Wednesday, December 17, 2025

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Go Granholm

After 12 years of Gov. John Engler’s often iron-fisted rule, it is time Michigan changed direction.

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Dont blame Rogers for voter laziness

All of the talk about how hard it is to register to vote is hooey, and nothing more than making excuses for bad behavior. Let me tell you how I, a resident of the far off locale of Marquette, came to be an East Lansing resident.

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Hooray for Hollowell

The job of Michigan secretary of state encompasses much more than renewing driver’s licenses and registering cars at 173 branch offices.

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Elect Peters

The Michigan Attorney General’s Office has a long tradition of being the people’s advocate on consumer issues.

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Party school image attracts students

The bill proposed to ASMSU to lobby MSU leaders to get the school off of “party lists” is a big mistake. Undergraduate student government officials seem to think being on Playboy magazine’s “Top 25 Party Schools” will deter prospective students from coming to MSU.

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U goes too far with diversity issue

In response to TJ Jourian’s column, “‘U’ should support equality for students” (SN 10/29), the university already goes too far out of its way in trying to create and promote diversity and in the process, makes a bigger mess out of things. I have been made to feel left out, discriminated against and guilty when reading signs about National Coming Out Days and other various awareness events that supposedly promote unity.

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Minority students need support base

It doesn’t surprise me that Carrie Hoover cannot understand issues of racism on this campus, (“Separation doesn‘t promote unity” SN 10/25). On a campus of 45,000 students, only 3,600 being black, not only is it imperative to build support networks, it is necessary for student survival. There has never been a student organization of color prohibiting white students from attending.

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SN left-wing bias shows through

Thank you, The State News, for once again showing your typically biased reporting. The article “Gore rallies ‘U’ voters” (SN 10/29) spends one whole sentence mentioning the five protesters inside. Your reporters must have missed the nearly 25 additional protesters right outside the entrance - 30 total people showed up, most of them skipping class to protest and The State News was not even interested in the opinion of a single one of them.

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Campus begs for party school image

Of course MSU would be labeled as a party school (“‘U’ should sweat ‘party’ list status,” SN 10/25). That label is practically begged for. Tailgating is encouraged, which is nothing more than one huge party; alcohol rules are extremely slack; planes carrying banners with Déj

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Win for Whitmer

For two years, incumbent Rep. Gretchen Whitmer has worked to establish herself within the chambers of the state House, getting experience with higher education funding issues.

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Bernero or bust

Time has run out for Paul DeWeese and his tenure in the Legislature. Voters should elect Virg Bernero to the state’s 23rd District Senate seat when they take a minute to go to the polls Nov.

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Social groups about unity, acceptance

I almost didn’t respond to Nathan Top’s letter to the editor and Carrie Hoover’s column regarding black groups on campus (“Columnist brave to make honest points” SN 10/28 and “Separation doesn’t promote unity” SN 10/25). I was having a peaceful day and did not want to have the burden of thinking my white brothers and sisters are unhappy with support systems for people of color. I do not understand how some whites pretend as if there is no racism and that our experiences do not shape who we are.

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U should support equality for students

Lansing Community College made Michigan history last week by becoming the first community college in the state to provide domestic-partner benefits for the same-sex partners of its employees, according to the Human Rights Campaign. The policy was approved with only two of seven trustees putting in dissenting votes.

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Voters should say yes to Prop. 1 issues

Proposal 1 does not infringe on our voting rights nor does it compromise our freedoms. Claiming otherwise is irresponsible sensationalism that diminishes real threats to our liberties. With Proposal 1, every voter maintains his or her right to select the candidate of his or her choice. Concerns about disenfranchised voters because of increased wait times is overblown.

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Dont send Rogers back to Washington

I was disappointed The State News was so forgiving in its endorsement of U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Brighton (“Re-elect Rogers” 10/28). Michigan’s bizarre voter registration system is one of the main reasons so few students vote.

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Holidays approach spooks memories

One of the few things I enjoy about fall is Halloween, and its arrival is upon us. It seems as if the highly anticipated holiday is announced earlier and earlier each year - some stores herald candy and costume sales as early as late September, and Halloween decorations pop up everywhere around that time.