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Michelle Martinelli ·
FOOTBALL

Spartans aim to finish season strong

As the first Big Ten team to be declared a division champion, MSU head football coach Mark Dantonio is not in the sharing kind of mood. Especially after last season’s co-Big Ten championship — which MSU shared with Ohio State and Wisconsin — Dantonio wants the Spartans to remain the out-right Legends Division Champions, vying to be the sole conference champion, and that requires the Spartans to defeat Northwestern on Saturday in Evanston, Ill. “We want to be in charge of this division,” Dantonio said at his weekly press conference Tuesday.

ICE HOCKEY

Anastos: MSU delivers 'mixed results' in split

Even as the No. 20 MSU hockey team has started to gather national recognition, head coach Tom Anastos knows his team is far from polished. The weekend split against Northern Michigan illuminated both his team’s triumphs in Friday’s 4-2 win and a lack of mental toughness that led to Saturday’s 2-1 loss on the road. With No.

COMMENTARY

Give beyond family for holidays

I am sure someone somewhere could use help serving food, because you can never have enough free help. So this holiday season, get your family together and find a place to serve a delicious hot meal to those in need.

COMMENTARY

Free speech rights important to know

This semester, more so than in past semesters, issues of free speech were ignited by a campuswide discussion about race. It undoubtedly is important for students to learn the difference between hate speech and free speech.

Matt Radick ·
NEWS

Making a transition

As Toby Hemker sat in his MSU psychology class in 2004, flipping through his textbook, he stumbled across an excerpt on gender identity disorder that changed his life. He sat in the classroom for 10 minutes after his class had ended staring at the book, overwhelmed by what he had read.