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COMMENTARY

Reading online can have benefits when balanced

Parents find it easy to complain about the way their children are learning today. They say teenagers spend too much time online and not enough time with a book in their hands. Research no longer necessarily involves a library and a card catalog. But that doesn’t mean the Internet has killed education or reading.

NEWS

Police Brief 07/25/08

Several 100-foot cables of copper electrical wire were stolen from Big Ten Room A at the Kellogg Center between June 15 at midnight and July 13 at 11 p.m., MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

NEWS

Influential women: university presidents

Now more than ever before, women have educational and professional opportunities that generations of women before them could only have dreamed of. Earlier this month, Susan Martin took office as the president of Eastern Michigan University, and the start of fall classes will mark the beginning of Martin’s first full school year as president of EMU.

FOOTBALL

Dantonio has reason to be excited for '08

Chicago — Last year around this time, first-year MSU head football coach Mark Dantonio told reporters during Big Ten Media Day that his goal was to lead MSU to its first bowl game in four years. To many, that goal seemed unattainable.

COMMENTARY

Race issues reach beyond TV special

Anger. That is the most accurate way for me to gauge how thought-provoking the documentary “CNN Presents: Black in America” was. At approximately 10:05 p.m. Wednesday night, I realized I was in fact angry with the material being presented in front of me. Mainly because it reminds me that, despite the colossal strides this country has taken towards the goal of racial unity, there’s still immense work to be done.

COMMENTARY

Tobacco campaign could be effective abroad

Most Americans are aware of the dangers cigarettes and other tobacco products pose to our health. For people in lesser developed countries, Bill Gates is going to make sure they’re knowledgeable about the damage tobacco products can do to their body.

NEWS

Americans with Disabilities Act sees 18-year success

Change didn’t happen right away. When the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, passed July 26, 1990, there had already been a law that required public universities to provide access for students with disabilities in place for 17 years. “The ADA put teeth into the law,” said Valerie Nilson, learning disabilities specialist for the MSU Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities, or RCPD.

NEWS

Police Brief 07/24/08

A dumping ordinance was violated at the camping area near the Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education between 6 p.m. July 16 and 7 a.m. July 17, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

NEWS

Conference brings African leaders, MSU together

Political and governmental delegates from five different African countries came to MSU on Wednesday to discuss issues such as agriculture development, education and health that will help to strengthen relationships with the United States.

MSU

Children experience life on farm

The Great Dairy Adventure, held Wednesday on MSU’s campus, saw more than 1,000 more participants than last year’s event — an increase organizers attribute to heightened exposure and more “local tourism.”