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Nothing said
State addresses and annual reports should highlight the good and bad of any community. But all too often, the bad is buried underneath the good.
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All residence halls should ban smoking
Even though I am not living in the dorms next year, I want to thank the Residence Halls Association for banning smoking in more residence halls for next fall (“RHA grants halls smoke-free status,” SN 1/28). I think RHA should consider making all dorms nonsmoking sometime in the near future.
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Mason is as biased as his predecessor
I was elated to see that finally the university would be replacing athletics director Clarence Underwood (‘U’ wants Mason for A.D.,” SN 1/28). Since 1999, Spartan athletics have been supervised by this man who has been quoted as saying the only reason women play sports is for college scholarships.
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Dirty Prank
We just wanted to take a second to express our disappointment in our Wolverine neighbors to the southeast. It’s seems our friends are having trouble accepting the fact that their poor excuse for a basketball team may lose its eighth straight meeting with the Spartans tonight at Breslin Center.
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Meaningless
Numbers don’t mean much. Especially when they appear in a list without any type of context. The U.S.
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Biblical message found beyond wording
While reading an Associated Press news story Monday, I learned a popular version of the Bible is being revised to include gender-neutral wording.
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Dumping junk
Anyone with an e-mail address knows the annoyance of receiving unsolicited advertisements every day, and any effort to lessen the frustration of junk e-mail is welcome. Michigan Attorney General Jennifer Granholm is initiating a fight against the intrusive marketing.
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Students unaware of bills benefits
Jan. 22’s article (“Byrum discusses election reform with student Dems,” SN 1/22) quoted a student referring to last year’s elections where “students were disenfranchised,” and urging “changes and reforms so that what happened to me wouldn’t happen to anyone else.” The rest of the article detailed state Sen.
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RHA has worked to preserve program
I am writing in response to your editorial “A step backward” (SN, 1/24), and would like to address misconceptions in the editorial.
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Past police experiences shouldnt influence outlook
It’s hard for people like me not to be skeptical of the new Student Support Division created by the MSU police.
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StateWalk under new management
Despite opinion claims, the Residence Halls Association could not take that claimed step back by “scrapping StateWalk” at its last meeting (“A step backward,” SN 1/24). As key interpreters of the RHA constitution, only the policy committee can initiate a removal of StateWalk, so reading that StateWalk was on the chopping block was quite the surprise to me.
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Smoke free
In life there are those who smoke and those who don’t. Members of each group should feel comfortable residing in their designated areas. The Housing Options Committee approved measures last semester to give students living on campus the choice to live in smoke-free environments. Next fall, all rooms in South Hubbard and East Shaw halls with be designated smoke-free environments.
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Impatient drivers: read before honking
To the jerk driving a silver Dodge minivan waiting to turn right behind me onto Grand River Avenue from Abbott Road around 11:45 a.m.
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Morals of Ten Commandments can be learned without forcing religion
When the religious right tries to bring the Ten Commandments into public schools, two vivid images appear in my mind: Charlton Heston and Sunday school.
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War on terrorism is filled with cover-ups
As it becomes increasingly likely that Iraq will be the next target in the “War on Terror,” I would like to point out that there is absolutely no reason to suspect it of any wrongdoing. The current stereotypes of Iraq are almost entirely based on media propaganda and have no substance behind them.
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Role change
Although it may be hard to grasp the concept of hockey head coach Ron Mason not being ice-side forever, it’s a fact of life the Spartan family will have to learn to swallow. Mason, 62, will likely step down from his coaching position in June to become MSU’s 16th athletics director.
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Quote proves anti-abortion point well
I would like to thank Felicity White, co-chairwoman of Voices for Planned Parenthood, for being so candid in Thursday’s paper (“Anniversary of Roe v.
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Ignorance shown at MLK Day celebration
In regard to the person who appeared on stage at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day program (“Emcee’s response was inappropriate,” SN 1/24), it is the view of many that white privilege was invoked at that time, and that little respect was given to King, the audience, the participants and to organizers of the program.
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Bright future
It’s good to know MSU will reap in a few benefits in light of economic heartaches. University officials announced Thursday that MSU’s National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory will receive a 50 percent funding increase for the next five years.
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Abortion challenges American liberties
The verdict of Roe v. Wade gave the right to define the beginning of human life to the individual. Leaders and citizens of the United States through history have worked to uphold the inalienable rights of every individual, particularly the vulnerable and the undervalued.