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Dean attacked because he's best

Have you asked yourself why, among all the Democratic presidential candidates, Howard Dean is the only one that the conservative advocacy group "Club for Growth Political Action Committee" has singled out to run attack ads against? And why has the right-wing media spent more than twice as much time bashing Dean than they have his rivals? Why did Karl Rove tell the media that Dean would be the easiest to beat?

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Izzo the Great

Tom Izzo has an edge over most MSU professors - students believe in what he says, does and thinks. Perhaps more than he'd like to admit, the word of Izzo is the gospel in East Lansing, passed down to him from the heavens by Basketball Jesus to his perch atop Breslin Center.

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No amount of faith can make belief fact

Some kudos to Marc Levitt ("Bice falls flat in his latest argument") for good points supporting the view that science and religion are "not as far apart as so many like to claim." After all, both put forth theories about the universe and our role in it, right?

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Snow removal done to best of ability

The editorial "Clear-path cause" (SN 1/26) and subsequent letters and articles have questioned the value and procedures of the snow removal process on the MSU campus.

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Religious criticism mistaken for intolerance, discrimination

I have noticed a trend lately, both in the e-mail responses I receive and in the "Your Voice" section of this paper.

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Columnist diversity argument ignorant

I'm writing in regards to Jim Lala's article, "Diversity doesn't promote better education, system flawed" (SN 2/3). Everyone is entitled to their opinions, but if they are going to be published, they should be well-thought out.

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Today's threats

As if Americans didn't need more proof that the world is a drastically different place than it was before Sept.

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Dorm outlaws

If dorm drinking is outlawed, only outlaws will drink in the dorms. That's how it's been for years, no, generations of students.

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Graduate sorry for comments, actions

At Friday's Michael Moore guest lecture, I encountered a group of protesters standing outside, one of them bearing a sign reading, "Michael Moore is a communist." Upon seeing this man's sign, I made an off-hand remark to which he sharply responded.

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Columnist didn't make it by himself

Living in a society that has already gone beyond the depths of materialism, a new light has been shed.

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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.