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COMMENTARY

Supporting Ron Paul is a new fad

I never thought so many of my liberal friends would vote Republican. Ron Paul’s $4.7 million online fundraiser last week proved him an online, if not actual, presidential heavyweight.

NEWS

Police Brief 11/12/07

A parking enforcement officer’s foot was run over Thursday by a driver whose car was in the process of being towed from Lot 72, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

SPORTS

Sounding off

As if the state of basketball wasn’t in enough disarray in Atlanta with the Hawks, the city’s fledgling WNBA franchise is already screwing up.

FOOTBALL

Purdue win spells retribution

Junior quarterback Brian Hoyer was feeling the heat after last week’s loss to Michigan, but he was on fire in MSU’s 48-31 victory Saturday against Purdue. Hoyer rarely threw a bad ball all game, completing 22-of-31 passes for 266 yards, and most of his incompletions could be credited to dropped passes. At one stretch midway through the game, Hoyer completed 11 consecutive passes.

MICHIGAN

Festival celebrates female-produced art

While Lansing resident Ginger Gonzales sat at her craft table covered with homemade blankets, wind chimes and seasonal decorations during the 22nd annual Women in the Arts Festival, she glanced up from her crocheting to greet a familiar face.

MSU

Legos encourage engineering

With the DJ playing music to get blood pumping and parents and children ready to show off two months of hard work, the second annual First Lego League Challenge East Lansing Regional Tournament kicked off Saturday.

COMMENTARY

Writers should be paid for work

“Grey’s Anatomy.” “The Office.” “Heroes.” These are just a few of our favorite TV shows that may be in reruns within the next few months. Scribes from the Writers Guild of America, or WGA, traded in their pencils and pens for picket signs and megaphones last week, striking against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, or AMPTP, for the first time since 1988.