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BASKETBALL

Off the court, on the field

When most people return to their alma mater in hopes of a new career, they trade their current lifestyle for one full of books and term papers. Antonio Smith, on the other hand, decided to swap his basketball shoes for football cleats.

NEWS

Police Brief 02/27/08

A black 2008 Chevrolet Impala parked in the Grand River Avenue ramp near Olin Health Center was damaged between 3:30-6:10 p.m. Sunday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

MICHIGAN

Michigan considers prohibiting salvia

Tripping on salvia divinorum extract could mean a trip to prison if legislation being considered by a Michigan House of Representatives committee is passed. The hallucinogenic plant’s effects have been likened to LSD and ketamine.

MICHIGAN

Students bring safety back

When students in Martha Kefgen’s Life Skills class at C.W. Otto Middle School, 500 E. Thomas St., came to class Tuesday to hear a presentation from MSU students about car safety, most were expecting nothing out of the ordinary.

FEATURES

Building success

When Eric Thomas began his freshman year at Oakwood University in Alabama, college life was foreign territory. Being a first-generation college student, he didn’t know the codes, the language or the rules that come with transitioning into university life.

ICE HOCKEY

Team tries to stay focused for Falcons game

With only two games left in the season, the MSU hockey team isn’t taking Bowling Green lightly. After all, the Spartans lost last year to the Falcons on MSU’s senior night, which was the last time the team’s seniors skated at Munn Ice Arena during the regular season.

FEATURES

Freshmen fifteen Q's

College is a whole new world for many freshmen traveling campus for the first time. The State News sat down with one of these brave explorers to get a glimpse, in 15 questions or less, at a new face on campus and her perspective on her new frontier.

COMMENTARY

Future campus parking plans will inhibit students, staff

Roughly 16,000, or 35 percent, of MSU’s 46,000 students live on campus. This leaves 30,000 students as well as 11,000 faculty and staff who must commute to campus daily. This is an incredibly large portion of MSU’s workforce and source of tuition and income. Why, then, does MSU’s administration seem so intent on inconveniencing them?

COMMENTARY

Invisible fence wastes cash, border resources

A 28-mile stretch of the U.S. border seems to have become our government’s latest “shiny object” — distracting both lawmakers and citizens from the underlying immigration issue. The stretch of land in the Southwest has been the testing ground for a virtual fence intended to improve border security while reducing personnel.

COMMENTARY

SN lawsuit vital for all students

Almost exactly two years ago, a crime that has become shrouded in controversy was committed on campus. You’ve probably heard this before: Three men — one armed with a handgun and a water bottle containing gasoline — entered a South Hubbard Hall dorm room Feb. 23, 2006, and threatened three occupants. One man poured gasoline on a victim and threatened to light it.