COMMENTARY
Performance moving, challenges society
I don't know about everyone else, but I'm getting a little tired of hearing from the self-hating Katie Wilcox.
FEATURES
Film fest treat for children
Shirley, an all-knowing box turtle, delighted a full auditorium of moviegoers on opening night of the 9th Annual East Lansing Children's Film Festival. The first film shown was "Lost in the Woods: The Movie." Shirley narrates the scenic film and teaches the audience about the signs of spring. "Lost in the Woods: The Movie" was followed by five short films that were very different despite having nature themes.
NEWS
MSU loses 78-71 to Indiana in winless streak
Bloomington, Ind. — Tom Izzo's teams usually get stronger as the season goes on. Not this year. With the combination of a lack of depth, inexperience in the front court and an untimely injury, Izzo's Spartans have found themselves in a downward spiral after losing for the fourth time in their last five games to Indiana on Sunday, 78-71, at Assembly Hall. "It's difficult moving players around," Izzo said.
COMMENTARY
No exception
The First Amendment suffered a major blow last week when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a college censorship case.
SPORTS
At this spot in season, Pistons are a starfish
The trade deadline has long been the true halfway point in the NBA season. Rosters are cemented, players are sure of their roles, and teams make eleventh-hour deals to add some missing pieces (see: Wallace, Rasheed). Even more importantly, since both the 41-game mark and the All-Star break have come and gone, Thursday's deadline marked my last chance to hand out some mid-season awards!
FEATURES
Animal Collective impressive live
The underground is alive and well. And the proof is in the pudding. Animal Collective sonically astonished a capacity crowd — 600 advanced tickets sold — at Lansing's The Temple Club, 500 E.
SPORTS
From the road
Women's hoops reporter Ethan Conley took a trip down to Ann Arbor for Thursday's regular-season finale victory against Michigan. Heading to Ann Arbor to watch an athletic contest is usually enough to make a Spartan froth at the mouth.
NEWS
3 men arraigned for dorm assault
The three men who were arrested after Thursday's assault in Hubbard Hall were arraigned Friday on charges of home invasion, felonious assault and felony firearm, officials at the Ingham County Prosecutor's Office said. MSU student Albert Robinson, a general business administration and pre-law freshman, and nonstudents Roy Holt and Joel Hamlar each have 10 charges against them. The men could not be reached for comment Sunday. After the men allegedly entered a South Hubbard Hall room, one of the nonstudents threatened a victim with a gun and poured gasoline from a water bottle onto the victim's chest and threatened to light it.
COMMENTARY
Housing guide gives students good advice
This letter is in response to Tasha Dalstra's "SN irresponsible with housing guide how-to" (SN 2/13). I apologize if you were offended because our collegiate independent newspaper published a section "with information on how to find the cheapest keg and how to construct a beer pong table." Printing something like that might actually provide an opportunity for people to have "a little fun," and as you pointed out, "we have all seen that a little fun can quickly turn into a lot of tear gas." You called this publication "irresponsible" for trying to help people save money on beer, and for offering instructions on how to play an innocent game.
MSU
Young cadets learn ROTC skills
By Justin Kroll For The State News Cadet Jay Knight paid close attention as he observed Cadet 1st Lt.
BASKETBALL
Coming up empty
Davis, Ager, Brown or get out of town. MSU's Big Three — senior center Paul Davis, senior guard Maurice Ager and junior guard Shannon Brown — once again dominated the scoresheet Sunday, accounting for all but nine of the Spartans' points in their 78-71 loss to Indiana. MSU got just three points from its bench — all from freshman guard Travis Walton, who played 32 minutes in place of injured senior forward Matt Trannon. The Hoosiers, meanwhile, got 16 points from their bench, including a game-tying free throw by Errek Suhr and a game-tying layup by Roderick Wilmont in the game's final minutes. But MSU head coach Tom Izzo insists he's not looking to his bench to score more. "We don't have a great bench — I told you that in September," Izzo said.
NEWS
Postgame gathering unlikely to take place
Should the MSU men's basketball team make a run to the NCAA Final Four this April, there likely won't be a place in East Lansing where large crowds of postgame revelers are welcome. Members of the joint city and university Celebrations Committee are recommending that no event be planned following the game, based on results from a student survey. "You don't plan an event you don't think people will attend," said MSU's director of community relations Ginny Haas, who co-chairs the Celebrations Committee.
MICHIGAN
E.L. restaurant's 'blighted' status recognized nationally
A McDonald's in East Lansing has been dubbed the "Blighted Business of the Week" by a national activist group. The McDonald's, 1024 E.
NEWS
MIDDAY UPDATE: Planned event for NCAA Tournament unlikely
Should the MSU men's basketball team make a run to the NCAA Final Four this April, there likely won't be a place in East Lansing where large crowds of postgame revelers are welcome. Members of the joint city and university Celebrations Committee are recommending that no event be planned following the game, based on results from a student survey. "You don't plan an event you don't think people will attend," said Ginny Haas, who co-chairs the Celebrations Committee.
NEWS
MIDDAY UPDATE: MSU police, students compete in touch football game
Police vs. students sounds like a familiar rivalry, but it wasn't over parking tickets or party noise this time. They brought their game to the football field. Residents of Brody and West Circle complexes joined MSU police officers Sunday at Duffy Daugherty Football Building to compete in a friendly game of touch football. The game was played as a fundraiser for the American Red Cross. Lorrie Bates and David Isabell, both MSU police officers, began planning the inaugural game three weeks ago.
NEWS
WEB EXTRA: Findlay decides to not ask for recount of close election
Republican Senate candidate John Findlay will not seek a recount of Tuesday's primary election results in which Vince Green defeated him by only one vote. Green won the Republican portion of the primary with 1,317 votes to Findlay's 1,316. Findlay decided not to ask for a recount partially at the request of the Republican Party, which wanted to ensure there was time for the Republican nominee to organize his campaign before the general election in three weeks, Findlay said.
NEWS
WEB EXTRA: Three men charged in connection with Hubbard Hall assault
The three men arrested after Thursday's assault at Hubbard Hall were arraigned today on charges of home invasion, felonious assault and felony firearm, said Linda Maloney, Ingham County's chief assistant prosecutor. MSU student Albert Robinson and nonstudents Roy Holt and Joel Hamlar each have 10 charges against them.
NEWS
Number crunching
10: The number of wins that the women's basketball team had during head coach Joanne P. McCallie's first season at MSU in 2000-2001.
FEATURES
Students, professor compose entire singing show
It takes hours to compose a song, let alone an entire concert. John Kratus has worked many countless hours to put together a concert of original songs. The program is titled "Stars in Our Bones" and includes all original songs, which will be performed by Kratus and many students. Countless hours have been put into rehearsals and composing for the concert.
NEWS
It's their time to shine
Lindsay Bowen and Liz Shimek stood at midcourt on Senior Day as coaches, teammates and fans thanked them for their four-year tenure at MSU.