Sunday, January 11, 2026

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SPORTS

Titans shoot, turnover like U

The statistics haven’t been pretty, but the MSU women’s basketball team has put together a winning record early in its season. The Spartans (4-1) look to continue their success as they take on Detroit (1-1) at 7 p.m.

COMMENTARY

How can SN support affirmative action?

I found the editorial “Colorless” (SN 11/27) very ironic, bringing light to the fact that the ethnicity of the Council of Racial Ethnic Students and the Council of Progressive Students liaison is irrelevant.

FEATURES

Wharton center offers discount price to students

Student ticket prices for “CTRL+ALT+DELETE,” the play commissioned by Wharton Center, go on sale today at a discount price of $10. The play opens Thursday in the Pasant Theatre. It focuses around the history of the technology boom and crash from 1998 to 2000.

COMMENTARY

Safe border, eh

Kudos to MSU President M. Peter McPherson for his involvement in the call for border security talks between the United States and Canada. A letter signed by 21 U.S.

NEWS

Program works to make U accessible for everyone

Going to college isn’t an option for everyone. But MSU is among many institutions across the country trying to recruit students with programs geared toward accepting first-generation students or students from low-income families. “There are many, many projects across the country that are funded,” said Deborah Galvan, assistant director of the Office of Supportive Services.

FEATURES

Subject of recent books shed in frightful lights

Sometimes too much isn’t the answer. I work at a bookstore in my hometown and during Thanksgiving break I spent some time behind the cash wrap, saving up some dough for spring break and Christmas presents. I’ve worked there since I was a junior in high school, and in that time I’ve come across many books that tackled various issues and current affairs of our nation and world.

COMMENTARY

MIP or RIP

The fear of getting in trouble for a minor in possession of alcohol infraction is outweighing too many students’ concern for their safety - a dangerous trend that current enforcement policies encourage. Cracking down on underage drinking does not teach responsibility, it only causes students to fear for their legal well-being.

VOLLEYBALL

Hartley says goodbye with win

When junior middle blocker Angela Morley stepped behind the service line with the score 29-24 Saturday night against Indiana at Jenison Field House, fellow Spartan volleyball player senior outside hitter Erin Hartley took a look around.And she didn’t look specifically at anything, she looked at what would soon be just a memory.“There were certain times out on the court, like when it was 29-24, when I said to myself, ‘this is the last point before I’m done here,’” Hartley said.

FEATURES

BoarsHead presents comedy Bellyfruit tonight

“Bellyfruit,” a play about unplanned pregnancies, kicked off BoarsHead Theater’s Dark Night series Monday evening and ends at 7 tonight with a free performance. Put on by BoarsHead’s four interns and director K.