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'Thefacebook' fad hooks 3,000 plus SVSU students

By now, you've probably heard of thefacebook. It smashed into campus like a trendy mortar shell in the spring and spread like some infectious disease of picture posting and profiles. It comes pre-packaged with a Fight Club-like feel: underground campus network ballooning into a national phenomenon with millions of followers. »

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Carell scores with Virgin

If you're not familiar with Steve Carell, now is the time to take notice.

Since the success of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy last summer, Carell is a hot commodity in Hollywood. He recently appeared in Bewitched alongside Anchorman co-star Will Ferrell, and he has three projects already lined up for next year. »

Four Brothers finds revenge in most of the right places

Four Brothers is a revenge movie that is half predictable and half new territory. It treads a fine line between being exactly what one would expect from such a movie, and exploring some new methods for this framework. It generally stays on track, despite a slow midsection and an overly convoluted and unlikely conspiracy. »

Shuteye preferable to Red Eye

What a waste of time this movie is. Interrupting my extended viewing of X-Men the animated series, Red Eye failed to compare on any level to the cartoon. Plot and character development, cohesiveness and sensibleness were all superior in the children's show. Most of all, the cartoon caused me to care in some degree about its characters and what happened to them. Red Eye did not. »

Fund-raiser marks opening of exhibition in Art Gallery

A collection of fine wood art from 71 international artists will be featured in an exhibition at the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum at Saginaw Valley State University. "Nature Transformed: Wood Art from the Bohlen Collection," will go on display Friday, Oct. 14 through April 30, 2006. »