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Google begins project to digitize MSU Libraries

For some, a cold and snowy walk to the Main Library might no longer be necessary to do research or reading for a class. Google is making changes that could eliminate the need for students to leave their homes to access some library resources.

MSU

Distinguished faculty reflect on careers

This Tuesday, the annual MSU Awards Convocation took place, and 10 faculty members were honored for their involvement in education and research with the Distinguished Faculty Award, with representation from many colleges across campus, including the College of Music and Eli Broad College of Business.

COMMENTARY

Eugenics still close to home

In 1883, Francis Galton published “Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development” and introduced to the world the term “eugenics.” His view was that for the betterment of the human race, society should improve itself by weeding out the “undesirables.” Galton pressed for the study of eugenics to become widespread. These ideas did take root — much closer to home than you might expect.

BASKETBALL

Old rivalry renewed as No. 4 U-M visits MSU

Derrick Nix remembers the first time he played Michigan. More than that, he remembers a lesson he learned in a practice days before it. During the 2009-10 season, then-freshman Nix readied for one the nation’s fiercest rivalries along with Kalin Lucas, Durrell Summers and the rest of then-No.

NEWS

Wired up, ready to go

MSU is a university in revolution. Throughout the 21st century, the university has become more interconnected as laptops have multiplied in lecture halls and the resources students use to learn gradually have begun to shift online.

MICHIGAN

Marijuana dispensaries ruled illegal

Michigan law enforcement officers now have the authority to shut down medical marijuana dispensaries after a new court ruling was issued Friday, potentially forcing thousands of county residents to find a new way to purchase the drug. The Michigan Supreme Court issued a 4-1 ruling Friday affirming medical marijuana dispensaries can be shut down under Michigan’s public nuisance law.

MICHIGAN

South Case Hall lounge vandalized

A chair and bottles were reportedly thrown from the sixth floor South Case Hall study lounge, a window screen was cut, and derogatory comments were written on whiteboards early Saturday morning, according to MSU police reports and an email to residents from their resident assistant, or RA, obtained by The State News.