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Wise up

Problems with tailgating at the tennis courts near South Complex and elsewhere are not a new concern.

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Wrong address

Addressing a council whose advice you've previously ignored is not necessarily a guaranteed method to smooth out worldly relations during an election year. President Bush spoke before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday about the importance of the world's role in defending the U.S.

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'U' housing should void out contracts

I write to offer my opinion on the overcrowding in the dorms. This past spring, members of the spring recruitment class for Sigma Alpha Epsilon had asked the university to get out of their dorm contracts for the Fall 2004 academic school year.

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Vote motivation

Votergasm.org might be rife with crude, sexually-explicit drawings, photos of scantily-clad women and promises of action for people who vote, but people who take the Web site too seriously need to re-evaluate why they don't think it's funny. No one is going to run home to their dorm, log onto the Web site, make a pledge to sex up other voters and dance around screaming, "I'm gonna get some" in front of their computer monitor.

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Bad form

Asserting that America's enemies would prefer a particular candidate to win in order to more easily advance terrorist plans is nothing short of irresponsible. House Speaker Dennis Hastert said Saturday that al-Qaida wanted presidential candidate Sen.

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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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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.