Thursday, November 14, 2024

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Commentary

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Coverage of greek system still biased

It took four years to get The State News to cover our philanthropy event, and after the way it was portrayed ("'Miss Greek' pageant held for charity," SN 11/11), I wish it would have been longer. The greek community at MSU must constantly face, and attempt to overcome, the negative images and stereotypes which we are given.

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RIA is not MIA

As President Bush's cabinet members played another round of musical chairs Monday, a former Spartan found himself out of work.

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'Known to all'

For two weeks, we received a good amount of letters suggesting that head football coach John L. Smith was running the program into the ground.

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Early and often

Early voting and lowered restrictions on absentee ballots could be a good thing for Michigan, with the proper checks and balances in place. Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land recently announced plans to enact these exact measures in our state.

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SN needs columns not afraid to offend

I was actually just thinking about writing in a few days ago in support of publishing John Bice's opinion columns, but I guess someone beat me to the punch. I don't think that The State News calls upon Bice often enough.

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Moore again?

Filmmaker Michael Moore has announced plans to create a sequel to "Fahrenheit 9/11." While Moore's films can entertain, the probability runs high that he'll editorialize and bend the truth to his whim.

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#&@! the FCC

If American history is too grisly for you, please turn the page and continue reading. For those hardy souls who stayed put, congratulate yourselves for not living in fear of the Federal Communications Commission, better known as the FCC, better known to us as a public enemy. ABC affiliates in at least eight states have decided not to run an unedited version of "Saving Private Ryan," Steven Spielberg's triumphant 1998 World War II picture, because it contains violent, grisly and graphic images.

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Bice's statements on faith misguided

As a person of faith who voted for John Kerry, I must challenge John Bice's ignorant statements in his column "Bush supporters share common thread with fundamentalists," (SN 11/10). His statements labeling people of faith as uneducated and separated from reality are insults to individuals of all faiths. I do not know whom the 2003 Harris Poll surveyed for its findings, but they were not people of my community of faith, most of whom hold advanced degrees.

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Izzo deserves more honor, adoration

I am writing in response to Chris Hansen's letter "Izzo's arrogance readily apparent" (SN 11/9). It became apparent to me when reading this letter that it is OK to be a supporter of the basketball team only when it is convenient. This should not be the case, and that was head coach Tom Izzo's message Sunday night.

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Abortion another form of violence

Andréa Minella's letter, "Abortion cases not always clear issues" (SN 11/8) is nonfactual and an attempt at portraying those who oppose her view as being unsympathetic, specifically toward women. First of all, abortion is a very cruel means of ending a life.