Laura Damon-Moore, 23, Beloit, WI.

Laura Damon-Moore felt death walking beside her for a hundred paces on Tuesday yet she carried on with a jaunty step. She met her demise just before dinner in the Chapin Quad later that evening. She is survived by her live-in partner, James Burling, and a yet-to-be-named pet chinchilla. Funeral services have not been arranged.