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COMMENTARY

No easy answer for Kashmir turmoil

Abhishek Modi's solutions seem like some fairy-tale answer to a decade-old problem, and this is more than likely because that is precisely what they are founded on ("Some changes could end ongoing, bloody battle over Kashmir" SN 1/28). The problems that India and Pakistan face aren't about Kashmir alone - the nations are ideologically different.

FEATURES

Free production offers SNL vibe

BoarsHead Professional Theater will be producing "Free Food & Full Frontal Nudity" - a sketch comedy performance in the fashion of "Saturday Night Live". Every few months, BoarsHead Theater produces a Dark Night series which allows the second-company actors to get out on stage and perform; the sketch will be this month's. The series will be run today and Tuesday at the BoarsHead Theater, 425 S.

COMMENTARY

Dean's for 'U"

What have you done for us lately, Democratic presidential candidates? In the months and months ahead of rhetorical promise-making and political stumping, the list of to-dos certainly will outweigh the items crossed off as complete on the campaign checklist. It's the nature of the beast in the world of politics.

SPORTS

Seniors halt Spartans' streak

The Iowa Hawkeyes ended the MSU women's basketball team's six-game winning streak Sunday with a 78-67 upset at Breslin Center. "Iowa has two fantastic seniors and they showed what senior leadership is all about today," MSU head coach Joanne P.

NEWS

Professors rate Super Bowl ads

While many looked forward to the intense athletic competition associated with Sunday's Super Bowl, the people inside Professor Bob Kolt's living room were paying the most attention to the commercials. Between plays, the lights in the room dimmed as the group of 10 advertising professors gathered around a cream-colored sectional couch to rate TV's most-watched commercials, each 30-second spot costing an average of $2.3 million. Bud Light commercials were the favorite among the group, coming away with this year's top three Super Bowl spots. "They're fun, creative - it's definitely Bud's night," Professor Linda Hagan said. The best three, as rated by MSU professors: No.

MSU

Thousands show for Michael Moore lecture, book signing

"One-two-three-four! We don't want your racist war! Five-six-seven-eight! Stop the violence, stop the hate!" Supporters of Michael Moore in the standing-room-only crowd chanted such slogans while waiting for the author and filmmaker to begin speaking in the Auditorium on Friday. Event organizers estimated about 4,300 people attended the event, with between 200 and 300 people turned away.

MICHIGAN

Local bar changes policy

East Lansing now has one less location for underage students to hang out with their legal-age friends on late nights. About two weeks ago, The Peanut Barrel Restaurant, 521 E.

COMMENTARY

Home alone

All Spartans have an opinion of how things operate down in Ann Arbor during the weekend. We think they hole up in the library - false - or trudge to an anti-climactic fraternity party - true. Make no mistake, East Lansing, the Ann Arborites know how to party.

MSU

Group emphasizes bicycle usage to protect campus sustainability

When the MSU Bike Project first was created there were only a few bicycles and no place to call home. But now, with a new Web site, www.msu.edu/~bikes, and a spot in Demonstration Hall for storage, the project aims at getting students and faculty out of their cars by providing them with bikes. Officials from the MSU Bike Project are hoping by the summer semester to expand its fleet to 100 bikes.

MSU

Honors College hosts annual Geek Week

This week, the Honors College Programming Board will host its second annual Geek Week. The week's events will begin today with the "The Milky Way Legacy" show at 7:30 p.m.