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Columns

COMMENTARY

Getting hit by car is not my fault

I've never felt more like a number, a statistic, an object, than I do now. At random parties, I've felt the stares that conversely make me feel like an object, just another young piece of ass shaking her stuff for men. Every day of college, I feel like a number, most importantly represented by a randomly assigned personal identification code that makes me unique in the eyes of MSU. I get the picture; I'm a number. But on Nov.

COMMENTARY

Midterm elections results call for Republicans to rethink platform

Last week, people voted in record numbers to show their discontent with the Republican Party. In what President Bush called "a thumping," the Democrats took control of not only the House, but also the Senate. Critics argued most people didn't vote for the Democrats because they agreed with them, but simply because they disagreed with the Republicans and the war in Iraq.

COMMENTARY

Get ready for Clinton, McCain in '08

"She can really hold her liquor," Republican Sen. John McCain said of Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton. The quote is found deep in a 14-page article of November's The Atlantic magazine.

SPORTS

Give these seniors their props

When Drew Stanton and the rest of the fifth-year seniors came to MSU in 2002, I don't think any of them expected college careers quite like they've had.

COMMENTARY

Dems need to keep left ideology

It seems everyone — well, non-Republicans, at any rate — from the media on down are thrilled about the outcome of the 2006 midterm elections. I should be, too.

SPORTS

Hoyer one of lone bright spots

There were plenty of reasons to be depressed about MSU football on Saturday — the defense that whiffed on tackles, the running game that spun its wheels in the mud and the stadium that was embarrassingly empty. But there was one sign of hope. Brian Hoyer's line may not have been pretty.

COMMENTARY

War on terror fought incorrectly

Whenever I turn on the news about the upcoming elections, I often hear — no matter if it's CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, whatever — that it's possible the Democrats will come out on top this year because of people's dissatisfaction with the Republicans' war performance.

COMMENTARY

Christianity, belief in God based on rational thinking, evidence

Some say God is a crutch. But I say it works both ways. Is atheism an emotional crutch? Something people conjure up to escape the frightening reality of God's existence? The question of purpose is a human query, one I was surprised to see John Bice deny in his column, "Religious beliefs don't justify outlawing stem cell research" (SN 10/24). The argument Bice presented asserted that Christianity holds a slew of moral ideals based on a faith conjured up by humans so they feel better about the afterlife. Bice wrote, "The foundational basis for religious faith isn't evidence or rational thinking; instead, it stems from fear of death, an emotional craving for an optimistic future and a desire for 'meaning.'" I read it and was puzzled.

SPORTS

Compare MSU with Indiana? What an insult to Hoosiers

After MSU's loss to Indiana on Saturday, head coach John L. Smith addressed the media and offered this as one of the explanations for his team's 46-21 loss: "I said all along, turnovers are going to probably decide this game because you got two teams that are probably fairly equal," he said. Pretty unassuming, right?

COMMENTARY

Google's monopoly on Internet convenience making life easier

On special occasions, you can log onto www.google.com and find the Web site's banner with an array of festive decorations, depending on the holiday or commemorative date. Instead, Google's webmasters should rethink this scheme and portray their Web site in a more accurate light — the two Os should be eyes. Google has become the Big Brother of the world — and you don't hear me complaining.