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E.L. police say recent rental break-ins are related

A string of break-ins has left police searching and East Lansing renters worrying. During the past four months, thieves have stolen TVs, video game systems, computers and purses from rental properties all around the city, East Lansing police Sgt. Scott Wriggelsworth said.

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Endowment drops, MSU officials say not to worry

MSU is starting to feel the effects of the current economic crisis as the university’s $1.4 billion investment portfolio, the majority of which is endowments, declined by about 10 percent for the quarter that ended Sept. 30. MSU’s endowment is made up of donations and investments that accumulate interest over time.

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ASMSU shoots down funding for concert, film viewing

ASMSU will not fund a concert promoting voter turnout, after Student Assembly Chairperson Mike Webber was forced to make the tie-breaking vote at a meeting Thursday. The bill initially failed in a prior meeting and was recalled after it passed unanimously in Finance Committee, where the proposed amount of funding was increased.

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Rodent remedy

Soon, lab animals might not spend their entire lives in the laboratory. Thanks to one student and a mistake in a shipment of hamsters to an MSU lab for a research project, the university might create an official policy for placing rodents unneeded for research up for adoption.

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Police Brief 10/17/08

A student’s purse was stolen Oct. 9 while riding on a Capitol Area Transportation Authority bus, MSU police Sgt. Randy Holton said.

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Police Brief 10/16/08

A duffel bag full of clothing and shoes were stolen Oct. 9 from a car parked on Auditorium Road, MSU police Sgt. Randy Holton said.

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Right on point

In the final presidential debate that was deemed a must-win for John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate ran the tone of the debate, but it might not have been enough to bridge the 8-point gap he is facing in the polls, experts said. “McCain really needed to have a game-changer moment in this debate to declare it a victory,” said MSU director of debate Greta Stahl. “I don’t think that he had that.”