SPORTS
Gymnasts to face Michigan on Saturday
The No. 25 MSU gymnastics team will host No. 15 Michigan on Saturday at Jenison Field House. At the State of Michigan Classic on Feb.
NEWS
Morgan forced out of practice with flu
Someone better start making some more chicken soup — and fast. Freshman forward Raymar Morgan was held out of practice Thursday with the same flu-like symptoms that have limited junior guard Drew Neitzel and junior center Drew Naymick this week. Morgan showed up for practice, but team doctors told him to go home and go to bed.
NEWS
Junior center elevating play
Being the most experienced player on the MSU roster, one would expect junior center Drew Naymick also to be one of the most reliable.
COMMENTARY
ASMSU Student Assembly mistake is troublesome
As a former officer in ASMSU, it's hard to see Student Assembly collapse into chaos. It's clear there are some direction and leadership problems with that branch of the organization. It's a shame when the leaders of a student government at one of the biggest public universities in the country can't keep track of a word-processing file containing the minutes from an important meeting. Perhaps the only saving grace for ASMSU as a whole is that Academic Assembly is continuing to represent students appropriately when it comes to the academic issues that affect them most.
SPORTS
Grapplers prepare for Big Ten Championships
The preliminary seeds have been posted, and the MSU wrestlers are ready for the Big Ten Championships this weekend. MSU will host the championship meet, and all Big Ten teams will head to Breslin Center for the first time since 1996.
NEWS
McCallie back as U.S. team coach
After leading USA Basketball's Under-20 National Team to the gold medal in the FIBA Americas Under-20 Championship this past summer, MSU head coach Joanne P.
COMMENTARY
Government's disrespect of opinions hypocritical
ASMSU has created a record for itself by punishing individuals or groups that do not agree with it. Whether it be firing individuals or removing organizations, ASMSU has made it clear that dissenting opinions will not be tolerated. According to the article "ASMSU debates degree" (SN 3/1), by Joey Nowak, ASMSU wants to revoke a degree given to Robert Mugabe because Mr. Mugabe does not encourage free speech.
NEWS
Podcasts to discuss file sharing, basketball team
If you haven't been listening to The State News podcasts, you've been missing out. Here is your chance to catch up. This week, the opinion desk discusses file sharing and the culture of vanity in college students. Also, the sports desk looks ahead to the Big Ten Tournament. To listen to our podcasts, go to www.statenews.com/multimedia, then select "listen now" to play right onto your computer or click on "iTunes" to subscribe and stream directly to your iPod.
NEWS
Women begin Big Ten tourney play
WHAT: MSU vs. Minnesota WHEN: Approximately 2:30 p.m. today RADIO/TV: WVFN (730-AM)/Comcast Local WHERE: Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind.
MICHIGAN
Mason said he will be 'fall guy' in murder
Lansing — Sympathetic to the family of Martin V. Brown and ashamed about his association with a hate group in the 1970s, Gary Mason said he would become the "fall guy" or scapegoat for Brown's 1973 murder on MSU's campus. In taped interviews in 2005 with Detective Jason Ferguson of the Ingham County Sheriff's Department, Mason proclaimed his innocence, but said he still felt guilty about Brown's murder. "I'm so ashamed," Mason said.
NEWS
Handicapping the Big Ten tourney field
Men's basketball reporter Ethan Conley delivers his breakdown of all 11 Big Ten teams before they begin play in the Big Ten Tournament, scheduled for March 8-11 in Chicago. Ohio State 26-3 overall, 14-1 Big Ten The Buckeyes are the champions of the conference season, and they boast the most talented roster in the Big Ten.
NEWS
Prognosticators
MSU men at No. 4 Wisconsin Noon Saturday, Kohl Center TK — What a shame — I really think MSU would have finished the regular season on a six-game winning streak if not for its recent Oregon Trail-like bad news.
NEWS
DeHaan named Big Ten's best freshman
When word came down Tuesday from the Big Ten office that freshman center Allyssa DeHaan had been named the conference's Freshman of the Year, she was neither the first to hear it, nor did any of her teammates inform her. So who told her the big news?
NEWS
Beyond the divide
Stand in the middle of East Grand River Avenue, and you're at the divide between two worlds. To the south, a sprawling academic institution opens its doors to more than 45,000 students for about nine months out of the year.
COMMENTARY
Holding on to faith
Earlier this week, news broke that a documentary entitled "The Lost Tomb of Jesus" was scheduled to be aired March 4 on the Discovery Channel.
COMMENTARY
Efforts decrease illegal downloading
On-campus illegal downloading violations have decreased during the last few years. MSU was ranked No.
COMMENTARY
MSU students must run, vote for E.L. City Council
Richard Lund's letter "MIP charges necessary to protect E.L.
MSU
Students feel stifled by program
As a 9-year-old boy, José Villagrán worked all day hunched over in cucumber fields. His hands bled from being pricked by the crop. Villagrán, an interdisciplinary studies in social science senior, grew up as a migrant worker with his family, traveling between Texas and Wisconsin for about five years. The injustices Villagrán saw while working in the fields pushed him to actively fight for migrant worker rights while a student at MSU.
SPORTS
Orr, Langlois score All-Big Ten honors
MSU track and field athletes junior Jeremy Orr and senior Mark Langlois received All-Big Ten Indoor honors for their performances at the Big Ten Indoor Championships last weekend. Langlois won the pole vault, earning him first-team honors.
NEWS
WEB UPDATE: Women's team advances in Big Ten Tournament
Indianapolis — Freshman center Allyssa DeHaan just keeps getting better. DeHaan scored 27 points on 12-of-14 shooting with eight rebounds, six blocks and five assists to lead the MSU women's basketball team to a 77-68 win over Minnesota in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament on Friday afternoon at Conseco Fieldhouse.