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Weak honor

Bible Week and Church/State Separation Week are nationally recognized the week of Nov. 23-30. However, with the advice of East Lansing Mayor Mark Meadows, the city council has decided that Church/State Separation Week will be recognized in East Lansing on Nov.

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'Slut' shouldn't appear in paper

In regard to the pregame article "Rivalries: Sports and otherwise" (SN 10/29), I would like to point out the disgusting and ignorant use of the word "slut" in one of the famous rivalries, "Slasher movie killers vs.

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Moving on

Spartan Stadium is empty, and the fans stopped cheering long ago after this weekend's heartbreaking game, but there is much to be celebrated in East Lansing.

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No more Wharton shows for resident

On Oct.12, there appeared in the Lansing State Journal a huge advertisement that the United States Marine Band (the President's Band) would be appearing at Wharton Center for a concert on Nov.

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Backing Tony

As Lansing residents take to the polls Tuesday to choose a leader for Lansing, we hope they will consider voting for incumbent Mayor Tony Benavides.

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Rivalry

Go green, go white or go home. Saturday's game is unlike any other Spartan-Wolverine matchup from the recent past.

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Our letter

If students want to voice higher education concerns to politicians, it's now as simple as writing a letter.

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Smoker deserves to win Heisman

It's great that the Spartans have East Lansing excited about football again. John L. Smith's squad is leading the Big Ten with a mark of 4-0 (7-1 overall) - look out Michigan.

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Celebration

On Saturday, MSU students need to remember that celebration does not involve destruction. Campus and city officials are encouraging fans not to rush the field when the game is over.

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Spartans are more than underdogs

In "Spartans, U-M past sets 'U' as underdog" (SN 10/27), The State News laments that MSU has lost "16 of the 28 matchups on their home turf." But they fail to mention the far more puzzling (and optimistic) statistic that MSU has won every home game (except 1997) against U-M in the past ten years, despite being consistently ranked lower than U-M (sometimes significantly) at the time of each engagement.