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SPORTS

'U' needs 2 wins to be in Jan. 1 game

As the sun beamed down over Ohio Stadium on Saturday afternoon and Buckeyes quarterback Craig Krenzel took a final kneel to run out the clock, another loss was tallied next to MSU's name. Now, a dark reality blocks the sunshine lighting up East Lansing.

MSU

Event shows cultures

The annual Global Festival will take place from noon to 5 p.m Sunday at the Union Co-sponsored by the University Activities Board and Community Volunteers for International Programs, the event will host many events aimed to increase international cultural awareness in the community.

SPORTS

Penalties, dropped passes plague team

Columbus, Ohio - MSU's game plan, or lack thereof, on Saturday must have been a carbon copy of the debacle from two weeks ago against Michigan. For the second straight week, this time against No.

COMMENTARY

Students, professors should create better class atmosphere

This semester, I started doing something I haven't done on a consistent basis during my college career - I started attending my classes, and I don't really know why. Maybe I was nervous about graduating and wanted to make sure I heard every word uttered from my professor's mouth.

SPORTS

Spartans' rebound, shoot to 83-55 win

The good news - the MSU women's basketball team improved their defense, interior game and rebounding in Saturday's 83-55 exhibition win over Hungarian touring team Zala Volan at Breslin Center.The bad news - the Spartans don't have another European squad on the schedule.MSU outplayed Zala Volan in nearly every aspect Saturday, flirting with 20-point leads throughout the duration of the contest and grabbing 49 rebounds.

FOOTBALL

Dropped Again

Columbus, Ohio - With starting strong safety Eric Smith out, the MSU defense was forced to make many pass-coverage adjustments. But in the end, they weren't enough, as MSU lost to Ohio State 33-23 at Ohio Stadium.

COMMENTARY

Tissue, please

As the weather continues to get colder, sneezes and coughs are becoming the norm around campus. We all know colds and flu start infecting the area this time of the year, so here's a new idea: Take initiative and get a vaccination before you're stuck in bed with a fever and congested sinuses. The 2002 National College Health Assessment reported that 78 percent of MSU students got a cold or the flu last year.

MSU

Club offers free yoga

A free day of yoga will be held Nov. 15 in the Union's Ohio State Room. The Medical Yoga Club of MSU will be offering yoga classes and lessons, booklets and fliers about yoga, yoga therapy and demonstrations of yoga that include medical yoga. The free event will be from 9 a.m.

NEWS

Cutting loose

Pyrotechnicians shot fire into the air and sparks cascaded down onto the judges' table at Breslin Center on Friday night, as funky kaleidoscopic images swirled about on two giant, white arrowhead pieces of canvas. Add some Michael Jackson music, which blasted from the bass-heavy speakers, and one would have thought the King of Pop had made a surprise visit to MSU. Well, in a way, he did. Nine lip-synching acts took to the Breslin Center stage Friday night for the 13th annual "Fake the Funk." From The Temptations to R.

NEWS

MIDDAY UPDATE: Hundreds gather to see lunar eclipse

By Melissa Domsic Special for The State News The moon lined up with the Earth and sun Saturday, and more than 250 people from MSU, East Lansing, and the surrounding area came to the MSU Observatory to get a better view of the lunar eclipse that occurred between 8:06 and 8:30 p.m.

NEWS

MIDDAY UPDATE: Hundreds gather to see lunar eclipse

The moon lined up with the Earth and sun Saturday, and more than 250 people from MSU, East Lansing, and the surrounding area came to the MSU Observatory to get a better view of the lunar eclipse that occurred between 8:06 and 8:30 p.m.