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Electing president a compromise
I had just been getting over my distaste for President Bush. At the beginning of his term, I vehemently opposed nearly everything he did.
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DPPS must follow through on policies
Ron Kalich makes some good points in his letter "Bike impoundment service necessary" (SN 7/30). The Department of Police and Public Safety does have some good policies, such as removing bikes that are not registered or in disrepair.
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Join together
If East Lansing and Ingham County can come together and offer a better service at a lower price, they owe it to their residents to do so. The proposed merger between East Lansing's 54-B District Court and Ingham County's 55th District Court might be an example of this.
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Health insurance, though far off, deserves students' thoughts
I woke up this morning and had this grain of an idea about an opinion that might really have some importance to the late-teen-early-20s group on campus.
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East Lansing code enforcement unfair
On June 10, my roommates and I received a civil infraction citation from the East Lansing Parking and Code Enforcement.
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Athletics not cause of 'U' budget woes
Rory Kraft Jr.'s letter ("Funding for Sports Should help out 'U'", SN 7/24) truly saddens me.
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Fessing up
There is something the phrases "flawed intelligence" and "the Bush administration" have in common.
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Don't bet on it
Senators, representatives and the general public were right to be shocked and outraged upon learning of the Pentagon's plan to arrange a futures market dealing in terrorism. The brainchild of John Poindexter and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency would have allowed investors to basically place bets on acts of terrorism, including bombings, assassinations and coups in the Middle East.
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'U' athletics over academics wrong
This letter is in response to James Bounds' letter "Athletics not cause for funds decrease" (SN 7/21), which was a reply to my original letter "Academics should get priority at 'U'" (SN 7/17). Apparently Bounds missed my point.
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Student, teacher relationship beneficial, influential to both
Education is an extremely powerful experience, not just for the ones learning but also for the ones that are seemingly doing all the teaching.
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Ill-spirited policy
It has been nearly 20 years since religious study majors received state-funded scholarships, but that practice might soon be ending. State lawmakers are finally working toward allowing religious study majors to secure their deserved amount of money, and it's about time. It is discriminatory to deny someone funding because of his or her collegiate choice of study.
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Drug issue begins with Washington
In reply to your editorial on the prescription drug bill, "Balancing act" (SN 7/28), it is to easy to say import prescription drugs from other countries so Americans pay less. There are many factors that apathetic U.S.
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Dems should end WMD accusations
George W. Bush lied to the American people about the war by claiming there was intelligence that really didn't exist.
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Cleaning house
The Theta Delta Chi fraternity house is being fixed up by current members and alumni after it was found in disrepair in early July by East Lansing housing inspectors. It's good to see those associated with the fraternity start to clean up their act, but the repairs should have been done when things started to fall apart and before the inspectors showed up on their doorstep. Unfortunately, being in college, we no longer have our parents to clean up after us.
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Disconnected
Telemarketers should find doing their jobs to be a hang up, as the federal government should be allowed to help protect the privacy of those who don't want their telephones ringing off the hook. Telemarketing companies are challenging the government's do-not-call list by suing it over the blockage, arguing it will lead the loss of 2 million jobs - a devastation to the industry. The Federal Trade Commission operates the service.
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Bike impoundment service necessary
Well, it is that time of year again. The time of year when individuals cannot follow rules and instead point fingers at those who are doing their job.
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Celebrity doesn't excuse husbands' adulterous ways
Last week, I found myself awake at 3 a.m. flipping through the channels to see if anything remotely interesting was on, besides from infomercials, when I came across the ESPN show "Outside the Lines." The topic of the show was the alleged Kobe Bryant sexual assault incident.
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Rape victims often treated unfairly
As a former rape counselor, I have a few comments I wanted to add to the story "Student not sexually assaulted, filed false police report" (SN 7/28). One source in the story (Olin Health educator Dennis Martell) said people might falsely report a rape because they regret having sex, or "for attention." Given the kind of attention rape survivors receive, I suspect that's rare. Rape survivors are often blamed for being raped in the first place, as people demand to know, "What were you drinking?" or "Why were you walking alone?" Many times, they aren't believed at all, even by friends and family. Another reason I've heard for falsely reporting a sexual assault is to get back at a boy.
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Columnist pulls wool over readers eyes
In his column "Time to expose president's lies about war in Iraq is now" (SN 7/24), Farhan Bhatti is merely attempting to do to the readers of this newspaper what he so vigorously chastises the Bush administration for doing - pulling the wool over our eyes.
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Balancing act
Michigan lawmakers are teaming up in an effort to make prescription drugs more affordable - a hard subject to tackle with no clear-cut solution.But as a step in the right direction the U.S.