be a top priority. University officials seem to agree, as demonstrated with the card-scanning security systems in residence halls, but undergraduate student government groups are hoping to make the system more convenient for students — an unnecessary change.

ICE HOCKEY

Hockey falls to U-M in overtime, 3-2

Detroit – Even if the No. 17 MSU hockey team was cognizant of the past, it couldn’t stop history from repeating itself. In the shadow of in-state rival Michigan’s banner from the Great Lakes Invitational, the No. 17 MSU hockey team lost possession of the puck in front of its own net in overtime, and U-M forward Kevin Lynch scooped it up and scored to give the No. 4 Wolverines the 3-2 victory at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.

ICE HOCKEY

MSU fights for 'Spartans everywhere,' defeats Michigan 3-2

Torey Krug knows what’s at stake when his team plays Michigan. With in-state bragging rights and respect of the college hockey world on the line, the junior defenseman and team captain stepped up and scored two goals and added an assist before a season-high crowd of 7,103 fans. He sent the No. 17 MSU hockey team ahead of the Wolverines, 3-2, Friday at Munn Ice Arena.

MSU

ASMSU discusses smoke-free campus potential, appoint new Programming Board Chair

ASMSU’s General Assembly continued a discussion on a controversial bill regarding the potential for a smoke-free campus at its Thursday night meeting but ultimately voted to table it for further discussion. The bill, introduced into the Executive Committee on Student Affairs by Arab Cultural Society representative Monica Shamass last week, would advocate for ASMSU to encourage the university to make MSU a smoke-free campus.

NEWS

Creating history

As Black History month runs throughout February, many students and officials on campus are still in the fight for racial understanding.

NEWS

Fugitives arrested at Chandler Crossings

Two men wanted by police in New Jersey for charges including armed home invasion and aggravated assault were arrested Feb. 7 at Chandler Crossings by the Michigan State Police Fugitive Task Force and the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force, U.S. Marshals officials said.

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MICHIGAN

Lab offers useful exposure for game designers

In a room filled with computer monitors, video game controllers and white boards covered with numbers and other programming jargon, William Jeffery sat at a small table with his headphones in on Thursday afternoon. Jeffery, a media arts and technology senior in the game design specialization, works in the MSU Games for Entertainment and Learning, or GEL, Lab.

NEWS

Funding toward Michigan higher education increases

Gov. Rick Snyder offered a slight funding kickback for MSU in his budget proposal released Thursday, while other universities received more in a proposed system to tie additional money to university performance rates. The governor proposed a 1.4 percent increase in additional funding for MSU during the 2012-13 fiscal year, one of the lowest amounts of restored funding among all the state’s public universities.

MICHIGAN

Community discusses proposal to cut Red Cedar Elementary School

About 100 community members attended an informational session Thursday evening to discuss a $53 million bond proposal that would close an East Lansing elementary school, among other things. The proposal is scheduled to be on the ballot Feb. 28 and would renovate and reconfigure five of the six other elementary schools as well as close Red Cedar Elementary School, 1110 Narcissus Drive.

MSU

MSU meets demand for large animal sciences

Since Julie Rapson was a child growing up on her family’s horse farm, she has dreamed of becoming an equine veterinarian. The MSU Equine Club president and second-year veterinary student is part of a minority in the world of veterinary students, as she is hoping to hold a position as a large animal veterinarian who specifically works with horses after graduating.

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Sparty's goes green to fight muscular dystropy

MSU’s Sparty’s Convenience Stores are helping to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, or MDA, this month through their 17th annual Shamrocks Against Dystrophy campaign. Customers who visit Sparty’s stores on campus through March 4 can purchase special MDA mugs, drinks and shamrocks with some of the proceeds going to the MDA. In its 17-year partnership with the MDA, Sparty’s has raised more than $45,000. For more information on the MDA in Ingham County, visit mdausa.org.