SPORTS
Wrestling team drops 9th straight
The MSU wrestling team is still searching for its first conference win after dropping yet another close dual meet on Friday.
ICE HOCKEY
Icers buck Broncos, sweep series
For five years, Lawson Ice Arena in Kalamazoo perplexed the MSU hockey team. Saturday’s game would hold the answer to the riddle for the Spartans, who defeated Western Michigan 4-2 — the first win on the Broncos’ ice since 2003.
BASKETBALL
Inconsistency is killing this team's hopes
Boy, this team is tough to figure out. From individual and team standpoints, the MSU men’s basketball team is erratic, to say the least.
MSU
Center to discuss NIU shootings
The MSU Counseling Center is encouraging MSU students and faculty to attend a discussion today regarding the shootings Thursday at Northern Illinois University.
MSU
Spring Arbor hires MSU's Webb
Charles Webb, MSU vice president for university development, will leave his position at MSU and become president of Spring Arbor University.
MSU
Cupid's Crush adds new dances
Salsa, African and Caribbean calypso music resonated from the Union Ballroom on Friday as nine dance troupes and more than 250 people celebrated their culture and Valentine’s Day.
MSU
Tour of China offers business experience
When David Gross studied abroad in China two summers ago, he was inspired. “I was job shadowing in China, and I thought, ‘Why can’t I do this with a bunch of companies?’” said Gross, director of China Operations for Broad China Business Society.
COMMENTARY
U.S. founders not experts now
In any given conversation about American politics, the Founding Fathers end up getting thrown into the debate. The greatest thing about the Founding Fathers is that their views were so general that both sides of a given topic can easily invoke their words to prove their opinions are correct.
COMMENTARY
Campus security goes beyond building safety
At a time of year when most college students are busy planning their spring break getaways or cramming for midterms, Thursday’s Northern Illinois University campus shooting had a way of making everyone pause, take a short breath and wonder: Could this ever happen here?
COMMENTARY
Weiner's message of self-esteem applicable to all
In response to Maggie Lillis’ column Self-esteem: Body image speaker empowering, celebrity-name drops (SN 2/14), I would like to say that as a sorority member present for this mandatory event, I was extremely disturbed by this article.
BASKETBALL
Turnover turmoil
Bloomington, Ind. — Problems are not being corrected. Nineteen turnovers, 9 assists — not exactly a statistic MSU men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo can stomach anymore.
ICE HOCKEY
Spartans sweep Broncos
Kalamazoo — First it was Yost, and then there was Lawson Ice Arena.
ICE HOCKEY
Icers shut out Western Michigan
When that little red light behind Western Michigan’s goaltender flashed brightly during Friday’s 3-0 shutout victory, Tim Kennedy breathed a sigh of relief.
BASKETBALL
Women's basketball team scores last-minute victory over Hoosiers
The MSU women’s basketball team claimed another last-minute win, pulling to .500 in the Big Ten, Thursday against Indiana at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind., while simultaneously breaking its win-loss trade-off trend.
NEWS
Police Brief 02/15/08
A woman with no university affiliation was cited for misdemeanor assault and stalking Feb. 9 in West Shaw Hall, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
NEWS
Campus police, administrators plan for worst but can't ensure policies will keep students safe
Almost a year after the massacre at Virginia Tech University, MSU might not be able to handle the aftermath of a mass shooting on campus. Thursday’s shootings at Northern Illinois University are a reminder that although emergency systems have been revamped, these incidents aren’t preventable, MSU police Chief Jim Dunlap said.
NEWS
Gunman opens fire on students during class Thursday at Northern Illinois University
The Northern Illinois University president said five people have died in a “rapid fire” shooting at a lecture hall that ended in the gunman’s suicide.
MSU
Former dean of 21 years dies in home
Myron S. Magen, the founding dean of MSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine, died at age 81 Wednesday in his East Lansing home.
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Book donations to benefit kids
Rather Hall student government and Rather Hall Black Caucus are hosting an NBA All-Star Game Night and Book Drive at 8:30 p.m. Sunday in the hall’s main lobby.
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Outside students may fill vacancies
John Marcus is more than willing to represent any college or group if an ASMSU student assembly representative he’s currently filling in for returns to his position.