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Young lacrosse team stumbles, coach still pleased with effort

They’re all familiar with the phrase “practice makes perfect,” but last weekend, the Men’s Club Lacrosse Team wasn’t aiming for perfection, but rather improvement. In what they call their Fall Ball Tournament on Saturday and Sunday, the 37-member team played teams from Marquette University, Oakland University, the University of Buffalo and the University of Michigan in efforts to not only brush up on their playing skills before the season officially begins in the spring, but to also have fun doing it. Fall Ball, a two-month season when teams practice and compete with one another, gives players a chance to “keep in shape and keep their skills up in the off season,” said team member Mike DiGiovanni. “We’ve been practicing since about September, working to get our offense and defense together,” the humanities and pre-law junior said.

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Skate Rattle and Roll

Skate hard or go home. That’s the only option for the 23 members of the MSU Skate Club, a group of aggressive in-line skaters, BMX bikers and skateboarders from the Lansing, East Lansing and Okemos areas.

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Library finds books InMich

Finding books for those end-of-the-semester research papers may have become a little easier. With the help of InMich, a new search catalog, students can request books from other Michigan libraries that are not available at MSU. The catalog combines MSU Libraries’ holdings with those of Grand Rapids Community College, Albion College, Southfield Public Library and the Ovid-Elsie Area Schools, which are near St.