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Column contradicts message on bodies
The “Women’s bodies have beauty with shape, not weight-loss regimens” column that appeared Sept.
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Recipe for reality TV: Take abnormal people, add ketchup
So you think you’ve got what it takes to thrive in today’s glut of reality-based television shows?
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Campus, police ready for first tailgate of football season
John McCandless sounds ready. Downright prepared, actually. You see, Saturday not only marks the season kickoff for the touted Spartan football squad.
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Criticism of Knott unfair, unfounded
Recently I have read some of the most slandering editorials I’ve ever seen in The State News. People are judging Eric Knott solely upon what the media has reported about him and this unfortunate situation.However none of us were there.
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Football frenzy
Saturday marks the start of one of college life’s greatest and most time-tested traditions - football season. There isn’t a college student - past or present - who doesn’t know the feel of the electricity that pervades campus on those crisp autumn days featuring a game at their home stadium.
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U need to take stance on assault
When I read Jack Flakne’s column “Spartans should look to Clinton for guidance about Knott case,” (SN 9/5), I felt physically ill.
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Slavery reparations take more than money
For only $49.95, you can strip another person of his rights. The price, of course, is negotiable, but the United States opted not to even consider the offer.
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Wasted month
It’s College Savings Month in Michigan. Well, at least if you ask Gov. John Engler and Lt.
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E-commerce future means empty roads, shopping peace
We have all heard that the Internet gives us the world at our fingertips. I have information for days.
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No victory while Knott on campus
Recently there has been a lot of media attention drawn to the Eric Knott case. Maybe right now the policy to admit people found guilty of crimes similar to Knott’s into our university is a satisfactory decision made by the administration.
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Alumnus withdraws football support
On May 29 I wrote to three MSU offices - the president, the athletic director and the football office - with my objections to recruiting two student-athletes who had been accused of assaulting a teenage girl.
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Reel problem | Not shark attacks
Duh dum. It’s not safe to go into the water. Duh dum. Well, at least that’s the message we’re getting from the national media which has decided one of the most important stories of August is people getting attacked by sharks.
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Womens bodies have beauty with shape, not weight-loss regimens
Just recently I accepted my body. I accepted my flabby upper arms, the spare tire around my waist and my jiggly thighs.
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U.S. tantrum
Like an upset child who hasn’t gotten her way, the United States has packed up its toys and left the United Nations conference on racism Monday, citing efforts on the part of other nations to condemn Israel as a racist state in the meeting’s proposed declaration. It doesn’t matter if our delegates agreed with the path the discussions were taking, simply boycotting the conference accomplishes nothing. Before it even began there were concerns that the strife between Palestinian and Israeli representatives would carry over into the in South African conference - and take away from the myriad of other issues the conference was intended to address.
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Spartans should look to Clinton for guidance about Knott case
This week is my favorite time of the year. I have a birthday tomorrow, on Sunday I’ll get to watch my first Vikings game and on Saturday Spartan Stadium will host MSU’s first football game.
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Columnists take on tax plan unfounded
I would like to make a few comments about the column by Bob Romashko (“Tax cut plunders surplus,” SN 8/30). His unfair and unfounded characterization of President Bush’s tax plan leaves me puzzled. Mr. Romashko insinuates Bush was the sole participant in passing this historical tax cut.
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A new equation
It’s gratifying to see the labors and trials of so many beginning to pay off as people become more aware of those who come from different social backgrounds. A recent survey of high school seniors - next year’s college freshman class - found students more tolerant of lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgendered people than ever.
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Cafe-II-Go changes no improvement
“Caf-II-Go is now completely takeout!”Sounds like that might be a good thing, doesn’t it?
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Clear view
While representatives of the undergraduate student government work through university bureaucracies, a unique and valuable program remains idle for new enrollment. Representatives from ASMSU are fighting to reinstate the visual impairment program in the College of Education.
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Strange bedfellows?
A peculiar alliance continued to develop during Labor Day weekend. President Bush visited Michigan on Monday - his fourth stop in the state since he took office - to visit Teamsters in Detroit.