Monday, September 23, 2024

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Media material based on what you click, watch

“Untraceable,” a film that comes out Friday, has an interesting premise — a serial killer uses www.killwithme.com to stream a live video of his victims being killed. Every visitor to the Web site triggers a reaction that gradually kills the victim — the more people watching, the faster he or she dies.

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Current programs stomp on Founding Fathers' freedoms

I recently came across a graphic on the Internet that has a picture of classic Uncle Sam and a few lines of text that read: “I want you to wake up. To wake others up. To know you are free. To think for yourself. To protect your rights. And to resist against tyranny.”

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Endowment funds needed for future projects

Wait. MSU is sitting on more than $1 billion? Students might be interested to know that according to recent estimates by the Detroit Free Press, some university endowment funds in the state are growing by leaps and bounds.

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Teaching assistants essential to university, deserve fair pay

We teach two-thirds of the classes and do one-third of the grading. We lead review sessions, we answer questions and we help break down big classes into smaller recitations and labs. We are the personal connection between students and instructors in large lectures. We are the 1,300-plus teaching assistants of MSU, organized as the Graduate Employees Union, or GEU.

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Radical feminists' actions mistaken, have sex lives too

As a radical feminist, I feel the need to clarify two points for Thea Neal and the MSU community. Firstly, feminists would never criticize The State News for allowing Neal to write something, as she claimed in her column, “Women should embrace sex life” (SN 1/18). Neal is exercising her right to free speech — rock on Neal.

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If clones hit shelves, products need labeling

Good news: Meat and milk taste the way they should. Even if they do come from cloned livestock. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration stated in a 968-page report released this week that “available data has not identified any subtle hazards that might indicate food-consumption risk” when it comes to cloned cattle, swine and goats.

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MySpace.com features won't stop predators

MySpace.com, a popular social networking Web site, has recently announced an agreement with Attorney General Mike Cox and other state attorneys general to take more steps toward Internet safety for children.

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Paul supporters deserve better

Who wouldn’t like a candidate who preaches from the heart and refuses to pander to special interest groups? Someone who takes ideologically consistent positions that defy political convention? Someone who is supported by a loyal cadre of grassroots followers?

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Sushi critique appreciated, but insulting to SanSu

As a person who loves both sushi and well-written reviews of restaurants, I was immensely disappointed in the reviews of five sushi restaurants in Sushi showdown (SN 1/15). I understand the reviews were intended to be small in scale — the reviewers only had a California roll at each place.