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Big goodbye
It seems Gov. John Engler is confused. In his final State of the State address Wednesday evening, the Republican leader said, “Our state is strong.
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Capitalistic values leave no room for campaign finance reform
As I was sitting at my computer contemplating what to write about, my first inclination was to put together an objective piece about campaign finance reform. With Congress returning to session this week, there is a discharge petition pending in the House to force a vote on the Shays-Meehan campaign finance measure.
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Dont fault U for tuition increases
In past issues of The State News, many students have blasted MSU for its inability to maintain the Tuition Guarantee. It is no fault of the university for trying to avoid herding us like cattle into large 700-person lecture halls where students get no personal attention.
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Abortion is wrong, support adoption
What if I told you that a disease in America has killed tens of millions of people since 1973? This disease claims more people annually than cancer or AIDS.
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United voices
Members of MSU’s undergraduate student government are right to throw their hats in the ring to lobby for adequate levels of state funding. ASMSU’s Academic Assembly approved a resolution Tuesday to lobby for increased state appropriations and against a proposed tuition increase cap.
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ELPD fully capable of protecting city
The recent article and editorial in The State News, regarding the drop in drunken driving arrests since 1990, paints an inaccurate picture of the capacity of the East Lansing Police Department to deliver basic police services.
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A step backward
There is no such thing as being too safe. MSU students who walk around campus late at night need programs like StateWalk to ensure they arrive at their destinations safely.
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Be prepared
It’s comforting that people are remaining calm about the death of a 25-year-old graduate student from bacterial meningitis.
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Overspending is source of problem
Money is tight. University officials tell The State News that we’re going to have to be very careful with the money that we have.
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Emcees response was inappropriate
As an enthusiastic participant in the fight for equality and unity, I marched in Monday’s Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Haircut experience brings fears of balding
My father is bald. My father is as bald as the day is long. There is so little hair left on his pate that, from a distance, his remaining mane appears to be a strap keeping his glasses from falling off of his head. What’s terrifying about Pop is that in photos from the early ’70s, he has a thick, shiny mop.
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Academics should matter over sports
MSU’s dropping of the Tuition Guarantee is another slap in the face of the few people left who genuinely care about academics.
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Living the dream means noticing more similarities, less differences
I thought Monday was supposed to be a day to celebrate the life and message shared by civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
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Alumni fees for IM use cost arm, leg
Like many recent graduates, times are tight for me right now. I have a full-time job making decent money, but paying off student loans and trying to establish a relatively respectable credit rating have really put a clamp on my pocketbook. As I’ve recently moved back to the MSU area, I thought a great way to save some extra dough would be to simply use the intramural facilities at MSU rather than spending a ridiculous amount of money on a gym membership. Imagine my disappointment when I learned that although I paid about $40,000 on my education and will be paying off student loans until my children are ready to go to college, it costs $10 for an IM alumni pass and $5 each visit to an IM facility.
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Wendys founder deserves respect
I was very upset and disappointed by the cartoon Nate Allen drew of Dave Thomas and cows (SN 1/14). It’s too bad Allen or the editorial staff never got to know Thomas by reading his books, meeting him or knowing the good things he has done for thousands of people.
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Hard choice
U.S. military leaders should decide how to label Taliban and al-Qaida captives being detained at Camp X-Ray in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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Tuition hike unjust,
In the past year, despite the large tuition increase, we have not seen the administration do anything that will justify another such hike. Here are a few ways that MSU used its money in the past year: a raise for men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo (OK he has led us to a few Final Four appearances and a national championship), a raise for football head coach Bobby Williams (he barely had a winning season, even with a talent loaded team), new Dodge Dakotas for parking services.
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Dont raise rates, still fat left to trim
After reading articles in The State News and the Detroit Free Press regarding the death of the MSU’s Tuition Guarantee, one theme seemed prevalent -“how to trim the fat.” The majority opinion was that MSU has no fat to trim.
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Lame talk
I t seems Gov. John Engler’s goals are too lofty as he plans for his 12th and final State of the State address tonight.
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Bad calls
East Lansing residents should be more neighborly to one another so the city’s police force can turn its attention to more important matters. The State News reported last week that an increase in calls to handle petty theft, noise violations and vandalism are directly related to hindering the East Lansing Police Department’s ability to curb drunken driving and other serious crimes. In 1990, East Lansing police arrested 581 drunk drivers.