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Religion, faith is what you make of it
I was born and raised a Catholic. Baptized, first Holy Communion, confirmed - you name it, my mother supported it.
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Problems with diversity still everywhere, plenty of work to come
I know, I know. The Pi Kappa Phi incidents of April have been debated and analyzed a million times over with opinion letters, articles, editorials and the like.
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More parking than proposed needed
It is a shame that the proposal for the new parking lot in place of the Michigan State Police station is only 1,300 car spaces (“‘U’ may get increase in parking,” SN 5/15). This university takes advantage of students and their families by charging extremely high prices for parking and large fines for illegally parking.
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Bronzed beauty
After more than a decade of absence, former MSU President John A. Hannah will soon be seen on campus again. Plans are underway for a bronze statue of the university’s 12th president, a welcome addition to the place so heavily marked by Hannah.
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Changing lanes
East Lansing city officials are right to take a closer look at transportation concerns along East Grand River Avenue.
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Flour patrol just going overboard
A local group out for their monthly run used a mixture of flour and chalk to mark their route resulting in a quarantine for what police thought was an anthrax scare. Historically, anthrax in powder form has been sent through the U.S.
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Columnist wrong, shows doing fine
I’d like to correct columnist Jacquelyne Froeber’s column, “New reality shows another sign of TV wasteland” (SN 5/16). In her column, Froeber said that, like most reality shows, the ratings of “Survivor” were down, when in actuality the ratings for “Survivor: Marquesas” are up quite a bit from the last season.
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Admissions policy should pursue goal
While I support the concept of affirmative action, I disagree with the recent editorial supporting a federal court of appeal’s decision to uphold current affirmative action policies at the University of Michigan (“Positive Action,” SN 5/15). The goal of affirmative action is to assist disadvantaged groups in selection procedures in order to further equality.
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Petition to annex not for the best
I am writing in response to the story “Students petition E.L.
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Dollar dilemma
The East Lansing School District is facing a dilemma. It must find a way to make up a $3.5 million budget deficit. But to help do so, school officials could choose to close Spartan Village Elementary, acclaimed for its diverse student population.
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Parking, please
On our campus, parking has been a hotly debated issue for as long as most people can remember. And while it may be too much to hope for a light at the end of this long tunnel, part of MSU’s 2020 Vision plans for campus development tackle part of the parking problem, even as parking spots are lost for added green space. The proposed creation of a 1,300 space parking lot where the Michigan State Police headquarters is located on Harrison Avenue would be a huge benefit to student commuters and visitors to the university.
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More to consider in affirmative action
You are setting yourself up to be disappointed. In your editorial “Positive action” (SN 5/15), you express hope that the Supreme Court will affirm the 6th U.S.
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Affirmative action due for a review
It is now clear to me, as it should be to every other member of the University of Michigan community, that affirmative action is headed for a constitutional showdown in the highest court of the land.
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New reality shows another sign of TV wasteland
The ratings of “Survivor” are down, I don’t know anyone who watched “Temptation Island 2,” and “Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire?” was an embarrassing flop.
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Lessons of pride to be learned from all over the world
When the leader of a country is murdered, the ethos of that nation can be forever changed. The names Kennedy and King will be emblazoned in American political and social discourse as long as our Constitution continues to live and breathe. John F.
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Nix the annex
Annexation is a problem many townships face as cities grow, creeping over their boundaries and absorbing the revenue that bordering land can provide - and it’s not about to end soon. East Lansing could soon annex 1,056 acres of land along Chandler Road in Bath Township after two students filed petitions in Clinton County for the annexation. The students are residents of Melrose Communities, 16789 Chandler Road, and say they worry the township’s emergency personnel can’t support their complex. So they want East Lansing to take over the land, further expanding the city’s north border. The students have some legitimate concerns regarding safety - it is possible that Bath Township fire and police officials might not be able to reach the area as quickly as East Lansing providers, or that they simply might not have the resources to cover the very edge of the township.
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Tuition increase is too much to afford
MSU has done it again. Another major tuition hike. Another year of broken promises. When is this going to stop?
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Positive Action
The ruling in favor of the University of Michigan’s law school, declaring their use of race as an admissions factor legal, is a benefit to both current and prospective students and should be upheld. On Tuesday, a federal appeals court ruled 5-4 to reverse a lower court decision stating that race itself cannot be taken into account when examining collegiate candidates. Most people do not consider themselves to be racist, so they might refuse to give race much consideration or believe that it would be necessary when choosing from a pool of possible students.
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Celebration for good, not negative
For weeks, there was a media frenzy surrounding the first Black Celebratory to be held for the black graduates of MSU. Though a noteworthy event, unfortunately the focus was not on the historical significance of the celebratory or to bring recognition to the efforts of the students and staff to acknowledge such a milestone accomplishment as successful matriculation at a predominately white institution of higher learning.
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Affordable school necessary for all
The “five-year degree,” as your editorial staff so eloquently stated in the Opinion Page (“Tuition trouble,” SN 5/13), has to be an acceptable option for anyone who has to work multiple jobs to afford to live at and attend MSU or help support his or her families. It‘s never ceased to amaze me how, after cleaning up the apartments around here until homecoming, the university goes to great lengths to make those of us with families invisible.