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MSU students must run, vote for E.L. City Council
Richard Lund's letter "MIP charges necessary to protect E.L.
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Efforts decrease illegal downloading
On-campus illegal downloading violations have decreased during the last few years. MSU was ranked No.
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Holding on to faith
Earlier this week, news broke that a documentary entitled "The Lost Tomb of Jesus" was scheduled to be aired March 4 on the Discovery Channel.
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Government's disrespect of opinions hypocritical
ASMSU has created a record for itself by punishing individuals or groups that do not agree with it. Whether it be firing individuals or removing organizations, ASMSU has made it clear that dissenting opinions will not be tolerated. According to the article "ASMSU debates degree" (SN 3/1), by Joey Nowak, ASMSU wants to revoke a degree given to Robert Mugabe because Mr. Mugabe does not encourage free speech.
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ASMSU Student Assembly mistake is troublesome
As a former officer in ASMSU, it's hard to see Student Assembly collapse into chaos. It's clear there are some direction and leadership problems with that branch of the organization. It's a shame when the leaders of a student government at one of the biggest public universities in the country can't keep track of a word-processing file containing the minutes from an important meeting. Perhaps the only saving grace for ASMSU as a whole is that Academic Assembly is continuing to represent students appropriately when it comes to the academic issues that affect them most.
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Now open for debate
In the world we live in, people are constantly being told what and how to think. On TV, intrusive commercials tell us what brand of jeans to wear.
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Quoting Bible does not make argument infallible
This letter is a response to Andrew Mead's letter, "Bible is standard against slavery, gay marriage" (SN 2/27). Contrary to Mr. Mead's letter, slavery and other activities that humans choose to regulate may be consistently claimed to be wrong based on moral principles (including, and I know this may come as a surprise, those principles outside the Bible), philosophy, the decency of man and even other holy books.
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Vanity rising among college students
Humans feel a basic need to be accepted. Whether this acceptance comes from parents, family or friends doesn't seem to matter.
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Student group's activity condemned by N.Y. Times
Young Americans for Freedom's recent attempts to spark debate about the issue of illegal immigration using the so-called "Catch an Illegal Immigrant" tactic have fallen to the wayside, to the detriment of those involved on all sides of the argument.
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ASMSU accountable for lost minutes
The minutes for one of ASMSU's most important meetings held this year have gone missing. During the Feb.
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Language logistics
When I hear the word assimilation, I shudder inside. To me, assimilation is the death of heritage and background.
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U.S. not Christian state, laws not founded in Bible
Andrew Mead claims that the Bible says gay marriage is wrong in "Bible is standard against slavery, gay marriage" (SN 2/27). I'm not a Christian, yet I know that many Christians will disagree with him. But Andrew — when your holy text says that we should deny rights to people because of the way they were born, is it not time to disregard that holy text and get with modern times? The United States is not a Christian nation, therefore its laws should not be founded on the Bible.
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Legalizing drugs is best way to combat crime
I'm writing about David McAllister's column "Drug war overhaul" (SN 2/27). I agree that the drug war needs a major overhaul; however, eliminating poverty will not eliminate drug use. Marijuana is used by all social and economic groups.
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Former NYC mayor lacks foreign policy experience
In a recent State News publication, Cash Kruth wrote an opinion column in support of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, "Rudy Giuliani is born leader, will be best fit for Oval Office in 2008" (SN 2/23). Kruth made many good points about why he supports Giuliani, especially the points on taxes and school funding. However, he fails to mention one very important, but troublesome, fact about the New York mayor: Giuliani has virtually no foreign policy experience.
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Drug war overhaul
For years, the United States has been fighting a seemingly endless battle with no clear solution in sight, against an enemy that threatens to tear our society apart.
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Sorority bases membership on looks
The image of the average sorority is less than flattering. Sorority women's charitable acts are often overlooked for a perception depicting pretty party girls. But when one sorority goes beyond the pre-existing stereotypes, it does little more than makes sororities look worse than their reputations. Take, for example, the case of the Delta Zetas at DePauw University.
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Giuliani's record more than Sept. 11 leadership
I'm writing in response to Molly Benningfield's letter "Giuliani focused on past, not prepared for future" (SN 2/22). The letter stated that Rudy Giuliani did a "dismal" job in New York City prior to the Sept.
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Bible is standard against slavery, gay marriage
Mr. Gary Cox, your letter, "Minority civil rights not upheld by state" (SN 2/26), brought up an important point — namely, that majority opinion is not always right. However, when you cite past examples of societal injustices that were supported by popular opinion at the time, you say they are known "today to be clearly wrong" without explanation.
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World Wide friend
We have become a society in which friendliness is a rare quality to possess. I give a big thanks to the World Wide Web. It's said that you can't judge a person on a first impression, but can you judge them on a first impression followed by a few hours of stalking on Facebook.com? We have come to the point in which we can look up people's personalities on a Web page — no questions asked — instead of letting people share themselves with us.