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'Siege' column only told part of story
In the Sept. 10 issue of The State News, you published a column by Mike Townshend, "Siege of Russian elementary school draws parallel to Sept.
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Shaking 'U' up
When any university decides to overhaul a college or change any part of the academic setting, there needs to be a clear and understandable reason.
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Bryant's court proceedings provide valuable advice: 'Be sure'
So the circus that is the criminal proceedings against Kobe Bryant has come to an end. A civil suit remains, but the alleged victim has dropped out of the criminal case. I'm not going to try to guess what really happened on that night last summer.
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E.L. of 1855 would not tolerate today
In response to Joseph Blaim's query ("Residents need to accept student life,". SN 9/7), "Why didn't you protest in 1855 when the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan was founded?" Apart from the fact that not many of us were alive in 1855, one reason that there were no protests might have been that students behaved differently in 1855.
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E.L. doing its part to drive students away
Two tales of one city. The beginning of this semester marked as a typical Welcome Week. Hordes of students stumbled through the streets of East Lansing looking for that raging party or that anonymous hook-up or bottomless keg.
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Unfair warning
When sexual assaults occur, MSU officials have a responsibility to keep personal details on victims private.
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Speak out
It seems as though freedom of speech is a precious privilege that is unappreciated these days. The very people who are supposed to promote it, however, are allowing it to fall to the wayside in Colorado. The Academic Bill of Rights, a set of rules enacted by Colorado legislators to protect conservative college students from undue harassment, has had a negative affect on free speech at Colorado universities.
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'Faith-based' policy-making responsible for environmental damages
In an April 2003 column "House resolution relies on prayer to solve U.S.
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SN's portrayal of students unfair
I am writing in regard to "Student groups march for migrant workers" (SN 9/7). The State News' portrayal was extremely racist and presented an inaccurate picture of the panel discussion.
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Siege of Russian elementary school draws parallel to Sept. 11
I wish I could tell you that the Chechen terrorist standoff and subsequent massacre at a school in Beslan, Russia could not happen in the United States - if I did I would be a much worse liar than any politician. In its own way, the event could be seen as a fusion of some of the disasters that our own country has pulled through, the Sept.
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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.