BASKETBALL
Indiana win much needed for Spartans
It didn’t matter that MSU was a heavy favorite in the game. It didn’t matter that the game never should have been that close.
NEWS
ROTC reacts to DADT repeal
Congress reversed the course of 17 years of history last month when the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” or DADT, policy barring military servicemen and women from disclosing their homosexuality was struck down. MSU’s ROTC programs since have been going with the flow; that flow, though, is somewhat slow.
NEWS
Police Brief 01/31/11
A female student reported her bike allegedly was stolen between Jan. 20 at 4 p.m. and Jan. 23 at 3 p.m., MSU police Sgt.
ICE HOCKEY
Icers spilt weekend, down U-M
The MSU hockey team proved once again this weekend it can hang with the best of the CCHA but still are trying to find consistency. In a packed Joe Louis Arena, the Spartans (11-13-4 overall, 7-11-2 CCHA) dropped No.
SPORTS
Spartans beat Fighting Illini for first conference victory
In the middle of an up-and-down season, the MSU wrestling team has been forced to think more creatively and “find a way” to take home individual and team victories.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
MSU snaps three-game losing streak with win against Indiana, 84-83
The No. 25 MSU men’s basketball team defeated Indiana, 84-83, in overtime Sunday at Breslin Center. Senior guard Kalin Lucas led MSU with 26 points while Indiana was led by Christian Watford’s 21 points. The win snapped a three-game losing streak for MSU.
Marina Csomor
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MSU
UAB event exhibits student talent
Even with freezing weekend temperatures, performers heated up the stage with numerous beats, rhythms and moves. The University Activities Board, or UAB, held its Beat the Breaks Off Dance-a-thon!
MICHIGAN
E.L. Community welcomes new library director
Library patrons, city officials and other interested members of the community had the opportunity to meet the new East Lansing Public Library director, Kristin Shelley, on Friday at a reception held in her honor.
MSU
Signs of Adoration performs for MSU
Through an alternative form of worship, the Signs of Adoration, or SOA, group performed an all-sign concert for the MSU community — both for the deaf and hearing.
MSU
MSU March of Dimes works to support area families
For three years, the MSU chapter of the March of Dimes has worked closely with Sparrow Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, or NICU, to assist infant patients and their families, said international relations senior Monika Johnson, the chapter’s president.
MICHIGAN
Sidewalk snow removal expected in E.L.
In light of the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids forecasting a potential 12 or more inches of snow by Wednesday, students who live off campus and other city residents should be mindful of city ordinances regulating snow and ice removal.
COMMENTARY
Editorial on gender-neutral housing poorly reasoned
This is in response to the last Friday’s editorial, MSU should move forward on gender-neutral housing, (SN 1/28). The reasons provided supporting gender-neutral housing on campus were: A bare majority (56 percent) of students want it for themselves, transgender students would no longer feel discriminated against and unisex bathrooms would be offered.
COMMENTARY
“Non-Izzone” fans leave cheering up to the students
At last Thursday’s MSU men’s basketball game against Michigan, I tried to take the challenge issued in The State News by Paula Parker for non-Izzone fans to cheer the team on (Time for rest of Breslin Center to make some noise, SN 1/27).
COMMENTARY
U.S. should scrap cap and trade
When it comes to the environment, I am a tree hugger. I believe humanity’s carbon imprint on God’s Earth is both immoral and unsustainable.
COMMENTARY
Students, government must solve debt problem
The whole process of paying for college is confusing enough without the burden of overwhelming student loans. The government’s higher education funding — or lack thereof — has left students shouldering the brunt of college costs, much of it in the form of student loans (read: debt).
FEATURES
Artist-in-residence slam poet uses emotion to captivate audience
Fiona Smith said it began about two years ago when she was working on a project involving Asian American activist art. That’s when Smith, a professional writing senior who also is in the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, or RCAH, discovered the work of Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai. Tsai will perform in “Breathe Words, Breathe Life: A Night of Spoken Word with Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai” at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the RCAH Theatre in Snyder Hall’s basement.
ICE HOCKEY
Icers beat Michigan, 2-1, finish season series even
Detroit — If Saturday’s game was any indication of how MSU hockey head coach Rick Comley will finish his final regular season with MSU, the near future looks satisfying. Senior forward Joey Shean scored on a rebound with 7:34 remaining to put the Spartans ahead 2-1, and MSU weathered a 4-on-4, penalty shot and some good Wolverine chances to defeat No.
NEWS
Shooting occurs early Saturday morning in Crossing Place
A shooting took place at the Crossing Place apartment complex Friday injuring one person, East Lansing police Sgt.
Jeremy Warnemuende
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BASKETBALL
Spartans near ‘rock bottom’ after U-M loss
The core of a Final Four team was back: Senior guard Kalin Lucas was healthy, and future hall of fame coach Tom Izzo had turned down an offer from the NBA to come back more determined than ever. Yet somehow Thursday night, that potential dream season, which already had been more rocky than anyone expected, officially became a nightmare.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
MSU falls in conference vs. Iowa
It was déjà vu for the No. 10 MSU women’s basketball team on Thursday night at Carver Hawkeyes Arena. The Spartans again found themselves with a chance to beat No. 18 Iowa, but again it would take last second heroics.