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Robotics teams to compete in championship

The first MSU college robotics team is looking to win its first trophy while strengthening its relationships with student teams it mentors at the 2011 VEX Robotics World Championship next month in Kissimmee, Fla.

FEATURES

Freshman fifteen Q’s: 03/15/11

College is a whole new world for many freshmen traveling to campus for the first time. The State News sat down with one of these explorers to get a glimpse, in 15 questions or fewer, at a new face on campus and his perspective of his new frontier.

COMMENTARY

Fighting against union-busting

Last Saturday, 100,000 people marched on the Capitol of Wisconsin. The protest, given lip-service by every cable news station, was in defiance of Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s recently passed bill to strip government workers of collective bargaining rights.

COMMENTARY

Consistency best approach for medical marijuana

It seems the East Lansing medical marijuana ordinance finally is budding as the East Lansing City Council nails down of more details. East Lansing City Council has shown steady, measured progress with its decisions on the issue and appears be continuing on the right path

Production by Cory Pitzer, Compiled by Michelle Martinelli ·
BASKETBALL

Sweating it out

After a tumultuous season, MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo said Saturday he hoped Selection Sunday would be as miserable as possible for him and his players. More than 30 minutes into Sunday’s selection show, with the Spartans having yet to hear their name called, it was apparent Izzo had received exactly what he wanted.