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Surviving MSU as a Local
by Mitra Sticklen - Growing up in the same area where you go to college is both a blessing and a curse. You know all the best places for everything, but you've already been there/done that. . . more
The Cookie Sutra? - Our newest Spartan Sweetheart Diane Ivey has been blogging up a storm about trashy romance novels and a version of the Kama Sutra featuring gingerbread cookies in compromising positions . . . more
This Week's SOVO (Silent Online Video Object) - The Native American Indigenous Student Organization held its Pow Wow of Love at Jenison Field House this past weekend. Click here for the version with sound so that you can hear the amazing drums
Iraq WarAnniversary Protest - The Greater Lansing Network Against War & Injustice organized a campus protest, one of five simultaneous events in the area. Click here for video on what the organizers hope to accomplish and views from SpartanEdge editor Alexander Scott . . . more
Movie Editor Courtney Bowerman tells us which books she thinks should be movies - Isn't it odd that there has never been a great movie made from the Odyssey? Courtney agrees and suggests a whole list of other classics just waiting to happen. . .more South Park & the Danish cartoons - A controversial cartoon. Accusations of religious bigotry. Rampant corporate censorship. Sound familiar? In our Publisher's Blog, Bonnie Bucqueroux explains how the recent flap surrounding South Park, Isaac Hayes, Tom Cruise and Scientology should remind us why free speech matters (and why we think we made the right call on the Danish cartoons).. .more Shopping for old records better than downloading? - SpartanEdge reporter Ben Tipton explains why he would rather dig through the bins at Flat, Black and Circular to buy music than download pirated songs for free. . . more Did you miss Natonal Pig Day on March 1? - Love & Life Editor Laura Martin has compiled a list of forgotten holidays for us. She urges you to make a paperclip necklace in preparation for National Clean Off Your Desk Day . . . more
South Park & the Danish cartoons - A controversial cartoon. Accusations of religious bigotry. Rampant corporate censorship. Sound familiar? In our Publisher's Blog, Bonnie Bucqueroux explains how the recent flap surrounding South Park, Isaac Hayes, Tom Cruise and Scientology should remind us why free speech matters (and why we think we made the right call on the Danish cartoons).. .more
Shopping for old records better than downloading? - SpartanEdge reporter Ben Tipton explains why he would rather dig through the bins at Flat, Black and Circular to buy music than download pirated songs for free. . . more
Did you miss Natonal Pig Day on March 1? - Love & Life Editor Laura Martin has compiled a list of forgotten holidays for us. She urges you to make a paperclip necklace in preparation for National Clean Off Your Desk Day . . . more
BLOGS Ask Dr. Sex - ask him questions or just read his views - always entertaining and informative
SPORTS BBall -NCAA- don't ask - click here for Hutch's blog
MUSIC Gretchen Wilson - Big & Rich - Breslin - March 30
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