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Classes cover 9/11 from past viewpoint

Fredricka Paul
September 11, 2006

While images of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks are still etched in people's minds, some MSU students are learning more about the event in their classrooms. Even though it happened only five years ago today, some MSU professors have already integrated different aspects of the terrorist attacks into their lesson plans. Kristie Macrakis, professor of history in the Lyman Briggs School, teaches a course called Technology in the Service of Espionage. The course sheds new light on the event for students, she said. "They get a deeper understanding than just the towers and people dying," Macrakis said.

NEWS

The security officer.

In the five years since terrorists flew four commercial airlines into targets in New York, Washington and rural Pennsylvania, the threat of future attacks hasn't ended.

SPORTS

Monday Musings

Tom Keller
September 11, 2006

Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn bounced back from a poor showing in his first game to throw for 287 yards and three touchdowns in a blowout of Penn State on Saturday. In a surprise to much of the national media, though, Quinn did not cure cancer or save the rain forest. Game 5 of the WNBA Finals was scheduled to be played at the Palace of Auburn Hills, but because a Mariah Carey concert was already booked there, it had to be moved to Joe Louis Arena.

FOOTBALL

That's more like it

Steve Highfield
September 11, 2006

During a four-minute span of Saturday's game, MSU played complacently and its defense gave up big plays, allowing Eastern Michigan to score 17 points. But for the other 56 minutes, the offense dominated and the defense stifled the Eagles en route to a 52-20 win at Spartan Stadium. "It was a little bit of a roller-coaster ride," head coach John L.

FEATURES

Macy's opening thrills first customers

Sarah Harbison
September 11, 2006

Pat Belbeck has seen her employer through more than 24 years of changes. On Saturday, the Perry resident was once again on hand to see Macy's open its doors at Meridian Mall with a burst of confetti and hundreds of eager customers waiting outside. Belbeck was one of five longtime employees of the department store, which was originally Hudson's, then Marshall Field's and now Macy's.

NEWS

The recruiter.

Brendan Bouffard
September 11, 2006

When Sgt. 1st Class Kenneth Jacobs arrived at work on a cold morning in March, a swelling of pride came over him. As he approached the entrance to the Lansing Army recruiting center, protesters blocked the doors, calling him a liar and a killer.

NEWS

MIDDAY UPDATE: MSU students' financial aid info could be used by FBI

Fredricka Paul
September 11, 2006

MSU student information provided in financial aid applications might have been used in an FBI search for possible terrorists, MSU officials say. Rick Shipman, director of the Office of Financial Aid, said MSU officials do not know whose data was given out or what students were chosen. "(The FBI) has not given any information to MSU," Shipman said.

NEWS

MIDDAY UPDATE: MSU alumni remember Sept. 11 terrorist attacks

Bob McGee went back to work the morning of Sept. 12, 2001. The day before, he had heard the World Trade Center's twin towers collapse from his office building 28 blocks away — sounding like someone had detonated a bomb. He had inhaled the smoky stench that remained of two of New York's most iconic structures. And he had joined the thousands of people who flooded the streets of Manhattan, just trying to get home. But not even terrorism could keep McGee from resuming his daily routine. "There's not a day-to-day fear," said McGee, a 1958 MSU graduate who lives in Darien, Conn., and works in Manhattan.

SPORTS

WEB EXTRA: MSU women's soccer team ignites offense in win

Peter Nichols
September 8, 2006

With the crowd screaming "Go Green! Go White!" and the MSU softball team yelling from behind the opposing net in a surprise appearance, the MSU women's soccer team notched a 2-0 shutout victory against the Cincinnati Bearcats on Thursday at Old College Field. The Spartans quickly forced the ball upfield off the game's opening kick and kept it there until freshman forward Lauren Hill scored the first goal of the game less than 10 minutes in, knocking the ball into the net off a cross from junior midfielder Maureen Pawlak. "I saw it floating over the top of my head," Hill said.

MSU

Professors create urban plans for Mich.

Brendan Bouffard
September 8, 2006

A new book written by MSU professor Kenneth Corey and associate professor Mark Wilson helps outline a course for Michigan communities to change their planning strategies to create jobs and wealth. Corey and Wilson, professors of geography and urban and regional planning, wrote the book in an effort to educate individuals and to create awareness for a knowledge-based economy.

NEWS

Make the leap

Ethan Conley
September 8, 2006

Perhaps the most resonant memory from the 2005 MSU football season was Domata Peko, a 320-pound, lion-maned defensive tackle, picking up a fumble and rumbling (ever so slowly) down the sideline for a 74-yard touchdown against Michigan. Peko's game-changing play was one of many made by junior-college transfers during the John L.