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FOOTBALL

Unsung heroes

Jesse Johnson remembers the day vividly. He was 5 years old and sitting with his grandfather in section eight, row 142, seats one and two of Spartan Stadium, when he let everybody in the row know they were sitting with a future MSU football player.

FOOTBALL

Boleski's powerful leg is weapon for Spartans

Every now and then, a TV analyst or newspaper columnist makes a wise-crack about kickers. By noting that kickers don’t hit, don’t get hit and simply stand on the sidelines kicking footballs into a net, they try to make a point by saying kickers aren’t football players.

MSU

Board of Trustees to meet today

Plans to replace Morrill Hall and expand MSU’s plant science program are among the discussion topics at today’s MSU Board of Trustees meeting. Also on the board’s agenda is a proposal to increase parking space in Lot 89. The meeting, held at 9:30 a.m., is the board’s first of the fall semester.

COMMENTARY

Informed voting is key to election

The second biggest cliché charging political pep talks (behind unqualified belches to vote) is preaching that citizens “get informed.” The only difference in the following argument is that I’m not asking. I’m telling.

COMMENTARY

Students should contribute to political discussions in class

In response to the letter Classroom not forum for professors’ political ideas (SN 9/9), the writer incorrectly assumes that healthy political debate between students and professors will negatively affect their grade in the class and should be somehow disallowed due to the university’s position receiving taxpayer money.

NEWS

7 years later

Seven years ago today, one of the greatest national tragedies of this generation left a country in shock and filled Americans with a renewed sense of patriotism. As most Americans were beginning their days Sept. 11, 2001, the first of two hijacked planes collided with the World Trade Center in New York City.