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Disappointing

The first sign that the 2003-04 MSU men's basketball team was doomed to mediocrity was Nov. 1 - the day the U-M football team beat the Spartans at Spartan Stadium. That morning, a bronze statue of Earvin "Magic" Johnson was unveiled in front of Breslin Center, its most notable feature being its remarkable resemblance to Jay or Sam Vincent.

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PRISM board tried to correct 'gag reflex'

I would like to respond to Owen Weber's letter ("LBGT bulletin boards offensive to some" SN 3/18). He has stated that PRISM is turning people against our cause by displaying controversial bulletin boards, not, in fact, across campus, but in the space allotted to us by the residence halls.

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Women need more equal health care

Women of reproductive age spend 68 percent more in out-of-pocket health care than men. While 97 percent of insurance plans cover prescription drugs, only 33 percent carry oral contraceptives and only 15 percent carry all five of the primary types of contraceptives. This unjust policy means that the average woman who wants to have two children will have to use contraception for more than two decades of her life.

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Weber's LBGT letter clearly homophobic

In his letter "LBGT bulletin boards offensive to some" (SN 3/18), Owen Weber states that he does not "have a problem with gay people" but later describes a picture of two men kissing as "disturbing." Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary defines homophobia as "irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals." Two men kissing is clearly a part of homosexuality; therefore, finding such an image disturbing is homophobic. If people found a visual representation of same-sex affection so disturbing that they tore it down, how would they react to same-sex affection in real life?

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A year later

To live and die in Iraq. For exactly a year now, it has either been the shining example of America's relentless pursuit of terrorists or the most popular reason to hate President Bush and his administration. Congratulations? One year ago today, Bush stood before Americans and said a war against Saddam Hussein and his Republican Guard was warranted.

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Bice purposefully insulting in column

I am writing this letter in response to John Bice's column "Marriage a religious institution, civil unions should be for all" (SN 3/15). Bice, I have no quarrel with you expressing your opinion of any topic.

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Keep it cool

No one is optimistically expecting enraged students wreaking havoc and igniting immense fires on Grand River Avenue during this year's March Madness.

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Make room

A new Multicultural Center would be a welcome addition to MSU - everybody agrees. Students could use the space for conferences and events, while the university as a whole could continue to market MSU as an accepting, multicultural environment. While the idea is great in theory, the MSU Board of Trustees needs a cohesive and, most importantly, feasible plan from the students to get the building construction under way. The struggle for a new center has been going on for years with no results, and right now is a bleak time for students to try and propose a new building on campus.

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Law for 'U'

Each year, hundreds of students walk underneath the brown, brick overhang of the MSU-DCL College of Law building to study for careers in the legal profession. Every year, those same students apply for jobs and are asked where they attended law school. And every year, when the law students answer that question, some employers invariably say, "Where?" A proposal introduced by MSU Provost Lou Anna Simon and passed by Academic Governance on Tuesday could solve that, changing the name of the law school to the Michigan State University College of Law.