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Graduation speaker not recognizable

To conclude their undergraduate career, students now know who will speak at their commencement ceremony on May 4 — Jaime Escalante. Escalante, a high school math teacher whose story became famous after the 1988 film "Stand and Deliver," was chosen as the speaker. He became nationally renowned after his students at Garfield High School, an inner-city school in eastern Los Angeles, ranked at the top of national calculus testing.

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Editorial doesn't identify assembly differences

I think you need to work on your headlines a little bit. ASMSU consists of two separate assemblies: Student Assembly and Academic Assembly.

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ASMSU should not hold closed-door meetings

This letter is regarding the Great Issues debacle. Really, I could care less what Great Issues stands for.

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Special consideration needed for 'Big Three'

I just finished reading Matthew Wenderski's "State universities should get equal consideration" (SN 3/28), and I question the logic of his statements.

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Meatless alternative

Do you know what you're eating? Imagine living a life in which you are constantly pumped full of drugs and in total darkness and isolation from the outside world.

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Student group's money stolen during bar crawl

On March 29, Spartans Supporting the Troops sponsored a bar crawl to raise money to send care packages overseas.

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Police unfairly broke up weekly hip-hop event

Every week, I look forward to Scratch Club on Friday nights at Code of the Cutz on M.A.C. Avenue. Within the small walls of the record store, disc jockeys, emcees and break-dancers come together to create an impromptu potpourri of freestyle rapping, record scratching and dancing from 8-11 p.m.

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A game of strategy

Iran just checked off No. 1 on the "things-to-piss-off-the-West" list. After ignoring constant U.N.

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Humor missed mark in letter about sanctions

As many of us know, sometimes people attempt to be cute or funny, when in truth they are only annoying.

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Defense of student group used 'absurd' analogy

Charles W. Skinner's "Organization is against all illegal immigration" (SN 3/30), uses some ridiculous logic to compare illegal immigration to assault and battery.

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ASMSU's actions are not reputable

Dear ASMSU, You've gotten a lot of coverage on our page lately, and suffice it to say, it has been less than flattering.

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Red-light Web sites

America has always had a problem with porn. Some people chalk it up to the fact that our country was settled by the repressed, puritanical dregs of English society.

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Reorganization needs student voice

On a college campus, student voice is essential. Be they vital academic decisions or merely trivial ones, students must be represented in all of them. Which is why one of the proposed changes to Academic Governance — namely the ratio of students to faculty on a council — is important to watch. Under the proposed changes brought about by the university's Task Forces, is the creation of a Faculty Congress, a faculty governance body that would be chaired by a faculty member, rather than Faculty Council's leadership under MSU President Lou Anna K.

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MSU e-mail system is poor, messages delayed

I am a student at MSU, and I am writing to bring attention to the atrocious condition of the MSU e-mail system. The MSU e-mail system is the default e-mail for all MSU students and is notoriously slow and unreliable.

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Untrue facts about adult stem cells are spreading

In Jessica Maschinski's letter "Argument against adult stem cells is fraudulent" (SN 3/29), she charges that Ryan Dinkgrave lies in his column "Second time around" (SN 3/28), when he says that embryonic stem cells (ESCs) have more potential than adult stem cells (ASCs). Can she even reason that if this were a lie, and ASCs were better than ESCs, scientists would not be clamoring for more ESC cell lines?

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Dorm mentors should receive more recognition

I am a mentor in one of the residence halls here at MSU. I am writing today because I feel that mentors deserve more respect and appreciation from students living in the residence halls. Being a mentor can be a difficult and sometimes very stressful job.

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OU best choice for satellite campus

MSU's College of Osteopathic Medicine is looking to establish a satellite campus at one of four locations in Southeast Michigan. Of those in the running, only one really seems suitable to support our prestigious medical school — Oakland University. While the other candidates — Macomb Community College, St.

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Constitutional clash

The discussions surrounding the Joe Carr event have been misinformed and sensationalized to such an extent that Great Issues feels obligated to use this space to respond. Fact: Great Issues co-sponsored an event last year with the Peace Education Center of Lansing, the Michigan Peace Team and the Greater Lansing Network Against War and Injustice.

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Prescription drug abuse story sheds light on issue

I am writing in response to the article "Pills popped" (SN 3/27). I am glad The State News finally recognized an issue that affects every MSU student — all-nighters and students taking medication from students who have prescriptions. I know of girls who constantly take Adderall to stay skinny and lose weight, and I know of other students who drop hundreds of dollars every month on Adderall, Ritalin and Concerta. People like this ruin it for real ADHD sufferers.

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YAF used to be 'joke,' has grown into hate group

I find it pretty amazing the ruckus that has developed regarding the Young Americans for "Fascism" being labeled a hate group, both because I find it completely unsurprising and because it has taken the campus community and The State News so long to figure this out. Of course MSU's YAF chapter is a hate group!