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Wad of cells does not equate to human life, abortion isn't murder
Conception — the point at which life begins. At least it is according to the fundamentalist community, anyway.
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Student Book Store not very student friendly
I have a bone to pick with the Student Book Store, also known as SBS. Upon a recent trip to the establishment on Grand River Avenue, I was greeted with rudeness, hostility and downright disrespect. I went to SBS to buy a textbook for a class.
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Health is your responsibility too
When you get a prescription from your physician, you expect to start feeling better — not worse.
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Common Ground Festival lacked diverse crowd
The State News' coverage, "Finding common ground," (SN 7/13), of the "Common" Ground Festival was telling. The paper mentioned the festival bringing people together and quoted Lansing resident Sue Keenan as saying "everybody kind of blends as one." But a blaring lack of sense of our community was shown in the absence of any minorities in all the pictures used in the display, which unfortunately reflected the lack of diversity of people attending this "common" festival.
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We should all learn from others, value diveristy
After reading "United States supports Israel with good reason," (SN 7/17), by Daniel Piedra, I felt the need to respond.
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Let's focus on universal truisms
One morning something bad happened. I got to the last spoonful of my Lucky Charms and suddenly noticed a crippling deficit of colored marshmallows to frosted oats.
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Frattoli minimizes majors using childish argument
In his response to "Girls make the grade," (SN 7/20), Anton Frattaroli questions "Is the point of this article to say something as childish as 'Girls are better than boys?'" I found this incredibly ironic, considering that he had just spent a few paragraphs before engaging in an argument equally as childish in his letter, "Girls aren't better than boys, article lacks point," (SN 7/24). Now, Frattaroli may disregard everything I say because I am just a lowly female dietetics major who cannot code a compiler, but I found it absolutely ridiculous that he minimized the curricula of other majors to simply "memorizing and writing well" and further attest that he is better than others because he can solve 400-level math problems and understand different computer languages.
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News has been censored; whatever happened to being politically incorrect?
I can't get enough of Lash Larrowe. From his improper English to his tendency to be politically incorrect, it's undeniable that Larrowe is real.
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Girls aren't better than boys, article lacks point
The article "Girls make the grade," (SN 7/20), is the most idiotic article I've read in a long time.
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More people should speak out against intolerance
I hope more people like Cynthia Kraus, who wrote the letter "Piedra's letter offensive, should not be tolerated," (SN 7/21), take the time and energy to speak out when they hear, read or see the sort of intolerance shown by Daniel Piedra in his earlier letter, "United States supports Israel with good reason," (SN 7/17). If there is one lesson I have learned in the last few years, this is it: We need to realize that any form of generalization reduces not only those described to less than whole, but also shows the thinker's, in this case writer's, lack of common sense and understanding for the issue at hand. The fact that any one person, like Piedra, feels his or her view is the only correct view should scare anyone with half a brain. Piedra, I hope that a communications junior would understand how to craft an argument to persuade people — not to alienate them.
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Sex education should look beyond morals
Sex is everywhere. From television commercials to music videos, sex has become a large part of our society.
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Krouse, Pankow's different viewpoints both wrong
I am writing in response to the letter by Benjamin J. Pankow, "Krouse takes liberties for granted; U.S.
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Bigoted letters shouldn't be published in State News
How does the letter written by Daniel Piedra, "United States supports Israel with good reason," (SN 7/17), even get published? There are a lot of innocent people in danger on both sides, and The State News is allowing someone to use this conflict as a platform for their bigotry.
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Piedra's letter offensive, should not be tolerated
I am both surprised and saddened that The State News would allow the publishing of such hate-filled religious propaganda like the letter "United States supports Israel with good reason," (SN 7/17), by Daniel Piedra. This kind of cultural insensitivity should not be tolerated by any institution that promotes diversity and acceptance. Piedra's generalizations of Arabs, and of the religion of Islam, are uncalled for and hurtful, even to a non-Muslim. No person capable of human emotion should be exempt from feeling the personal pain of Muslims right now; there is no religious group in the world that has not, at some point in time, been in the same position. If you can sympathize with your ancestors, you can sympathize with a fellow human being sharing the world with you right now.
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Goodbye junk mail, hello free market
How many times do you throw away junk mail without even opening it? If your answer is a lot, then you might be interested in signing up with Tim Pfannes' new company, 41pounds.org. Pfannes, along with his two brothers, began the company in an attempt to help subscribers eliminate junk mail delivered to their houses.
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The best of Lash Larrowe: Let's not be beastly to Israel
Reprinted from the February 13, 1978 edition of The State News I'm over in the corner with these stonies, getting set to try out their brand-new gatling bong, this earnest student butts in. "Can I speak to you for a minute, Dr.?" he asks. "Can't you see I'm busy?" I snaps.
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MSU should be applauded for bringing home students
As the parents of one of the nine students who participated in the MSU Study Abroad program in Israel this summer, we wanted to present a different perspective on the cancellation of the study abroad program in Israel than the views expressed in the article that appeared in The State News, "Students return from Israel as Middle Eastern conflict escalates," (SN 7/17). We applaud MSU's decision to cancel the study abroad program in Israel and to bring the students safely home.
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Communism doesn't work in reality; help by donating
I am responding to Jason Michael Chapman's column "Globalism, 'World Tax Fund,' can help to eliminate dire poverty," (SN 7/18). Essentially, he is advocating for worldwide communism.
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The price of torture: Who wouldn't confess after being beaten, kicked, shocked?
The Bush administration needed four years and a Supreme Court ruling to forcefully accept that, yes, captives in the war on terror are covered by the Geneva Conventions, which call for humane treatment. Despite disturbing reports that the United States has used extreme interrogation techniques — pouring phosphoric liquid on detainees, beating them unconscious and simulating drowning with "waterboarding" — President Bush has steadfastly maintained that torture has never been used on prisoners to extract information.
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Israel can't find peace by destroying Lebanon
I was shocked to open up The State News and find Daniel Piedra's startlingly narrow-minded and offensive letter, "United States supports Israel with good reason," (SN 7/17). I can understand why he may find Hezbollah's actions in kidnapping two soldiers wrong — I agree, that wasn't right — but to stereotype the entire Muslim population and call them "hate-mongering" is absurd.