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Commentary

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Letter ignores world around us

In response to Dan McDonald's letter ("United States has problems of its own," SN 1/16), I would like to make a few points. As an American, I would ask McDonald to not assume things about people outside of his circle of war protesters.

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Anti-war action

America is beginning to awaken from the slumber of taking political matters too lightly. Freezing temperatures did not stop nearly 1,000 protesters from gathering in front of Michigan's Capitol on Saturday for the Greater Lansing Network against War in Iraq's "Solidarity Walk." It also didn't stop the tens-of-thousands sized-crowd from an anti-war rally and march in Washington, D.C. Many protesters made signs such as "Drop Bush, Not Bombs" and "Weapons of Mass Destruction, Who Used Them First?" to show their outrage against the conflict with Iraq.

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Valued vaccines

MSU has taken a sensible step toward improving the heath of its student body by requiring undergraduate students to report their vaccination history to Olin Heath Center before registering for classes.

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Americans need to utilize free speech

I am responding to the letter entitled, "Column uses free speech to bash U.S." (SN 1/17). One of the great things about this country is that each citizen has a right (and I also believe an obligation) to criticize his or her own government without the threat of being arrested. While I don't agree with all of the points made by the author of the original offending column, "America's unalienable rights include selfishness, greed, power" (SN 1/15), I do understand the difference between "bashing" and "criticizing." While the former points out faults to deride, the latter points out faults to improve.

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Title drives wedge between couples

The title The State News chose to give Adrienne Broaddus' column ("Interracial dating should not be a societal taboo," SN 1/17) was disheartening at least and ignorant at best, especially considering the Martin Luther King Jr.

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Cell phone use isn't a problem for 'U'

Banning cell phone use in campus libraries is unnecessary ("Library may go cell phone free," SN 1/16). People are generally respectful of others and already leave quiet areas to talk on their cell phones.

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INS registration is not just security

Reading "America's unalienable rights include selfishness, greed, power" (SN 1/15), I was relieved to see in print how increasingly racist America is becoming (as if it wasn't before). I think if people actually thought about it, they would realize such things as the Immigration and Naturalization Service's registration policy for men of "certain" countries that happen to be predominately populated by Muslims is not merely the national security measure it appears to be.

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Phone free

The time is overdue for Spartans to receive a simple lesson in the English language. Contrary to what seems to be the popular belief, the words "library" and "telephone booth" are not synonymous. MSU's undergraduate student government is right to advise MSU libraries to ban cell phone use from the university's main study areas.

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Trustees' free stuff can help budget

So it appears Trustee Joel Ferguson does not want his bowl rings ("For sale: Trustee's bowl rings," SN 1/15). But someone seems to think people will pay $1,400 each for them. Here's an idea: why don't all the trustees get together and gather up all of the free things MSU has given them over the years.