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COMMENTARY

Make the most of last days at MSU

There are certain behaviors and habits that are only socially acceptable at college. Depending on your future career, walking out of the house in sweatpants won’t be acceptable. People won’t be as sympathetic if you fall asleep in a meeting as your peers are when you’re drooling in your history class. And to some, going to the bar during the week might just look like pure desperation rather than an attempt to socialize with your peers. I’m not condoning overindulgence in these behaviors, but you should enjoy them while you can.

BASKETBALL

Thomas stifles Gophers star in win

Matt Bishop
March 8, 2008

Indianapolis — Going into Friday’s Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal game against Minnesota, the MSU women’s basketball team knew, above all else, it would have to contain Golden Gophers guard Emily Fox.

NEWS

Cotter's death ruled a suicide

Kelly House
March 7, 2008

The January death of MSU student Rylan Cotter has been ruled a suicide by an Indiana Coroner’s Office. The international relations junior’s body was found 28 feet from the base of an electrical tower Jan. 9 on a Chesterton, Ind., golf course.

MSU

Clarification

Clarification: The Oct. 17, 2006 letter mentioned in the page Page One article “Law school dean involved in possible conflict of interest” (SN 2/19), Page One article “College of Law seeks stable, reliable dean in new search” (SN 10/8/07), page 4a editorial “Stability, longevity needed for college of law” (SN 10/10/07) and Page One article “Move to strike” (SN 10/27/06) from the president of the law college to then-Dean Terence Blackburn said “the office of Provost has investigated the oral charges made against you by certain faculty members and found such charges to be unsubstantiated and without merit.”

MEN'S BASKETBALL

MSU edges Illinois, 59-51

Sean Ely
March 6, 2008

With a victory in sight late in the game on the road, the Spartans refused to crumble — not something MSU men’s basketball fans are used to seeing away from Breslin Center. The Green and White held on to squeak by Illinois 59-51 Thursday night at Assembly Hall in Champagne, Ill., led by senior guard Drew Neitzel and his 17 points.

BASKETBALL

Suton honored by Big Ten

Sean Ely
March 3, 2008

Junior center Goran Suton nailed his first collegiate 3-pointer Sunday afternoon against Indiana, snapping an 0-for-15 attempt record. Could it have been karma?

BASKETBALL

Spartans torch Indiana, 103-74

Sean Ely
March 2, 2008

You know what they say about paybacks. After losing by 19 points to Indiana on Feb. 16, the MSU men’s basketball team responded by crushing the Hoosiers, 103-74, on Sunday afternoon at Breslin Center.

ICE HOCKEY

Icers top Falcons on Senior Night, 6-3

Matt Bishop
February 29, 2008

After scoring 18 seconds apart to put the Spartans up 4-1 against Michigan last Friday, the duo of Justin Abdelkader and Tim Kennedy did it again Friday night against Bowling Green. With the pesky Falcons pushing to upset the Spartans on Senior Night yet again, Abdelkader and Kennedy scored 22 seconds apart late in the third period to break a 3-3 deadlock, leading MSU to a 6-3 victory at Munn Ice Arena.

BASKETBALL

Senior smackdown

Allison Grant
February 28, 2008

After four years on the MSU women’s basketball team, senior guard Courtney Davidson ended her regular-season career in record-setting style. Davidson scored a career-high 20 points, leading the team to a 54-46 victory over Illinois on Thursday night at Breslin Center.

NEWS

Police Brief 02/29/08

Kelly House
February 28, 2008

A white iPod nano, gift cards, $8 in cash, a Motorola Krazr cell phone valued at $547 and a brown Dockers wallet containing various forms of ID were reported stolen from a West Holmes Hall dorm room between 2 and 8 p.m. Sunday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

BASKETBALL

Naymick, Neitzel excel on, off court

When Drew Neitzel and Drew Naymick walk the length of their home floor on Sunday for senior day celebrations, they’ll be leaving a trail. The trail — of records, statistics, charity work and tenacity — will go down as a culmination of their character, more commonly referred to as a legacy.