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Spartan commits to wear Hogwarts attire until July for Tourette's

When Liz Riesterer was diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome at the age of 12, the nervous tics and uncomfortable stares from classmates led her to become depressed, so she turned to Harry Potter for comfort. The theatre and media arts and technology freshman again is turning to Harry Potter for help to raise money for the disease that afflicts her by wearing only traditional Hogwarts clothing until the release of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,” which comes to theaters July 15.

BASKETBALL

Champaign spill

Champaign, Ill. — Trailing by four with 4:02 left, the No. 17 MSU men’s basketball team had a chance to steal a victory from No. 23 Illinois at Assembly Hall in Champaign, Ill.

NEWS

ASMSU clears merger, awaits student vote

ASMSU’s Academic Assembly voted to approve a bill to amend the ASMSU constitution that would merge the Academic Assembly and ASMSU’s Student Assembly into one General Assembly. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government.

NEWS

Ordinance postponed to inform public

The East Lansing City Council was presented with a community response to a proposed conditional rezoning ordinance in a public hearing and chose to postpone action on the matter during its 7:30 meeting Tuesday at the Union.

NEWS

Police Brief 01/19/11

Teresa Szymanski was named Lansing’s next chief of police Tuesday by Mayor Virg Bernero, according to a press release from the mayor.

BASKETBALL

Spartans drop second conference game, lose to Illini, 71-62

Illinois shot a blistering 53 percent from the field Tuesday night to down the MSU men’s basketball team, 71-62, in Champaign, Ill. The loss is MSU’s second in the conference. Guard Brandon Paul scored 20 points on 7-for-11 shooting, including 4-for-6 from beyond the arc, to lead the Fighting Illini to victory. As a team, Illinois shot 47 percent from 3-point range.

MSU

Many graduate students delaying degree

Between fall 2008 and fall 2009, the number of applications to graduate schools increased 8.3 percent, according to the most recent report by the Council of Graduate Schools, a national advocacy group.

MSU

Geosciences program to stay

When the dean of the College of Natural Science began discussing the end of the Department of Geological Sciences with Provost Kim Wilcox, students majoring in the geosciences field faced an uncertain future.