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Columns

COMMENTARY

Spare Jon, Lisa cell phone conversation about impending hook-up

I knew about five different parties that happened this weekend. One was a techno music party, another was a fraternity party with some kind of theme or other, there was a Ski Club party and two other general house parties on Gunson and Beale streets.I also knew that Jon was planning to hook up with Lisa on Friday, and that the frat party was going to be “totally lame.”I learned about all of this in my math class.

SPORTS

Northwestern game wont be soon forgotten

Evanston, Ill. - The row of MSU players knelt on the sidelines in single file, clasping hands, hoping for just one more miracle. Apparently, it was the Wildcats turn for miracles- again. That 47-yard Northwestern field goal was the improbable ending to a game that defied all logic. “I just hoped we had a few more seconds left,” head coach Bobby Williams said. But the Spartans didn’t.

COMMENTARY

Will newfound patriotism, unity hold after nation returns to normal?

Voices are raised, money is donated and a great deal of lip service is paid to love of country: “you can’t tread on us,” and “I’d die to keep us free.” Militia members who weeks ago would have shot a federal agent if he came within miles of their homes are embracing those same agents in a common cause - the anger and hatred of those who would cause harm to the United States.

FEATURES

Moderns give pop-culture its bad taste

Yes, the stuff that’s been flooding the movie theaters lately is terrible, and pop music today is even worse. I still can’t get over the name “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer,” and bad thoughts run through my mind when I hear the name ‘N Sync.