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MICHIGAN

Police departments play dodgeball for charity

Any tension in the air between police and typical citizens was placed on the back burner for chaity as green rubber balls hurled through the gym. The Capital Area Dodgeball Tournament on Saturday at IM Sports-West pitted teams of police officers and other public service employees in a friendly competition against civilians.

MSU

MSU competes to be funniest college

A Big Ten championship in football this year, back-to-back trips to the men’s NCAA Final Four the two years prior and now MSU is looking to add another title — funniest school in the country.

MICHIGAN

Pell Grant program to see changes next academic year

Students such as music education junior Katie Anderson might recently have dodged a crippling bullet. A budget deal reached by Congress last weekend likely will preserve the maximum $5,550 students can receive under the need-based Pell Grant, which Anderson is slated to receive in the fall to help pay for school-related expenses.

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Event focuses on issues of oppression

When Jill Jablonski walked into the Union Ballroom to attend the Tunnel of Oppression event, she didn’t know what to think — but she didn’t expect the experience to alter her perceptions of herself.