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COMMENTARY

Mother’s influence inspires best traits

Most of us probably have heard the phrase “You’re just like your mom/dad” before. And most of us probably have experienced that moment of panic afterward — those few fear-stricken seconds we spend combing our mind for differences, for any reason we’re absolutely not like our parents.

NEWS

Packaging group faces university restrictions

Members of MSU student organization CoPPAC, or Coalition of Packaging Professionals and Academic Connections, are facing some limitations by the university after an incident involving alcohol consumption at an alumni event in Chicago in late October.

MSU

MCAT revamp increases workload

After major changes to the 2015 Medical College Admission Test, or MCAT, MSU premedical students might have a bigger workload, but it could better prepare them for their career in the field of medicine.

BASKETBALL

Spartans value defense with smaller rotation

A player has to be able to guard the person in front of her. That is what women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant said after the MSU women’s basketball team defeated Virginia Tech 57-29 on Sunday, allowing the fewest amount of points in a regular-season game since it gave up only 27 against Michigan in 2009.

MSU

Face Time: Dr. Gerald Urquhart

Dr. Gerald Urquhart, assistant professor in the Lyman Briggs College and the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, will head into the rainforests of Nicaragua for one purpose: to help save an endangered species known as Baird’s tapir, which are related to elephants. They have been eating farmers’ crops and have been largely hunted by farmers.

MICHIGAN

House committee debates Blue Cross changes

Attorney General Bill Schuette testified about proposed legislative changes to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, or BCBSM, in front of the House Insurance Committee Monday morning, stressing the importance of keeping continued coverage for “Michigan’s most vulnerable” citizens and calling for careful review of the proposed legislation before any action.

MICHIGAN

MSU ties for first for most attractive students in retracted survey

Bloomberg Businessweek has been taking heat for a survey released last week asking readers to rate the attractiveness of male and female students at top business colleges across the country. MSU tied for first, according to survey results, but the report wasn’t up for long, as readers complained the survey was offensive to women.