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Column portrayed Michigan unfairly
What rednecks? My response to Kristi Jourdan's "Mitten state does not deserve its redneck-riddled reputation" (SN 2/18) was one of shock.
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Budget battle
Around this time last year, former MSU President M. Peter McPherson called MSU's tuition deal with the state a "unique situation." If you recall, Gov.
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Up to speed
The 85th-percentile is a nationally recognized method, which sets the ideal speed limit according to the speed at or below which 85 percent of drivers travel.
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Students need to heed smoking rules
As an MSU student, I am walking in and out of buildings on campus every day of the week. At least once each day, I am forced to walk through a cloud of smoke produced by one or two (sometimes more) people crowding around entrance doors to keep warm, cigarette in hand.
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Columnist's view seemed heartless
This refers to the nuclear crisis in North Korea and the opinion page article by Jun Yang "South Korean student provides perspective on armed North Korea" (SN 2/17). I agree with his proposal to continue talks with North Korea, but I am disappointed to hear his logic for doing so.
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Women's basketball better than men's
Our women's basketball team deserves more recognition. It is just as good, if not better, than our men's team this year.
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Recent trustees rulings convey public relations, not real, concerns
(Writer's note: In preparation for this column, I pared my topics down to two: the MSU Board of Trustees' banishment of open-alcohol containers on campus and the confirmation of Howard Dean as chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
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Up to code
What would happen if MSU didn't provide adequate information for students to earn a degree and obtain a respectable job? There would be a lot of angry and undereducated students.
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Chicano month has to be celebrated
I am writing in response to Amy Davis' piece on Chicano History Month ("Students combine cultures, embrace Mexican heritage" SN 2/15). I feel that just by interviewing someone who does not identify as Chicano, she is doing an injustice to the month.
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GEU needs student help for contracts
The teaching assistants and graduate assistants here at MSU are unionized in order to ensure fair working conditions and wages.
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Scare tactics
It's time to start examining the reasons behind the terror threats that sporadically befall our country.
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Mitten state does not deserve its redneck-riddled reputation
Recently, I was in California visiting my Marine boyfriend who recently returned from Iraq. During this trip, I was made to feel like a hick because I am from Michigan.
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Bush budget is too reliant on deficit
In your editorial "War chest," (SN 2/16) you make the claim: "the fact that (President Bush's) budget inadvertently is calling for restrained spending on a variety of government programs shouldn't be ignored by any means." I don't understand that sentence, and I doubt many people did.
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South Korean student provides perspective on armed North Korea
So, it's North Korea again. The communist regime once again shocked the world with a recent announcement that it possesses nuclear weapons.
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Story left reader mildly confused
This is in response to the article on Feb. 16, "Student found dead in E.L." A couple lines in this article confused me a little bit. One, the student's name is not being released because the family has not been notified.
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History proves that kowtowing is bad
Your editorial about North Korea ("Tact needed," SN 2/14) and how the United States must "get down on our knees," is patently ludicrous.
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Easier said...
Somehow, the line that separates church and state - something that should be clear - has a tendency to get blurred. Perhaps it's the religious zeal within people that drives them to want to do away with the principle the United States was founded upon.
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Argument did not offer much logic
I am writing in response to the editorial titled "Tact needed," (SN 2/14). The person who wrote that particular article does a terrific job of presenting one side of a story.
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Mixed living
Circle circle dot dot now you've got a cootie shot. Great, that should last through college, the land of sex segregation.
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Front-page article seemed insensitive
The headlining article in Wednesday's State News ("Student found dead in E.L.") was absurdly insensitive and disrespectful to both the deceased and those in mourning. Articles reporting on serious events like the passing of a member of our student body should not be made into a creative writing piece.