MEN'S BASKETBALL
Izzo confident in Lucious at PG
Point guard is a position of leadership. It’s unavoidable.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Work in progress
Darlis Nix remembers her son’s trek to and from Detroit Pershing High School by the tears flowing from his eyes. An immensely talented basketball player and future high school state champion and Mr. Basketball winner, Derrick Nix also was the heftiest kid in his class growing up.
ICE HOCKEY
Spartans, Alaska face off in weekend series
After an emotional weekend split against Michigan and a long voyage up to Alaska, the No. 12 MSU hockey team is ready to empty its tank this weekend against the Nanooks.
FEATURES
Nature center to offer starlit trails
The Harris Nature Center, 3998 Van Atta Road, in Okemos, invites the public to visit and snowshoe or ski the trails by starlight.
FEATURES
Kresge to welcome Valentine activity
Kresge Art Museum is hosting its You Gotta Have HeART! event from 1-3 p.m. Saturday at the Kresge Art Center.
FEATURES
MSU to host lil' sibs for weekend
The MSU University Activities Board is holding its annual Lil’ Sibs Weekend on Friday and Saturday on MSU’s campus.
FEATURES
Politics, heavy topics out of place in game
In our wonderful capitalist society, you have to love an event where the event itself isn’t as important as the advertisements around it.
FEATURES
Monster trucks offer fun for students, kids
Ground pounding, car crushing, high jumping giants will race into East Lansing as the E3 Spark Plugs Monster Truck Nationals arrives at 7 p.m. Saturday to Breslin Center.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Keane has matured into versatile, all-around threat for Spartans
Kalisha Keane celebrated her 21st birthday Wednesday. Although the calendar says the junior forward officially is older, Keane’s most important growth has come on the court, where her ever-increasing maturity is paying dividends this season for the MSU women’s basketball team.
COMMENTARY
Editorial position flawed, disregards policy guidelines
We would like to clarify some of the facts about the rules and guidelines regarding the 2010 U.S. Census that were inaccurately conveyed in your editorial Students should complete census thoughtfully (SN 2/4).
COMMENTARY
GM, Ford stalling despite good sales
Like many other Michigan residents, I know or am related to a lot of people who are a part of the struggling automotive industry. So, like many other Michigan residents, I was excited when I heard that the two leading American automakers — Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp. — had increased their sales in the month of January, compared to the same month a year earlier.
COMMENTARY
Editorial board admits errors in recent census piece
Like many MSU students, we forgot to do our homework yesterday. In yesterday’s editorial concerning the 2010 U.S. Census, Students should complete census thoughtfully (SN 2/4), we put forth an uninformed opinion based on faulty assumptions and information.
BASKETBALL
Lucas 'very, very questionable' for Saturday
Speaking after Thursday’s practice, MSU head coach Tom Izzo called Kalin Lucas “very, very questionable” for Saturday’s 9 p.m. game at Illinois, but said because the junior guard’s playing is contingent mostly on how he feels, Izzo said it remains a possibility.
NEWS
Police brief 2/4/10
A 24-year-old East Lansing man reported damage to his car in Lot 32 on Friday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said. The man said someone broke the back passenger window between 3:50 and 8:30 p.m. in his 2001 Chevy Prizm. The damage is estimated to be $300, McGlothian-Taylor said.
MSU
2009 donations decline at MSU, across country
Donations to MSU in 2009 fell 4 percent from the previous year, but the drop was lower than the Big Ten average, according to a survey released Wednesday. The report, released by the Council for Aid to Education, or CAE, found the national average in giving decreased 12 percent between July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009. The Big Ten averaged about a 10 percent decrease. More than 1,000 institutions participated in the survey.
FOOTBALL
Dantonio introduces new, highly ranked class
For MSU head football coach Mark Dantonio, becoming a consistent team in the Big Ten means adding top-tier talent throughout the course of several seasons. Dantonio introduced his second straight top-30 recruiting class Wednesday at National Signing Day and was excited about the potential of the 21 incoming players.
MICHIGAN
Students rally to support higher education
Fumiko Sakashita is on her own. Like many other international students at MSU, Sakashita, an American studies doctoral student, looked forward to being a teaching assistant to help pay for continuing her education. However, in light of the recent budget cuts at MSU, her goal seems less likely to pan out.
MICHIGAN
Granholm: Restore Mich. Promise
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm said during her eighth and final State of the State address Wednesday she will reinstate the Michigan Promise Scholarship in her budget proposal for the 2010-11 fiscal year. In her speech at the Capitol in Lansing, the governor said she will fund the scholarship, restructuring it to keep graduates in Michigan. However, she did not reveal how she plans to fund it.
MSU
Detroit groups, MSU aim to 'green' metro
The vacant lots and abandoned houses of Detroit’s urban landscape could turn into green pastures soon. MSU started a partnership with the Greening of Detroit, a Detroit-based nonprofit organization aimed at encouraging environmental awareness in Detroit, Capuchin Soup Kitchen’s Earthworks Garden and the Detroit Agriculture Network to create the Garden Resource Program Collaborative.