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BASKETBALL

Spartans open up in style

A jam-packed Breslin Center helped both the men’s and women’s basketball teams usher in the start of the 2002-03 season Friday night.Master of ceremonies Terry “Boom Boom” Braverman got the Midnight Mania crowd riled up, followed by the Spartan Marching Band leading the crowd in the school fight song.San Francisco 49ers head coach Steve Mariucci sent a message to his buddy - men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo - via video screen.“Tonight is the first step to another championship run, Izzo,” he said.

MICHIGAN

Locals dig up Michigans past

Lansing - Bob Love squinted his eyes as he examined the piece of stone he had been chipping.“There’s a definite sequence to this,” he explained as a group of onlookers moved forward to see his work.

NEWS

Eminems 8 Mile hits campus

With the advanced screening of the Eminem movie “8 Mile” set for 7 p.m. at the Auditorium, the rumor mills are swirling as to whether the famous rapper will be appearing on campus. “I’ve heard the rumors, and I don’t think it would be a big surprise if Eminem comes,” political theory senior Stan Beltowski said.

MSU

Proposal to be debated

ASMSU will meet with 500 representatives from the state’s private and public colleges to rally against Proposal 4 this weekend. The rally will be at 1 p.m.

COMMENTARY

Liberals should stop blaming Bush

It is unfortunate how the majority of liberal students on this campus attack the Bush administration for everything that happens in this country - from the economy to war, students never look at the facts.

SPORTS

First road game wont be easy

After five home games to start the season and a bye week, the MSU football team heads into its first road game of the season.In the last game of the homestand, the Spartans (3-2 overall, 1-0 Big Ten) defeated Northwestern 39-24 in the Big Ten opener on Sept.

SPORTS

Iowa running back leads all league rushers

Fred Russell always dreamed of leading the Big Ten in rushing. The one-time Wolverine hopeful just never thought he would do it as an Iowa Hawkeye. But halfway through the Michigan native’s junior season, the 5-foot-8, 185-pounder is doing just that.

NEWS

Former Israeli official visits U

Americans should not be afraid to take action against terrorism. That was the message former Israeli press secretary Yossi Olmert told his audience Thursday in the Wilson Hall auditorium. Sponsored by the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, Olmert, a Middle East historian and terrorism expert, is part of a part of semesterlong fellowship speaker program at MSU.

FEATURES

Knockaround Guys pleases with experienced cast

Where did “Knockaround Guys” come from? All of a sudden, there is a cast of promising actors teaming up with seasoned veterans in a Mafia flick. After a long wait, a wait only matched by the Tyson-Lewis fight, “Knockaround Guys” opens today.

MSU

Event on workers rights

The MSU School of Labor and Industrial Relations and the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations are teaming up today for a two-day conference on worker rights. The first session begins at 8 a.m.

SPORTS

HARDY: Bye week bought time before key matchup

Is it a good bye or goodbye for the Spartan gridders? That question and many more will be answered come Saturday when MSU takes the field in Iowa City, Iowa, to match up with the ever-talented Old Gold and Black inside Kinnick Stadium. And the battered-and-bruised players enjoyed time to reflect on their questionable first half of the season with time outside Spartan Stadium, healing from grueling games against Notre Dame and California. The Spartans are 26-16-2 lifetime with at least 14 days of rest, dating way back when to 1896. I brushed off the dust on a few volumes of Spartan statistics to find that one. Yes, the gridders tied twice - a Nov.

NEWS

Trustees seek more state funding per student

MSU’s Board of Trustees will vote today on whether to send a report to the governor’s office asking for an increase of about $1,000 per student in state funds for the 2003-04 school year. The university received about $3,000 less per student in state appropriations than Wayne State University and about $1,700 less per student than the University of Michigan this school year. “This is the beginning of a long ritual dance,” Trustee Colleen McNamara said, adding the request will have to go through several state committees before MSU receives any money.