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Fly em high

While it is acceptable for people to take actions to avoid unnecessary conflicts, sometimes unnecessary actions are taken when conflict isn’t there, as is the case with a recent decision by the Crestwood School District in Dearborn Heights. Crestwood district officials ordered the removal of an international flag display in the district high school cafeteria, citing fear of a schism between Arab and non-Arab students. Luckily for the high school, its students are not as naive as the district board.

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Ride in police cruiser provides insight on night of crime fighting

You know how standing in roller coaster lines at Cedar Point can take forever? And after a while you become numb to the fact you’re soon going to get the rush of your life?

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Security measures at stadium needed

I just read the article titled “Fans adjust to new rules at stadium” (SN 9/9). And since I am one of those security guards mentioned in the piece, I felt the need to tell my side of the story on behalf of other security guards.

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Won a scholarship? Thank a smoker

I was intrigued by the article “Voters to place billions in tobacco money,” (SN 9/9). As a nonsmoker, I never thought much about smoking or smokers for that matter.

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Complex talk

East Lansing residents taking a stand against a proposed student-apartment complex on Michigan Avenue are sparking the wrong debate.

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Jackson shouldnt be welcome at U

I am appalled MSU leaders are allowing Jesse Jackson to speak here. I realize Jackson has done some good in regard to minority employment, but he has used this political soapbox for his own advantage. Let’s take his Citizen Education Fund, a charitable organization.

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Uncovered

While new rules released by MSU President M. Peter McPherson are meant to protect campus political and social activism from undercover investigations, we’re forced to wonder how effective they will be. These new guidelines, released Monday, define the “extraordinary circumstances” under which the MSUBoard of Trustees will allow such an investigation.

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War with Iraq not way toward peace

On the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, there is no better time to educate ourselves about what is really going on in the world.

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Alert state

A year after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, America is on the highest security alert it has experienced under the new homeland security department’s codes Although the country is on a heightened state of security awareness, Americans should not fear for their safety and go on with their daily lives normaly. On Monday, the Bush administration raised the country’s terror alert to code orange - the second-highest state of alert on the five-level, color-coded system.

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Columnist did bad job in making point

I would say I was truly moved by the words of Melissa Sanchez in her column, “Destroy Earth, kids will thank you” (SN 9/6), but then I would be guilty of the same criminally incompetent use of satire. While I do not wish to belittle her concerns and opinions, a courtesy she did not extend to her readers, I found the column trite and lacking in any suggestion of a constructive solution to what she obviously feels are pressing issues. She is offended by sports- utility vehicles, but what good does that do anybody?

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Christian society should change name

Students here in the United States would be outraged if a campus group were to call itself the Campus Jihad for Muhammad.

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Jacksons visit to campus good for U

It was with great interest that I read about the Sept. 15 visit to MSU by the Rev. Jesse Jackson (“Jackson to visit campus” SN 9/6). Even more exciting is the topic of his talk that day - peace.

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Voices not always meant to be heard, listening works just fine

For the past year or so I have been arguing with myself, and others, about whether I have the right to express my opinions on all things American.

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Dont forget to count lifes blessings today

I can remember everything about where I was, what I was wearing and the emotions I felt on Sept. 11, but I really don’t think I want to relive them.

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Remain vigilant while honoring lost lives

On the one-year anniversary of the worst terrorist attacks the world has ever seen, it is essential that we, the students of MSU, remember that more than 3,000 individuals lost their lives simply because they upheld the democratic way of life. Americans have ignored the threat that terrorism poses to the world’s democratic societies for far too long.

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Students share true feelings in writings

Two days after the terrorist attacks on the United States last fall, I added another possibility to the second assigned essay in my first-year writing course at James Madison College.

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A day of healing

No one needs to be reminded what this day means. Yet wherever we look today, those reminders will be there. This was the day, one year ago, a generation’s innocence was shattered by the worst terrorist attacks on U.S.

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Singing angels help recovery crews smile

Shortly after noon on New Year’s Day, halfway through our first volunteer shift at Nino’s Restaurant on Canal Street, a group of angels appeared.

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Use day to reflect, remember lives lost

This week, the university community will gather to remember and reflect on the terrible events of Sept.

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Dont let college life foster ignorance

Just three weeks into the semester, and it’s happening already. Despite my feeble attempts to resist, I’m slipping into the abyss of college ignorance. I’m not talking about stupidity.