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Police Brief 02/29/08

A white iPod nano, gift cards, $8 in cash, a Motorola Krazr cell phone valued at $547 and a brown Dockers wallet containing various forms of ID were reported stolen from a West Holmes Hall dorm room between 2 and 8 p.m. Sunday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

BASKETBALL

Senior smackdown

After four years on the MSU women’s basketball team, senior guard Courtney Davidson ended her regular-season career in record-setting style. Davidson scored a career-high 20 points, leading the team to a 54-46 victory over Illinois on Thursday night at Breslin Center.

BASKETBALL

Naymick, Neitzel excel on, off court

When Drew Neitzel and Drew Naymick walk the length of their home floor on Sunday for senior day celebrations, they’ll be leaving a trail. The trail — of records, statistics, charity work and tenacity — will go down as a culmination of their character, more commonly referred to as a legacy.

ICE HOCKEY

One final salute

Bring plenty of tissues for tonight’s 7:05 p.m. game against Bowling Green. It will mark the last night the seniors on the MSU hockey team will skate at Munn Ice Arena during the regular season, and it’s bound to get emotional.

BASKETBALL

Breakdown

Spartans fans — what is your profession? It could be to grab the foam finger, body paint, rowdy rags, hair dye and Sparty helmet — there’s no other game at Breslin Center quite like this one.

MICHIGAN

Salting roads may harm environment

With an increase in the use of road salt this winter, Michigan environmental agencies are uneasy about the effects of its runoff. “The concern is that it can run off into nearby waterways and affect animal life and plant life,” said Robert McCann, spokesman for the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.

MSU

Student group leaves for service trips

Although some students choose to don bathing suits and relax on the beach during spring break, others are exchanging swimwear for shovels and paint brushes. Fifty-one congregates from Martin Luther Chapel will leave for mission trips to one of four sites today and Saturday: El Paso, Texas, Phoenix, Haiti and Nicaragua.

MSU

GEU looks to waive fees

Just what do the College of Engineering’s program fees pay for? That was the question Art Covert and a group of other graduate students from both the Graduate Employees Union, or GEU, and the Computer Science and Engineering Graduate Association asked. The answer they discovered, they didn’t like.

FEATURES

College site rivals Facebook

Facebook.com is great for showing your friends photos from last night’s wild party. It’s great for having your friends listed in a Rolodex-type list. But Zach Suchin and Jason Schutzbank, co-founders of online college networking site Collegetonight.com, or College Tonight, have different goals when it comes to networking.

FEATURES

SN style

Zaneta Patterson, an advertising junior, dresses in clothes that represent both her religion, and her innate sense of style.

FEATURES

Aromatherapy can help decrease stress

Instead of popping pills the next time you’re stressed, achy or simply worn out, try using a different approach to treat your ailments. Enter aromatherapy. Mostly used for medicinal purposes in Europe, this stress-buster is becoming increasingly popular in the U.S. It uses the scents of natural oils on the skin or in the air to rejuvenate and replenish people both mentally and physically.