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BASKETBALL

Intense Spartans look to keep hold of first place

Intensity hasn’t been a problem for the MSU women’s basketball team all season. But in Michigan week, the Spartans have ratchetted up any extra moxie they have left to get the best of their in-state rivals and keep themselves on track for a Big Ten Championship.

MSU

ASMSU chairperson steps down

A week after his job performance came into question, Christopher Kulesza resigned from chairperson of ASMSU’s Academic Assembly on Tuesday night. Kulesza planned to become the Director of University Budgets, but the assembly did not confirm him to that position.

NEWS

Mount Hope intersection upgrades considered

The intersection where an MSU visiting scholar was killed in a vehicle-pedestrian accident Sunday will be considered for safety upgrades after police complete an investigation. East Lansing police Chief Tom Wibert said police continue to investigate what caused the accident that killed Tao Li, 44, who had arrived from China earlier Sunday.

NEWS

Police Brief 02/18/09

A 22-year-old female student reported a textbook stolen while she worked out Friday at Jenison Field House, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

NEWS

Council talks riot, rezoning

To better define what types of conduct during a riot will result in prosecution, the East Lansing City Council set public hearing dates for March 3 and March 17 for the creation of a new ordinance. The ordinance specifies that citizens must clear the streets and not re-enter when police deem an event an unlawful assembly.

BASKETBALL

MSU's Lucas, Summers shut down by Purdue's Kramer in 72-54 loss

Throughout the season, Kalin Lucas and Durrell Summers have firmly taken over the role of dynamic scorers for the MSU men’s basketball team. With the glory of that role also comes the challenge of drawing the opponent’s best defender, which on Tuesday night was the reigning Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year.

NEWS

Man guilty of 2 counts from October assault

The man charged with assaulting a female student on campus in early October was found guilty on Tuesday of felony assault and attempted false imprisonment. Jason Evans, of Mason, who was 25 at the time of the crime, was found guilty of attacking a 19-year-old female student on Oct.

FEATURES

Freshmen fifteen Q's

College is a whole new world for many freshmen traveling campus for the first time. The State News sat down with one of these brave explorers to get a glimpse, in 15 questions or less, at a new face on campus and his perspective of his new frontier.

MSU

Local man dies from cancer, familiar face lost to MSU

If you’ve spent enough time on MSU’s campus, chances are you’ve crossed paths with Bill Brooks. Maybe it was on a Saturday afternoon at Spartan Stadium, where Brooks attended every home game. Or maybe it was when Barack Obama came to East Lansing last year, with Brooks sitting in the front row, listening attentively to the future president.