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COMMENTARY

Romney ignores the middle class

In his campaign to take over the White House and set things to his right, Mitt Romney allows, “the last three years have held a lot of change, but they haven’t offered much hope.

COMMENTARY

State recovery cause for cautious optimism

Despite an economy that continues to scuffle, Michigan and Gov. Rick Snyder got some good news when the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that Michigan’s unemployment rate was as low as it’s been since September 2008 — 9.3 percent.

NEWS

Obama lays out plans in address

In his last State of the Union address before November’s election, President Barack Obama called for closing what he said is a growing gap between the wealthy and poor in America, including suppressing the cost of higher education and rebooting the country’s manufacturing sector.

NEWS

Trustees to vote on scoreboard

Some Spartan fans rejoiced Tuesday after renderings of planned Spartan Stadium scoreboards were unveiled. According to MSU Board of Trustees documents, the main scoreboard at the stadium’s south end will be replaced to update its sound system and video display.

NEWS

Japanese statue stolen again from garden

A symbolic Shi Shi lion-dog statue in front of the Kathleen D. and Milton E. Muelder Japanese Garden once again is without a mate after its partner ­— a similar statue — was reported stolen during the holiday break.

MSU

UAB teams up to tackle procrastination habits

Premedical freshman Jillian Szymanowski said she has always been a procrastinator. But she decided it was time to put a stop to her habit by attending the University Activities Board’s, or UAB, Put Off Procrastination workshop, last night at the Union.