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NEWS

Seniors hope for emotional win

When the MSU football team walks off the field Saturday, 21 players will be leaving Spartan Stadium for the final time. "It's going to be one of those days that's kind of a sad, emotional day," senior free safety and captain Jason Harmon said.

NEWS

Pigskin prognosticators

The progsters had a tough time last weekend, both going 1-2. Uncle Joey dropped to a still impressive 18-11 and Crone sits even at 14.5 and 14.5.

NEWS

Slipping away

It's like a bad dream - Michigan, Ohio State and Wisconsin, again. In control of their own destiny, (that meaning a possible Rose Bowl trip) the MSU football team has, for the second straight season, let things slip away in its most crucial three-game stretch. "That was brought up Sunday after practice when we were in the coaches' locker room," head coach John L.

MICHIGAN

Study: Number of new hunters down

While hunters clean their guns and pack warm clothes in preparation for the opening of Michigan's firearm hunting season on Monday, some outdoors lovers say the number of new hunters is declining. Last year, a study conducted by researchers at the MSU Department of Fisheries and Wildlife revealed the number of big game hunters in the U.S.

COMMENTARY

Bice's statements on faith misguided

As a person of faith who voted for John Kerry, I must challenge John Bice's ignorant statements in his column "Bush supporters share common thread with fundamentalists," (SN 11/10). His statements labeling people of faith as uneducated and separated from reality are insults to individuals of all faiths. I do not know whom the 2003 Harris Poll surveyed for its findings, but they were not people of my community of faith, most of whom hold advanced degrees.

FEATURES

Instrumental musical duo to play church

Musical duo Harvey Reid and Joyce Andersen will play at 8 p.m. today at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Greater Lansing, 855 Grove St. Reid has been playing clubs, festivals, street corners, cafes and a variety of other venues over the last 30 years.

COMMENTARY

#&@! the FCC

If American history is too grisly for you, please turn the page and continue reading. For those hardy souls who stayed put, congratulate yourselves for not living in fear of the Federal Communications Commission, better known as the FCC, better known to us as a public enemy. ABC affiliates in at least eight states have decided not to run an unedited version of "Saving Private Ryan," Steven Spielberg's triumphant 1998 World War II picture, because it contains violent, grisly and graphic images.