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In the money
Complying with Gov. Jennifer Granholm's 2003 tuition plan appears to be alleviating some financial troubles for MSU.
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Keep it local
It seems that some local proprietors - including Murasaki Restaurant owner Hiroshi Tanimoto - aren't extremely upset by developers pushing in to town to level businesses in the name of cleaning up the area. After having gained a special-use permit from East Lansing City Council on Tuesday, developer Corey Partnership is looking to construct a four-story building where Murasaki Restaurant, Peking Express and Team Telecom now sit.
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SN need not print free Wal-Mart ads
I am writing in regards to the article, "Student groups march for migrant workers" (SN 9/7). There was a panel speaking about migrant farm workers' struggle for labor rights in the U.S.
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Boorish behavior has no place in E.L.
At least once a year The State News publishes a letter which argues that attendance at MSU confers upon individual special rights not available to other residents of the East Lansing community.
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Columnist's take on freshmen skewed
In response to Lauren Phillips' column "Freshmen retain high profile" (SN 9/3), I find I share some common traits with her. This year, I return to MSU a little older and a little wiser as a junior.
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Students being remembered in effort to bolster E.L. residency
Over the last few years, the City of East Lansing has implemented a number of policies to improve our rental housing stock, improve the appearance of our neighborhoods, encourage families to return to our neighborhoods near downtown and avoid sequestering MSU students into run-down homes in older neighborhoods. We pursue these policies in an effort to keep our neighborhoods appealing to a variety of residents and to avoid the density and blight that surrounds many Big Ten universities.
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To 150 more ...
MSU's 150th anniversary celebration officially began Tuesday, and it's rewarding to see how a fledgling land-grant university founded by a mix of government scientists, bored University of Michigan kids and cows created one of the Big Ten's most formidable research institutions. You would not be here if it weren't for Wolverines who did not want to speak Greek, as history tells us that U-M students got fed up with classical education and being prohibited from joining secret societies.
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Lax teaching policy promotes cheating
After reading the article on allmsu.com ("Cheatin' Hearts," SN 9/3) it made me almost angry.
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Professors entitled to Web site access
Your editorial about the misuse of allmsu.com ("Cheatin' Hearts," SN 9/3) is mostly on target, including the comment that faculty who make it easy to cheat and ignore the problem are being unfair to students who are trying to honestly achieve.
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Bookstores not at fault for markups
To put it nicely, David Thompson's article, "Local Bookstores need to halt practice of putting screws to 'U'" (SN 8/30), needlessly complains about the way our bookstores conduct business.
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About time
It has been 2 years and 364 days since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks rocked the nation. It's also been 2 years and 364 days since Arab and Chaldean Americans have taken undue discrimination in forms never before seen or endured. Finally, action has been taken at the state level to connect the lives of Arab and Chaldean Americans to the Capitol.
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Give freshman QB spot behind center
Who would have thought that the Spartans would walk out of Rutgers Stadium without a win? Sure, there was a lot of talk about all of Rutgers' returning starters and the improvement that the team has made in the last four years, but that game was inexcusable.
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GOP reached across aisle at RNC
As a young Republican, the Republican National Convention last week gave me great hope for the future of my party.
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Crowded house
At the semester's onset, 744 dorm rooms at MSU were overbooked. That means 2,232 students were inconvenienced - some for a day, some still, all while the university tries to figure out what to do with these extra students. Part of the problem of overbooked dorm rooms can be contributed to a significantly larger amount of students attending MSU this year than anticipated.
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Vote for rights
Visiting loved ones in the hospital during emergencies, inheriting money or property after the death of a spouse and retaining custody of children are inherent rights that no law-abiding citizen of our state should be without.
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Convention was retread of misleading Bush-Cheney rhetoric
As the Republican revelry came to a close at the 2004 Republican National Convention last week, the GOP's message was crystal clear: Pay no attention to the man behind the star-spangled curtain.
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Residents need to accept student life
To those local residents upset over student sentiment such as "Unwelcome" (SN 9/1), I must ask: What did you expect?
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Hip-hop community correct to diversify
I'm writing in regards to the column "Rappers go too far with energy drinks" (SN 9/1). I became appalled as I read this article.
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Faculty to benefit from advisor forum
I urge my colleagues across campus to attend the open faculty meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday in 117 Berkey Hall.
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Make a deal
The important thing to remember about this year's state budget is that the most relevant part for MSU students hasn't yet been decided. It's hard to tell what the governor and state Legislature are thinking at times when they champion the importance of education and then tinker with funding to state universities such as MSU. In February, state officials promised to maintain funding to public universities as long as schools kept their tuition rates at or below the inflation rate.