COMMENTARY
Consider soldiers before arguing war
Many know the arguments for and against war on a basic level. So let’s hold in our hot air and go out to learn about what our soldiers face.
COMMENTARY
MSU should seek student input on campus projects
Though we may only be here for four (or five or six) years, we, as students, feel we have the right to be involved in certain decisions about our campus. Recently, students were informed of plans to construct a public art piece in the courtyard between Snyder-Phillips and Mason-Abbot halls, and we want to know where our input was during this decision making process.
COMMENTARY
Increasing number of Mich. casinos a gamble
What does it say about our state when we fund education — our future generations — through gambling? Should the proposal pass, the electorate is betting casinos will be the state’s magic bullet to solve part of the education budget crisis. Ideally, Michigan will be seen as a place of entertainment and thriving school districts all within the foreground of the state’s natural beauty.
NEWS
US Census important for funding
The 2010 Census will arrive in mailboxes as soon as Monday and city officials urge students to mark their East Lansing address. The survey is 10 questions and must be mailed back by April 1. The Census is a major source of funding for the next 10 years.
MSU
MSU celebrates agriculture, natural resources week
More than 80 programs and annual association meetings occurred on campus last week during the 95th annual Agriculture and Natural Resources, or ANR, Week. MSU’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources hosted the event, which ran March 5 through Saturday.
MICHIGAN
Lansing mayor gets key endorsement
Lansing mayor and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Virg Bernero received an endorsement from Michigan AFL-CIO last week, The Associated Press reported. The AFL-CIO represents more than 600,000 active and retired Michigan union members, including United Auto Workers.
MSU
MSU programmers develop land mine avoidance game
A team of MSU instructors and students is developing a computer video game to educate people — primarily kids — in Cambodia on how to avoid land mines and other explosive jungle perils. The team created a maze-like video game that uses image repetition to embed warning signals in players’ minds.
MICHIGAN
(SCENE) Metrospace hosts art exhibit
Jen Ganzhorn, a 2009 MSU alumna, was a featured artist Friday in (SCENE) Metrospace’s “3-in-1 Show” exhibiting three bronze statues and four other pieces made during her time at MSU. The show was the kick-off event for (SCENE) Metrospace’s 3-in-1 gallery exhibition.
SPORTS
6 Spartans headed to NCAA championships
The Spartans are sending six wrestlers to the championships for the first time since 2003 as they finished seventh at the conference championships and saw four wrestlers secure automatic selections and two others receive at-large bids.
BASKETBALL
Minnesota's Joseph hurts MSU in Big Ten Tournament defeat
In almost every MSU loss this season, one opposing player has stepped up to take down the Spartans. On Friday, with the Spartans taking an overtime lead and grabbing momentum, Minnesota guard Devoe Joseph put the Golden Gophers on his back.
MICHIGAN
Community music school holds all-school recital
More than 20 students, ranging in age from 5 to 17 years old, performed a piece or two at the MSU Community Music School All-School Recital, which featured young Community Music School, or CMS, pianists and violinists from the local area. CMS, an outreach division of the MSU College of Music, provides music lessons to students of all ages.
ICE HOCKEY
Tough luck hits Spartans in series loss to U-M
The No. 10 MSU hockey team couldn’t have drawn a worse opponent in the quarterfinals of the CCHA Tournament.
BASKETBALL
MSU needs to keep focus in future games
Too often this season, regardless of whether it’s a win or a loss, the MSU women’s basketball team has talked about losing focus. With the stakes high and a trip to the Big Ten Tournament championship game on the line, lost focus cost the Spartans dearly.
ICE HOCKEY
Embarrassing series likely ends season
After such an impressive start, the No. 10 MSU hockey team’s season is likely over much earlier than many would have thought.
BASKETBALL
Allen must get Izzo's message for team success
With about four minutes remaining in the MSU men’s basketball team’s Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal game Friday, head coach Tom Izzo walked to the end of the bench and spoke briefly with Chris Allen. Normally, that’s presubstitution standard procedure — offer a few words of instruction and send him in to relieve a teammate. You can bet that’s what both Izzo and the junior guard wished the meeting was about.
FEATURES
Music school wants friends to join in
For the entire month of March, MSU’s Community Music School encourages those interested in taking lessons to bring a friend when attending a program at CMS.
FEATURES
Coupons offered to women in March
In celebration of Women’s History Month, the MSU Women’s Resource Center is offering coupons for women to use in any of the 13 residential dining halls from Tuesday to March 26.
FEATURES
Free comic exhibit to show at Kresge
Kresge Art Museum, Gallery 101, is featuring “%$#&!: A Comics Exhibition” from Monday until the end of March.
FEATURES
Dance ensemble to perform at MSU
The internationally acclaimed Nrityagram Dance Ensemble will be performing at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre.
FEATURES
No cooking required for coconut dessert
Miss spring break already? Revisit the tropical memories with this tropical vegan dessert.