MSU
Eco-challenge pair present
Cadets in MSU’s ROTC program listened to two participants in last year’s Armed Forces Eco-Challenge in Alaska. Capts.
COMMENTARY
Inflated grades
Grades should reflect the amount of work students accomplish in their classes, as well as the level of intellectual ability students have.
COMMENTARY
Taxed out
MSU’s undergraduate student government has a lot of questions to answer if it hopes to restore credibility to the organization and any of its referendum items to be voted on during this week’s universitywide elections. It seems ASMSU leaders will make an effort to do that at 7 p.m.
MSU
Lithuanian ambassador to the U.S. to visit DCL students
The Lithuanian ambassador to the United States will be at MSU-Detroit College of Law today to talk to students throughout the day. Vygaudas Usackas will conduct a European Union class tonight and meet with members from MSU International Studies and Programs and James Madison College. Like the students he will be talking with, Usackas pursued a law degree as a college student. He studied law at Vilnius University in Lietuva, earning his degree in May 1990.
NEWS
SPORTS UPDATE: U-M tops Spartans in tourney final, 3-2
Detroit - No. 2 seed MSU lost to archrival No. 1 seed Michigan 3-2 in today’s CCHA Tournament championship game at Joe Louis Arena.The Spartans (27-8-5) now wait until 9 p.m.
ICE HOCKEY
MSU to meet U-M for tourney championship after win over Northern
Detroit - Retiring MSU head coach Ron Mason will get another crack at the Wolverines - and it will be with the CCHA Tournament championship on the line. The archrivals posted matching 2-1 semifinal wins in front of 14,079 fans at Joe Louis Arena on Saturday.
NEWS
SPORTS UPDATE: Spartans have second-round success in WNIT, top Illini 70-57
Champaign, Ill. - The MSU women’s basketball team advanced to the third round of the Women’s National Invitational Tournament on Saturday with a 70-57 win against Illinois. The Spartans (18-12) trailed for most of the first half, but sophomore guard Candice Jackson hit a three-pointer to end the half with MSU leading 32-28. Jackson finished the game with 11 points, but freshman Kelli Roehrig led MSU’s balanced attack with 14.
BASEBALL
Sluggers keep rolling
The baseball team (9-2) will travel to Richmond, Ky., to take on Eastern Kentucky (2-8) in a three-game series with a doubleheader Saturday.
COMMENTARY
Work not done
While there have been improvements at MSU concerning awareness of the lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender community, there’s still a long way to go before true acceptance on campus can be achieved. In 1992, the University-Wide Task Force on Lesbian and Gay Issues and MSU published “Moving Forward,” a report that assessed the climate toward the LBGT community and identified ways to improve that quality of life.
BASKETBALL
Underdog Spartans adjust to new role
Washington - The MSU men’s basketball team arrived for a 12:15 p.m. practice Thursday at the MCI Center, but something was missing.
COMMENTARY
Setting the record straight...
The State News editorial “Election errors” (SN 3/14) erroneously reported the number of James Madison College students and members of the college’s Student Senate on ASMSU’s All University Election Commission.
MSU
Energy Awareness Week reminds U to conserve
Next week, cars without gasoline and machines powered by wind instead of electricity will become the norm at MSU. Beginning Monday, the Office of Campus Sustainability and MSU’s chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America will host Energy Awareness Week. Students, faculty and staff will have the chance to check out the future, including solar-powered cars and the newest in computer technology. “This is one way we can highlight some of the things we are suggesting,”said Brenda Wrigley, assistant professor of public relations and public relations society adviser.
MICHIGAN
Engler sets March for GHB awareness
Kelli Richardson enjoys going out on weekends, but she also knows about GHB, ecstasy and other club drugs - and often worries about being exposed to them.“Sometimes when I go out with my friends, I think about someone slipping a drug into my drink,” the microbiology sophomore said.
SPORTS
Alabama next for U
The MSU men’s golf team will compete in the Conrad Rehling Spring Invitational this weekend. The invitational starts today in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and ends Sunday.
NEWS
Womens team wins first-round WNIT game
MSU continued to play high-octane offensive basketball Thursday night, defeating DePaul 87-76 in the first round of the Women’s National Invitational Tournament.It was the third-straight game the Spartans (17-12) topped the 80-point mark, topping their season average of 63.3 by more than 23 points.
MICHIGAN
Lansing City Council ends bars restraints
It will once again be business as usual at Coscarelli’s Restaurant & Lounge after restrictions imposed by the Lansing City Council were lifted Thursday. The sports bar, 2420 S.
MSU
Science fiction project open to undergrad researchers, lit-lovers
Lovers of science fiction can be part of a campus research group that provides opportunities for leadership, research and college credit.
COMMENTARY
Americans preoccupied with trendy, inefficient sport utility vehicles
In most respects, I consider myself to be a fairly average guy. Like most average guys, I want to finish school, find a desirable job and potentially settle down with 2.3 children and a house in suburbia.
FEATURES
40 Days of abstinence fun to watch
Must... restrain... self! So easy to make dirty jokes... editors will get angry... so many sex jokes!
MICHIGAN
Budget problems put ELRA in limbo
The East Lansing Recreation & Arts program may be taken over by the city after severe budget problems and growing debt has plagued it for three years.