SPORTS
Wrestlers fall to Buckeyes
The MSU wrestling team lost to Ohio State, 19-16, at Millersburg, Ohio’s West Holmes High School on Sunday.
SPORTS
Spartans sweep dual opener
The MSU men’s tennis team defeated both IUPUI, 7-0, and Wright State, 6-1, on Saturday when it opened its dual season at the MSU Indoor Tennis Facility.
COMMENTARY
State News cartoonist addresses reader concerns
I would like to discuss my intentions behind the cartoon I drew for the Jan. 11 issue of The State News and address a specific complaint held against it.
COMMENTARY
Open letter from a student to the COGS executive board
First, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Stefan Fletcher, the current president of Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, and Adam Lovgren, COGS vice president for graduate welfare, for putting forward the COGS child care endowment. Second, I would like to express my full support in the approval of this endowment.
COMMENTARY
Welcome to the ‘post-racial’ US
Maine’s Tea Party Gov. Paul LePage has refused to attend the state’s annual National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or NAACP’s, Martin Luther King Jr. celebration. In an eminently diplomatic statement, he told the organization to “kiss my butt.”
FEATURES
Alumna gains scholarship, friendship from Miss America pageant
As the stage lights dimmed and the judges’ scores were read at the Miss America pageant on Saturday in Las Vegas, MSU alumna Katie LaRoche could have been disappointed not to hear her name announced among the 15 finalists. Instead, LaRoche, who was named Miss Michigan in June 2010, was grateful for the experience and to represent her platform, which aimed to bring awareness to human trafficking.
COMMENTARY
Research crucial to iClicker program’s expansion
ASMSU’s new iClicker rental program is a great initial success, but there should be careful consideration before a massive expansion of the service.
FEATURES
Jazz orchestras, choirs celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. at concert
Kurt Trowbridge, a freshman in the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, played trombone in the 31st annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Celebration Sunday in Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre. The show featured performances by Jazz Orchestra I, II and III as well as the MSU Children’s Choir and the Earl Nelson Singers.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Spartans downed second time this year, 67-53, by Buckeyes
Shooting just 2-for-23 from 3-point range and 29 percent from the field, the No. 9 MSU women’s basketball team’s 14-game winning streak was ended Sunday at No.
ICE HOCKEY
Icers tie, lose, 3-2, in shootout
Following a 4-0 win in Friday’s opener, the MSU hockey team could not make it a series sweep as it fell, 3-2, in a shootout at Lake Superior State on Saturday. The game was tied 2-2 before the Lakers scored two shootout goals to the one Spartan goal by freshman forward Greg Wolfe, and the win keeps Lake Superior State ahead of MSU in the CCHA standings. MSU was looking for its first road series sweep in two seasons, but falls to 9-11-4 overall and 5-9-2 in conference. Freshman goalie Will Yanakeff stopped 34 of 36 shots that came his way, and Laker goalie Kevin Kapalka made 31 saves. Junior defenseman Brock Shelgren scored at 5:59 of the first period, and sophomore forward Derek Grant added a power play goal at 16:32 of the period for MSU. The Lakers (6-11-5, 4-8-4-3) scored a shorthanded goal at 15:11 of the first period and scored another goal at 11:26 of the second period, but neither team could score for the rest of regulation and overtime. The Lakers had to go to the fourth round of the shootout to secure victory. MSU managed six goals for the weekend after being shut out in three of four previous CCHA games. It next plays a two-game series against Miami (Ohio) at 7:30 p.m.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Spartans beat Wildcats in OT, 71-67
For the second consecutive game, the MSU men’s basketball team rallied to force a game into overtime.
ICE HOCKEY
Spartans blank Lakers, 4-0
A flurry of third-period goals lifted the MSU hockey team to a 4-0 win at Lake Superior State on Friday.
NEWS
Up in the air
During its deliberations in December 2010, Congress failed to pass a dozen appropriations bills that would funnel money to various government programs using discretionary funds. Until Congress acts, a $5.7 billion gap in Pell Grant funding remains unaddressed. And that, experts say, is cause for concern.
NEWS
Martin Luther King Jr. still helping people
I don’t know what to think. I didn’t live through any of it. I don’t know what it’s like to live under Jim Crow in the south. I’ve been discriminated against, but rarely is it institutionalized. Dr. King’s relevance to me stems mostly from his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” because it practically is required reading in every philosophy class I’ve taken.
NEWS
OCAT program, aides demonstrate King’s philosophy
Ever since 1969, OCAT has been helping students with cultural differences feel at home during their time at MSU, OCAT coordinator Pat Dyer-Deckrow said. The program began when black students were having a hard time acclimating to college.
NEWS
Police Brief 01/14/11
A student reported her debit card allegedly was used without her permission last month, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
NEWS
Faculty, students evaluate campus diversity
It was in 1963 that the “I Have a Dream” speech was recited by Martin Luther King Jr. and almost 50 years later, the U.S.
NEWS
East Lansing officials promote inclusive, diverse environment
For many, Martin Luther King Jr. Day isn’t just an occasion to celebrate advancement of only black citizens. Instead, for leaders in East Lansing, it is a day to celebrate vibrant diversity of all types — in good times and bad, community leaders said.
NEWS
Word on the street
Students give their take on diversity at MSU in light of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Emily Nichols Family community services junior “Coming from a small town where there’s no diversity, (MSU) is quite a change.” Minyao Zheng Advertising senior “I’m an international student and I know a lot of students from my country, China, come to MSU to study.
NEWS
Sharing Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream at age 9
Martin Luther King Jr. in Westwood Elementary School is the official name of the school — my former elementary school that is. And I’ll never forget what a mouthful it was to say. However, to all the kids in the surrounding neighborhoods, it was known as “MLK”.