NEWS
Residential options
When recruiters for MSU's newest residential college say they actively seek out applicants, they mean it.
ICE HOCKEY
No. 9 Spartans still have room to grow offensively
The No. 9 Spartans hockey team is idle this weekend before taking on Nebraska-Omaha in a road series Feb.
SPORTS
Grapplers start Big Ten schedule tonight
Wrestling head coach Tom Minkel looks at his team and sees "big-time talent." The only thing missing on the No.
MSU
Academic Council seeks student voice
You may have thought it, and maybe even said it — the university doesn't care about the student voice. Now is your chance to make a difference and get your voice heard. About 15 seats are vacant on Academic Council.
NEWS
Durant, Oden have SN reporters arguing over NBA's top pick
I know conventional logic states you need a dominant, big man to win an NBA title. History proves it — in the last 25 years, the only teams to win a championship without a major inside presence were Michael Jordan's Bulls teams.
MICHIGAN
New business delivers cookies
It's 11 p.m. on Wednesday, and English senior Nathaniel Janick and his friend, professional writing sophomore Phil DeAngelis, are leaving Wells Hall after seeing a movie. A tad hungry, DeAngelis, Janick and their friends are not interested in eating a full course meal or fast food.
NEWS
Role players key for MSU
SN women's basketball reporter Matt Bishop recently sat down with himself and answered some questions about the MSU women's basketball team.
FEATURES
Students unaffected by pirating threats
By Eric Stern McClatchy Newspapers Sacramento, Calif. — College students who illegally download music and movies have been sued. They've had Internet access shut off or threatened, and they've been warned to never do it again. But the threat of a letter in a permanent file doesn't hold as much sway as it used to.
NEWS
Roadblocked
State College, Pa. — Bryce Jordan Center continues to be a house of horrors for the MSU women's basketball team. The No.
NEWS
Steve Smith still longs for college lifestyle
In 1997, former MSU basketball player Steve Smith donated $2.5 million for the construction of the Clara Bell Smith Student-Athlete Academic Center — a building named after Smith's mother that serves MSU's athletes. Ten years later, the 14-year NBA veteran is a television color analyst for the Atlanta Hawks.
MSU
Students, provost address issues in Chicano/Latino studies
Broken promises and a list of demands for on support and funding for the Chicano/Latino studies specialization program were discussed Thursday morning when 10 students met with university administrators. In fall 2005, students from the discipline met with Provost Kim Wilcox to voice concerns about the program's budget and future.
COMMENTARY
Recycling is key element for waste management
I am writing in regard to Steve Sutton's letter, "Recycling does not save resources, reduce costs" (SN 1/22). In his letter, Mr. Sutton makes several shortsighted arguments wrapped in derogatory rhetoric and snide sarcasm. I am disappointed that he sees in me some kind of superficial ignoramus, interested only in patting my hipster self on the back for my "responsible" recycling participation.
NEWS
Evolution of a team
After losing two All-Big Ten players to graduation, the MSU women's basketball team has had a little bit of reloading to do this season. While the team still has two seniors in the starting lineup— guards Rene Haynes and Victoria Lucas-Perry — the remainder of the lineup is full of players who are relatively inexperienced. Allyssa DeHaan is a true freshman starting at center.
NEWS
Spartans women travel to Rutgers
WHAT: No. 23 MSU vs. Rutgers WHEN: 5 p.m. Sunday on RADIO/TV: WVFN (730-AM)/ESPN2 WHERE: The Louis Brown Athletic Center (capacity: 8,000) in Piscataway, N.J. THE SERIES: MSU won the only previous meeting between the two schools, 73-71, at Breslin Center on Jan.
NEWS
Practice helps big men
It's Monday evening, and for most of the MSU men's basketball team, practice has just ended.
NEWS
Prognosticators
MSU men vs. No. 5 Ohio State 9 p.m. Saturday, Value City Arena TK — You want me to give you hope, don't you?
MSU
MSU may expand other med program
One MSU faculty member expressed concern that university officials are spreading resources too thin in terms of expanding medical colleges throughout the state. As administrators seal the deal with the College of Human Medicine's expansion into Grand Rapids, their attention now is focused on creating a "satellite campus" for the College of Osteopathic Medicine in eastern Michigan. However, the university must preserve its local clinical operation, said Jim Potchen, Executive Committee of Academic Council chairman. "This is an expansion and not a move," Potchen said.
MICHIGAN
TIME poll: Clinton has support of Democrats
Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton used to stand by her husband as he made crucial decisions for the United States. Now, she's vying for the opportunity to make those same calls. Does she have a chance? According to a TIME Magazine poll that ran from Jan.
NEWS
MSU wary of Ohio State's Oden
Saturday night in Columbus, Ohio, MSU will face the best young talent the basketball world has seen since LeBron James made the leap to the NBA in 2003.