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FEATURES

Mich. native stars in '101 Dalmations'

On Jan. 16 The State News spoke with James Ludwig who plays the lead dog role, Pongo, in “101 Dalmatians: The Musical,” which is being performed at The Wharton Center beginning Jan. 26.

BASKETBALL

No. 6 Spartans prepare for conference road battles

The true toughness of a team is defined on the road, in environments where a player can’t hear his teammate from five feet away. After enjoying the friendly confines of Breslin Center for seven of its last 10 games, the No. 6 MSU men’s basketball team will spend six of the next eight on the road.

BASKETBALL

Looking ahead to Minnesota

This article tells you about all the details of the upcoming Minnesota game. This abstract does not matter, because I am going to weigh this article low enough so that it does not show!

COMMENTARY

Partisanship has no place in Haiti crisis

More than a week has passed since disaster struck Haiti and its people. International aid has poured in from even some of the poorest countries to provide relief. Extensive coverage of the earthquake’s damage has shown us the true devastation the Haitian people are facing.

MSU

End date removed from Simon's contract

After removing the end date from MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon’s employment contract last month, members of the MSU Board of Trustees said the action does not mean Simon intends to depart her post sooner than anticipated.

MEN'S BASKETBALL

Spartans get narrow win over Iowa

Their work here is done. The MSU men’s basketball team put a final — though potentially discouraging — stamp on a crucial homestand Wednesday night by beating Iowa 70-63 to improve its record to 6-0 in the Big Ten and hold its lead in the conference standings.

MSU

MSU community joins to support Haiti

Kyle Martin was sitting in class — the same as any other day — when he received the news. He sprinted out of the lecture as soon as he got the text message: “What’s going on in Haiti is horrible.”

MSU

Broads add $2M to museum donation

Billionaire alumnus Eli Broad and his wife, Edythe, donated another $2 million to help the art museum bearing their name reach its funding goal of $40 million, the university announced Wednesday.

MSU

MSU Safe Place works to raise stalker awareness

After hearing a tapping noise on her ground floor apartment window about two years ago, Kate found a sticky note with an online screen name secured to the glass. Kate, an MSU graduate student, assumed it was a prank until she found the same note attached to her car a few days later.