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FOOTBALL

Maxwell able to lead MSU, conference

Midway through the No. 10 Spartans’ (2-0) 41-7 thrashing of Central Michigan (1-1) on the Chippewas’ home turf Saturday afternoon, something became very apparent — Andrew Maxwell is going to be just fine.

Matt Sheehan ·
MICHIGAN

E.L. celebrates new Torah

Song, dance and laughter filled the streets of East Lansing on Sunday afternoon as members from the MSU and Lansing Jewish communities carried a freshly scribed Sefer Torah Scroll from the Union to its new home at the Chabad of Lansing/MSU, 540 Elizabeth St. — a monumental event for the Jewish community.

Darcie Moran ·
MSU

Cata improves several stops on campus

As doctoral student Behnaz Ghaffari patiently waited for the route 31 Capital Area Transportation Authority, or CATA, bus to Brody Complex Neighborhood to arrive, she couldn’t help but feel thankful — the bus stop she stood at in front of Olin Health Center included several improvements from last year.

MICHIGAN

Added bike lanes ease problems

For MSU Bikes Service Center manager Tim Potter, his commute to work can be a difficult one if there isn’t a bike lane. Between sharing the road with motorists, who often yell at him for riding on the shoulder, to a couple of close calls with CATA buses, biking without a proper lane isn’t ideal. “Bicyclists do venture out into riding in the road; it’s pretty scary,” Potter said.

MICHIGAN

A humbled Obama takes the stage

On Thursday night, as President Barack Obama officially was accepting his party’s nomination for another term in the White House at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C., I was holed up in a hotel lobby three blocks away scrounging for public Wi-Fi to watch the speech — sadly, on C-SPAN, because a student journalist is last on the VIP list for exclusive presidential access. For the past three days, I had been running all over the city covering events that are pivotal to the Democratic Party platform and the President’s re-election efforts, including caucuses targeting a specific demographic of voters and rah-rah gatherings by legislators who have devoted themselves to Obama.

VOLLEYBALL

Column: MSU appears confident with Big Ten play looming

The Spartans have opened the 2012 season with three consecutive invitational championships by winning the Spartan Showcase, University of Connecticut Classic and the Auto-Owners Insurance Spartan Invitational over the last three weekends. Junior outside hitter Lauren Wicinski now has garnered a pair of MVP trophies — sophomore libero Kori Moster took home the MVP from the Connecticut Classic — and no fewer than five Spartans have been named to an all-tournament team.

SPORTS

Spartans fall to Northeastern

A rough weekend for MSU field hockey concluded with a 3-1 loss to Northeastern on Sunday at Ralph Young Field at Old College Field. The Spartans were hoping to bounce back from their double-overtime loss to Virginia on Friday, but a second-half surge by the Huskies was enough to put the game away.

FEATURES

2nd annual Art Attack! takes place in lansing

Scattered graffiti cans and a field of worn grass on the corner of Washington Avenue and Malcom X Street were the remnants of Art Attack!, a competition Saturday meant to encourage the integration of art into the community through an on-site art contest, Michigan bands and local vendors.

FOOTBALL

Arnett frustrated with playing time against CMU

It was the biggest play of DeAnthony Arnett’s young MSU career. The sophomore receiver’s 48-yard reception was a careerlong and set up an MSU touchdown on the Spartans’ opening drive of the second half against Central Michigan, but after the game Arnett hardly was thrilled. After playing less than a handful of plays in the Spartans’ season-opening victory against then-No. 24 Boise State, MSU receivers coach Terrence Samuel said Arnett likely would see an increase in playing time on Saturday.