COMMENTARY
Recycling does not save resources, reduce costs
The dorm recycling plan will always miss its potential because, in general, recycling is a waste of resources.
SPORTS
No. 9 gymnastics places second Friday in Pittsburgh meet
The No. 9 MSU gymnastics team finished second out of four teams Friday in a meet at Pittsburgh. The Spartans finished with a team score of 192.150, putting them behind No.
BASKETBALL
Hoops recruits show great potential
Chris Allen, a 6-foot-3, 185-pounder from Lawrenceville Meadowcreek High School in Georgia, scored a career-high 45 points Tuesday night as he led his team to a 75-72 win over Central Gwinnett, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. With 29 points, Kalin Lucas led Orchard Lake St.
COMMENTARY
Private lenders receive student loan subsidies
I would advise State News readers to scrutinize the recent column "Congress should not alter student loans" (SN 1/16), by Brian Riedl concerning the possible reduction of interest rates on student loans.
NEWS
Complex under new ownership
The Chandler Crossings apartments in the Northern Tier now belong to the same company that's leading the East Village project. San Diego-based Pierce Company Inc. announced Friday that it purchased four apartment complexes from Atlantis Development Group for $94.8 million. The Crossings — which includes The Club, The Landings and the two villages — houses almost 3,000 residents, who are primarily MSU students. The purchase agreement does not include the unused land surrounding the apartment complexes, Pierce Company officials said.
MICHIGAN
LCC trustees face lawsuit over meeting
For months, tensions have mounted on the Lansing Community College Board of Trustees — tensions that may have driven the board into an illegal closed session. The internal drama has led some trustees to publicly criticize board leadership and decision-making, even causing one trustee to resign from her position as vice chairwoman. And on Tuesday, a former trustee filed a lawsuit against the board for allegedly violating the state's Open Meetings Act, which requires all publicly elected bodies to conduct meetings open to the public. "It's a great concern to me when the public's business is not conducted in public, and it should be a concern to every taxpayer," said Todd Heywood, who served on the LCC board from 2001-03. Heywood charges in court documents that the board held a meeting in September at which a majority of members were present without adequate public notice. He also alleges that board Chairman Chris Laverty illegally moved the board into closed sessions. The State News was unable to reach Laverty for comment. If found in violation of the act, the board could be fined and ordered not to violate the act again with an injunction, said Herschel Fink, a First Amendment and media lawyer. An injunction would take another legal step in preventing the government body from meeting in secret by formally ordering it not to violate the act again or risk additional penalties such as jail time. "If the government is able to act behind closed doors, there are no checks and balances," Fink said.
ICE HOCKEY
Icers find ways to win
No matter how they do it, the Spartans are winning. Now victors of nine out of 10 games and back into contention for the CCHA regular-season title, the way the No.
MICHIGAN
Unemployment rate may keep rising
Michigan's unemployment rate jumped in December, and analysts predict the rate will continue to rise.
ICE HOCKEY
Comley receives gag gift to celebrate 60th birthday Saturday
It was a night of milestones on Saturday, but not of the statistical variety. MSU head coach Rick Comley turned 60 years old, and junior forward Bryan Lerg turned 21. Before the game started, Comley received a gift from an old friend. "Two of our jesters got me a birthday cake, an ice cream cake from Baskin-Robbins," Comley said.
SPORTS
Monday musings
The Los Angeles Dodgers have announced they will open an all-you-can-eat pavilion in right field next season.
SPORTS
MSU football receives QB, LBs among four more commitments
MSU head football coach Mark Dantonio and his staff had a busy weekend, picking up four verbal commitments since Thursday. First was outside linebacker Greg Jones from Cincinnati's Archbishop Moeller High School.
NEWS
ASMSU's last female chairperson steps down
After the resignation of ASMSU's only female chairperson two weeks ago, some current and former MSU student government members are questioning how the remaining five chairpersons can accurately represent campus. Julielyn Gibbons, Student Assembly vice chairperson for External Affairs, resigned unexpectedly from her post during the organization's Jan.
BASKETBALL
MSU back in Big Ten picture after rout
State College, Pa. — With the way his shot was falling, Drew Neitzel might as well have been shooting at a rusty basket in his driveway back home.
BASKETBALL
High-tempo Spartans explode for transition points; Izzo vows team will continue to play faster game
State College, Pa. — The green light is on again. With their perimeter depth at least somewhat restored for Saturday's game against Penn State, the Spartans revived their struggling fast break — just as head coach Tom Izzo had been aching to do all season. The Spartans had three transition baskets in the first seven minutes of their 91-64 romp, and they finished the game with a 16-9 edge in fast-break points. "We're going to keep running," Izzo vowed afterward. Part of the equation was intense ball pressure up top from junior guard Drew Neitzel and sophomore guard Travis Walton, which forced several turnovers that led to transition baskets. "You pressure the ball, get a couple turnovers, (and) it gets you going on defense, it gets you going on offense," Walton said. But even on missed Penn State shots, the Spartans were getting back up the court with the urgency of someone trying to catch a bus, and Neitzel and Walton did a superb job of getting the ball ahead to streaking finishers.
NEWS
Women's hoops team defeats Iowa
The No. 23 MSU women's basketball team went into halftime and made two key adjustments: It worked to get the ball to freshman center Allyssa DeHaan, and it pressured Iowa up and down the court. A one-point halftime lead quickly turned into an 11-point lead, as the Spartans overcame a sluggish first half to defeat the Hawkeyes for the second time in a week, 67-57, Sunday afternoon at Breslin Center. "It was a much better second half for us," MSU head coach Joanne P.
COMMENTARY
Misguided letter attacks columnist erroneously
Rachel Wilkerson's letter, "Style icons prevalent in American culture today" (SN 1/19), unwittingly embodies the very lack of class and style Beth Swanson bemoans in her article "Columnist seeks 'Old Hollywood' style in Golden Globes' attendees" (SN 1/17). The old-world style and pedigree Audrey Hepburn epitomized transcends mere apparel.
COMMENTARY
Online libraries beneficial for public
Recently, the University of Texas at Austin became the latest participant in the Google Books Library Project, a program aimed at digitizing books from the libraries of universities nationwide. Thus far, in addition to University of Texas at Austin, University of Michigan, Harvard, Stanford, Oxford universities and the New York Public Library have participated in the project.
NEWS
Tight end sentenced to 9-month probation
MSU football player Eric Andino was sentenced Friday in East Lansing's 54-B District Court to nine months of probation for his involvement in an Oct.
NEWS
MIDDAY UPDATE: MSU football player receives sentence
MSU football player Eric Andino was sentenced to nine months probation Friday for his involvement in an Oct.
NEWS
MIDDAY UPDATE: ASMSU representation questioned
After the resignation of ASMSU's only female chairperson two weeks ago, some current and former MSU student government members are questioning how the remaining five chairpersons can accurately represent campus. Julielyn Gibbons, Student Assembly vice chairperson for external affairs for ASMSU, resigned from her post at the organization's Jan.