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VOLLEYBALL

Spartans following similar path as 2007 team

The 2007 MSU volleyball team went largely unnoticed throughout the regular season. Ignored by the coaches poll, the Spartans quietly accumulated a 19-13 regular season record (10-10 Big Ten), earning an NCAA Tournament berth behind the leadership of two senior outside hitters, Katie Johnson and Ashley Schatzle. Both girls racked up more than 500 kills that year while Schatzle earned All-American honors and Johnson was in the discussion.

ICE HOCKEY

Hockey embraces time off

With more than a week before the MSU hockey team sees game action, a break is being welcomed with open arms. After receiving an outpouring of offense in a sweep against Robert Morris at Munn Ice Arena during the past weekend, the Spartans have time to catch their breath before turning their sights to Western Michigan (Nov.

FOOTBALL

Big Ten mobile tour to hit East Lansing

This week, the Big Ten’s “Honoring Legends. Building Leaders.” tour will be in East Lansing from Thursday to Saturday for the No. 15 MSU football team’s game against Minnesota (noon, Big Ten Network).

COMMENTARY

Re-elect triplett to E.L. city council

I’m enthusiastic in my support of Nathan Triplett’s re-election to the East Lansing City Council. Triplett is a skilled listener and appreciates our diverse, vibrant and livable university-based East Lansing community.

COMMENTARY

Exercise despite chilly weather

As that perennial chill descends upon the area, the temptation to bundle up, stay inside and become sedentary is reaching its peak. However, I believe no one’s life can be complete without some kind of physical activity. It is this belief that drove me to go out and ask all of the best athletes I know what drives them to stay active despite harsh weather and the rigors of a busy life.

COMMENTARY

MSU ready for gender-neutral housing now

One of the best parts of living in the dorms is getting the college experience — meeting new people who might or might not share the same world view and experiences as you do and learning from them. And there are few better ways to find a different world view to learn from than living with a member of the opposite sex.

BASKETBALL

Izzo pleased with unselfishness of team

Through the first weeks of practice, one thing really stands out to MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo: his team’s unselfishness. But that unselfishness comes at a strange time, when most of the players haven’t played together all that long, Izzo said. “The neat thing is we’ve had years where we’re selfish — the ball never moved,” Izzo said.

NEWS

A will to live

Sitting in her parents’ furnace room with a rifle propped between her legs, Natasha Jones wanted an end to the beatings from her father, the pressure from her mother to be thin and the constant bullying at school.

NEWS

Police Brief 11/02/11

A 21-year-old man was hospitalized after being assaulted at approximately 2:19 a.m. Oct. 30, in the alley behind Panchero’s Mexican Grill, 125 E. Grand River Ave.