SPORTS

Breaking down bracketology

For many people, this is the most wonderful time of the year. Christmas is second. And a distant second at that. March Madness is the time of year when basketball fans, gambleaholics and the like get together and fill out their NCAA Tournament brackets. These people predict the winners of 64 games (play-in game, 32 first-round games, 16 second-round games, Sweet 16, Elite Eight, Final Four and championship game) in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament and submit them to their respective pools.

COMMENTARY

Like it or not, all opinions deserve to be heard

Today, love obliges me to defend hate. A grandiloquent sentence to write, but humor me. On Feb.

COMMENTARY

Bad choices bring society down, but dont forget good in world, too

Humans can do some pretty rotten things to one another. That is the main reason why news makes me sick to my stomach a lot more than I expect it to. During the week prior to spring break, the nation’s eyes were turned to Massachusetts, where a bounty of Roman Catholic priests have been accused of sexually molesting children.

NEWS

Cereal capers raise questions

A crime wave of unparalleled scope and depth has hit the cafeterias of this once-safe campus. Right under our collective noses, from the inside of seemingly banal cereal bowls comes a threat to the very fibers of our freedom and well-being as students.

COMMENTARY

By voting yes on tax increase, SN can continue to keep U up to date

I’ve never been a very good politician. When I was younger I could blame my lack of politicking skills on my inability to do anything that required coordination - or maybe it was the glasses and braces.

COMMENTARY

Run-in with the law cause to reconsider trust-based relationships

Tara May

March 1, 2002

By TARA MAY The State News Trust is an issue at the heart of most relationships. Especially friendships - they aren’t family we get stuck with and make the most of.

FEATURES

Another year, another crappy music awards show

Dan Julian

March 1, 2002

I missed my favorite television program Wednesday. It’s a special time I put aside every Wednesday night at 10.

FEATURES

Look hot this spring break by wearing less

Michelle Matthews

March 1, 2002

It’s about that time - time to put on a teeny-weeny bikini. OK, maybe I’ve exaggerated just a bit.

SPORTS

Parity fever strikes Big Ten basketball

I have a confession to make - I’ve had the tendency to jump on the occasional bandwagon. Yes, I “Blame(d) it on the rain” with Milli Vanilli, “Jump(ed)” with Kris Kross, and sang along to “YMCA” at sporting events.

FEATURES

Leap of faith?

I was pretty surprised after the Daniel Pearl tragedy when I realized that being a journalist could be a dangerous profession.

NEWS

Honor students wear glasses more than most

Freshman year in high school was a turning point for me. Things were no longer foggy after I came into a warm room from outside on a winter day.

NEWS

Honor students wear glasses more than most

by SHANNON HOUGHTON For The State News Freshman year in high school was a turning point for me.

COMMENTARY

SN opinions inherently biased; its the American way, deal with it

Matt Treadwell

February 27, 2002

Warning. What you are about to read may shock you. Prepare yourself. Here it comes. The State News Opinion Page is full of biased propaganda. “No,” you say.

COMMENTARY

U can learn a thing or two from Sesame Street

If you ever watched “Sesame Street,” you have to remember Telly. You know the one: He’s tall, fuschia, with blue eyelids and a long orange nose.

COMMENTARY

Conservative voices refreshing compared to liberal campus majority

I have never idolized Ronald Reagan. This is not altogether surprising, since my political bias is in the opposite direction.

COMMENTARY

Concept of true freedom is found far beyond American ideal

Freedom is a force more powerful than man or society. Liberty’s power transcends borders and cultures.

COMMENTARY

Morality plays major role in todays global society

Of everything I have had to learn in medical school, the hardest lesson has been neither physiological nor pathological.

COMMENTARY

Dont view Lenten rituals as chores; tools are fun way to help faith grow

I hate doing chores. It wouldn’t take a sleuth detective to figure that out after stepping foot into my apartment.

COMMENTARY

Soda companies target children unfairly

As our government has mandated us all to remain on the super-duper double-triple highest state of terrorist alert, you may be wondering why I expect you to give a puny issue like the sale of soda in schools your full attention. As we’re constantly being reminded, the war on terror is not a single operation; it is a sustained campaign.

COMMENTARY

All companies should be held to same standards as Big Tobacco

Call it compassion or plain old sympathy, but I have always likened myself to root for the underdog.