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NEWS

Picking up the pieces

As this year’s One Book, One Community selection about a family’s journey during the crisis brings the issue back to the surface for many in the MSU and East Lansing communities, Lamb and thousands of others are still picking up the pieces and moving on with their lives.

NEWS

Students offer well wishes to Dantonio

As MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio recovers from his Sunday morning heart attack and offensive coordinator Don Treadwell steps in to handle football operations during his absence, students have joined to show support for the coach.

NEWS

Program moratoria continue on through system

As university officials attempt to find a balance between a solid education and a troubled economy, several MSU undergraduate programs remain in a state of moratoria while one has been taken off the list, allowing new students to enroll. From a minor in American Studies to a bachelor of science in technology systems management, 13 undergraduate programs are or will be in moratoria status, according the MSU Office of the Registrar’s website. Eighteen graduate programs also are or will be in moratoria status.

NEWS

Police Brief 09/21/10

An MSU student was allegedly assaulted early Friday morning on Shaw Lane near the entrance to Lot 61, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

MICHIGAN

New poll shows Snyder leads Bernero

In addition to his Republican status, gubernatorial candidate and Ann Arbor businessman Rick Snyder garners support from his experience in business, according to a recent poll. Thanks in part to his executive background, almost twice as many people plan to vote for Snyder as for Democratic Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero in the gubernatorial elections Nov.

FOOTBALL

Penalties continue to haunt, hurt Spartans

The No. 25 MSU football team maintained discipline late in Saturday’s 34-31 overtime win against Notre Dame, but for most of the game, that discipline wasn’t there. The Spartans were flagged 11 times for 79 yards, most of which were offsides or holding infractions.

MSU

MSU profs develop sensor for physical activity data

Professors in the departments of electrical engineering and kinesiology have partnered together in an effort to learn more about how the human body reacts to physical activity to better improve overall health. The research involves the development and testing of a new type of wearable multi-sensors, developed by MSU engineering professor Subir Biswas.

MEN'S SOCCER

Men's soccer happy with success against Big East

The Big Ten Conference was well-represented against the Big East Conference this weekend, with the conference going a combined 2-1-2 against Big East opponents. No. 19 MSU swept its two games during the weekend in the Big Ten/Big East Challenge with a 1-0 win against Marquette on Friday at home and a 2-0 victory at Notre Dame on Sunday.

SPORTS

More choas in second week of NFL season

After a week of overreacting about how your team fared in week one of the 2010 NFL season, week two successfully settled everybody down and gave a more realistic outlook at the season. Wait … that’s not realistic at all.

MICHIGAN

Victoria's Secret previews MSU PINK on campus

Christmas came early for some MSU students as they caught a sneak peek at some of Victoria’s secrets on Monday. Victoria’s Secret PINK kicked off its annual college campus tour at the Harrison Roadhouse, 720 Michigan Ave., and offered items from its holiday line, including MSU PINK apparel before it hits stores.

COMMENTARY

Lineskipper.com represents prevalence of bar culture

MSU students now have become the dregs of society by taking a step closer to the complete and utter disregard for academia! This decree is, of course, in response to the half-page advertisement — poorly veiled as an objective article — for lineskipper.com featured in last Wednesday’s paper (“New website lets patrons skip lines around E.L.,” SN 9/15).

COMMENTARY

Tea Party finally meets its match

In announcing his “Rally to Restore Sanity,” comedian Jon Stewart said some curious things. He lamented that most normal Americans are too busy for today’s political discourse, overrun as it is by radical ideologues “on the Left and the Right.”

COMMENTARY

Illegal file sharing protocols handled with tact

Stealing is stealing. No matter if it’s a song that’s been on the radio repeatedly, or even if it’s a song that we’ve danced to at the eighth grade formal. It’s stealing even if it’s a song we’ve only liked for a week and then never listened to it again until it randomly comes up in a playlist. Illegal downloading is, by definition, illegal. The important question is: Is it really something MSU needs to address?

FEATURES

Local nonprofit works to make foster kids more comfortable

What began as Margaret Grost’s fundraising bake sales evolved into Caring About Kids, Inc. or CAK, a nonprofit charity that provides funds for services and purchases for foster children that would be deemed as extra, such as music lessons, team uniforms or art classes, in Ingham County.