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Police brief 10/23/09

A 25-year-old Chicago woman reported $3,100 of belongings — along with a fifth of vodka — stolen Saturday from her vehicle, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

NEWS

Redefining research

A trail of millions of federal dollars leads to MSU, but the money doesn’t ease administrators’ concerns about MSU’s reputation for research. In recent rankings from the National Science Foundation, MSU dropped in both research expenditures as well as received research funding.

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Students discuss growing up without a father

Jazmyne Cheese never got to say goodbye to her dad before she moved out. Cheese grew up in a divided household. Her parents fought, her dad was accused of cheating with another woman and even though she refers to herself as a daddy’s girl, when the time came, she left with her mother.

MEN'S SOCCER

Worth keeping

Avery Steinlage could have excelled at any sport. With a vertical jump of more than 30 inches, the 6-foot-2, 205-pound Steinlage has the ups of a forward in basketball.

MSU

ASMSU to look at low-cost student health care

ASMSU is looking into creating a low-cost student health-care plan in light of possibilities that the university will make health care mandatory for all MSU students in the future. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government.

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MSU to create scholarship initiative

MSU will announce the Spartan Scholarship Challenge this weekend in hopes of raising millions for students in need of scholarships sparked by an anonymous gift of $10 million to the university in April.

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Caution urged on networking sites

Students who spend countless hours on Facebook staying in touch with friends and keeping up with the latest applications might need to be more cautious in what they click, according to a statement released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

FEATURES

Student inspiration for volunteer group

Don Ausman’s legacy selflessly of helping others and embracing the motto “pay it forward” is something that lives on through the hard work of the volunteers and friends that support the new MSU student organization, Don’s Outreach Network (DON), Ausman’s mother Renee’ Wauldron said.