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COMMENTARY

Budget shows Mich.'s contempt for students

After months of debating, a two-hour government shutdown and a monthlong extension, Gov. Jennifer Granholm finally signed a new Michigan budget into law last Friday, effectively eliminating the state’s $2.8 billion deficit.

FOOTBALL

No treats for MSU

On a night full of tricks, treats and frights, nothing was scarier than what happened to the MSU football team inside TCF Bank Stadium on Saturday night.

NEWS

Police brief 11/02/09

A 27-year-old Spartan Village resident who lost her wallet and credit card at about 1 a.m. Thursday was notified of transactions made on the card, MSU police Sgt. Dan Munford said.

NEWS

What lies beneath

Whenever Mark Stephens hears people call the Red Cedar River dirty, he’s always quick to defend it. “It’s an incredible river with a lot of life and top water quality,” he said.

MSU

Day of Dead honors border-crossers

It’s pitch-black when lights flash on in the auditorium of the MSU Museum and four spirits stand in front of the audience. “We are a bronze people of a bronze culture,” they all say in unison. “We are Aztlan.”

MSU

Olin will not excuse class absences for flu

Coughing and sneezing students who stay home because of flu-like illness might not receive excused absences in their classes. Olin Health Center Communications and Planning Coordinator Kathi Braunlich said Olin is not providing excuses for students experiencing flu-like symptoms unless it is a rare situation. Olin never has given excuses for flu-like illnesses and will not start because of an influx of students coming into Olin, she said.

ICE HOCKEY

Spartans score 7 goals in sweep

The MSU hockey team is giving head coach Rick Comley gray hair. In MSU’s last five games, the final two minutes of regulation decided the game’s outcome, with the Spartans winning three of the five nail-biters.

FOOTBALL

A frightful performance

After limiting its opponents to 20 points or fewer in its last four outings, the MSU defense figured to be in shutdown mode as it prepared for Minnesota, which entered Saturday’s game at the bottom of the Big Ten in total offense.