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August 13, 2012

Professor Charles Atkin dies at 66

Charles Atkin, professor and chair in the Department of Communication for the College of Communication Arts and Sciences, died in his sleep Sunday. There will be a memorial service at 4 p.m. on Aug. 26 in room 147 of the Communication Arts and Sciences Building.

Man arrested for throwing brick through window

On Saturday at about 3 a.m., a 26-year-old male from Ishpeming, Mich., was arrested after throwing a brick through a window on the south side of University Village Apartments, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

The man who threw the brick through the window valued at $400 was not an MSU student, McGlothian-Taylor said.

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