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FOOTBALL

MSU, Purdue in need of win to make bowl game

The MSU football team heads to West Lafayette, Ind., for its final road game of the season Saturday (noon, ESPN). Purdue (4-6, 3-3 Big Ten) is coming off its first win at Michigan since 1966 and will hope to ride the emotions of its senior day.

MSU

MSU receives funds for drug intervention program

In a continuing effort to combat violent crime, the U.S. Department of Justice awarded MSU’s School of Criminal Justice $1 million to extend research into training techniques and technical assistance for the Drug Market Intervention, or DMI, program.

COMMENTARY

Despite troubles, U.S. still great

Results of a recent international poll state the United States is the nation where most would like to move. The results might be surprising, especially considering current circumstances.

COMMENTARY

Dorm promotion must account for students' needs

Anyone who has eaten in one of MSU’s many cafeterias has probably noticed that, placed in the center of each table is a table-topper, which, for the past several weeks, has been running ads encouraging students to live on campus next year.

NEWS

Police brief 11/11/09

An 18-year-old Kingsley, Mich., woman reported being hit by an unknown vehicle while riding her bicycle Monday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

NEWS

1 year later, police still seek suspect in Lueth case

Inside a St. Clair home tucked into the countryside, miles of cornfields away from the nearest highway, is a turtle-shaped lamp Roy Lueth used to leave on when his daughter was coming home late and a cabinet she called the “smart cabinet,” stacked full of awards from his academic career and hers.

NEWS

Saying farewell to Ryan

A soft glow illuminated the parking lot of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house, 1148 E. Grand River Ave., as fraternity brothers and friends held a candlelight vigil Tuesday for business sophomore Ryan Rosman, who died Thursday.

MSU

MSU professor to oversee plant gene research

For Dean DellaPenna, researching medicinal plant genes is like working with a giant puzzle. DellaPenna, an MSU biochemistry professor, will oversee research at MSU looking at gene expression in plants to determine which genes create the biochemical compounds used for medical purposes.

MSU

Marketing seniors gain hands-on experience

When Erin Luytjes graduates from MSU in December, the marketing senior’s résumé will include professional experience from an unlikely source: an MSU classroom. Eleven marketing senior students, including Luytjes, who enrolled in section three of Marketing 460 this semester created a marketing campaign for the 2010 Honda Insight, a hybrid vehicle produced by Honda Motor Co. Instead of a December final exam, the students will compete against teams from about 20 U.S. schools in the 2010 Honda Insight Marketing Competition for an opportunity to pitch their campaign to company executives later this year.