SPORTS
Spartans host Flip for Autism Awareness day
For the first home meet in three weeks, the MSU gymnastics team will be making history. Hosting Illinois at 6:30 p.m.
FOOTBALL
Four football players set to work out for NFL scouts at Combine
The NFL Scouting Combine kicked off Wednesday in Indianapolis and with players arriving, there are four former Spartans who will be working out for the NFL scouts.
Beau Hayhoe
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FEATURES
Music school performs, teaches in Lansing
For most elementary school students, a typical school day might involve math, writing, gym and the occasional break for recess. But in the coming weeks, students at three Lansing-area schools will be treated to a different kind of activity during their school day: instruction in the art of string instrument performance from the MSU Community Music School, or CMS.
FEATURES
Owners of pie company aim to connect with customers
When MSU alumni Mike and Denise Busley started Grand Traverse Pie Company, they were looking for a way to take control of their lives. The Busleys, who graduated from MSU in 1980, opened the first Grand Traverse Pie Company in 1996, and it since has expanded to 20 different locations. Although they only own five of the locations, they have franchised the other 15 to people who personify their business style.
COMMENTARY
What it means to practice Islam
Let me start off by saying all Muslims are terrorists. Florida Pastor Terry Jones was right when he said “Islam is of the devil.” Also, Jones was right when he said it’s not silly to try to start a day where everyone burns the Quran, Islam’s holy book.
COMMENTARY
When discussing Israel, facts must be accounted for
With the recent revolutions in the Middle East — Egypt perhaps most notable among them — media outlets have begun to speculate about the consequences for Israel.
COMMENTARY
College education not all about getting a job
When choosing colleges and majors most students are making career-based decisions instead of considering the value of a well-rounded education.
Krystle Wagner
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NEWS
Continuing the fight
Dan Hollern is sure almost everyone knows someone who has been affected. In his family, it was his grandfather who was diagnosed with cancer.
BASKETBALL
MSU hangs on vs. Gophers, wins 53-48
After a wretched first half, freshman guard Keith Appling knocked down two free throws to give the MSU men’s basketball team a 50-48 lead against Minnesota in its own building. Seventeen seconds later, senior guard Mike Kebler knocked down two more free throws to all but seal a 53-48 win for the Spartans (16-11 overall, 8-7 Big Ten) and improve their chances of making a 14th consecutive NCAA Tournament. “We had a lot of guys that kind of screwed up and then came back,” MSU head coach Tom Izzo said told the Spartan Sports Network.
NEWS
Council considers parking repairs
The East Lansing City Council discussed proposed improvements to some of the city’s downtown parking structures during its Tuesday work session at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road. Proposed changes would include extensive base structural repairs and repairs to elevators and lighting to three of the oldest parking structures in the city — Lot 10, or the Division Street ramp, the University Place parking structure at 300 M.A.C.
NEWS
Administrators discuss cuts, new programs
The university budget and new degree programs were discussed during Tuesday’s Academic Council meeting.
NEWS
Police Brief 02/23/11
A 21-year-old male student reported someone keyed both sides of his car between 8 a.m. Feb. 7 and 8:07 p.m.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Spartans pull through late in Minnesota, 53-48
After a big win Saturday against Illinois, the MSU men’s basketball team won its second consecutive game for the first time in a month by beating Minnesota, 53-48, Tuesday in Minneapolis.
MSU
Protests in Libya affect MSU students, Faculty
Many aspects of the current situation in Libya frustrate Muataz Boker. There is the helplessness — innocent civilians are reportedly being gunned down by machine guns and aircraft.
MSU
Haiti forum attempts to expand understanding
The MSU’s Migrant Student Services hosted Haitian officials Tuesday during an open forum that aimed to expand cultural understanding for MSU’s growing Haitian student population.
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ASMSU passes resolution for campus-wide name system
ASMSU’s Academic Assembly will advocate for a preferred-name system on campus after passing a resolution at its Tuesday night meeting.
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MSU ranked as ‘best value’ for first time in Princeton Review
MSU students are getting bang for their buck, according to a Princeton Review study released Tuesday that ranked MSU among the top 50 “best value” public universities nationwide.
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Honors College hosts ‘Careers and Coffee’
Students worried about landing the perfect internship or finding summer employment had the opportunity to get some advice over coffee Tuesday.
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Engineering Expo to provide networking opportunities
The importance of first impressions and an understanding of potential career fields will be promoted Thursday at the 2011 Engineering Expo.
MICHIGAN
Debate continues over film tax incentives
Proponents of Michigan’s 3-year-old film incentives are fighting back against what they say is a reel problem.