Friday, January 2, 2026

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Commentary

COMMENTARY

Dems speak

Here's your microphone, John Kerry. Your people have gathered and the whole world is watching - here's your chance.

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Call to prayer

Somewhere in-between the morning garbage trucks, the afternoon bustle of people running errands and midnight train whistles, Hamtramck might soon be hearing Muslim prayer calls reminding Islamic followers to worship their God. Yet, some residents have argued that there would be too much noise in the city, which has caused many homeowners in the city to complain. Church bells already are being rung in the city and don't seem to arouse much debate - possibly because it is the dominating religion or because it has been tradition. But to approve of only one kind of religion's prayer calls shows intolerance. The purpose of a prayer call is to remind believers and followers to take a few minutes out of their busy schedules and pray.

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35 years of aid

The Listening Ear Crisis Intervention Center does not deserve to hand out free ice cream in celebration of their service to the MSU community.

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Preventative ed

We'd like to pardon ourselves in advance for the ambiguity of the forthcoming statement, but we hope you'll bear with us to see our point out to fruition.

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Celebrity justice

At the beginning of this month, former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay was indicted for fraud far too long after the collapse of his company -nearly four years ago. The stories were splattered all across the media.

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Schoolyard politics

We know so much already has, and still is changing. It's hard to go through airport security in less than an hour, even harder to find food that hasn't had its genes altered, and almost impossible to find an advertisement that doesn't have sexual implications. But it's good to know, despite today's world of change, our sleazy politicians will always be sleazy. Still alive and kicking, presidential candidate and Reform Party representative Ralph Nader has been fighting to make the state ballot - and his Republican opponents are helping him. Last Thursday Nader needed to submit 30,000 signatures to qualify for the ballot, and The Michigan Republican Party alone submitted 34,000 on behalf of Nader. What's wrong with this picture? During the 2000 elections, the margin between President Bush, and Sen.

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Safe at home

Relax, already. You're actually a lot safer than you think, despite what any MSU crime statistic would like to imply. Frankly, it's been a bad year to be a criminal at MSU.