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NEWS

Police Brief 02/04/09

A 20-year-old female student reported her debit card number stolen and fraudulent charges made, but the transgression was caught by bank employees before purchases were authorized, MSU police Sgt.

NEWS

Remembering Dancing Don

“Dance on Don.” Family members and friends scrawled these words on the rock on Farm Lane Tuesday night, as more than 100 people gathered at a candlelight vigil to honor Don Ausman’s life.

FEATURES

Beyond the books

Oh, the places they’ve been, the things they’ve seen. Professors’ lives outside the classroom are as vast and unique as those of the students they teach. Although their students may be unaware of what happens beyond the geographic borders of MSU, The State News offers a glimpse into the nonacademic lives of two professors.

FEATURES

Mathos keeps dorms safe

Night receptionist Elyse Mathos, a comparative cultures and politics junior, shares the ups and downs of guarding the door of Case and Wonders halls nightly.

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 fewer, at a new face on campus and her perspective on her new frontier.

BASKETBALL

Spartans looking to get back on track at home

Two consecutive home losses for the first time since the 1996-97 season have led MSU head coach Tom Izzo to admit the shell of his team has been slightly shaken. In the last two games at Breslin Center, the Spartans have dealt with hot shooters and an array of shots that would have won numerous HORSE championships in their losses to both Northwestern (70-63 on Jan.

COMMENTARY

Welcome week vital to students

Note to the administration: Students love a good slap to the face. So thank you, thank you so very much, for valuing our opinion about the academic calendar only after you took away Welcome Week without our consent.