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Opened doors
Gays and lesbians considering public service should be encouraged by the victories of two gay men in Michigan.
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U must exercise interest in improving sports facilities
About a month ago I had the opportunity to meet with Larry Sierra, the director of the IM sports facilities, in his office at IM Sports-West.
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Election wont look well in books
In response to the Robin Sanborn’s letter about this year’s election being one for the history books - that may very well be the case (“Election is one for the history books,” SN 11/17). But the real problems are overlooked and the wrong things are being glorified.
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Police, bus service must listen to concerns of riders
I did not choose to get off the Capital Area Transportation Authority bus Wednesday three stops before my usual one.
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Mistake in story angers reader
The State News strikes again. I read in Wednesday’s State News that Ruth Hubbard would be visiting MSU’s campus to give the McPherson Professorship lecture on “How the Genome Became the Book of Life” Thursday night at 7:30 p.m.
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Tis the season for family
I’ve recently been reminded of why I get so excited for the holidays. One of my cousins is pregnant so the whole Schewe clan - 40 people strong - gathered for a co-ed baby shower.We spent some time together as we celebrated the future arrival of a new cousin and it gave me a taste of the holidays ahead.Thanksgiving always was such fun because it meant my siblings would be coming home from college and we would be making a pilgrimage to Detroit for the annual feast with the extended family.
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Bush is winner in lengthy series
As a history intern at a high school, the recent presidential election has become quite a “teachable moment.” We have scrapped our lesson plans and used the past few days as an opportunity to teach our students about the Electoral College and the election process.
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Good for U
The Black Student Alliance’s approach to prevent conflicts at on-campus events will be an effective means of obtaining peace for all students.At its first town hall meeting Thursday, BSA proposed eight community standards, including limiting events to MSU students only, having zero tolerance for interruptions and enforcing rules against loitering.In addition to only allowing MSU students to attend these events, BSA also plans to improve crowd control and deny admission to those who have previously caused conflict.BSA wants to establish annual town hall meetings so black students can voice opinions and share ideas with student and administrative groups.BSA has worked with other organizations, such as the MSU Department of Police and Public Safety, National Panhellenic Council, Coalition for Multicultural Education and residence hall black caucuses after recent outbreaks of violence occurred at events sponsored by black student organizations.Concerns have heightened after at least two fights broke out at Campus Center events this semester.
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Electoral College is part of country
I am writing in response to all of the letters and columns against the Electoral College. The Electoral College is far better than the popular vote for deciding the president of our nation.
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Popular vote should replace Electoral College
Amid all the speculation about who will eventually be declared the next president of the United States, I am wondering about a related topic.
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Florida voters are not at fault
I’m a hard-core Democrat, and happen to be very proud of it. What I am not proud of is the many people who make false claims that they want fairness.
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Bush brings poor record to country
In response to two letters disagreeing with the intelligence level of Texas Gov. George W. Bush and his supporters (“Bush supporters are not dumb,” and “Texas Governor is not half-witted,” SN 11/14), I’d have to say I question what media coverage you’ve been watching.
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Election is one for the history books
“Election 2000” is a phrase we will all see in history books for hundreds of years. This election challenges our Electoral College and our voting system.
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People power
The Electoral College should be abolished, but not before the nation’s election process is more accurate.
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Fix the system
Extensive reforms at national and local levels must be made to the election process.Tight elections across the country have caused close inspection of the election process, which has revealed discrepancies that have been ignored in landslide elections, but could have affected the outcome of several close races.
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Instant runoffs may solve election
Now that we have serious third-party challenges, we need an instant runoff ballot to avoid dilemmas like “spoiler,” “wasted vote” and winners by plurality.
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Voters were aware of election laws
Sorry to all those people who weren’t able to vote on Election Day, but you have to follow the law.
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Country must honor veterans by keeping its promise
Nov. 11 was more than just day five in the current election crisis - it also was Veterans Day. It is a day that was originally chosen to commemorate the end of the war that was supposed to end all wars, but actually kicked off a century of wars, cold wars, police actions and military-led humanitarian missions.
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SN football letter was quite satirical
This is a response to everyone who has responded to Greg Brown’s letter (“Football is killing country’s youth,” SN 11/6). Although I agree with almost all of your points I think you had better reread Brown’s letter.
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Blurred line
The MSU Board of Trustees should carefully examine a proposed riot policy before its final passage. An interim riot policy was created by the board after the March 27-28, 1999, riot.