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T-shirts show lack of taste, school spirit

I know that we as MSU students, staff and alumni have much pride in our Spartan heritage, and often we like to rival our pride with that of our friendly neighbors in Ann Arbor (even to go so far as to rub it in their faces). However, upon walking to and from my classes Wednesday morning, I was struck with an image that is both offensive and repulsive, and quite frankly made me ashamed of some of my fellow student body: the flier "Wolverines Pack Fudge," apparently advertising a T-shirt to promote school spirit for the MSU/U-M game on Nov.

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E.L. residents do support petitions

As a permanent resident of the city of East Lansing, I would like to commend the student leaders who are coordinating a petition campaign to force a citywide referendum on the new party-noise ordinance.

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Smokers don't need health lecture

Craig Gunn's column condemning smoking is one of his most short-sighted articles I have read in a while ("Smoking: a basic human right or just another annoyance?"). We all know smoking is unhealthy; however, it is our right as citizens of this country to be allowed to have a cigarette.

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Finding a middle ground still allows people to be individuals

How would you feel if you were being taught by a homosexual pastor who struggled with alcoholism? It might seem like a strange question, but it is extremely pertinent to today's culture and beliefs about tolerance.

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No justification for Alabama statue

This letter is in response to Eva Bohler's comments on John Bice's column regarding the Ten Commandments ("Columnist wrong in religious debate"). I can't help noticing that many Christians keep citing their own "persecution" (the inability to have school prayer) as a reason for keeping elements of Christianity such as the Ten Commandments public.

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Switching gears

MSU and The Ohio State University are getting a clean slate along with the rest of the nation's universities by taking a new look at applications and policies post-U.S.

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'U' doesn't offer good on-campus TV

Year after year, the students who live on campus are denied the opportunity to watch our beloved Spartan football team when the game is televised on ESPN2.

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Coming out

Outfitted in black, with education as a weapon, members of the lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender community took to the streets this week to promote pride and understanding at MSU.

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Column allows for family reflection

The column "Death in the family doesn't mean the memories can't live on" hit home for me.

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Players' attitude better under Smith

This is in response to Dale Hitchcock's letter "Uniforms without names need to go". The removal of the names goes along with coaching genius Joe Paterno's belief that football is a team sport and should not single out certain athletes.

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SN overlooked other sport teams

The State News can always be counted on for extensive MSU sports coverage. I found Monday's article demanding more noise from MSU football fans especially important ("Fans can't just come to games, need to be louder"), along with the blow-by-blow analysis of MSU's overwhelming defeat of the weakest football team in the Big Ten.

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Reason behind senioritis: Not being able to decide my life

It's the question all seniors, or super-seniors, fear the most: "What do you plan to do once you graduate?" I despise this question, not just because I have no answer, but because the mere mention of it makes me feel I like I should have the answer.

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Commandments statue is offensive

This letter is in response to the letter to the editor by Eva Bohler"Columnist wrong in religious debate". As a freethinker, I found her arrogance and ignorance on the issue offensive.

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Hey Arnold

The people of California replaced Gray Davis with Arnold Schwarzenegger, the "Terminator," and will have to live with that decision. Their dissatisfaction with Davis led them to elect someone from the opposite end of the spectrum.

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Cartoon shouldn't make light of issue

This is in regard to the cartoon drawn about the pope (SN 10/6). First, it took me and four other people at least 20 minutes to figure out what the pope was saying in Latin.

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Ban hazing

Some people don't know when to say when. For their own safety, it's about time Michigan joined in the fight to stop hazing.

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Mocking of pious figures not right

How refreshing it was to see Nate Allen's cartoon in The State News on Monday. I'm glad that with all the problems and issues in the world, there's still time to make a crack at the Pope.

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Program sales aren't goal of 'U'

When I first started to read Dale Hitchcock's letter to the editor "Uniforms without names need to go" (SN 10/3), I found it very amusing, but when I realized that he was being serious about the situation with the new uniforms, I felt sad for his na

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Ballot proposal

The annual East Lansing primary election is on the chopping block and we're hoping voters swing the hatchet.

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Team-over-self idea behind jerseys

This season, the MSU football team is looking for an identity. When head coach John L. Smith first came to MSU, he noted that MSU had a lot of good football players, but not a good football team.