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Cunningham, Dell plead guilty for role in Rather Hall fight

MSU football players B.J. Cunningham and Mark Dell pleaded guilty Wednesday to assault and battery stemming from a Nov. 22, 2009, fight in Rather Hall, according to court records. A single charge of conspiracy to commit assault and battery was dropped for both players as part of the plea deal.

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New crops to boost biofuel

Corn is about to get some competition in the biofuel industry. A team of professors from MSU’s Department of Entomology examined several biofuel crops to see how many beneficial insects were attracted to the plants and found several other potential biofuel crop candidates.

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English classes offered in March

Conversational English classes will be available for $15 in Wells Hall on March 16 through April 22. Six levels of classes, taught by graduate students in the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages program, will be offered to accommodate all proficiency levels.

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MSU professors watch for star development

Megan Donahue is taking her sights out of East Lansing and setting them 219 million years away. The MSU professor of physics and astronomy is part of a team of researchers from across the globe keeping an eye on an unusual, two-pronged, star-creating tail of gas first discovered three years ago.