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Feminist outlook full of real choices

I agree with Matt Treadwell that abortion debaters are looking at the wrong problem and need to dig deeper to uncover the root causes of abortion and deal with the issue at that deeper level (“Abortion debaters looking at wrong problem, need to dig deeper” SN 10/11). I believe one of the more basic issues involved is that women have been taught that abortion is the way to freedom and equality for women. There is another way to look at it - a true feminist perspective. I long for a world in which the amazing ability of women to bear children is celebrated and not despised; a world where men take equal responsibility for the children they help to create; a world where children are loved and treated as individuals of immeasurable value and a world where women have real choices, including things like affordable childcare as they study and work.

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Sex education full of mixed messages

Although I whole heartedly agree with the need for better sex education in this country a few of Matt Treadwell’s comments in his column “Abortion debaters looking at wrong problem, need to dig deeper” (SN 10/11) were completely off the mark. Sex is not solely for the purpose of reproduction.

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Cell phone users have grown annoying, rude, dangerous

It’s like music to my ears. Well not exactly music. It’s more like creepy attempts to replicate music with sharp piercing notes and flat, drawn-out “bleeps.” Ah yes, the refreshing bleeps from cell phones around the land - the sounds only a truly tone-deaf person could enjoy. In my classes, my dorm and, most of all, in the newsroom, parodies of ABBA’s “Dancing Queen,” the Backstreet Boys’ “Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)” and Nirvana’s “Come as You Are” play continuously as cell phones across the land “ring.” The sounds remind me of the time I had an ear infection and heard everything in distorted and twisted ways. While I find the ringers to be lacking in musical quality, I also find them, in certain situations, to be quite rude.

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Pro-choice leaders best for Michigan

In response to the letter the editor “Campaigners right to join pro-life rally” (SN 10/8), I would like to thank all of the local candidates who believe that women have the intelligence to make their own reproductive decisions.

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E-mail error

The mass e-mail sent out Wednesday telling students there had been syringes left on Brody Hall cafeteria trays was a serious breech of protocol that caused unnecessary alarm to the complex’s residents. The message was sent to Brody Complex residents by its assistant manager, Denise Gerst, using her supervisor’s Pilot account.

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SN board too tough on arrested officer

The State News editorial regarding the Lansing police officer who was arrested for drunken driving was presumptive and appeared to smear the good work of the majority of law enforcement officers by the alleged wrongdoing of one (“Crooked Cop” SN 10/11). The editorial asked the question, “After Tuesday night’s arrest of a Lansing police officer for drunken driving, how can area police expect people to heed their teaching and demands concerning sober driving?” The answer is the same way readers are expected to believe the veracity of the stories we read in newspapers, despite the fact many journalists have been found to have plagiarized work, falsified information and made up the stories. One person’s misdeeds do not warrant smearing a whole profession. The police officer was arrested, not convicted and until then he is presumed innocent just like any other citizen. Once this incident has been adjudicated in court, then - and only then - should the police department take final disciplinary action. To do otherwise would not be in keeping with the values this country was founded on - due process, freedom of the press, etc. Mentha Manning criminal justice and psychology senior

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Urban vision

East Lansing community leaders are responsibly beginning to look to the past to lead the city to its future.

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Mason is just a puppet, he wont fire Williams

Let’s be honest here. Bobby Williams was “chosen” (not hired) to be MSU’s football head coach for all the wrong reasons. This guy is from former Detroit Lions head coach Wayne Fontes’ school of college football.

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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?