FOOTBALL
Martin provides spark in shootout victory
Of all the players who have made big plays for the Spartans in 2009, sophomore receiver Keshawn Martin is at the top of the list.
ICE HOCKEY
Comley does best to keep No. 6 Spartans levelheaded after signature sweep
If you told players on the MSU hockey team at the beginning of the season they would be the No. 6 ranked team in the country in the middle of November, they wouldn’t have believed you.
COMMENTARY
MSU College democrats call for student action on Promise
In order to save Michigan’s future, we need all hands on deck.
COMMENTARY
Catholic values can exist in politics
From an early age, we’re taught the value of compromise. Whether it’s learning to share in kindergarten, conflict resolution in elementary school or mastering the give-and-take relationship in marriages, society expects us all to come to a compromise on a number of issues.
COMMENTARY
Faculty, students would benefit from fall break
It’s an old rivalry. We have a facility for rare isotope beams, they have a library nicknamed “the Ugly.” We have a majestic 9-foot tall statue of Sparty, and they have some pavement tile you can’t step on or you’ll fail your first blue book.
NEWS
City Center II developer in race to meet tax deadline
With one month left until the site plans and special use permits for City Center II expire, the project’s developer still owes tens of thousands of dollars in property taxes to East Lansing, keeping the project from progressing.
NEWS
ASMSU faces scholarship funding decision
ASMSU is looking into various ways to fund a leadership scholarship after finding its plans to partially fund the program with MSU endowment money would limit control on who receives the award.
NEWS
Preparing for departure
John Hudzik never stays in one spot — or one country — for too long. He has traveled to Washington, D.C., three separate times for various NAFSA: Association of International Educators meetings and workshops. He has been to Toronto to speak at a conference. He even has been to the United Arab Emirates to visit MSU Dubai. And that is just a snippet of his travel schedule for the past three weeks.
NEWS
Mich. affirmative action ban to be challenged in U.S. court of appeals
Michigan’s affirmative action ban will be challenged today in a federal appeals court in Ohio, and despite any success the lawsuit might have, university officials said admissions still will reflect a diverse student body.
NEWS
Police brief 11/17/09
A 30-year-old East Lansing man who left his backpack on the sidelines of an IM Sports-West basketball court Friday discovered it missing after finishing his game, MSU police Sgt.
MSU
RCAH course displays art in Snyder
For Residential College in the Arts and Humanities sophomore Michael Steinfield, inspiration came in the form of three simple words.
MSU
Professor to research effectiveness of exercise and health video games
A team of MSU researchers hope virtual battles with the mythical Greek creatures medusa and cyclops might deliver a debilitating blow to claims made by some entertainment-driven digital health games.
MSU
Students help research motivational effect of virtual workout partners
During the next two years, MSU researchers will use a $150,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to determine the motivational factor of a virtual workout partner.
MICHIGAN
Local food bank accepting food, items
MSU is accepting donations of nonperishable food and personal care items this week for a drive to benefit both the Greater Lansing Food Bank and MSU Student Food Bank.
MSU
MSU students compete in economic challenge
Six MSU students played the role of economists when they participated in the Federal Reserve Challenge on Nov. 9 at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, where the team placed in the final four — the best any MSU team has placed.
MICHIGAN
'Killing Kasztner' backs unsung hero of WWII
There are not many instances in which history would demonize a man responsible for covertly sending 1,600 Jewish people to safety in the face of a Nazi invasion, but that is the controversy surrounding Israel Kasztner.
MICHIGAN
Amendment removes regulations on baby sitters working from home
Megan Stratton gets most of her extra spending money from baby-sitting families in the East Lansing area, and, to make it easier on her clients, she sometimes allows parents to drop their children off at her apartment.
MICHIGAN
Sign of the Times
Friendship Baptist Church still isn’t complete. Its members are waiting on a final piece — a pipe organ. Since 2002, the church’s members have been working to bring the sound they miss from their old sanctuary to their new place of worship at 2912 Pleasant Grove Road, in Lansing.
MSU
MSU play to debut tonight at Wharton
MSU’s Department of Theatre will perform its first show of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” at 7:30 p.m. today at Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre.
MICHIGAN
Company to offer new holiday lights
The Lansing Board of Water and Light will exchange old strands of incandescent holiday lights for new strands of LED holiday lights Thursday.