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MSU alumna and Baby Einstein founder to speak at Wells Hall

Aspiring entrepreneurs will have an opportunity to learn from somewhat of an “Einstein.” MSU alumna, founder of The Baby Einstein Company and New York Times bestselling author Julie Aigner-Clark will be speaking to students and faculty Monday night on her success as well as new projects she is working on.

MSU

Police see continuing trend in Homecoming weekend crime

Both MSU and East Lansing police reported a relatively normal Homecoming weekend when it came to crime rates, each experiencing minor fluctuations in open intoxicant, minor in possession, and parking-related crimes.----DELETE THESE AFTER USED FOR COPY CUZ THIS IS GONNA GO ON THE WEBSITE TOMORROW MORNINGELPD stats: file:///Users/reporter/Downloads/wr092614-0982814.pdfnot crazy weekend, it was just warm soOur stats also depend on how many officers are on dutyAt times it could be really busy and staff could appear to be very low because there comes a point where officers too busy to enforce open intoxication or minor in possession laws, but that was not the case with this weekendMSUnothing extraordinary, got 12 arrests, 9 last week and 36 WWflo

MICHIGAN

MSU students work to boost Lansing area literacy

One member of her staff refers to her as the “Mother Theresa of Literacy.”But Lois Bader claims she’s just doing what she loves.Bader is the executive director of the Capital Area Literacy Coalition and its Read to Succeed program, which is celebrating 30 years of helping Lansing area students develop literacy skills after the school day ends.Every year, the Read to Succeed program recruits MSU students and gives them professional training to later take a child one on one for a semester to develop a struggling student’s literacy skills.

VOLLEYBALL

Top-10 recruiting class paying dividends for volleyball

With a top-10 recruiting class comes big expectations and the craving for immediate production. MSU volleyball compiled the No. 6-rated recruiting class last spring according to PrepVolleyball.com.The talented class has paid dividends for head coach Cathy George, whose team has caught a case of the injury bug early on this season.

FOOTBALL

Mark Dantonio on concussions — “We’re not going to put anybody in the game that we think is at risk.”

Head coach Mark Dantonio was back at the podium Tuesday to address Nebraska, redshirts and concussion protocol in light of the recent situation at Michigan.