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SPORTS

NCAA president brand dies at 63

NCAA President Myles Brand died Wednesday after a nine-month battle with pancreatic cancer, The Associated Press reported. Brand, 67, was diagnosed with cancer in January.

MSU

RHA approves fall budget

The Residence Halls Association, or RHA, on Wednesday voted unanimously to approve its $472,848 fall semester budget. RHA is an on-campus student government group that represents all students living in residence halls.

COMMENTARY

Beck's words show pattern of sowing fear, misinformation

Edward R. Murrow once said of Joseph McCarthy: “We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine and remember that we are not descended from fearful men.” The same sense of awareness should apply to Glenn Beck.

NEWS

Police Brief 09/16/09

Police cars and fire trucks crowded Virginia Avenue on Tuesday evening as officers attempted to break down the door of a home following concerns about the welfare of an elderly woman, who later was described as “OK.”

NEWS

Fight clubs bring combat to campus

Two enter, one leaves. The phrase alone incites images of gladiator battles in the heyday of the Roman Empire or pistol duels among gentlemen when the American colonies still were being settled.

MSU

ASMSU recommends an extended Welcome Week

ASMSU’s Academic Assembly on Tuesday voted to pass a bill to recommend the university extend future fall Welcome Weeks to seven days, citing inadequate time for new students to adjust to the university and resident mentors’ shortened schedule to help such students. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government.