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COMMENTARY

Icy, snowy sidewalk fines expensive, necessary

The first snow of the season has fallen, and it’s likely a few people have as well. Hours of raining sleet and wet snow during the weekend blanketed sidewalks with slush and ice — especially in residential areas, where many renters and homeowners are responsible for shoveling snow and salting walkways around their houses or apartments.

COMMENTARY

Sex scandals rock GOP leaders

Hypocrisy and American politics go hand in hand. The process of superficially pleasing a diverse and disparate constituency, while stealthily prioritizing the interests of wealthy campaign donors, necessarily creates an atmosphere of duplicitous insincerity.

MICHIGAN

Tour gives students glimpse into local IT job market

Kevin Healey didn’t know of all of the different places to find jobs in Information Technology. But after visiting four Lansing companies as part of a tour sponsored by the Capital Area IT Council Friday, the telecommunication senior felt a boost of confidence in landing a job after college.

MICHIGAN

MSU honors World AIDS Day

For Domonique Baul, the numbers don’t illustrate the problem. People aren’t likely to grasp the devastating toll AIDS takes on society unless they move beyond statistics and feel the emotional toll AIDS takes on individuals carrying the disease and families who have lost loved ones, the telecommunication junior said.

MSU

Dance-a-thon spreads African awareness

As an eighth grader, Alex Hill’s pastor taught him about Ugandan culture and lifestyle, including how to play African drum rhythms and the country’s lack of drinking water and medical supplies.

ICE HOCKEY

Soo sweep

Riding a four-game winless streak, a weekend series against Lake Superior was just what the doctor ordered for the MSU hockey team.

FOOTBALL

Here comes the sun

At 8:18 p.m. Sunday night, a voice from the PA system interrupted head coach Mark Dantonio during the football team’s bowl selection press conference to make it official. The voice belonged to Tony Martin, the chairman of the Champs Sports Bowl selection committee, and he invited the Spartans (7-5) to play No. 14 Boston College (10-3) on Dec. 28 in Orlando, Fla.