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Cheaper textbooks for everyone? Yes, please

It seems as if the prayers of students have been answered. East Lansing bookstores might be stocking cheaper books at more affordable prices after the U.S. Supreme Court makes its decision concerning the legality of selling international versions of watches in the U.S.

NEWS

Agriculture college considers cuts

Morphing 13 academic departments into eight, cutting 25 percent of administrative faculty and potentially shrinking south campus farm operations were major concerns for College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, or CANR, students meeting with CANR Dean Jeff Armstrong on Monday night.

NEWS

Dantonio named coach of year

After a season in which MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio suffered a heart attack, missed two games and went on to lead the No. 7 Spartans to their first Big Ten championship in 20 years, Dantonio was named Big Ten Coach of the Year by the Big Ten’s media on Monday.

NEWS

Police Brief 11/30/10

An MSU student reported his jeans stolen after being left unattended at IM Sports-West, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

MSU

Grad students to explain research at conference

Graduate students who choose to present at the 2011 Graduate Academic Conference hope to translate the technical language of their research into terms the everyday person can understand, according to graduate student government officials.

COMMENTARY

The darkness of 'Black Friday'

The Christmas movie “Jingle All the Way” aptly captures the “spirit” of holiday shopping. However, the movie is looking less like a comedic exaggeration of shopping chaos and more like a pretty accurate representation of Black Friday.

COMMENTARY

Time to lift the veil from cost of higher education

The cost of higher education might not be such a jaw dropper when colleges begin posting a required net-price cost calculator. The federal government has given universities abut a year to post an online cost calculator to help students and their families understand the financial burden of each semester, or in some cases, the students entire academic career.