FEATURES
Nature center to host night walk
The Moonlight Ski and Shoe will be held from 6-9 p.m. on Saturday at the Harris Nature Center, 3998 Van Atta Road, in Okemos.
FEATURES
History month to be celebrated at show
In celebration of Black History Month, a presentation of black culture called Let Freedom Ring will take place at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre.
FEATURES
Concert series to play Arabic music
The MSU College of Music will present an Arabic ensemble for its “Greater Lansing Community Concert Series — Music at the Museum” at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Michigan Historical Museum, 702 W. Kalamazoo St., in Lansing.
NEWS
Steve Webster to step down as vice president for governmental affairs
MSU’s vice president for governmental affairs is stepping down to assume a position with a statewide university lobbying firm. Webster likely will be succeeded by Mark Burnham, MSU’s associate vice president for governmental affairs.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Spartans appear to have given up
After the MSU men’s basketball team lost to Michigan for the first time in three years last Thursday, I wrote that it couldn’t get any worse for the 2010-11 Spartans. A little less than one week later, it’s pretty obvious I jumped the gun with that conclusion.
Josh Radtke
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NEWS
Snow school!
Many Spartans took advantage of a day’s reprieve from classes. Blizzard conditions buried MSU and East Lansing in about 11 inches of snow, making the area a veritable breeding ground for winter activities.
NEWS
After snow day, faculty, students to forge ahead
Despite the snow, students and professors are expected to plow through the rest of the semester as scheduled. Canceling classes should not be looked at as a “way to erase that day,” MSU President Lou Anna K.
NEWS
Bar business booms in blizzard
With all classes canceled and the idea of a snowpocalypse looming over the city of East Lansing, many students took advantage of a unique opportunity Tuesday night and went out to the bars not worrying about the state of their condition for Wednesday classes. Though most bars typically are quiet early in the week, many were packed full of celebratory students after word got out of Wednesday’s class cancellations, Spanish junior Tony Huff said.
BASKETBALL
Spartans routed by Hawkeyes, 72-52
The Hawkeyes (9-13 overall, 2-8 Big Ten) pounded MSU (13-9, 5-5), 72-52, in Iowa City, Iowa on Wednesday night.
MICHIGAN
Snowstorm fails to faze region
The Wednesday morning snowstorm that blanketed East Lansing in about 11 inches of snow brought residents and city officials together to deal with the aftermath.
MSU
Hundreds come out for snowball fight
At 6:30 p.m. Wednesday more than 400 students descended upon Munn field clad in hats, gloves, scarves, jackets — and the occasional trojan helmet — to spend their day off attempting to break a world record.
MICHIGAN
Tranquil weather to come this week
After the recent tumultuous weather conditions, the upcoming weekend is expected to be a relief, said Brian Mead, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids.
MSU
US, MSU see increase in multiracial students
They call her “blackbean” – half black, half Mexican. It’s a nickname embraced by Lynette Davidson, a political theory and constitutional democracy and communication sophomore and one of the 710 students at MSU who identifies with two or more races.
MSU
MSU course repeat policy under review
Changes to the course repeat policy were discussed during Tuesday’s Executive Committee of Academic Council, or ECAC, meeting.
MSU
MSU Gift of Life Challenge sign-up continues
One student group is storming classrooms on campus in an effort to save lives and beat other universities in the Gift of Life Campus Challenge.
MSU
Professor’s course, blog focus on drug addiction
From studying the effects of morphine on the nervous system to examining the human heart, James Galligan has seen it all from a biological perspective.
FEATURES
Concert gives students opportunity to continue dancing
Under the supervision of Sherrie Barr, associate professor of theatre and director of dance, the Orchesis Dance Concert will premiere at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Auditorium’s Arena Theatre. The goal of Orchesis is to bring dance to the community, offering non-credit technique classes to students of all levels taught by students in Orchesis.
FEATURES
Spartan uses blog to broaden college experience, meet new people
Megan Gebhart, a marketing senior, started a blog on blogging platform Tumblr called “52 Cups of Coffee.” Gebhart said the goal of the blog, which began last summer, is to invite a different person she doesn’t know to have coffee with her each week.
FEATURES
Theater to premiere classic greek play
The theater production of “Oedipus” will start at 8 p.m. Friday at Williamston Theatre, 122 S. Putnam St., in Williamston, Mich.
FEATURES
Guest to speak on international aid
The Center for Advanced Study of International Development will sponsor guest speaker Andrea Freidus in its CASID/GenCen Friday Forum Speaker Series at noon Friday in Room 201 of the International Center.