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Revamped ticketing system is beneficial
I think that it is wonderful that MSU's biggest spirit section - the Izzone - is making things even better.
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Izzone change is contrary to history
I am a freshman this year here at MSU. It would mean the world to me if as a freshman I could be in the Izzone, but coming into this year, I knew it wouldn't be possible.
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Columnist is cloudy on liberal thought
I was recently looking through The State News when I ran across one of the most offensive, ignorant articles I had ever read in my life.
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Beast of burden
When the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education gives America a collective "F" in the subject of college affordability, it creates a need for people to realize that current problems in higher education can't be reduced to just one letter. College today is hard to pay for, but there are a course-load of reasons Michigan and 36 other states flunked.
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New Izzone ticket policy 'status quo'
In an attempt to bring together MSU students, the athletics department has allowed the Izzone to take over the student sections at the men's home basketball games while subordinating the students who have previously spent multiple years attending games in the upper bowl.
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"W' is for Women' slogan comparable to "C' is for Contradiction'
Everyone's got their pet peeves; things that get under their skin and bring out their darker sides.
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Twin mistake
Preaching to the choir isn't only a waste of time, it's an ineffective campaign tactic. Jenna and Barbara Bush spoke at the Union on Thursday to Students for Bush and College Republicans throughout the state.
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Message to Sen. Kerry: Don't take college campuses for granted
Being a liberal in college is like living in a magical fantasy world of acceptance. Your peers like you, your professors like you, even Alec Baldwin likes you, and getting the "OK" from Alec Baldwin is no doubt a dream come true. Sadly, it is this path of least resistance most choose to follow.
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No 'Blood, sweat and tears' for 'U'
I am a Spartan basketball fanatic who has always supported the Izzone and the great atmosphere that it provides in Breslin Center.
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Nothing 'campy' in promoting sexism
The Sept. 15 issue of The State News was one of the most offensive issues of any newspaper that we have ever seen.
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Izzone ticket policy punishes students
The MSU Athletics Department and the Student Alumni Foundation have dropped the ball on the new student season ticket policy for the upcoming basketball season.
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Assault weapons ban unnecessary
With the ban on assault weapons expiring in the last few days there's been a big uproar. But what for?
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Izz-oh, no way
The best way to reward student loyalty to the basketball team is by giving them the best seats based on their seniority.
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Open seats
Three MSU students now have the chance to make East Lansing a more pleasant place to live. The University Student Commission, a student-oriented commission, works as a liaison to the East Lansing City Council.
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Columnist makes rape 'assumptions'
All right Jim Hines, if you're going to write a column on a criminal case ("Bryant's court proceedings provide valuable advice: 'Be sure'" SN 9/14), wouldn't it behoove you to consult someone with a relevant legal background about the basic elements and differences between the criminal and civil court system? Much like the rest of this country, you make a lot of conclusions based on uneducated and biased assumptions.
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University bungled assault situations
I am writing this letter in disgust of the actions taken by the university in response to the recent sexual assaults on campus.
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No excuses
With a landmark and highly competitive presidential election coming up Nov. 2, the university's drive to get students registered to vote couldn't be called anything other than appropriate. We're a nation with a voting problem.
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Clean up your act, football tailgaters
If you tailgate, bring along trash bags from home, or stop to buy some. It's your job to clean up the spot you used as it was before you arrived.
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Post-college landscape doesn't need to reflect grades, degrees
Well, here I am. It has been a year since I graduated from MSU. After embarking boldly and blindly into my collegiate years I found myself following paths blazed by information from people around me, my classes, or from the media.
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Jackpot
The 2000 election voting fiasco is bringing a well-needed change to the American voting process. Finally. On Tuesday, Nevada voters cast electronic votes for a primary using a $9.3 million voting system that allowed them to use touch-screens to cast their ballot.