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Buckeyes fall, 84-70, to Spartans

Columbus - Ridiculous. That's what MSU head coach Tom Izzo called his team's shooting performance Saturday afternoon. The Spartans shot 73.3 percent from the field to defeat Ohio State, 84-70, at Value City Arena.

COMMENTARY

Web addicts

Stop looking at porn. Well, maybe not entirely, but cut back. In this age of information-sharing and unrivaled technological advance, interpersonal communication is taking a hit.

COMMENTARY

Lala doesn't get affirmative action

Jim Lala's opposition to affirmative action in his column "Diversity doesn't promote better education, system flawed" (SN 2/3), exemplifies the exact prejudices of which the affirmative action programs actively struggle to fight against. Academic institutions have been criticized for their policies and for participation in affirmative action.

NEWS

MIDDAY UPDATE: Students, professors attend 23-hour marathon reading

Tired and inspired, 10 people left Case Hall at 4 a.m. Sunday with a sense of accomplishment after a 23-hour marathon reading of Herman Melville's "Moby Dick." From a clear reading with coffee and doughnuts to hallucinations over chapter numbers and words, a progression in both the camaraderie and the fatigue of the participants was evident. Thirty-nine students attended the event throughout the day to contribute to all or part of the public reading, while three professors and one student stayed to read nearly the entire novel aloud. "Academic life can be kind of stifling," said Rod Phillips, a James Madison College professor.

NEWS

Kerry declared winner of Michigan caucus

Pre-caucus polls proved accurate Saturday night when U.S. Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts emerged victorious from the Michigan Democratic caucus. Although only 85 percent of precincts had reported as of 8 p.m., Kerry was declared the winner with 49.9 percent of votes. Former Vermont Gov.

NEWS

Kerry leads caucus as Michigan Democrats head to polls

Democratic voters and campaign volunteers hit the street today to cast their vote for Michigan's caucus. At the MSU Union, student groups campaigned for their favorite candidate. Voters stepped off the elevator on the third floor as campaigners immediately started firing questions. "Have you considered John Kerry?" "Do you mind if I ask you a couple questions about Gov.

FEATURES

Marathon reading expected to last 21 hours

James Madison College professors and students will spend their weekend reading a whale of a tale. Rhetoric and humanities professor Ron Dorr and political science professor Eric Petrie have organized a marathon reading of Herman Melville's "Moby Dick." "This allows people to speak and hear the English language from a master," Dorr said. They anticipate 21 hours of public reading from 6 a.m.

NEWS

Shooting the lights out

You know you're a good shooter when there's a drinking game named after your 3-point shot. "I hear about it all the time," sophomore guard Maurice Ager said.

COMMENTARY

No amount of faith can make belief fact

Some kudos to Marc Levitt ("Bice falls flat in his latest argument") for good points supporting the view that science and religion are "not as far apart as so many like to claim." After all, both put forth theories about the universe and our role in it, right?

COMMENTARY

Izzo the Great

Tom Izzo has an edge over most MSU professors - students believe in what he says, does and thinks. Perhaps more than he'd like to admit, the word of Izzo is the gospel in East Lansing, passed down to him from the heavens by Basketball Jesus to his perch atop Breslin Center.

MICHIGAN

Arab Americans gear up for caucus

Dearborn - In a state with one of the largest Arab populations in the United States, volunteers are working to encourage strong voter turnout among Arab Americans for Saturday's Michigan Democratic caucus. Jumana Judeh, an active volunteer with the Arab American Institute, attempted to mobilize hundreds of potential voters at a rally in Dearborn on Wednesday.