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BASKETBALL

Spartans beat No. 22 Virginia

The MSU men's basketball team thrived off an energized crowd and an ESPN audience Wednesday to pick up an impressive 82-75 win over Virginia on Wednesday night. With the victory in the ACC/Big Ten challenge, the No.

NEWS

MIDDAY UPDATE: Campus Jewish center offers holiday comfort away from home

This year, many Jewish students at MSU were thankful that they were able to celebrate the beginning of Chanukah with their families over the Thanksgiving break."For the first time in four years, Jewish students were able to spend the beginning of Chanukah at home," Jennifer Stotter, president of the Jewish Student Union at MSU, said.

MSU

'U' group raises funds for shelter

The American Association of Blacks in Energy-MSU held a coin drive this week in the International Center to support MSU Safe Place, an on-campus domestic violence shelter.The organization raised funds for the Safe Place last year, raising $400 in two days.

MSU

Students can pick up free blue books from ASMSU

Tuition and rent may not be free, but blue books are.With finals week looming, students are rushing to bookstores around the area to pick up the small blue item essential for final exams.But ASMSU, MSU's undergraduate student government, is trying to help out by offering blue books, which cost less than $1, for free.The blue books program has been in effect for the last five years, but recently it has gained momentum as more students have become aware of the service, said Academic Assembly Chairperson Matt Clayson."The first batch lasted two and a half years.

COMMENTARY

Union alone won't help improve 'U'

After reading Scott Henkel's column "Graduate union out to improve quality of life, learning for 'U'" (SN 12/4), one would think I was lucky to survive five years of graduate school without the Graduate Employees Union.

COMMENTARY

All ideas are worthy for public forums

I must admit that I was a bit confused by the closing portion of Dan Roosien's letter to the editor "Columnist's words were hypocritical" (SN 12/02). I was equally bothered by the intolerance displayed in the column about which he referred ("Religious majority doesn't understand atheist views," SN 11/26), and must whole-heartedly agree that sort of expression does not tend to serve its cause as the author might have intended. That being said, I was disappointed that Roosien would chose to close a commentary that scolds intolerance with a statement of intolerance.

BASKETBALL

Spartans ready for rematch with No. 22 Cavaliers

The last time the MSU men's basketball team met Virginia, it was a washout. The game was canceled early in the second half when water on the court in Charlottesville, Va., halted play.The game was played at a minor league hockey facility and the floor was on top of a layer of ice, which caused the condensation.Tonight, the No.

MSU

Groups organize, participate in charity events

There's more to MSU's greek community than wild parties and tailgating before football games.Each semester, the Interfraternity and Panhellenic councils and individual chapters of each group sponsor events around the East Lansing community to raise money for local charities."I certainly think social life is an important aspect of college and the greek community," IFC President Paul Hage said.

NEWS

Cold affects outside center

Lansing Twp. - Neither cold nor snow nor chill in the air can keep holiday shoppers away from Eastwood Towne Center this season - at least that's what tenants hope. When Eastwood Towne Center opened for business earlier this fall, the concept of an open-air mall was embraced by shoppers and businesses alike.

NEWS

MIDDAY UPDATE: Student could be able to study abroad in Antarctica

A faculty members in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources is proposing a study aboard program in Antarctica. The proposal is to take MSU students to its seventh continent, while MSU already has 182 programs in 53 countries. John Hesse, an adjunct instructor of fisheries and wildlife, said he has been working on the proposal since March and has submitted the proposal to his college. Hesse said the proposal is to fly to the southern tip of South Africa and take a ship through the Drake Passage and dock in Antarctica. He said students will live on the ship for 12 days, while visiting research labs and studying unique wildlife. "There are an awful lot of seals and whales and unique birds that you just can't see anywhere else." For more information, see Thursday's edition of The State News.

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NEWS

Supreme Court case could affect state sodomy statute

Leaders in Michigan's gay community are hopeful a U.S. Supreme Court decision will overturn a state statute outlawing consensual sexual relations between people of the same sex. In the spring, the court plans to review the Texas case of John Geddes Lawrence and Tyron Garner, who were arrested, jailed overnight and fined $200 after police found them having sex in Lawrence's apartment. In 1986, the court ruled 5-4 that consenting adults have no constitutional right to private homosexual sex.