SPORTS
MSU uses inspirational signs as reminders
MSU gymnastics team uses 10 motivational signs around the gym to keep them going through the season.
SPORTS
2 Spartans head to NCAA championships
Two MSU swimmers head to Minneapolis this weekend for the NCAA championships.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Izzo: Offseason will benefit MSU following difficult year
MSU men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo is happy to have long offseason, after barely having one last year.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Tourney still has reasons to be watched
MSU men’s basketball reporter Chris Vannini goes over his picks for the Final Four.
NEWS
Anastos will be MSU's next hockey coach
MSU’s new hockey coach will be former Spartan and current CCHA Commissioner Tom Anastos, various media outlets are reporting.
NEWS
East Lansing to get freezing rain, some snow today
The worst of a winter storm in effect from last night until 8 p.m. today missed the East Lansing area, but residents can expect freezing rain and some snow today, said Mike Kalembkiewicz, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Turned?over
Wichita, Kan. — With 1:40 left in regulation the No. 4 seed MSU women’s basketball team trailed No.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Mental errors too costly for Spartans in loss
Wichita, Kan. — It was as if senior forward Kalisha Keane and the No. 4 seed MSU women’s basketball team wanted it too much. More than anything they wanted to advance to the Sweet Sixteen.
NEWS
E.L population rises, Michigan on the mend
Months of anticipation gave way to relief Tuesday when data from the 2010 U.S. Census showed East Lansing grew by an estimated 2,000 people during the past decade. The official count, issued as part of a detailed report outlining Michigan demographics, revealed the city’s population as 48,579, up from 2000’s count of 46,525. By contrast, Michigan’s overall population decreased by about 54,000.
NEWS
Student receives call from President Obama
The unthinkable happened to Erick Moberg when, during his sophomore year, he got a call that changed his life: His mother was undergoing emergency quadruple bypass surgery. The human biology senior’s mother had inspired him for years, logging countless hours day in and day out supporting him as a single mother as he grew up.
NEWS
Council discusses energy plan
The Academic Council discussed the Energy Transition Plan, the upcoming faculty forum and degree changes and additions at a joint meeting of the Academic and Faculty councils Tuesday. Both councils discussed changes to the bylaws for Academic Governance regarding committee terms.
NEWS
ASMSU reps given information on relationship with academic governance
Representatives from ASMSU’s Academic Assembly were brought up to speed regarding details of the organization’s current and future relationship with academic governance. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government. Representatives were given a packet of information that details the differences between the current Academic Assembly and the future General Assembly so, when faced with questions from administrators, representatives would feel comfortable responding. “There’s a large amount of confusion among faculty and administrators of what this change and restructuring means for them,” said Zachary Taylor, interim chair for Academic Assembly, during the meeting. Some of the confusion stems from bylaws in academic governance that clearly stipulate representation from distinctly named Academic and Student assemblies. Documentation in the packet given to representatives reads, “In consultation with the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs and Services, we propose that an agreement be established to temporarily allow the General Assembly of ASMSU to appoint student representatives until such a time as the By-Laws are amended.” Administrators also have expressed concern regarding ASMSU filing for nonprofit status.
NEWS
Council approves grant request for downtown location
The East Lansing City Council unanimously approved the submission of a Brownfield grant request for a downtown development location at its Tuesday work session at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road. The request will be sent to Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality to ask for $1 million in grants to remove chemicals from a future development location at 213-217 Ann St., East Lansing’s Planning and Community Development Director Tim Dempsey said. Dempsey said the chemicals at the site to be cleaned up primarily were caused by a former dry cleaners near the location.
NEWS
Police Brief 03/23/11
MSU student Charles King III, and his roommates, Lansing Community College student Michael Freund and Jordan Henika have had their preliminary examination moved to April 28 at the 55th District Court in Mason, Mich. The examination, which was scheduled for yesterday, was moved to allow more time for forensic evidence to be analyzed, Freund’s attorney Scott Mertens said. King and his roommates face three felony charges and one misdemeanors charge after allegedly providing four minors with alcohol on Jan.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Turnovers doom Spartans in loss to Green Bay
The MSU women’s basketball team lost in the second round of the NCAA Tournament to Green Bay,
MSU
Study: Many students suffer hearing loss
Whether she’s walking to class or falling asleep at night, Sharmaine Ingram listens to music “all the time.”
MSU
Study abroad continues in some unstable nations
Going to study in a new country can be daunting. Going to study in a country that has a travel warning placed on it by the Department of State is even more so.
MSU
Gender Neutral MSU holds information sessions
At an informational meeting on Tuesday, students asked representatives from Gender Neutral MSU for details about the proposed gender-neutral housing option at MSU.
MICHIGAN
Students compete to win city’s next bright idea
The entrepreneurial cogs started turning in Allison Manchel’s brain when she and her roommate were driving in East Lansing’s infamous Feb. 2 “snowpocalypse” and was having trouble seeing out her front windshield.
COMMENTARY
US must reevaluate international role
On March 19, NATO forces led by the United Kingdom, France and U.S. — with the backing of a United Nations resolution — began their assault, or “intervention,” after forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi failed to initiate a mandatory cease-fire.