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MSU

Debate team sets sights on nationals

Winning makes Abby Schirmer feel like all her hard work has paid off. The international relations senior got that feeling last weekend when the MSU debate team took home top honors in the Owen L. Coon “Big Ten” Debate Championships held at Northwestern University.

BASKETBALL

Branching out

Wherever they go, they take a little bit of Tom Izzo with them. Many former Spartans basketball players and assistant coaches said they might have moved on physically from the Izzo regime in East Lansing — but mentally? Forget it.

BASKETBALL

Breakdown

When the MSU men’s basketball team traveled to Northwestern on Jan. 24, the Spartans gave the Wildcats a dose of their own medicine by shooting 61.1 percent from beyond the 3-point line en route to a 78-62 trouncing.

FEATURES

SN style

Stylish student Clarence Greene, who loves to represent his college and his favorite color through fashion, is stopped by the State News in this week’s SN style.

SPORTS

Prognosticators

Knock-knock. Who’s there? The prognosticators, of course! And they’re doing the only thing prognosticators should do: Prognosticating!

COMMENTARY

Society strives for easy options

America hooked on the Easy Button? I was watching TV when a popular Staples commercial came on. It showcased a man who couldn’t find his Easy Button, and asked a coworker for help. Instead of looking for the man’s missing necessity, she reached for her own button, pressed it and viola — his appeared.

COMMENTARY

Current generation can make large climatic impact

Jessica Byrom’s labeling of the environmental upsurge in recent years as a “bandwagon” marginalizes the unique state the human race finds itself in today. We are seeing a cultural shift toward environmental stewardship that is more on par with the Copernican Revolution than the South Beach Diet.

MICHIGAN

Romney suspends campaign

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s decision to suspend his presidential campaign Thursday left some MSU students disappointed about his early exit.