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Student says: Hello McFly, wheres my flying car?

I have to say, I am very disappointed with the rest of you humans.Here we are, more than halfway through the first year of a new millennium, and if television has taught me nothing else in the last 20 years, we are terribly behind in our technology.In the early 1950s, TV promised us luxury resorts on the moon by the ’70s.

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Worn welcome

The U.S. Navy is bombing Vieques again and the inhabitants of the island have a few good reasons to be upset. On Thursday, the Navy resumed exercises on Vieques, a small island belonging to the U.S.

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Columnists rules are right on target

As I read Audrey Barney’s column (“Dating game is best played with different rules,” SN 8/1), I was in total awe of her commitment to Jesus Christ and her wisdom concerning dating.

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Recent advances hold promise of catastrophe

In 1945, J. Robert Oppenheimer quoted the Bhagavad Gita. “I am become Death,” he said, “destroyer of worlds.” He spoke these words in the light of his fading and false sun, the first nuclear explosion on Earth.In retrospect, he was making rather a big deal about nothing.

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Rush to judge

The U.S. House has taken a dangerous step toward obstructing scientific progress in the United States.

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Students could be more considerate

Ryan Weltzer’s recent column was one of the best reasoned and crafted pieces on the complexities of student/permanent resident relations the paper has run in ages (“Residents, students can learn from each other,” SN 8/1). As a former Welcome Week edition editor, I encourage you to include the piece in the Welcome Week edition so more students can read it.

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U brings much to East Lansings table

I’ve lived in East Lansing for the last 13 years. It’s 15 years altogether because of the two years my family lived on Cambria Drive between overseas teaching positions.On Saturday, I spent the entire day wandering around campus and downtown East Lansing.

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Bright ideas

Since November, the whole country has been pushing for election reform. Finally, a commission led by former Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter has come to the rescue. It has set out a number of ideas, a big step toward improving the election process in the United States.

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People make U a better place

I hope everyone took time out of their busy day Wednesday to read Tracy Weiss’ column (“People you meet make school more memorable,” SN 7/25). I thought it was wonderful.

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Better schools start with better parenting

There are three things nearly everyone remembers from his or her childhood: The name of the barbershop you went to as a kid, the name of the person who cut your hair and the name of your neighborhood bully.

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Billboard baby

Race cars carry corporate names like Pennzoil and Tide. The Detroit Tigers play in the corporate named Comerica Park.

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Just say no

Public land needs to be protected in the interest of public enjoyment, and South Fox Island is no exception. The island’s territory is split between the State of Michigan and David Johnson, a land developer and 1971 MSU graduate. Johnson’s land, which is interspersed with state land, forms a checkerboard pattern across the Lake Michigan island.

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Deeds, not beliefs, are what matter

Rishi Kundi recently wrote a piece (“Faith without thought is no faith at all,” SN 7/19) about the continuing battle between creationism and evolution which has been in existence since the Age of Enlightenment in the West (Darwin developed notions which had been brewing for some time). After one studies Eastern philosophy a bit, or the teachings of Plato, this topic becomes rather trite and mundane.

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Construction more hassle than help

I have been an employee at MSU for 12 years and I am used to the construction during the summer, but finding a way to get to work and home from work has always been a challenge. Coming in from the southwest has presented a special challenge year.

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U shouldnt deny alumni employment

I must write in agreement with the writer who criticized the university for not hiring MSU graduates (“Employment policy upsets graduate,” SN 7/9). I agree it is kind of sad that MSU does not hire its graduates.