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COMMENTARY

Shoplifters should face harsher sentence

Beginning last week, stiffer penalties — sometimes up to a five-year felony sentence — now can be levied against those convicted of shoplifting in Michigan. A dozen circumstances now are evaluated to determine whether an individual’s acts could be categorized as “organized retail crime,” which could range from deactivating store security devices to conspiring with accomplices and receiving store goods.

NEWS

Celebrating with safety

The 21st birthday — birthday shots, tiaras, sashes, buttons reading “I’m 21!”— it’s all part of the celebration, a night to remember and talk about for years. Bradley McCue’s 21st birthday might have been a good time, but that’s a story he never will get to tell.

MSU

ROTC fighting for veterans, PTSD resources on campus

With a growing MSU Army ROTC program and continuous student veteran enrollment, faculty and students in the program hope to see increasing resources to help service members navigate financial aid and deal with a lesser known problem — emotional trauma from serving overseas. Economics junior Jerred Pender served two active duty combat tours in Afghanistan with the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division as an E-5 Infantryman.

MSU

New policy lets students change names

At Tuesday afternoon’s Steering Committee meeting, committee members discussed developing a mid-semester course evaluation policy, announced an established preferred student name policy and addressed potential increases in funding for faculty salaries.

BASKETBALL

Payne has decision to make: Go pro or stay

With MSU’s 2012-13 season coming to a close in the Sweet 16 this past weekend, Tom Izzo made his way to the podium one final time to wrap up the season that was.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Players look to get, stay healthy in offseason

More than a week later, the season-ending loss to Maryland still eats at MSU women’s basketball coach Suzy Merchant. The Terrapins sent the Spartans home from the NCAA Tournament with their most lopsided loss of the 2012-13 season March 25.