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Price gougers
Tuition: $3,303. On-campus housing:$2,843. Books, coursepacks and CD extras, that may never get used: $500.
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Race too large a part of admissions
I would like to applaud Jim Lala's column in the Tuesday edition of The State News ("Diversity doesn't promote better education, system flawed"). I have two younger brothers.
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Brutal budget
If you weren't able to watch President Bush's State of the Union address last month, a revised, printform is now available.
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Salt a necessary evil, cheap melter
I am responding to a letter in the Jan. 29 paper ("Road salt destroys more than it helps"). Everybody realizes the damage that salt does to vehicles, roads, etc.
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Understanding hyphenated identity comes with time, learning
At 6-year-old, I had already denied my Filipino heritage. "I'm not Filipino, I'm an American!" I yelled at the top of my lungs whenever my relatives would try to converse with me in a language I didn't understand or feed me food that I didn't know how to eat.
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Nobody really knew 'Ernie the Can Man'
Over the past few weeks, I have noticed a number of articles and columns written about "Ernie the Can Man." Reading between the lines, there is a completely different story being told.
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Religions search for truth, honesty
Recently, the critiques of religious belief, in general, and Christian belief, in particular, have skirted the issue of religion's main purpose, which is the search for truth.
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Green 'U' needs to be students' priority
I am a recent member of ECO and I'm very proud to be a member of this organization. I have always cared about the environment, but now I have found a way where I can really help and effect change.
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Diversity doesn't promote better education, system flawed
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day awhile back, I read something by Frederick Douglass I would like to share with you.
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World doesn't stop turning due to snow
It really amazes me that some folks appear to believe that the world shuts down because it is cold or snowy out. While I sympathize with the woman in a wheelchair who had trouble negotiating snowy sidewalks ("Snow-covered sidewalks hard to maneuver wheelchair through" SN 1/30), I see no excuse for the whining from apparently able-bodied folks.
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Barrel of laws
It was one of the only bars in town that allowed the young and the old to mix - with alcohol present.
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Boob tube
Parents everywhere rushed to cover their children's eyes during the Super Bowl halftime show, all because of Janet Jackson's inability keep her top on.
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Snow dangerous, unsafe for students
I would just like to ask Jennifer Miller, "Get snow shoes; quit complaining" (SN 1/28), a few questions.
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Jackson stoops low, bares breast
Adam Vinatieri pulled off another Super Bowl victory for the New England Patriots in the final seconds of the game; however, the image that remains etched in the minds of the billions of Super Bowl viewers (including children!) is that of the sparkling sun conveniently placed over Janet Jackson's nipple. Justin Timberlake sang that he'd have Jackson naked by the end of the song and, with that, pulled out her breast.
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Home alone
All Spartans have an opinion of how things operate down in Ann Arbor during the weekend. We think they hole up in the library - false - or trudge to an anti-climactic fraternity party - true. Make no mistake, East Lansing, the Ann Arborites know how to party.
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Point | Counterpoint: Should the United States be involved in the conflict between Israel and Palestine? (Part 1)
For more than 30 years the U.S. government has provided the state of Israel with billions of dollars in military and economic aid.
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Dean's for 'U"
What have you done for us lately, Democratic presidential candidates? In the months and months ahead of rhetorical promise-making and political stumping, the list of to-dos certainly will outweigh the items crossed off as complete on the campaign checklist. It's the nature of the beast in the world of politics.
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No easy answer for Kashmir turmoil
Abhishek Modi's solutions seem like some fairy-tale answer to a decade-old problem, and this is more than likely because that is precisely what they are founded on ("Some changes could end ongoing, bloody battle over Kashmir" SN 1/28). The problems that India and Pakistan face aren't about Kashmir alone - the nations are ideologically different.
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Letters disregard mobility-impaired
This is in response to the ableist letters encouraging people to "put on some boots" and deal with the inaccessible snowy sidewalks, "Get snow shoes; quit complaining" (SN 1/28) and "Road salt destroys more than it helps" (SN 1/29). That works quite well for me because I can simply step over the piled-up snow and continue on my way to class.
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Bice falls flat in his latest argument
In reading John Bice's article "Science relies on confidence, strength of evidence, not faith" (SN 1/27), I was intrigued by his premise to define the difficult terms when discussing the said ideas - and then the article fell flat.