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FOOTBALL

Defense dominates in win over Florida Atlantic

For junior defensive tackle Jerel Worthy and the defense of the No. 17 MSU football team, practice leading up to Saturday’s game versus Florida Atlantic wasn’t necessarily enjoyable. The coaches were constantly in their ears talking about how the defense could have played harder than they showed in the season opener.

NEWS

Police Brief 09/09/11

A 19-year-old female student reported her bike stolen between noon Aug. 28 and 1:30 p.m. Aug. 29, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

NEWS

A generation changed

From her New Jersey home, Jen Garavaglia gazed at the smoke filling the New York City skyline on Sept. 11 and waited for her father to come home. Alongside many other parents, Garavaglia’s father commuted into the city for work that morning. Hours after he left, the World Trade Center erupted in flames. Cell phones stopped working, and public transportation ground to a halt.

MICHIGAN

Obama introduces new plan to increase jobs

President Barack Obama introduced a detailed new jobs plan Thursday evening in front of a joint session of Congress, criticizing the state of American politics and assuring the country the government could be a solution in digging the nation out of its economic despair.

MSU

Busy as a bee

Things are as sweet as honey for Zachary Huang, associate professor of entomology. Huang has been working with bees since 1982, but before that, he had never seen a single honeybee.

FEATURES

Local hip-hop showcase to bring diverse performance to city

MSU alumni Tyrell Slappey and Marcus Edwards were tired of hearing the same repetitive songs on the radio in their days on campus. When the pair began creating their own hip-hop beats three years ago in their Hubbard Hall dorm room, they knew it was the start of something big. After graduating from MSU, Slappey and Edwards became part of a group of eight hip-hop artists called High Royalty.

FOOTBALL

Youthful offensive line taking shape

After observing the most recent depth chart, the holes on the offensive line — at right tackle, left tackle and center — will be filled by a combination of two converted defenders, a redshirt freshman and a junior college transfer.

MICHIGAN

Officers at home remember 9/11

Sept. 11, 2001 — East Lansing Fire Marshall Bob Pratt was attending a fire inspectors conference at the Kellogg Center with firefighters from throughout the state. During a break, someone informed the congregation that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center’s North Tower.