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MICHIGAN

Students to research excessive gaming

Correction: Ben Medler should have been quoted as saying "digital immigrants." Correction: All quotes attributed to Brian Magerko should be attributed to Ethan Watrall. With online gaming increasing in popularity, MSU researchers are trying to determine if excessive gaming is an actual addiction. A group of MSU students have opted to do research on addictive gaming.

COMMENTARY

Government's Katrina reaction shows America's underlying racism

A year after Katrina ravaged the southern coast, light-headed politicians and most Americans are still not effectively addressing the social inequities brought to light by the disaster. My heart ached as I watched Oprah's Hurricane Katrina special after the storm claimed hundreds of lives across the southern United States — it seemed so surreal. Young women, men, the elderly and children were found on the side of roads and in houses, sucked lifeless by Katrina's wrath.