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Commentary

COMMENTARY

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.

COMMENTARY

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.

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ASMSU meeting should not continue for 9 hours

I'm shocked that ASMSU now takes as long as nine hours to hold a meeting as Mr. Joey Nowak reports in "ASMSU misplaces meeting records" (SN 2/23). What could this group of left-wing kookichoos possibly discuss for nine hours! It has been a while since I've stepped foot on campus, so perhaps I am just getting too old.

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Iraq under anarchy

So Tony Blair, British prime minister and erstwhile Bush administration hand puppet, has decided to put the finishing touches on a plan to pull his troops out of Iraq. For anyone following Britain's curious involvement in the war — 40,000 troops for the invasion, scaled back to 9,000 two years later and 7,100 a scant year after that — the move hardly comes as a surprise.

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Minority civil rights not upheld by state

Gary Glenn's recent letter, "Gay marriage opposed by majority of citizens" (SN 2/21), is based on a dangerous presumption that the majority is always right. Time and again throughout history, the majority of society has advocated what we know today to be clearly wrong.

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Budget delayed for fledgling program

MSU and the University of California at Santa Barbara are the only two universities in the nation to offer graduate-level classes in Chicano and Latino studies. Although this is one of the rarest programs in the country, the university has been slow to set a budget for the study program, run by Dionicio Valdés. On account of waiting on the budget, Valdés doesn't have the necessary resources to properly gauge next year's program.

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Same-sex marriage ban is not 'common sense'

This is in response to Gary Glenn's letter, "Gay marriage opposed by majority of citizens" (SN 2/21). What, exactly, did the Michigan Marriage "Protection" Amendment have to offer that was either "reasonable" or "common-sense?" Is it reasonable that same-sex couples do not have access to the more than 1,100 federal benefits and protections that a marriage would afford?