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COMMENTARY

Abortion procedure cruel to unborn

I think I speak for many people when I say that President Bush is more evil than Satan himself. Somehow, he manages to remain president, despite the fact that he is more diabolical than Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and Carrot Top combined.

NEWS

Back in the game

For two years, he has worked for this. Rehabilitating every day to get back for a day of redemption. He tries his hardest to forget, but the play keeps running through his mind, like an old filmstrip stuck on one frame, continually flickering the moment in the back of his head. The pass was up, and he was looking to make a play, backpedaling and jumping, but Wisconsin wide receiver Lee Evans came down with the football and Tyrell Dortch, who was playing cornerback, landed on his right foot.

FEATURES

A night at the opera

Although the musical is named "Nine," the cast and crew of the MSU Opera Theatre production are concentrating on another number - three. That's because Federico Fellini's show takes the audience through the mind of Italian filmmaker Guido Contini, an alias for Fellini, as he jumps from the world of fantasy to flashback and reality. Hence, director and producer Melanie Helton said continuity will be the cast's key to success, as it performs at the Fairchild Theatre on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. "The difficult part of the show is that it exists on three planes of existence," Helton said.

COMMENTARY

Writer marginalizes groups on campus

Tom Amon's letter "SN Opinion Page has liberal biases" concerning The State News opinion section was patently outrageous. Amon claims that "the opinion pieces are overwhelmingly written by far-left liberals, lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender members or someone slamming conservatives." All State News readers should know that Amon's associative stereotyping of lesbians and gays as "liberals" is far from true.

NEWS

Professor autopsy details crime

MSU Professor Ruth Simms Hamilton was beaten with a wooden object and strangled before she was fatally stabbed four times in the back in her Meridian Township home, a final autopsy showed Thursday. Hamilton, 66, was found dead in her Seneca Drive residence in Meridian Township on Tuesday. While the sequencing of the attack isn't entirely clear, Ingham County Medical Examiner Dennis Jurczak said it appears the assailant struck her in the head with a wooden object - possibly a cane or a walking stick.

NEWS

Big Ten

No. 11 Purdue at No. 4 Ohio State A better conference matchup outside of Columbus, Ohio, this weekend will be hard to find. No.

COMMENTARY

Bad timing

Standing up for what you believe in should always be commended. In the case of Andrew Anthos, he should be recognized for all of his dedication to our state and country for the past 16 years. But last thing Michigan needs is to spend thousands of dollars on lighting up the Capitol building in red, white and blue.

COMMENTARY

Parched policy

When the going gets tough, sometimes the tough grab a beer. It's true - just ask some college students.

MSU

Yoga club bends 'U' in shape

Integrating modern medical teaching and yoga therapy techniques, the Medical Yoga Club of MSU will hold its annual Yoga Jamboree this weekend.The club will offer demonstrations of yoga, classes and therapy, all free-of-charge, from 9 a.m.

MSU

Groups offer free HIV testing, counseling

A dozen students arrived at Phillips Hall on Thursday night for free HIV testing and counseling. The free testing sessions, which lasted 20 to 30 minutes for each person, were provided by Gateway Community Services and RING, MSU's North Complex lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender caucus. "As far as I know, this is the first time these services have been offered on campus, outside of Olin," RING President Erik Green said. The procedure used Orasure, a blood-free method of testing that checks the saliva for antibodies associated with HIV.

MSU

Candidate's daughter campaigns for father

Chrissy Gephardt calls herself a live-in lobbyist.With Democratic presidential candidate Dick Gephardt as her father, the 30-year-old social worker said she had inside insurance that her dad's campaign focused on human issues.Chrissy Gephardt spoke with a group of about 50 students Thursday night about her father's policies on civil rights, civil liberties, Iraq and lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender issues.The latter is something of both personal interest to Chrissy Gephardt and of increased interest among some MSU Democrats.Chrissy Gephardt, who is openly lesbian, works with women in the District of Columbia with mental illnesses, substance-abuse disorders and trauma."My father has told me, 'Chrissy, the best thing you can do in your life is listen to people,'" she said, adding that it's something both of them are committed to.The oldest daughter of Dick Gephardt's three children, she's been touring the country sharing her father's message.Chrissy Gephardt also touched on her father's LBGT policies.

NEWS

Pigskin prognosticators

It's prognosticating time again, and this is the week that things will be closed out. With his 36-12 record, the magic number for No.

NEWS

Heisman watch

As Oklahoma continues to roll, Jason White comes closer and closer to locking up the Heisman Trophy. The Sooners went on and won 77-0 over Texas A&M last week and things don't look to be any better when the Sooners face Baylor this week.