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FOOTBALL

Maxwell is the man

After weeks of anticipation, MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio has named senior Andrew Maxwell his starting quarterback for Friday’s game against Western Michigan.

NEWS

Obama unveils college affordability plan

President Barack Obama on Thursday announced a plan to potentially lower the cost of college tuition by tying it to a new university ranking system. Working with Secretary of Education Arnie Duncan, the Obama Administration is set to have the program up-and-running by 2015, giving grants to colleges and universities that lower tuition fees, more graduates with less debt and higher post-graduation incomes a larger share of federal financial aid to nudge the sticker price down. “We will help more students afford college; we’ll help more students graduate from college,” Obama said in a speech at the University of Buffalo, in Buffalo, N.Y.