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Empty pockets, debating a promise

Naomi Schwartz kids she will spend more time in the Union to take advantage of free on-campus wireless Internet this semester, but her joke hints at many students’ increasing financial difficulties. The finance senior is not ordering cable and Internet for her apartment after learning she might not get all the scholarships she expected. She is not alone.

MSU

MSU professor dies from heart failure

Professional musician and Okemos resident Les Jorgensen doesn’t remember talking about pop music or fashion while growing up. His father, Owen Jorgensen, MSU professor emeritus of music, incited philosophical discussion and historical debates, he said.

NEWS

Police Brief 09/03/09

A 25-year-old East Lansing man was in serious condition Wednesday night after he was struck by a vehicle while attempting to cross Saginaw Street on his bicycle, East Lansing police Sgt. Mark VandeWouwer said.

NEWS

International Experience

He’s soft spoken, studious and usually finds his seat in the front row of his giant freshman lectures. Unless you really made the effort, there’s a good chance you’d never even learn Jiajun Zhou’s name.

MICHIGAN

Punk rope at Hannah Community Center

The East Lansing Department of Parks, Recreation and Arts will introduce a new workout craze to the city Wednesday, Sept. 9 with a free Punk Rope sampler class from 7-8 p.m. at the Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road.

MSU

Chem building greenest at MSU

Four years of planning paid off in August when the Chemistry Building addition was awarded with the LEED silver level certification, making it the greenest building on campus.

NEWS

Police Brief 09/02/09

A 40-year-old Niles, Mich., woman reported her Cadillac Escalade struck and damaged by another car Thursday while parked in the South Wonders Hall loop. The other vehicle, a 1999 Ford F-150 driven by a 37-year-old New Haven woman, was moving and held at fault for the incident.