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Students treated like children in MSU letter
President Lou Anna K. Simon is treating MSU students like children, so consider this my temper tantrum.
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Myths, actual rape experience different
I just have one question for Matt Cook regarding his letter "Clothes contribute to reasons to rape" (SN 10/27): When I was raped, I was wearing a green sweater — not at all low cut — and jeans.
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Students should know noise issues moving in
I would like to respond to Joseph Ryzyi's letter "E.L.
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SN should diversify page, fire Ramsey
A month or so back, I remember The State News' Opinion Page published an excerpt encouraging us to write in if we had any honest suggestions for the Opinion Page after all the flak it got for being so left-biased. Here's mine — hire another cartoonist.
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More green
Today, we're more than happy to applaud ASMSU. The State News criticizes ASMSU a lot on the Opinion Page. We do it for good reason.
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Team had a shot, bad coaching took it away
This letter is in response to Chris Meagher's letter "Writer needs to give team, coach chance" (SN 11/03). Meagher, State did win against a good team.
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Police's inability to pay isn't students' fault
In response to "Students shouldn't pay for overtime" (SN 11/3), I also believe it is wrong for the city to make the students pay for the police officers' overtime pay.
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No one knows more about rape than victims; read their points of view
"When I think about rape, I think someone's going to jump out of the bushes or put something in your drink," she said.
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SN careless with facts, mixes up festival origin
I would like The State News to try fact checking before publishing insensitive articles like "Event celebrates Diwali" (SN 11/07). Diwali is a Hindu festival, and addressing it repeatedly as purely an Indian festival without mentioning its Hindu origin marginalizes the non-Hindus of India and the non-Indian Hindus. The most blatantly insulting comment is the declaration that it worships the "Indian goddess of wealth." This would be as ignorant and demeaning as claiming that in December, the "American God of presents" is worshipped.
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Covering up, veiling doesn't protect women
In response to Matt Cook's "Clothes contribute to reasons to rape" (SN 10/27). The core of your argument has some validity.
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Lack of respect in SN not surprising
Leave it to The State News to not include anything regarding Veteran's Day in newspaper besides a horrible cartoon (SN 11/11) accusing and degrading our currently-serving military personnel. The day is to acknowledge and pay respects to U.S.
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E.L. pushing students away, should be careful
As an alumni of MSU, I am becoming less and less motivated to return to East Lansing to visit my favorite college campus. There have been several changes during the last five years that are driving away both potential students and alumni.
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Voicing dissent
A vote of 5-4 is hardly a clear consensus. Only one vote prompted the independent commission, created to review the April 2-3 disturbances, not to place blame in its final report. Instead, the commission provided a list of recommendations intended to prevent these types of events from occurring in the future. It seems like something is missing. If the commission can't determine who acted inappropriately that night, how can it determine the best way to prevent it from happening again? One member of the commission, Beth Alexander, has come forward and said she disagrees with the decision not to place blame. In her personal statement, which is attached to the report, Alexander wrote "Forgiveness of perceived wrongs often cannot occur until there has been acknowledgment and ownership of errors." Alexander is exactly right.
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Line drawn in Eden, same in government
Ken Osborne's column, "True Christian beliefs don't include denying rights to anyone" (SN 11/09) touched on some very valid points.
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SN, cartoonist show extremely poor taste
Mike Ramsey's cartoon which appeared on Veterans Day (SN 11/11) was in extreme poor taste and an insult to America's veterans of prior wars as well as our men and women in uniform who are risking their lives every day preserving our way of life. Ramsey and The State News undoubtedly enjoy the freedoms that those same soldiers provide every day they spend in harm's way. Perhaps on a day when the nation remembers the sacrifices that our heroes have made to make us free, The State News should show some class, put aside their extreme radical political agenda and show some gratitude.
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Writer oblivious to E.L., SN lacking in quality
After reading the column on parking regulations "Parking regulations in E.L.
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Plan should include historic fraternity
I am writing in regard to the East Village redevelopment project. FarmHouse Fraternity, one of the four fraternities in opposition to the plan, is not included in the current redevelopment plan.
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Simon's letter makes false behavior claims
I received a letter from MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon, which was apparently intended for the nonstudent population of East Lansing.
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University must solve cause of problems, not crusade against them
It's war. MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon has sent the residents of East Lansing a letter, assuring them that the "alcohol-induced behaviors" of MSU students are not going to be tolerated.
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Writer should have seen whole show
People who make opinions should stay for the entire show. As all college students should know, you should always look at the source you are examining to see how credible it is.