Saturday, April 11, 2026

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Commentary

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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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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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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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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.

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We are too dependent on government to help poor

Ryan Dinkgrave's column "Cuts to food-aid programs hurt citizens more than help economy" (SN 2/21), was a well-intentioned plea, but one I must take issue with. For many years now, our Congress has eschewed the founding principles of our nation and its Constitution to do whatever it pleased.

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Majority chose new direction in election

Mr. Gary Glenn and his "American Family Association" recently remarked in "Gay marriage opposed by majority of citizens" (SN 2/21), that recent anti-gay marriage constitutional amendments were examples of "common-sense" policy as evidenced by their support of the majority of voters.