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MICHIGAN

Bureau created to help with financial protection

A little more than three months after the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was signed into law, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or the CFPB, is being launched. The bureau will be especially relevant for students and young Americans as they engage with credit products in a new, clearer light.

FEATURES

'Normal' takes on different meaning for Spartan

Amy Miller, who now is in remission, was diagnosed nearly a year ago with stage 2 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, which is a cancer that typically affects 16-to 35-year-olds. Her encounter with cancer marked the era of a new “normal” for Miller and an appreciation for what she previously took for granted.

COMMENTARY

Time to lose sense of entitlement

There are few things we agree on in American politics. Much of that is a good thing. Our Founding Fathers crafted our democracy so opposing viewpoints would need to compromise in order to move forward.

COMMENTARY

State News, letter writer lack perspective, objectivity

I am writing to express my disagreement with a recently published letter (“Protestors at Friday’s Izzone Campout were in the wrong,” SN 10/26), regarding the demonstration held by the Coalition Against Sexual Violence at the Izzone Campout last Friday, as well as my frustration with The State News’ uneven coverage of the event.

NEWS

Candidates vie for House seat

On Nov. 2, East Lansing voters will elect a representative to the Michigan House of Representatives for a two-year term. The State News spoke with each of the candidates — one an incumbent Democrat seeking re-election, the other the Republican Meridian Township supervisor looking to fix government — about their plans for Michigan.

MSU

MSU researchers take part in study of Ogallala Aquifer

What happens underground has the potential to result in disaster at the surface should water within a regional aquifer continue to be drawn past sustainable levels. About three weeks ago, work began to figure out how the Ogallala Aquifer — which spans from South Dakota to Texas — can be better managed by its residents.

MSU

Students sheltered by parental supervision

Connor Avery’s parents won’t be making the near 1,300 mile trip from Sarasota, Fla., to East Lansing this winter to plow any snow drifts out of his way, whether real or hypothetical. The Florida native’s parents are letting him do college his own way. “I’m the first child to go away to college, so it’s harder on them,” he said. But not all parents are like Avery’s, said Philip Strong, director of the Neighborhood Concept pilot program at MSU.