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House resolution relies on prayer to solve U.S. conflict

A recently issued resolution asserts "the public need for fasting and prayer in order to secure the blessings and protection of Providence for the people of the United States and our Armed Forces." It suggests that Americans "... submit to the wisdom and love of God." By doing such things, Americans may procure "the enduring grace and benevolence of God." This religious proclamation calls on all Americans to pray, fast and "seek guidance from God." Surprisingly, this resolution did not come from a religious organization.

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Not all students acted negatively

As I prepared for the basketball game to start at my friend's apartment in Cedar Village, I was astonished to see over 20 police cars driving through the complex.

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SARS' severity

As Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS, gains worldwide attention, we need to know university officials are concerned with the health of MSU students and promptly make according changes to study abroad programs. On Thursday, university physician Beth Alexander sent a campuswide e-mail to notify students about the virus and reported cases of its effects in Michigan.

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Ads present often neglected viewpoint

As noted on our Web site (www.campustruth.org), in placing the ads our goal was to make sure opinions other than those of the anti-Israeli crowd could be heard on college campuses across America. It is our belief that American college students are the newest targets of the Arab propaganda machine's disinformation campaign and are systematically being targeted for intimidation on college campuses.

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Only place to put riot blame is on moronic rioters

So it's been a week now, and I've been thinking a lot about the riots last weekend. Scratch that, the madness last weekend.

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Melee coverage glorifies events

Most people agree that the riots were a negative end to a remarkable performance by our men's basketball team in the NCAA tournament.

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Night receptionists work hard for 'U'

I am offended to hear, from a student, that night receptionists don't take our jobs seriously ("Dorm security recommendations set" SN 4/3). If you ever stayed up with night receptionists, you would understand how seriously we take our jobs.

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Take it to task

Unfortunately, racism is still rearing its ugly head today, as we have seen on campus this past school year. Fortunately, though, a new committee is being created to combat this problem: the All-University Diversity Task Force. The task force will be made up of students, officials and community leaders and will meet four times a year to help bring diverse groups together and create discussion leading toward action that will ease tensions on campus concerning race-related problems. Hopefully, when this committee is put together, it can help heal the wounds left from incidents such as the racist flier in Shaw Hall and the mannequin head debacle.

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Teams shouldn't get punishment

This is in response to Omar Ahmad's letter to the editor concerning the banning of any NCAA sports teams from postseason play if their school is involved in a "riot" ("Teams should incur punishment for riots" SN 4/4). I've heard a lot of less than good ideas thrown around in the opinion sections, but this has to be one of the worst yet.

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Women's crew does not receive credit

I'm writing regarding your "Spring Fling" article (SN 4/4), in which you profiled spring sports here at MSU.

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How to respond to police? Set fires

I completely agree with Tim Brumbaugh ("Officers to blame for inciting disturbance" SN 4/3), and I am glad to see someone has finally offered a clear perspective on this sort of police misbehavior.

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Pricey protection

To remedy the rampant security concerns on MSU's campus, perhaps armored guards should be brought in to man residence halls.

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War with Iraq is one more in list of the U.S.'s unwinnable wars

Our government fights a lot of wars. We have the war on drugs, the war on poverty and, of course, the war on terrorism, just to name a few. The problem with these wars is that they're wars against ideas.

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Students allowed to vote on name

I am writing in response to the articles written about the student football cheering section. First of all, the name Gang Green was suggested to us most often by members of the previous year's section.

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Teams should incur punishment for riots

I propose the university and athletic department enact a strict no-riot policy, where the consequences are realized by the entire student body, as well as all fans and alumni. If students start a riot as a result of an MSU athletic event, the university should pull itself out of the following year's NCAA tournament.

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Police didn't incite riot, were prepared

In response to the editorial entitled "Excessive Force" (SN 4/3), I would like to clarify the facts.

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Psychic speaker

Our most humble apologies to state House Speaker Rick Johnson. It seems that when we scolded the LeRoy Republican for making offhanded comments labeling college students as hoodlums.

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Citizens should always be skeptical of their government

As you read this, men and women are fighting in a desert on the other side of the planet. Maybe you agree with the reason that they were deployed, maybe not.

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Excessive force

While the actions of Sunday night rioters were malicious and should not go unpunished, those who took to campus and city streets in rage were not the only wrongdoers in the melee.

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To avoid tear gas, stay away from riot

I am writing in response to all of the people who feel the police unfairly used tear gas or used too much of it ("Police: Tear gas necessary despite bystander presence" SN 4/2). There is a simple way to avoid tear gas all together.