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BASKETBALL

MSU ready for defensive game vs. Florida State

Florida State will be the third ACC team the Spartans play in the young season, already having played and lost to No. 5 North Carolina and No. 3 Duke. And in the last four years, the Seminoles hold the third-best record of ACC teams, behind UNC and Duke.

FOOTBALL

Big Ten championship ushers in new era

No. 11 MSU (10-2 overall, 7-1 Big Ten) and No. 15 Wisconsin (10-2, 6-2) weren’t necessarily the predicted teams to be playing in the Big Ten championship in Indianapolis, and head coach Mark Dantonio said it’s because the conference’s dynamics are changing.

COMMENTARY

Practicality matters in research

In the race against global warming and the quest for energy independence, biomass has long been touted as a sort of Holy Grail. It’s easy to see biomass as an infinite resource — plants grow everywhere.

VOLLEYBALL

Rathje, Abron earn All-Big Ten honors

Senior outside hitters Jenilee Rathje and Kyndra Abron both were honored for their play in the 2011 regular season, with Rathje claiming unanimous first team All-Big Ten honors while Abron raked in an honorable mention.

VOLLEYBALL

Moves like Rathje

Jenilee Rathje has played more volleyball for MSU than anyone to ever hit the court at Jenison Field House, smashing records along the way.

NEWS

Representation changes in local murder trial

Attorney Bill Hatcher no longer will represent David Marion — one of two men suspected of killing MSU student Darren Brown in 2010 — following a motion to withdraw brought forth by Hatcher on Monday afternoon in Lansing’s 30th Circuit Court.

FOOTBALL

Spartans earn various All-Big Ten honors

Four Spartans — senior guard Joel Foreman, junior defensive tackle Jerel Worth”“:http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/worthy_jerel00.htmly, senior safety Trenton Robinson and junior cornerback Johnny Adams — were among the First Team selections.