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Marine's girlfriend shares experiences of overseas relationship

Imagine the life of a Marine's girlfriend. We'll call her the scared bystander. She stays online for hours e-mailing her brave boyfriend, answers every "out of area" phone call hoping it's him and practically lives at the post office, sending him packages and envelopes marked "sealed with a kiss." His picture is framed on a shelf in her dorm room, and every time she opens her wallet she sees him in full uniform next to her debit card. That she is me.

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Help wanted

Sometimes, numbers speak louder than words. Eight out of the 10 staff members of the MSU Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, located in Lansing, left earlier this month.

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Safe texts

There's no debate that good decision-making comes from understanding every operation available.

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Strict admission standards sensible

In response to "Admissions process overly selective" (SN 1/11), the reader seems to be confused, and I hope my letter will help him out. While it may be true you have no desire to become an accountant, at least having a general understanding and showing competency in it (as well as other business core classes) will make you a better business professional and more desirable to the job market.

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Be heard

In ancient Greece, in the city-state of Athens, there were the rowers, who served in the navy, and the soldiers, who fought in the phalanx.

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Imbibe indoors

With its own power source, police force, cafeterias, convenience stores and places to live and workout, MSU's campus is like a small city.

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Editorial contained inaccurate details

The editorial, ("Stuck abroad" SN 1/13,) contained a significant number of factual errors that should be clarified and that may change the writer's perspective on the unfortunate incident of the MSU student who remained in Peru after her study abroad program concluded. All study abroad programs do have protocols for dealing with emergencies.

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Dead end

Did you hear? Iraq didn't actually possess any weapons of mass destruction. Given the amount of attention the media has given the subject, we sincerely hope that you have. In the same month that the first bombs fell on Iraq, a report surveying the country found there were no WMDs. After the discovery in March 2003, the first preliminary report from Charles A.

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College correct to use high standards

I would like to respond to Chris Rinard's ridiculous take on the admissions process to the Business College ("Admissions process overly selective," SN 1/11). The arguments in this article are laughable, and I am appalled that a student at MSU could be so naive as to make statements of this nature.

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True aid

The Whole World is One Family. That was the theme on Wednesday evening when MSU students, international student leaders and nine local religious leaders gathered outside the Wharton Center, holding candles to remember the lives lost in Tsunami in Southeast Asia.