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COMMENTARY

University decision to ban circus wise

MSU deserves congratulations for their action to help stop cruelty to animals in “MSU officials ban circus from Breslin”:http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/01/msu_officials_ban_circus_from_breslin (SN 1/15).

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Pirating music not harmful to artist

The term “music pirating” makes me think of some guy with an eye patch, a parrot and a wooden leg surfing the seven electronic seas and pillaging poor music artists of their hard-earned and well-deserved money.

COMMENTARY

Invocation choice reflects bipartisan reach

President-elect Barack Obama will become this nation’s first minority president Tuesday. But not everybody’s voice is being heard, and it’s time for that to change. It’s time to truly become a nation of one.

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Term 'genocide' should not be thrown around

Inauguration Day is a week away. President-elect Barack Obama will become our 44th president. Among his top priorities, without a doubt, Obama will push for Middle East peace on all fronts. One of those fronts is between Israel and its neighbors.

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MSU research can improve Detroit schools

There are no tuition costs for a new form of MSU education. Detroit K-12 students will be getting an early MSU education through a new grant program, but regulations and thorough planning are necessary to ensure time and money are not wasted.

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Obama should condemn Gaza slaughter

There is a genocide going on in Gaza today, and we are paying for it. More than 200 people have been killed in less than an hour. Hospitals are treating wounded in the dark, without electricity. No ventilators, no lights. No food, as the last border opening allowed less than a day’s worth of bread into the strip.

COMMENTARY

Film student supports Mich. film incentives

As a film student at MSU when I heard about the Michigan Filming Incentive, I was intrigued. I’ve read a lot about it, including the article written for The New York Times, “States’ Film Production Incentives Cause Jitters.” Let me first start by saying that I’ve lived in Michigan for 19 years, my whole life.

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Electric car may not be enough to save Big Three

Start your engines, Detroit, but don’t forget to plug in your car overnight. The Big Three auto companies unveiled several electric concept cars at the 2009 North American International Auto Show as the car manufacturers attempt to keep their collective heads above water.

COMMENTARY

Car industry hurts more than consumer

On Jan. 5, while most Americans traveled to work for the first official business day of 2009, some General Motors Corp. employees spent what should have been their first day back to work at home as part of the mandatory vacation time decided by the company.