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Self-defense ad offensive, wrong
When I saw the ad on page 4B of the Monday, Feb. 12, 2001 issue of The State News, I initially thought it was some kind of joke.
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Finding perfect Hidey-Hole a long search
I have no life. If you know me, this isn’t surprising. Then again, if you know me, it means that you’re my mother. Hi, Ma.
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Napster not the issue in copyright
What exactly is Napster guilty of? Is Napster guilty of copyright infringement or should that accusation go to the people who use the service?
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Raised rent
While the on-campus student tax increase proposed by the Residence Halls Association is minimal, the organization should make efforts to use the money wisely.RHA voted in favor of an increase of $3 in student taxes for the 2001-02 academic year.
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Napster shouldnt be taken away from us
College students and free music junkies everywhere are in a state of panic. Napster’s days seem numbered after Monday’s court ruling.
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Bill wont stop binge drinking
In response to state Rep. Sandy Caul’s letter on her legislation of kegs (“Keg legislation will save lives,” SN 2/8), I would like to clarify certain incidents she is using as her defense. First off, the tragedy of Bradley McCue’s death was a result of “binge drinking,” where he consumed more than five drinks in one sitting.
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Bush is president for next four years
I would just like to share one small fact with Drew Olson (“Bush should not be our president,” SN 2/9), and the several hundred other students on this campus who are frustrated over the presidential election.
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Drug war unfairly attacks minorities
Regarding Erin Schwartz’s excellent Feb. 9 column (“Drug war has turned into race, class conflict”), the drug war’s early beginnings are rooted in a race and class conflict. The drug war is mainly a war on marijuana, by far the most popular illicit drug.
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Drugs war takes away freedom
This is in response to Erin Schwartz’s Feb. 9 column titled “Drug war has turned into race, class conflict.” Ethnic cleansing is criticized around the world - from Adolf Hitler to Slobodan Milosevic - but it is practiced daily with the Drug Enforcement Administration’s drug war.
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Block off flooded paths on campus
Monday morning on my way to class, I had a very close encounter with the Red Cedar River. The Brody path that I - and the majority of people living in the Brody Complex - use to get to class was flooded over.
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Napsters service is great, but its copyright infringement
While Napster is a haven for money-strapped music lovers, a shut down of the service would be understandable.The 9th U.S.
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Guarantee U
ASMSU should not be focusing its efforts on breaking the tuition guarantee, but should work to get rid of the funding gap instead. ASMSU’s Academic Assembly passed a measure last Tuesday to recommend the Board of Trustees alter MSU’s tuition guarantee, and the proposal recommends tuition increases for the next four years be held to the rate of inflation plus 2 percent. ASMSU is the university’s undergraduate student government. The tuition guarantee, instituted in 1994, states increases in tuition will not exceed the projected rate of inflation or consumer price index. This proposal could be detrimental to many students who struggle to pay for college with tuition rates as they are.
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Gore not fit to be U.S. president
After reading Drew Olson’s opinion (“Bush should not be our president,” SN 2/9), I thought I should give Olson a small history lesson on who Al Gore, Bill Clinton and the Democratic Party really stand for. Clinton, Gore and the Democratic National Committee have carried out the equivalent of a full-swing baseball bat to your head.
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It wont change: Bush is president
When reading The State News Opinion Page on Feb. 9, I read Drew Olson’s response to a letter supporting President Bush (“Bush should not be our president,” SN 2/9). To my dismay I noticed that Olson stated, “I was in Washington on Inauguration Day to let him know he is not my president.” I ask, then, with this statement has Olson denounced citizenship in the United States?
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Urban sprawl: Coming soon to a city near U
I hate going home. No, I didn’t have some sort of falling out with my parents or some other little personal sob story that I’m going to subject you all to.
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Measure is not necessary at all
Upon reading Sandy Caul’s article about keg legislation (“Keg legislation will save lives,” SN 2/8), I must agree the bill in question would restrict the availability of alcohol to minors.
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Red Bull drink is filled with bull
This letter is a response to the article on Red Bull nutrient drink, published in The State News on Feb.
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Drug war has turned into race, class conflict
I’m sure when you light up that pipe full of fresh new buds from the guy next door, who knew some kid in Colorado, who got stuff vacuum-sealed from Afghanistan, you didn’t think you were participating in a war. No, of course not. Your actions of drug use are only to bring “peace” into the world and produce a bond amongst friends, right?
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Bush should not be our president
After reading Jessica Meyers’ column on George W. Bush I felt absolutely compelled to respond to her supportive statements of the president (“Bush is president - he deserves a chance,” SN 2/8). First and foremost, to say Bush is the type of citizen who personifies the United States is absurd.
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Olin should at least consider making RU-486 available
While it is understandable for Olin Health Center not to offer the abortion pill RU-486, the center should at least consider providing the pill.Last week, Yale University announced RU-486 would be offered in its campus health center as part of the standard health plan for students.