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Unhealthy hue
A photo on Page One of Thursday's edition of The State News depicted a situation that many probably view as undesirable.
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Harsh penalty
You probably felt pretty grown-up at 16 or 17. Perhaps you even thought you knew everything. Given what you know now, maybe you realize how short-sighted you were.
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Volunteering is valuable use of time, no matter what cause you aid
A few times a week, I go to a place where wheelchairs carry and walkers lead their aged owners down freshly waxed linoleum floors.
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Affirmative action can have real value
Joseph Blaim's argument against affirmative action literally made me laugh out loud ("Affirmative Action causes grad rates" SN 3/2). I've come full circle on this issue.
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Unjustifiable use of reification to shape viewpoints too prevalent
The word "reify" means to treat or regard an abstraction as if it had a tangible existence, and it's more relevant and pervasive than you might suspect. The topic of abortion, with the vague concept of personhood at the crux of the conflict, provides a real world look at reification.
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Policy switch
Two e-mails sent out by the Izzone student section directors on Monday changed the policy they adamantly stuck to all season. The first e-mail opened up the lower-bowl seats to any Izzone ticket holders, lower bowl or upper bowl, on a first-come, first-serve basis for Saturday's basketball game.
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Writer's argument lacked all validity
Channel 12 defenders really need to come up with better reasons why the service should continue. I write in response to Mr. Leo Sell's letter to the editor concerning Channel 12's demise ("Channel shutdown has hidden reasons" SN 3/1). Mr. Sell believes that hidden motives are at work, and that the "management has systematically devalued the channel and marginalized its staff." Interesting charge.
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Too much
You know the moment you've had too much to drink. It's the moment where everything begins to feel more dazed than funny - as if those two things could be interchanged.
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Assault coverage slanted the issue
I was absolutely disgusted by Tuesday's sexual assault article ("Sexual assault reported in Holden"). Although it may be important to put the event into perspective by labeling it the third sexual assault in Holden Hall, it is not important to mention that one of those reports was falsified.
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Grammatical errors negate argument
When I read Joe Wu's letter about MSU instructors not having polished communication skills ("Educators should have English Skills" SN 2/24), I am reminded of the adage about people who live in glass houses.
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Passing grade
There's an NCAA commercial that pops up every now and again during college sports broadcasts. The ad shows a wide variety of student athletes who play a wide variety of sports.
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Lower bowl gets preference wrongly
As leaders, it is the responsibility of the Izzone directors to make decisions that best serve the interest of all of the members of the Izzone and to stick to these decisions.
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East Lansing fails to provide elements needed for everyday life
It was on the third bite of my vegetarian lasagna that I realized I loved Lansing - it was really good lasagna. I was sitting in Emil's, 2012 E.
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HIV ignorance
If one recent report has it right, HIV-infected teens are taking some scary risks these days. A study conducted at the University of California, Los Angeles Center For Community Health found that the advent of powerful AIDS-delaying medicines has caused HIV-infected teenagers to increase the chances they are taking when engaging in risky sex and drug use. Since the 1996 introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapies, or HAART, which fight the transition from HIV to AIDS, young people have come to see HIV as a disease they can live with.
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Event needed to be better advertised
Several campus organizations - including the MSU Red Cross Club that I am a part of - wasted their time on Friday for the Party at the Aud.
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Affirmative Action causes grad rates
The State News editorial board appears surprised that there is a massive discrepancy between graduation rates for black students and white students.
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City's efforts to push students north should be met with resistance
I live in a home on the 700 block of Burcham Drive. It's a quaint house, nestled in among pine trees with enormous apartment complexes rising on either side.
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Channel shutdown has hidden reasons
I believe there is much more to the shutdown of Channel 12 than meets the eye. I personally believe that management has systematically devalued the channel and marginalized its staff.
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School aid
Animal science Professor Sam Varghese's return to the university after assisting tsunami victims in India should boost efforts here.
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Hard numbers
On the same day the story of family mourning 1st Lt. Adam Malson, a 2003 MSU graduate slain while serving in Iraq, was shared, 125 people were killed in Iraq by an insurgent suicide bomber in the single deadliest terror attack of the Iraq war. We know a great deal about Malson.