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NEWS

Police Brief 03/25/09

A 19-year-old female student reported $138.75 of fraudulent charges made on her Spartan Cash account for 16 orders to Menna’s Joint, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

NEWS

Fatal car crash ruled intentional

MSU police completed its investigation of the fatal vehicle crash involving kinesiology sophomore Josh Parks, ruling it an intentional crash, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

MICHIGAN

E.L. to raise awareness with Earth hour

East Lansing joined four other cities in Michigan last week when it adopted a measure to encourage residents to turn off nonessential lights this weekend. The dim down, nationally known as Earth Hour, takes place from 8:30-9:30 p.m. Saturday and residents are encouraged to turn off all nonwessential lights and electrical devices, East Lansing City Councilmember Nathan Triplett said.

MSU

ASMSU pays visit to D.C., talks funds

Members of ASMSU traveled to Washington, D.C., this past weekend to speak to Michigan’s legislators about lobbying for higher education funding. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government.

MSU

Feminist speaker comes to MSU

Playboy bunnies, “Girls Gone Wild” and g-strings were a few of the topics author Ariel Levy discussed Tuesday when she spoke to a crowd of more than 160 people at the Union.

BASKETBALL

MSU gets chance to bounce team led by former coach

There was an eerily familiar feel to it all. The name that blared over the Breslin Center public address system was as familiar as the woman who paced the sidelines with meditative determination and focus. But this time, there was no green blouse under the dark suit and the team backing her was wearing an unfamiliar color — blue.

NEWS

Kidnapping leads MSU to reassess safety abroad

Guatemala native Oscar Arreola calls his homeland “the most multicultural and multilandscaped country you would find in the whole Central America.” Yet Arreola, an MSU doctoral student who lived in Guatemala until he was 17, said his home country suffers from “a combination of underlying social problems, gangs and drug trafficking.”

NEWS

Police Brief 03/24/09

A 19-year-old male student reported 10 CDs stolen by two males he found sitting in his vehicle in the East Holden Hall service lot, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.