FEATURES
Author writes MSU into novel
Fifty years ago, when Larry Neitzert was an MSU student, East Lansing was a city marked by students dodging the Vietnam War and active war protests.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Balanced, up-tempo attack key to recent MSU success
Following a stretch of games when only one or two players would make an impact, the MSU women’s basketball team got a total team effort this past weekend against Minnesota and Purdue.
COMMENTARY
New tax should make tanners think twice
We’ve all heard it as many times as we can count. Frequent tanning is quite possibly the Antichrist for your skin. Whether you are a man or a woman, middle-aged or just entering middle school, your skin will signify how well (or poorly) you treat it when it comes to sun damage.
COMMENTARY
Patience needed, but new logo better deliver
Change isn’t an easy thing to implement, especially when it’s unexpected. So when the appearance of a new Spartans logo on the U.S.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Izzo supports athletics department, calls new logo 'brilliant'
To all Spartans fans outraged by the new MSU logo, men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo has a message: Shame on you.
BASKETBALL
Izzo sounds off on new logo
Men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo showed support for the athletic department’s new project that includes a redesigned logo during his weekly press conference on Monday.
BASKETBALL
Spartans pick up road win vs. Minnesota
One day after the MSU men’s basketball team came back from a double-digit second-half deficit to beat the Golden Gophers, the MSU women’s basketball team did the same on Sunday, rallying from 10 down to knock off the Gophers 66-57.
MICHIGAN
Fireworks case moves to trial for MSU freshman
An MSU student will stand trial for his alleged involvement in a November prank. Political science and pre-law freshman Nikolai Wasielewski faces charges of conspiracy and accomplice after the fact for his involvement in a Nov. 1, 2009, prank, when he and three others allegedly threw a firework into the yard of an East Lansing resident’s home.
MSU
Stabenow speaks about state's gains
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich, made an appearance on MSU’s campus Sunday addressing more than 50 students about the state’s progress since President Barack Obama’s inauguration and the importance of political engagement during the 2010 election season.
NEWS
Athletics dept. deserves faith in logo change
I don’t like it either. A proposed new logo. A quiet potential revamping of the university and athletics department’s image. Change.
MSU
On solid grounds
Daniel Clay sees Gashonga, a village in Rwanda, as one of MSU’s international links. Angelo Oricchio sees the village as a member of the coffee producing world. And 400 goats see it as their new home.
SPORTS
Marquee match doesn’t take place
No. 1-ranked 133-pound senior Franklin Gomez put his 26-game winning streak on the line Friday, but did so against Minnesota’s Thane Antczak — not No. 2-ranked 133-pound senior Jayson Ness, who did not make the trip to East Lansing.
SPORTS
Spartans fall to Illinois, now 0-2 in Big Ten
Following a spirited effort Friday against No. 5 Minnesota, the MSU wrestling team faltered Sunday afternoon against No. 19 Illinois, losing 23-12.
BASKETBALL
Spartans once again escape with victory
It finally caught up with them. The No. 6 men’s basketball team had been playing with fire throughout conference play, turning on its game whenever the it felt like it. Down double digits in the second half in a hostile environment on the road, the Spartans were at the mercy of the Minnesota Golden Gophers
ICE HOCKEY
Letdown over split exhibits MSU potential
The MSU hockey team left the locker room immediately following Saturday’s heartbreaking loss. After allowing the game-winning goal with 1:07 left in regulation, the No. 10 Spartans didn’t even have time to shower.
ICE HOCKEY
Split decision
The No. 10 MSU hockey team can sum up its weekend series against Ohio State in one word — disappointing. Although Friday’s 5-2 win was solid, the Spartans allowed a game-winning goal on Saturday with 1:07 remaining in regulation on a wrap-around that could have been prevented.
MSU
MSU students raise money for Haiti by selling cookies
While most MSU students were taking the opportunity to catch up on sleep Sunday, Jo Tic frantically was checking her e-mail and coordinating rides to the MSU Bakery.
MSU
MSU professor develops technology to identify criminals, victims
Just as a fingerprint or DNA can help police determine people linked to a crime, tattoos now will serve as an identifier thanks to research done by an MSU professor.
MSU
MSU students mentor area youth
Liz Watson had to make a choice. The kinesiology junior was given an opportunity to write a report for her Spanish class last fall or do a service project for credit.
MICHIGAN
E.L. business begins expansion overseas
A map would tell people Nigeria and East Lansing are worlds away. Bunmi Akinyemiju would tell people they share a border. Akinyemiju, CEO of Enliven Software, is bringing his automated financial services operation out of East Lansing’s Technology Innovation Center, or TIC, at 325 E. Grand River Ave., to west Africa and Australia as part of a new global operation for his company.