SPORTS
Spartans split weekend duals
After suffering a 23-12 loss to West Virginia on Friday night, the MSU wrestling team desperately needed a win.
MSU
More than 200 students participate in Lansing service event
Graduate student Susie Borkowski does not like worms.
ICE HOCKEY
Hockey moves up in CCHA standings
When reflecting on the series with Northern Michigan, it wasn’t exactly a bad weekend for Tom Anastos and No.16 MSU hockey team.
FEATURES
(SCENE) Metrospace opens season with student art showcase
Eyes lit with surprise and excitement, Megan Mack could not stop grinning Friday night. She had just learned one of her paintings, which was on display at A Michigan State University Showcase at (SCENE) Metrospace, 110 Charles St.,, had been sold — her first sale as an artist.
COMMENTARY
Cleaner cars mean cleaner future
Growing up right outside of the Motor City, I always felt a torn loyalty between the jobs of many friends and family members employed by Detroit’s auto industry and our environment.
COMMENTARY
Students need financial protection
Over the holidays, President Obama appointed a director for his new and controversial Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB.
COMMENTARY
MSU needs to close education value gap
When people pay more for a service or good, they expect to receive a higher quality item. But according to a recent report by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine, MSU students are experiencing increasing costs disproportionate with the quality of the university.
Julia Nagy, Darcy Moran and Sam Radecki
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FEATURES
How to straighten up
It can be hard to look presentable as a college student. Dorm closets are cramped; there always seems to be issues with hall washing machines and dryers, and having perfectly neat and crisp clothing is next to impossible.
FEATURES
Ohio rapper performs for enthusiastic Lansing audience
Mobs of Machine Gun Kelly fans swarmed the stage as the artist made his much anticipated entrance Saturday at The Loft, 414 E.
BASKETBALL
Spartans look for advantage in individual matchups
In almost any basketball game, one can find individual matchups that could be the difference in winning and losing. Tuesday’s rivalry battle between the No. 9 MSU men’s basketball team and No. 20 Michigan likely will be no different.
FEATURES
Student performers compete in UAB talent show
Dancers, musicians, hula-hoopers and poets helped transform the International Center’s Crossroads Food Court into a concert hall at 8 p.m. Saturday for the annual Showtyme @ MSU talent show.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Mills returns from injury, provides immediate impact
When freshman forward Becca Mills fell to the floor and began grabbing her knee against Indiana, MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant had one thought in mind. After speaking to the medical staff, Merchant was relieved not to hear the three letters she had been dreading.
SPORTS
Men's tennis sweeps weekend tournament
The MSU men’s tennis team spent the night before the first triple-header in Spartan history eating and watching “300” in the Clara Bell Smith Center’s auditorium to get ready for the challenging day ahead.
SPORTS
Gymnastics falls to Iowa in Big Ten opener
For the second consecutive week, the MSU gymnastics team went toe-to-toe with a top 25 team and fell short of their mark.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Women's basketball handed first conference loss by Ohio State
As soon as the Spartans and Buckeyes tipped it off, it was clear the game was going to be a battle of physicality and will, and on the game’s most critical possession it was Ohio State that was able to exert theirs. On Sunday the Ohio State women’s basketball team (17-1 overall, 4-1 Big Ten) held on to beat MSU (12-6, 4-1) 64-56 to hand the Spartans their first Big Ten loss of the season.
SPORTS
Wrestling earns first Big Ten victory, defeats Indiana, 21-20
The MSU wrestling team notched its first Big Ten dual victory, 21-20, over Indiana with the help of an unlikely hero. With the Spartans clinging to a 17-16 lead and two matches left to go, MSU freshman 133-pounder Terry Turner took the mat against Indiana’s Joe Duca for his first ever dual start.
ICE HOCKEY
Spartans defeat Northern Michigan in strong defensive effort
It was a tale of two different series for the No. 18 MSU hockey team. After fans were treated to an offensive showcase in a 5-5 tie Friday’s game with No.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Spartans lose at Northwestern, winning streak snapped
Evanston, Ill. — MSU men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo knew it would happen eventually, he just didn’t know when. Featuring “three and a half freshmen” in the regular rotation — with senior guard and first-year Spartan Brandon Wood being the half — Izzo said inexperience was bound to doom MSU at least once this season. That moment came Saturday, when the No. 6 Spartans (15-3 overall, 4-1 Big Ten) traveled to Evanston, Ill. and fell to Northwestern 81-74 — marking MSU’s first Big Ten loss of the season.
ICE HOCKEY
Hockey stuns Northern Michigan in shootout, 6-5
With his deadly backhand shot and a hint of confidence behind his soft spoken demeanor, Matt Berry is developing a strong knack for shootout success.
SPORTS
Wrestling falls to West Virginia, competes again Sunday
The MSU wrestling team was unable to overcome an early deficit against West Virginia, eventually falling to the Mountaineers 23-12 in its first dual at Jenison Field House this season. The Spartans (2-4 overall, 0-2 Big Ten) began the match with sophomore 125-pounder Brenan Lyon dropping an 11-3 major decision to No.