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COMMENTARY

Open letter to parking department

It has become apparent to me that this insignificant division, known simply as “parking,” has introduced itself more recently as a nuisance and disease to the populace of East Lansing.

COMMENTARY

Reforms would benefit society

Part of any generation’s responsibilities is to correct the mistakes made by the last. We usually tend to think of this responsibility in the context of examples taught in grade school, such as the woman’s suffrage movement and the civil rights movement.

COMMENTARY

No-preference option allows exploration

To help students find the right major, MSU should consider requiring freshmen to come in with no defined major and choose one after one year. This would allow students to take the required courses needed to graduate and help in not letting students go two years into college before realizing they have no interest in their chosen major.

BASKETBALL

Awestruck

With President Barack Obama looking on, the MSU men’s basketball team was in awe Friday night. It wasn’t just the president in attendance that shook the team.

NEWS

Police Brief 11/14/11

A 52-year-old man reported several coolers full of food and beverages stolen between 11:15 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Nov. 5 from a tailgate area near Anthony Hall, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

SPORTS

Wrestling competes at MSU Open

More than 600 wrestlers from more than 29 schools throughout the country attended the the MSU Open on Saturday at Jenison Field House, competing in either the open or the freshman/sophomore division.

MICHIGAN

Security measures to be increased by summer

With numerous high-profile crimes having occurred in residence halls this semester, including a sexual assault in Armstrong Hall, racial harassment in Akers Hall and a series of home invasions in Hubbard Hall, a question of security on campus has been raised by the MSU community.

MSU

Magic Johnson gives $1 m to university

In a breakfast before the Quicken Loans Carrier Classic, Earvin “Magic” Johnson announced he would be making a sizable donation to his alma mater. On Friday, Johnson announced in front of about 600 Spartans that he would be making a $1 million donation to MSU, said Mark Terman, executive director of principal gifts. Terman said he believed the donation was to the university’s athletics department, but he wasn’t sure. Johnson has not specified what motivated him to make the donation or what he hopes the donation will accomplish.