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Thanksgiving meal hosted at MSU

With MSU’s Thanksgiving holiday break only a day away some students are preparing to head home for Thanksgiving dinner with their families. But graduate student Sia Lee is one of a number of international students staying on campus during break.

FEATURES

What else to do this Thanksgiving eve

An annual reunion with family and friends calls for a celebration. With many people returning to their hometowns to celebrate Thanksgiving, the night before the holiday often is spent out on the town at local bars or restaurants.

MSU

ASMSU, CATA plan to release bus tracking app

After being placed on hold about a month for developmental research, ASMSU is continuing to plan a bus tracking mobile app using GPS technology to map Capital Area Transportation Authority, or CATA, buses, but discussions between the two groups have not yet taken place.

MICHIGAN

MSUFCU ranks in top Mich. workplaces

MSU Federal Credit Union, or MSUFCU, the world’s largest university-based credit union, which serves both MSU and Oakland University, was recently recognized as one of the Top Workplaces in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press.

Michelle Martinelli ·
FOOTBALL

Spartans aim to finish season strong

As the first Big Ten team to be declared a division champion, MSU head football coach Mark Dantonio is not in the sharing kind of mood. Especially after last season’s co-Big Ten championship — which MSU shared with Ohio State and Wisconsin — Dantonio wants the Spartans to remain the out-right Legends Division Champions, vying to be the sole conference champion, and that requires the Spartans to defeat Northwestern on Saturday in Evanston, Ill. “We want to be in charge of this division,” Dantonio said at his weekly press conference Tuesday.

ICE HOCKEY

Anastos: MSU delivers 'mixed results' in split

Even as the No. 20 MSU hockey team has started to gather national recognition, head coach Tom Anastos knows his team is far from polished. The weekend split against Northern Michigan illuminated both his team’s triumphs in Friday’s 4-2 win and a lack of mental toughness that led to Saturday’s 2-1 loss on the road. With No.