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NEWS

White team beats Green team in first hockey contest

Senior forward Adam Nightingale had two goals and sophomore defenseman Chris Snavely had a goal and two assists to lead the MSU White team to a 4-2 win over the MSU Green team Friday night at Munn Ice Arena. "We've been working hard," senior goaltender Matt Migliaccio said.

FEATURES

Make-A-Wish seeks help for girl with an illness

Michaela Dermyer is just like any other 3-year-old girl. She likes Disney movies, sing-along songs and hopes to one day visit Disney World. Michaela, who was born with cardiomyopathy, and her family hopes Make-A-Wish Foundation of Michigan will help her experience the dreamland of Disney World.

COMMENTARY

American can do better with Kerry

The Bush administration has caused the quality of life for the average American to decline. There are 45 million citizens without health insurance, and 80 percent of these people work. The family median income has decreased by $1,500.

COMMENTARY

Being direct

After America was attacked at home, we lived in fear. Fear of being attacked again and fear of doing the unpatriotic.

NEWS

Details of revamp released

The vision for the proposed $16.3 million East Village Master Plan became clearer Thursday as developers laid out a plan to extend Dormitory Road, create housing for 6,000-7,000 people, and build a $7.8-million boat basin. The East Village Planning Team approved a possible Red Cedar River basin - which is a small enclosed body of water - in the middle of the Cedar Village area, to alleviate problems with future flooding of the river. The 35-acres of land, which is bounded on the west and east by Bogue Street and Hagadorn Road, and on the north and south by Grand River Avenue and the Red Cedar River, would be replaced with new housing and retail facilities.

NEWS

The good and the ugly

Loss, win, loss, win, loss - it's been a bumpy ride for the MSU football team thus far. "It really has been an up-and-down season emotionally, like a roller coaster," senior tackle Sean Poole said.

COMMENTARY

Students' protest was likely to occur

Thank you for providing further coverage of the protest at Paul Bremer's speech. It was very clear from the written format in which questions would be submitted and pre-screened before going to Bremer that anyone who asked a question that even hinted upon controversy would be ignored. Additionally, one would not realistically expect Bremer to even provide satisfactory answers if he did hear the questions.

COMMENTARY

'U' officials display marginal respect

After reading the story ("Taming the tailgate" SN 10/5) about tailgate restrictions, it is obvious to me that university officials lack common sense and don't care about the opinions of students and trustees. The restrictions will not only fail to solve the problems with excessive alcohol consumption, but they also ignore easy fixes to problems like public urination and broken glass.

NEWS

Humorous English play to open at BoarsHead

Lansing theater will be sprinkled with a second dash of English humor next weekend when BoarsHead Professional Theatre presents "Humble Boy." Although "Humble Boy" concerns another love-triangle plot, much like the MSU Department of Theatre's "Twelfth Night," this comedy is a contemporary one - something Lansing audiences aren't used to seeing, said the play's Director Geoffrey Sherman. "The play is built as a comedy, but like all real comedies, there is much more to it," he said.

SPORTS

Smith's critics need to relax

A couple of weeks ago after the Notre Dame game I got an e-mail from what I assumed to be a Spartans fan. The letter read: "What about firing (John L.) Smith and hiring (former Florida and Washington Redskins head coach) Steve Spurrier?

NEWS

Service errors, hits hurt spikers as Wolverines edge Spartans

Ann Arbor - The season-high crowd of 1,721 at Cliff Keen Arena was deafening during the fourth and final game as Michigan proved too powerful for MSU Wednesday evening. The score of the fourth game was 30-12, MSU's worst loss since the NCAA switch to rally scoring in 2001.

NEWS

Arrests at Bremer talk spur reaction

After two protesters were arrested during a speech made by a former U.S. ambassador to Iraq Tuesday, some student groups are questioning whether their voices are being heard. But MSU officials said they wish the students would have waited until an open question-and-answer section to speak out. About a dozen people stood up and shouted questions to former U.S.

COMMENTARY

Vice squad

It's rare that a vice presidential debate actually commands attention. Tuesday's debate did more.

NEWS

Making it BIG

Like many young directors searching for their big break, Nathaniel Nose's youth was filled with dreams of moving to New York City. Now the theater senior and aspiring filmmaker has traded in his Manhattan reveries for the gritty realism of our own state capital. Nose said he's one among a growing movement of filmmakers who are choosing to produce their films right here in Michigan.