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NEWS

Cuts impact graduate TAs

Jesse Draper is trapped. Unlike other doctoral students in MSU’s American Studies Program, Draper said his options for dealing with the program’s possible elimination are limited.

MICHIGAN

Common Ground tickets now on sale

Tickets for the 11th annual Common Ground Music Festival are now on sale for the seven-day event. As of Monday, tickets for the July 12-18 event are on sale for $93. Ticket prices will increase to $99 on July 1.

MICHIGAN

Lack of revenue increase might lead to worse road conditions

Michigan residents might notice fewer road and bridge projects being completed if state revenues are not increased, officials said. During the next three years, Michigan could lose $1.5 billion in federal stimulus money for road repair because of an $84 million shortfall for road repair in the state’s 2009-10 budget, said Keith Ledbetter, director of Legislative Affairs at the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association.

FOOTBALL

On paper, this year's Spartans better than last

This year’s MSU football team would have beaten last year’s team. Now, obviously, you can look at the records and see that last year’s team won nine games, compared to six this season — but this year’s team was better in almost every statistic, and if a few breaks had gone the other way, the teams’ records could have flip-flopped.

BASEBALL

Report: Granderson to N.Y., Jackson to Ariz.

The Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees and Arizona Diamondbacks agreed in principle Tuesday to a three-team deal in which Detroit would send All-Star center fielder Curtis Granderson to the Yankees and All-Star starting pitcher Edwin Jackson to the Diamondbacks, FoxSports.com reported Tuesday afternoon.