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ICE HOCKEY

Spartans crack under world-record pressure

Ann Arbor, Mich. – On one of the biggest stages college sports has ever seen, the MSU hockey team couldn’t perform. In front of 113,411, MSU was manhandled by a vastly superior Michigan team in a 5-0 loss. What a way to go into the record books.

MEN'S BASKETBALL

Spartans survive scare against Oakland, 77-76

Auburn Hills, Mich. – The No. 7 MSU men’s basketball team may have been favored against in-state foe Oakland, but the Spartans found themselves in a 40-minute dogfight against the defending Summit League champion Golden Grizzlies, winning, 77-76, at the Palace of Auburn Hills.

NEWS

Simon declines pay raise for third consecutive year

MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon declined a salary increase for the third year in a row at Friday’s Board of Trustees meeting. The president’s current annual salary of $520,000 will remain steady next year, something she said she felt was necessary with the difficult economic climate the state is facing.

NEWS

Spartan generations

Some of the seniors set to graduate Saturday are part of numerous generations of Spartans who said their alma mater shaped who they are today and helped pave the way for generations to come.

NEWS

ASMSU debates merging assemblies

Representatives from ASMSU’s Academic and Student assemblies are discussing the possibility of merging the two into one General Assembly in order to meet government requirements for nonprofit status.

NEWS

Police Brief 12/10/10

A 20-year-old male student allegedly assaulted his roommate between 3:15-3:30 a.m. Thursday morning at Rather Hall, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.