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FOOTBALL

Jones returning to Spartans

Greg Jones will return for his senior season on the MSU football team, the junior linebacker announced Wednesday at MSU head coach Mark Dantonio’s year-end press conference.

NEWS

Police brief 1/13/10

Two vehicles were robbed between 6 and 10 p.m. on Jan. 8 at Ramp 4, near the Kellogg Center, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

NEWS

Enos introduced as CMU head coach

Former MSU running backs coach Dan Enos was named the head football coach at Central Michigan on Tuesday. Enos, who served as the running backs coach under MSU head coach Mark Dantonio for the past three seasons, was introduced in a press conference.

NEWS

City Council deliberates smoking ban

East Lansing City Council discussed prohibiting smoking in three city buildings during its Tuesday work session, which would modify an ordinance requiring smokers to be 50 feet away from municipal buildings.

NEWS

MSU officials discuss study abroad grades

The debate over the ease of study abroad courses will stay alive for at least another month, despite a presentation Tuesday to the Executive Committee of Academic Council, or ECAC, that revealed there is no concise way to compare on- and off-campus grades.

NEWS

Solving the equation

As an elementary school student, Hilary Pehrson used to come home from school and tell her parents how she would set up the classroom differently if she were in charge. Now completing an internship to receive her teaching certificate, Pehrson said she has wanted to be a teacher for as long as she can remember.

MSU

COGS looks to handle cuts, grad health care

MSU’s graduate student government will continue to address cuts to about 20 graduate programs and specializations, as well as health care issues affecting graduate and professional students this semester, officials said.