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.
SPORTS
No. 7 Nebraska takes down Spartans, 27-8
The MSU wrestling team dropped another Big Ten dual Friday night, falling 27-8 against No. 7 Nebraska.
NEWS
Board of Trustees approves construction for FRIB, Union renovations
The MSU Board of Trustees approved multiple campus construction projects at their meeting today including renovations to the Union, Bryan Hall and Armstrong Hall.
NEWS
Obama addresses students on U-M campus
Ann Arbor — Citing higher education affordability as one of the most defining issues facing America, President Barack Obama announced new federal efforts to help college students pay inflating tuition costs during a speech at the University of Michigan on Friday morning.
NEWS
City Council selects Lahanas as city manager
The East Lansing City Council unanimously selected current Interim City Manager George Lahanas as its next permanent city manger on Friday morning after more than three hours of back-and-forth discussion.
NEWS
City Council selects Lahanas as city manager
The East Lansing City Council unanimously selected current Interim City Manager George Lahanas as its next permanent city manger on Friday morning after more than three hours of back-and-forth discussion. Lahanas has served in the interim role since October 2011, when former city manager Ted Staton stepped down to become the city manager in Upper Arlington, Ohio. Lahanas now will be responsible for, among other things, upholding policies Staton worked to implement, including ones that affect some MSU students, such as the city’s party litter ordinance. Lahanas also will continue to work toward implementing the city’s budget for this upcoming fiscal year, a process that will start in February. “I’ve greatly appreciated the past 13 years of service and I’m greatly honored by the trust and confidence (the council has placed in me),” he said.
NEWS
Unsecured Cyclotron equipment stolen
A 58-year-old male MSU employee reported equipment stolen from the grounds of the Cyclotron between 12 p.m.
MSU
ASMSU officer resigns citing conflicting schedules
ASMSU Vice Chairperson for Student Programming Emmanuel Williams has resigned from his post in the organization because of overwork and conflicting schedules, ASMSU General Assembly Steve Marino announced at the group’s Thursday night meeting. An interim vice chairperson will be appointed for two weeks until an election can be held to determine a replacement, Marino said.
NEWS
Are You Employable?
A survey conducted by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce published in The Wall Street Journal, used 2010 census data to compare the unemployment earnings and popularity percentages of 173 college majors and fields.
Justin Wan
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MSU
Tuning his teaching
For music education and music performance senior Matt Nix, music is what he has been devoted to for the past 13 years. But teaching it to young students still stirs a small identity issue within him.
MSU
Students propose a smoke-free campus
After some students raised concern about the amount of smokers near MSU buildings, student government groups are working to develop an enforcable solution. Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, President Stefan Fletcher said the issue of potentially creating a smoke-free campus likely will come up at next month’s COGS meeting after medical students raised the issue, and the council will discuss creating a concept for the proposed policy.
FEATURES
Elliot Street Lunatic celebrates CD release with fellow Mich. bands
When Elon Parker heard one of his favorite bands would be performing nearby, he instantly knew he had to be there. The Lansing resident said he plans to attend Elliot Street Lunatic’s CD release party Friday at The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave., in Lansing.
MSU
Students, faculty take part in fitness challenge
For the past 12 years, kinesiology senior Eric Loveland has been no stranger to exercise. He runs, cycles and makes walking to class across campus a priority.
FEATURES
Wharton show to highlight wrongful convictions
Marla Mitchell-Cichon has had compassion for wrongfully convicted prisoners for most of her career.
BASKETBALL
Women's basketball comes back against Illinois, drops overtime 71-62
After getting blown out by Purdue in the last game and riding a three-game losing streak, the MSU women’s basketball team expected a return home to face one of two Big Ten teams without a conference win to help solve the offensive problems.