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NEWS

Obama's MSU debut

Standing before an estimated 20,000-person crowd that would have overfilled Breslin Center by 3,720 people, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama received a Spartans basketball jersey with his name and the number “08” on the back Thursday afternoon.

MICHIGAN

E.L. commissions offer students a voice

For MSU students who grumble about the way things are handled in East Lansing, there is a way to be heard — by joining one of the city’s boards or commissions. “There are usually vacancies because of people coming and going,” said Annette Irwin, East Lansing’s operations administrator for code enforcement and neighborhood conservation.

NEWS

Democracy in action

As students make the mad dash to city clerk or Secretary of State offices and congregate around clipboard-holding canvassers on campus between now and Monday’s voter registration deadline, some of them could face roadblocks. One group of potential voters who could have problems registering are those who will turn 21 years old by Monday.