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COMMENTARY

High food stamp usage indicates larger problem

Welfare has long been associated with the poor, the disabled and elderly, or those who are too lazy to find work, but with the country in a recession, the Bridge Card is becoming a common card in the purses and wallets of wealthier families. Swiped like a credit card at checkout, a Bridge Card is the debit card that replaced the paper food stamps in 2001.

NEWS

Look back and recap

It was an up-and-down year. The MSU men’s basketball team made it to the Sweet 16, only to be knocked out of the NCAA Tournament.

SPORTS

Best of the best

It’s been a wild ride for MSU sports fans this season. The 2007-08 school year will be remembered for many things, but these are the best of the best

SPORTS

With tournament at home, Spartans look to defend Big Ten title

As defending Big Ten champions, the MSU men’s golf team hopes to earn another win at the Big Ten Championships at Forest Akers West Golf Course this weekend. Under new head coach Sam Puryear, the team has matured and deepened since the fall. The team has had one win and five second place finishes this season.

MSU

Campus specialty coffeehouses to become convenient stores

Two MSU specialty coffeehouses will close their doors this fall and both be replaced by Sparty’s Convenience Stores. Barista Cafe, open since 2000 in Case Hall, and Aroma Borealis, open since 2007 in Snyder-Phillips Hall, will become Sparty’s Convenience Store hybrids, Joe Garza said, manager of Sparty’s. Both will offer both coffeehouse and convenience store items.