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Strike out

At this time last year, a federal grand jury was told what the rest of us had been wondering since home-run records began shattering seven seasons ago: Who in baseball is using performance enhancing drugs. In December 2003, some Major League Baseball players were subpoenaed to testify about their involvement with the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative - known as BALCO, but better known for being to baseball what Enron Corp.

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ASMSU's current bicameral model of government is still best method

With all of the talk that has been flying around over the last week or so about ASMSU, I feel that I need to clarify a few facts about the organization.

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Lay off SUV drivers; 'gas-guzzling' behemoths will eventually die off

I used to love the environment - then I started driving my dad's sport utility vehicle. It started simply at first.

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ASMSU regularly supports students

This is in response to Brandon Sethi's letter, "Student groups can benefit from funds," (SN 12/1). In your letter, you mentioned that you are not too familiar with how ASMSU does things, and clearly this is true.

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Risk management fund works for 'U'

There needs to be some clarification on what ASMSU's risk management account is and what ASMSU is doing with that $600,000.

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What is 'Ken?'

Sept. 6 was a particularly dark day for "Jeopardy!" champion Ken Jennings. He only won $10,001.

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Smokers need to re-evaluate rights

In response to the editorial "Burn one down" (SN 11/30), I think there is a huge misconception presented here.

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Discriminatory

Michigan Rep. Ken Bradstreet, R-Gaylord, is calling for outright discrimination by moving to exclude domestic partner benefits from state employee contracts. Unfortunately, Proposal 2 passed in Michigan, but the exact language of the amendment is vague, leaving individual interpretations to determine if domestic partner benefits get thrown on the chopping block. A piece of legislation this vague might not have been the best thing to pass.

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Student assembly should fund more

I am writing in response to Brandon Sethi's letter (SN 12/1) calling for ASMSU to use some of their extra funds for some student groups on campus.

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Teacher's unions are to blame for lax improvement in public schools

The public school system in the United States is not great. Many would argue it's not even good.

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Ban the banner

A federal appeals court is barring the government from enforcing a law based on its potential to spur discrimination.

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Disagreeing with government is key

Regarding Tim Phelps' request to return the $600,000 risk management fund to students in his letter, "Distribute ASMSU's funding to students," (SN 11/30) I would note that students can obtain a refund of their ASMSU tax ($13.75) - thereby making the suggested distribution unnecessary. Also, there already has been call within the assembly to drain the fund, using the money for what it was originally intended: Students.

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Costly cocktail

In the name of all things sacred and good in this world, don't raise the price of hard liquor. We're talking to you, Quality Dairy, looking at you, Big Ten and Country Markett.

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Distributing ASMSU funds is misplaced

This is in response to Tim Phelps' letter, "Distribute ASMSU's funding to students" (SN 11/30), regarding the $600,000 that ASMSU is "sitting" on. First of all, I am all in favor of receiving money, always.

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Student assembly could use outreach

This is in response to Tim Phelps' letter "Distribute ASMSU's funding to students" (SN 11/30) that ASMSU should refund students' money. Great idea!

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Secondhand smoke not viable 'choice'

When I order a double cheeseburger, I don't force-feed you half of my French fries. When I order a draught, I don't funnel a third of it down your throat.

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Student groups can benefit from funds

I just transferred into MSU this semester from another Big Ten institution where I was involved in their undergraduate student government.

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'Legitimacy'

Right now, ASMSU, MSU's undergraduate student government, stands as a house divided - literally. Under the current scheme, ASMSU has the Student Assembly and an Academic Assembly to deal with the off-campus issues such as tailgating and on-campus issues such as tuition, respectively.

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Burn one down

For a few years now, television ads sponsored by an anti-smoking Web site have offered some interesting fun facts regarding tobacco use and put tobacco companies and their lobbyists in some rather compromising positions.

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Distribute ASMSU's funding to students

It's great to hear that ASMSU is sitting on $600,000 of our money, ("Some reassembly desired," SN 11/29). As if we needed another reason to think that ASMSU is a wasteful organization that serves no reasonable purpose in the daily lives of students here at MSU. I'd like to propose a solution that probably would seem absurd to most folks around MSU. Instead of looking for somewhere to spend this cash, why not just give it back to the students.