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SPORTS

Spartan Stadium will switch to natural turf in 2002

The country’s best turf management school will strut its stuff on the football field.The administration unanimously agreed Friday to switch the turf on Spartan Stadium to natural grass.“I have felt very passionately about putting natural grass into the stadium,” Trustee David Porteous said.

MICHIGAN

Hudsons announces name change

For 120 years Hudson’s has been a household name throughout Michigan. But Friday Hudson’s announced it will change its name.Department store officials say all 21 Hudson’s will take on the name of Marshall Field’s, a company that the Dayton Hudson Corporation purchased in 1990.

NEWS

NAACP presidents speech addresses student activism

Monday was not only Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday for Kweisi Mfume - it was “Dignity Day.” Mfume, president and chief executive officer of the NAACP, addressed a crowd of more than 2,000 Monday night at the Wharton Center’s Great Hall as part of MSU’s Martin Luther King Jr.

FEATURES

Concert to benefit group

English senior Amanda McClintock was a little nervous Friday night at Lower Level Records, 611 E. Grand River Ave., Suite 100, when she heard that one of the bands performing at a benefit show for “Students for a Free Tibet” was having trouble locating one of its members. That fear was quickly diminished when 9:00 p.m.

SPORTS

Weird events make for an interesting trip up North

SAULT STE. MARIE - Something was weird in the Upper Peninsula this weekend. I don’t know if the stars were misaligned or there was an ion imbalance in the air or what, but this definitely was no ordinary trip to the Soo for the Spartan hockey team. First of all, it’s mid-January and I was walking around without a jacket.

NEWS

Icers sweep series

SAULT STE. MARIE - Two last-minute goals enabled the top-ranked Spartans to escape Lake Superior State with a 2-1 overtime win and a series sweep Sunday.Senior center Andrew Bogle batted in a power play goal with five seconds left in regulation and senior right wing Rustyn Dolyny scored with 20 seconds left in overtime as the Spartans (18-1-4 overall, 10-1-3 CCHA) kept alive their 20-game unbeaten streak (17-0-3) with a 2-1 win.Laker goaltender Jayme Platt tamed the MSU offense for almost 60 minutes, but a five-minute major penalty with 4:18 left in the third period proved too much for the Lakers (10-16-0, 6-12-0) to overcome.Laker center Mike Vigilante received the penalty and a game misconduct from referee Brian Aaron for hitting MSU freshman center Jeremy Jackson into the boards from behind.Jackson laid motionless, face-down on the ice for about five minutes before being helped off the ice.

NEWS

Nail leads icers to victory of Lake Superior State

SAULT STE. MARIE - Usually when a team is struggling for goals it will turn to one of its offensive superstars to make something happen.During the past four games, top-ranked MSU has turned to grinding right wing John Nail.The senior scored his team-leading fourth game-winning goal of the year with 1:26 left in the game as the Spartans (17-1-4 overall, 10-1-3) avoided a letdown against Lake Superior State (10-15-0, 6-12) Friday night at Taffy Abel Arena with a 2-0 win.

NEWS

Spartan beat Badgers in overtime

No. 3 MSU went on a 12-2 run in overtime to defeat No. 17 Wisconsin Saturday afternoon, 69-59. The win extended the Spartan’s home win streak to 39 games.Senior guard Charlie Bell hit a three pointer with 28.5 seconds remaining in regulation to tie the game at 57.

FEATURES

Behind the scenes

The performance never stops at MSU’s Wharton Center, and isn’t confined to the stage. Every day is a new act for the house management staff, which ensures the show goes on in front of the curtain as well as behind.Assistant House Manager Melissa Byers led the house troops during Wednesday’s performance of “Cabaret,” which plays at Wharton through Sunday as part of the center’s annual Broadway series.“It’s really more of a team effort,” Byers said.

MSU

Faculty flaunts talent in MSU-DCL show

By BRANDI LEWANDOWSKI The State News On Tuesday night Professor Michael Lawrence will show his MSU-Detroit College of Law students a side of him they’ve never seen before. Lawrence will play guitar and sing in the MSU-DCL staff and faculty talent show called “You Saw Them Rumble, Now Hear them Roar.” The show is at 8:30 p.m.

NEWS

Spartans hope to avoid foul trouble in rematch

In last year’s national semifinal game - which inspired the NCAA Rules Committee to start cracking down on physical play - MSU and Wisconsin combined for 37 fouls in a 53-42 slugfest.Saturday’s rematch at Breslin Student Events Center, the fifth meeting for the two ranked teams in less than a year, could spark different statistical results with referees emphasizing more on personal fouls this season.MSU head coach Tom Izzo said he will prepare his No.

FEATURES

Tapestry expresses history of area residents

A local artist has decided to take the idea behind family quilts and heirlooms and weave a history encompassing the greater Lansing community instead.Nancy McRay, a fiber artist, is putting together a room-sized tapestry she hopes will reflect society as it is today.

SPORTS

Icers ready for weekend face-off

When Ron Mason takes his No. 1-ranked Spartan hockey team to Sault Ste. Marie this weekend, he promises that hockey is first and foremost on his mind.Mason will be returning to Lake Superior State, the school that gave him his first head coaching job 35 years ago, for a two-game series tonight and Saturday.