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Gun prints

The sniper who has put fear in the hearts of many Washington area residents also has rekindled talk of gun control on Capitol Hill - and one set of proposals seems worthy of America’s attention. The proposals would create a national ballistic fingerprinting system, which could better help law enforcement officials trace shell casings or guns found at crime scenes. Authorities have used ballistics imaging technology to conclude that bullet fragments and shell casings found from the shootings attributed to the Washington-area sniper’s gun. The fingerprint proposals would require gun buyers to register the unique casings and bullet fragments from the weapons they purchase.

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Proposal 4 detrimental to health of higher education

This year, I’m asking my mommy and daddy to buy me an amendment to the Michigan Constitution for Christmas.With the November election approaching fast and holiday shopping advertisements again descending upon us, Michigan residents hopefully will not be taught the lesson that money really can buy anything in politics.On Election Day - Nov.

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Open-door policy

Students living in Bryan Hall were making a lot of noise over a new rule that required them to keep doors closed.

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SN should watch what letters have to say

I am writing in response to Joshua Feinberg’s letter to the editor “Israel’s shown great restraint in conflict” (SN 10/10). Anyone is free to hold their own opinions, but The State News has a responsibility not to publish hateful and insightful speech demonizing an entire population.

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Season not worth hype, Williams was a let down

It is hard to put into words what a letdown the last six weeks have been for a Spartan football fan and an MSU graduate. It also is hard to comprehend how a team draped with so much talent has stumbled its way to a 3-3 start with five of its first six games at home. What else can we as a university provide for football head coach Bobby Williams to produce a campaign worthy of a national ranking?

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Coach had chance, but hes blown it

This letter is in response to Monday’s letter to the editor that said football head coach Bobby Williams will develop into as good a coach as he is a recruiter (“Don’t dog Williams, give him a chance” SN 10/14). What a joke. Good coaches don’t develop in the Big Ten.

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Crime stoppers

The Michigan State Police is making use of the Internet to provide easy access to information about Michigan’s most-wanted criminals, a move that could prove beneficial to the capture of these individuals.

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Look at Williams academic success

Football head coach Bobby Williams must be given the same chance as his predecessors. The tone of letters written to The State News as of late, calling for Bobby Williams’ head on a platter, are upsetting, but not surprising.

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United front

A notable team of Michigan leaders has been assembled to lobby the federal government for MSU’s bid to bring a significant scientific tool to campus.

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Time to start talk of Williams future

When will the talks begin about the head football coaching position next season, and who will fill it? I realize the season isn’t over, but the frustration with football head coach Bobby Williams is spreading among many fans and alumni.

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Countrys leaders making a dangerous world, reforms needed

Last week, I found myself looking through a pile of old political cartoons and came upon one with a tombstone that read “50 Million War Dead, 1900-1999” as its shadow lay over a map of Europe. It made me wonder: After Congress gave President Bush the OK to use unilateral force against Iraq, could there be -in 100 years, or even in 50 years - a political cartoon with the same tombstone and the same number, but a different shadow spread over Africa or the Middle East? Or, worse yet, a shadow hanging over North America?

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Money makers

With lawmakers facing what many expect to be a major money crunch, it seems the MSU Board of Trustees is dreaming to request an extra $1,000 per student in the state’s next budget cycle. But it is good to see Spartan leaders lobbying with gusto as Michigan is set to see many leadership changes because of term limits. Spartans have been at the short end of an appropriations gap among Michigan’s three research universities - Wayne State University, the University of Michigan and MSU - for too long.