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Adam Toolin ·
NEWS

Folkin' around

Roads were blocked off and began to fill up with masses of people this weekend as another summer festival in East Lansing got underway.

NEWS

Difference of opinion

Where they stand Romney Jobs Supports tying government union wages to private sector wages Supports free market and business growth Abortion Believes life begins at conception Believes contraception is a personal choice, but advocates abstinence (Nov.

MSU

LON-CAPA outlasts other online learning systems

MSU’s mainstream online learning management systems have come and gone, from ANGEL to Moodle and now Desire2Learn, but for about 20 years, LearningOnline Network with Computer-Assisted Personalized Approach, or LON-CAPA, has remained almost untouched and is used by professors and students across campus.

FOOTBALL

Lewis staying focused following costly error

In the case of junior safety Isaiah Lewis, it’s easy to wonder, “What if?” What if the referee in the inaugural Big Ten championship game last year didn’t flag him for running into the punter? What if he wasn’t instructed to go for the block? What if he had gotten a clean block and the Spartans had scooped up an easy touchdown to take the lead late in the game?

MICHIGAN

Home brewing store opens in Frandor

Many Spartans have an appreciation for beer, but not as many have actually created their own brews. Since That’s How We Brew, a home-brewing supply store, opened in early August at 3000 Vine St., in Lansing, they can.

MICHIGAN

Face time: Polygraph detective Anne Stahl

From fidgety movements, a spike of a heart rate and a high-tech instrument, MSU Police Detective Anne Stahl can tell when someone is lying to her face. Stahl is one of very few women in Michigan to operate a polygraph, or a diagnostic instrument with components that help her diagnose whether someone is being truthful or not by reading the examinee’s physiological responses to different types of questions.

NEWS

Shaping Shark Week

Nowadays, it isn’t common to come across someone who hasn’t at least heard of “Shark Week.” But when MSU alumnus W.

Sam Radecki ·
MICHIGAN

Raise a glass

It has been more than 125 years since Frank Beck, a farmer from Ohio, came to Michigan and started a small farm. And today, his great-great-grandchildren play on that same small farm, now known as Uncle John’s Cider Mill.