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Dream world
Martin Luther King Jr. did not fight so you could stay home and dream. Monday is a time to celebrate the philosophy and personality of King.
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Just say no to 'Just say yes'
I was discouraged to see The State News pushing for ASMSU to encourage a change in the legislation that keeps students convicted of drug crimes from receiving financial aid ("Just say yes," SN 1/15). The law currently in place is there for good reason.
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Lord of the rings
The marriage between Trustee Joel Ferguson and the MSU community is officially over. The Lansing native and MSU alumnus has lost the rings. Well, he might have given them away. Although he doesn't believe his 1990 John Hancock and 1993 Liberty bowl rings have been stolen, it seems the long-time trustee doesn't remember how he parted ways with his football trophies. In addition, Ferguson said he has no clue how his rings found their way to auction on the eBay Web site.
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Action packed
In an unbalanced world, tools often are needed to help create a more level playing field and phase out unmerited bias and subjectivity.
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Reality TV shouldn't be an escape from real-world problems
I guess you could say that 25 decent-looking guys (who would have no problem finding women on their own, without the help of the almighty TV) chasing after a beautiful blonde woman is real.
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Letters bashing Izzo have no place in SN
I'm disappointed The State News has the audacity to publish disparaging letters to the editor regarding men's basketball head coach Tom Izzo. Izzo is one of the finest coaches in the country and the MSU community should be honored to have such a dedicated individual working for them.
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AIDS isn't a top priority in E.L.
Ron Hanson's letter to the editor was absurd ("War abroad ignores problems at home," SN 1/13). He doesn't approve of our spending millions on air bases in Turkey when our population is screaming for help to fight HIV and AIDS. In Ingham County, when one person dies of AIDS, about 1,000 die from heart disease and 800 from cancer.
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United States has problems of its own
In response to Adam Shinabarger's letter ("Letter wrong to criticize efforts," SN 1/14), I'd like to make a few points.
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Course pack copies not always legal
The State News editorial "Big-ticket Books" (SN 1/9), suggested students might save money by getting together to buy a single course pack, then making copies.
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Ferguson part of bad news yet again
I wish I could pick up The State News and read, just once, about something wonderful Trustee Joel Ferguson has done for MSU.
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Column draws incorrect parallels
I was disgusted when reading Matt Treadwell's "America's unalienable rights include selfishness, greed, power" (SN 1/15). It seems as though he has no understanding of this great country.
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Izzo is good enough for NBA, also for 'U'
I think the opinion made by Geoffrey Woliner in the letter to the editor "Izzo needs to bring back elite program" (SN 1/10) is ridiculous.
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Allen comic assumes all students drink
I was a bit disgusted with the cartoon by Nate Allen in Monday's paper (SN 1/13). Obviously, drinking is a part of many college students' lives.
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Missing persons
Stiffer penalties should be enforced for convicted sex offenders who fail to stay within the law. Michigan law enforcement agencies say they do not know how to find 1,313 rapists, child molesters, pornographers and other sex offenders who have moved without reporting their new addresses.
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Just say yes
ASMSU would be wise to join the voices of 75 other student governments by telling Washington to find another way to fight America's war on drugs. MSU's undergraduate student government is set to decide Thursday if it will condemn a national policy prohibiting students convicted of drug crimes from receiving federal student loans. According to the Drug Policy Alliance, the United States awards about $40 billion in financial aid to 7 million students each year.
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War, not gas, should concern students
I was outraged when one of your interviewees in the article "Students weigh in on merits of potential Middle East conflict" (SN 1/13) mentioned "the economy would improve if we went to war." The fact that someone would rather send thousands of men and women to their potential death than pay an additional 3 cents per gallon at the pump reflects the sad state of our society.
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Penn State only considering removal
Articles and letters to the editor recently appearing in The State News referred to an apparent move by Pennyslvania State University to eliminate all 8 a.m.
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America's unalienable rights include selfishness, greed, power
"When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation." America: Land of the free, home of the brave. Yeah, right. One would have to be blind, deaf and ignorant not to see the truth.
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Cloning has many practical reasons
Though I agreed with most of Monday's "Spartans question claim of human clone" (SN 1/13), one point struck me as needing an answer.
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Petty cash
Any Spartan would delight in the idea of finding an extra $6 million laying around when economic times turn tough.