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Primary colors
As long as there are open polls, there will be flimsy excuses for not visiting them. The lines are too long.
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Up and atom
Scientists at MSU say they have discovered a new atom at the Cyclotron on campus, thusly proving for once and for all that the Cyclotron is not an amusement ride for students and run by a carny.
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Bush's godspeak dangerous to country
In past columns, I have written about President Bush and his rather bizarre relationship with God. Reports of Bush claiming to receive his instructions directly from the Almighty are distressingly easy to find.
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Drop the suit
A running contention of our bipartisan system of politics has long been the exclusion of those who lean neither right nor left.
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Specific info
Instead of having the nation circling themselves wondering where, when and how another terrorist attack might arrive, Homeland Security officials said Sunday financial and international organizations in New York, New Jersey and Washington D.C.
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Helmet laws vital to safety
Once again, opponents of Michigan's mandatory helmet law are attempting to establish legislation that would greatly reduce its effectiveness.
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For all its work, Detroit still has tarnished image
Detroit is a modern day story of a city with an unspoken duality in stark contrast. The Pistons (who play in Auburn Hills) are champions of the world, but the city of Detroit is only champion of decay and confusion. In a recent article published in Playboy, Frank Owen provides a graphic perspective into the unseen Detroit.
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Same-sex parenting column intolerant
I am concerned that Amber Morris has found yet another forum for her self-righteous views ("Same-sex parenting, lack of scientific support dangerous to children" SN 7/27). What is her beef with gays and lesbians?
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Sexual orientation arbitrary in families
Amber Morris, let's get married. And then maybe, um, we could have children? What do you say?
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Censorship of political statement in song slaps the First Amendment
One begins with an "f." The others begin with "s" and "c." They are the three four-letter words that still get a rise out of the American people.
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Student shun
Last fall, a noise ordinance that hoisted hefty fines and possible jail time for party throwers really cramped some students' style.
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Bush re-election dangerous to all
Imagine the right-wing policies of the Bush administration in a second term when voters can no longer force them out.
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Search for provost needs to be wide
In 33 years as an employee of MSU, I have seen acting administrators sit in the seat of power for a few days and then decide that they were made for the job even though they said they had no ambitions for it.
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Screen test
MSU is considering upgrading criminal background checks before offering employment to new faculty members.
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Same-sex parenting, lack of scientific support dangerous to children
Same-sex marriage is certainly a critical issue at debate in our nation today. Issues have been raised on both sides of the debate, and it has become clear that empirical, scientific arguments are most important when discussing this dilemma.
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Sex-crimes cannot be blamed on victims
Editor's note: The following column contains graphic details of a sexual assault. "Why didn't she go to the police?" It's one of the most commonly asked questions about sexual assault, and on the surface, it makes sense.
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Curing crimes
Before drug courts became a method of satellite justice to Michigan's criminal court system, the addict was known as a criminal and a disease was considered a breach of the law.
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Country in crisis
After the U.S. Congress declared genocide in Sudan, the world police that is the United States is once again stuck in a tough situation, especially in lieu of the disastrous foreign-relation spectacle in Iraq. In the last 15 months, nearly 30,000 people have been slaughtered, and more than 1 million black Africans have found themselves homeless because of the conflict.
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Tour de Lance
According to Lance Armstrong, the color yellow has taught him what it means to suffer. Suffering hasn't come for Armstrong in a 125-mile-long stage of the Tour de France as he chases the customary yellow jersey of the tour's pack leader.
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Hamtramck column unfair in judgment
Maddie Trier straight-up accuses the residents of Hamtramck of being anti-Muslim racists in terms of their motivation for voting on the noise ordinance that regulates the calls to prayer from the local Al-Islah Mosque ("Controversy over call to prayer in Hamtramck showcases intolerance" SN 7/20). Certainly we can admit to the ignorance of extremist zealots frightened that the call will destroy their faith.