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MICHIGAN

Saginaw Street to undergo construction

East Lansing will resurface Saginaw Street from Coolidge Road to Stonegate Lane starting today. The road will be re-paved with asphalt and undergo other construction. Traffic will be down to one lane on either side during the course of the 1.8-mile project. The project is expected to be completed by Sept.

SPORTS

Foreign tours begin with 108-52 victory

The Big Ten Men’s Basketball Foreign Tour Team easily won its opening game against Germany’s Tus Treis-Karden on Saturday, 108-52. MSU sophomore guard Chris Hill scored 10 points and was one of six Big Ten players scoring in double digits.

MICHIGAN

Dominos considers adding delivery charge

Students and other Domino’s Pizza customers might have to pay more for their pies when their doorbells ring. The Ann Arbor-based pizza chain has been testing a $1 delivery fee at 350 locations and will decide whether to expand the charge to all 4,800 U.S.

COMMENTARY

Delayed count

As election officials continued to count votes into Wednesday afternoon from the day before’s primary, some criticized state measures that require ballots thrown out in past elections to be examined more closely. Detroit election officials said a state-mandated program that identifies flawed ballots slowed down the counting of absentee ballots.

COMMENTARY

Loss of faith in public encouragement doesnt bode well

On this page yesterday was a column written by my editor, Drew Harmon (“Time to let go of hopes for better things, let apathetic do as they please,” SN 8/7), in which he announced his surrender to the apathy that has devoured this university, this city and this country. The piece was well-written, funny and engaging, and Drew’s point couldn’t have been clearer.

FEATURES

Sept. 11 inspires Rising

Only a man with a soul deeply rooted in both America’s spirit and the sweat and toil of his fellow Americans could, for 30 years, succeed at poignantly capturing the emotions of a changing nation in his lyrics.