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Free speech allows for film-editing act
The interests of filmmakers are not being infringed upon by the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act.
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Summer often lonely time after graduates, friends leave town
Summer is a strange time of year - what once was a season of carefree fun is now a time to work, move and learn how to adapt to life without the company of close friends.
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Outside view
From a critical standpoint, the term "unbiased" should always be taken with a grain of salt.
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Newsweek lacks respect for mistake
Playing the game "telephone" can be fun, but can you even imagine using the game as the basis to write an article with the potential to be read around the world?
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It's about time
Finally, one of the largest free-standing ceramic statues in the world, also an icon of our university, has been moved to a more practical location. The nearly 10-foot sculpture of Sparty has been situated at the intersection of Kalamazoo Street and Red Cedar Road and Chestnut Road since 1945.
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Taxpayer dollars often poorly spent
With many of our economically challenged citizens being told to get by without previous state financial assistance for health and hope, I find it saddening that our state government cannot cut illegal political jobs that have been on the state payroll for years. Why has this dirty little secret not been exposed the way it has been in Wisconsin?
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Government right in editing movies
I read the editorial "Editing art" (SN 4/29). What it lacked in relevance, it made up for with muddled thought. As a father of four, I am in favor of any technology that assists in limiting access to what I feel are objectionable parts of a movie.
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Faculty appreciates copyright revision
I wish to thank President Lou Anna K. Simon, provost John Hudzik and the MSU Board of Trustees for their support of the revised copyright policy that was approved unanimously by the board at their May 6 meeting.
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School board elections often overlooked, ignored because of timing
I didn't vote in the East Lansing school board election on May 3. In fact, I totally forgot about it.
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Violence caused by society, not games
I'd like to offer a different perspective in response to Yusuf Macklai's "Popularity of highly violent video games can have detrimental effects." (SN 4/29) I support Yusuf's comments about how violent video games are popular among the kids and adults the past two decades.
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Heartbreaker
In a time when the media takes a great deal of blame for nearly everything it does, it's important to look objectively at the situation and try to find something the media is doing right. Take the recent story of bride-to-be Jennifer Wilbanks, a.k.a.
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Fair talk
The city of East Lansing has made a positive step toward rebuilding good relations with MSU students by forming an independent commission to review the April 2-3 disturbances. However, upon closer inspection of the list of individuals on this commission, it seems the city has not gone far enough in its efforts to hear students' concerns.
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Exiting cartoonist will be sorely missed
Nate Allen, you will be missed. There, I said it. Now, I may be a bit biased because I have been friends with Nate for nearly two years, but his cartoons will be missed greatly, at least by this State News reader.
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E.L. officer wrong to hand out tickets
Protect and serve whom? The MSU students who make up the majority of the population in East Lansing?
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Hindsight
In the annals of MSU history, Fall 2004 to Spring 2005 will go down as a bad school year for the students, university and city. During that time, this Opinion Page has tackled an assortment of unsavory relationship issues. The school year began with an uneasy shakeup of the liberal arts college, and faculty in arms about not being a part of the decision.
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Editing art
Imagine parents putting in the movie "Titanic" to entertain a young child while they go off to do work around the house.
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Premise of column seemed like satire
I was pretty wary about writing in response to Scott Cendrowski's "Students should look to past protesters for ideas on causing change" (SN 4/28). I was hesitant because I honestly couldn't tell if the article was satire or not.
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Popularity of highly violent video games can have detrimental effects
Video games have reached phenomenal acclaim - mostly among adolescents and teens - and widespread acceptance in the U.S.
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Evolution is proven fact, not theory
In a recently printed opinion blurb ("Evolution covers life on Earth only," SN 4/28), it was stated that the theory of evolution does not explain the origins of life.
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Battle plans
Almost a month after the April 2-3 disturbances, the clouds of confusion finally are dissipating to reveal the facts behind the police's plans and behavior.