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Multicultural career summit focuses on politics at work

Maintaining good social relationships within the workplace was a top issue during the first Multicultural Student Leader Career Summit on Saturday. MSU alumni met with students to share their experience and give advice on how to lead successful careers at the summit, held at the James B.

NEWS

MIDDAY UPDATE: Police to focus on indoor activities

As the chilly, drizzly late-fall weather settles upon East Lansing, local law enforcement officers say they're anticipating weekend activity to calm down and move indoors. "It's been pretty quiet this fall, and it tends to naturally get quieter when it gets colder out and football is winding down," East Lansing police Capt.

NEWS

MIDDAY UPDATE: Ceremony honors McPherson's tenure as president

According to faculty, friends and family, MSU President M. Peter McPherson will be remembered as a forward-thinking, dedicated and tireless leader - a president who advanced MSU's international presence and propelled the university into the future. McPherson's accomplishments and character traits were discussed on Friday, when about 50 people attended a reception for the university's 19th president.

NEWS

Field hockey advances to 2nd round with 2-1 win

Evanston, Ill. - The No. 5 MSU field hockey team earned a hard fought 2-1 victory over Indiana on Friday afternoon in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament. The Spartans (16-2 overall, 6-1 Big Ten) fell behind early after the Hoosiers (12-8, 1-6) got on the board first, a rocket of a shot from right in front of the goal by Morgan Miller, just over five minutes into the game. "I thought Indiana played really well," MSU head coach Michele Madison said.

NEWS

Fretter scores 2 in 5-1 victory

Big Rapids - The MSU offense came to play Saturday night as the Spartans decimated Ferris State, 5-1, at Ewigleben Ice Arena. Junior forward Colton Fretter continued his hot play, scoring two goals and adding an assist.

NEWS

Spartans fall to Buckeyes

The MSU football team got off to a slow start on Saturday at Spartan Stadium and couldn't complete the comeback in a 32-19 loss to Ohio State. The Buckeyes (6-3 overall, 3-3 Big Ten) jumped out to an early 7-0 lead.

NEWS

Icers win, 4-2, over Ferris State

A fast start and a backbreaking late second period goal led the MSU hockey team (3-4-0, 2-3-0 CCHA) to a 4-2 win over Ferris State (2-7-0, 1-4-0) Friday in front of 5, 217 fans at Munn Ice Arena.

NEWS

Field hockey team optimistic about odds

The No. 5 MSU field hockey team has experienced a little bit of everything this season. The team has an NCAA goal-scoring leader, lost only two games, both decided in overtime, and now will go after its third consecutive Big Ten Tournament Championship. The Spartans (15-2 overall, 5-1 Big Ten) ended in a three-way tie with No.

COMMENTARY

Embarrassed

Michigan should be ashamed to have passed Proposal 2 into law. On Tuesday, our state and 11 others wrote hatred and discrimination into the very core of their state constitutions. We at The State News are appalled, but not necessarily surprised. Voting yes on Proposal 2 wouldn't have forced the hand of any religion - churches would have been free to marry or not marry whomever they pleased.

NEWS

Hayes puts loss, Edwards behind him, readies for Ohio State

Jaren Hayes is an emotional player who takes pride in his performance. So it only makes sense that he was down on himself after the MSU football team lost to the Michigan last week. Hayes, a junior cornerback, was covering U-M's Braylon Edwards, who caught three touchdowns in the fourth quarter and overtime in MSU's 45-37 triple-overtime loss to U-M.

COMMENTARY

Too many criteria allow for MIP ticket

The standards that police officers are using to give MIP tickets are becoming too broad. The fact that officers are allowed to consider your body as a container when giving an MIP is unnecessary.

NEWS

Heisman watch

A lot has happened in the last three weeks when we didn't print a Heisman Trophy race update. Just like it does every season, only the best players on the best teams are still in the running to win the most coveted trophy in college football. And many people believe that might be true freshman and Oklahoma running back Adrian Peterson jumping on the bandwagon.

SPORTS

WEB ONLY: Men's soccer closes season today

The MSU men's soccer team will wrap up its regular season at 3 p.m. today against Valparaiso at Old College Field. The Spartans (8-6-1 overall, 2-4 Big Ten) were winless in their last three games and are trying to gain some momentum heading into the Big Ten Tournament. "This Valparaiso game is huge," head coach Joe Baum said.

MSU

ASMSU determines funding for retreat

ASMSU finalized funding for its annual retreat this year, but the process has some members concerned with how closely representatives look at the bills they pass. "It concerns me a lot," said Patricia Smith, Student Assembly internal vice chairperson, about funding for the retreat passing through both ASMSU assemblies without any debate on the money allocated. "They spent more time debating fishing than debating spending $4,000 on a retreat," she said, referring to Student Assembly's meeting last Thursday, when it defeated a bill to look at changing an ordinance that bans fishing on the Red Cedar River. Both ASMSU assemblies combined to allocate up to $5,450 for the retreat, which allows ASMSU representatives to work on team-building efforts and get acquainted with staff employees they might only see in meetings, Smith said. She added that Academic Assembly has already spent a large portion of its budget on the Associated Michigan Universities Conference held at MSU in September.