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Commentary

COMMENTARY

URC promotes unsustainability

Last month, The State News published an article (“United they stand” SN 3/19) chronicling the partnership among MSU, the University of Michigan and Wayne State University on scientific research initiatives the schools assert will better the Michigan economy and bring skilled jobs to the state.

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State Rep’s MSU bias should lead him out

After State Rep. Bob Genetski, R-Saugatuck, was arrested for drunken driving on MSU’s campus, most people would assume he would want to stay as far away as possible from the university to avoid an appearance of bias, but that isn’t the case.

COMMENTARY

Disaster victims far from helpless

If you watch the news, particularly news about foreign countries, you could easily believe that natural disasters are followed by looting, crime and individualistic behavior to survive.

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The best laid plans often go awry

Here we are: the final weeks of the academic year and, consequently, my final column. As I brainstormed for a topic for this week, I decided that my last column should be a culmination of the things that brought me to this point, something I really wanted to put out there while I had the opportunity and the platform.

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Housing change puts students in limbo

When freshmen enter college, it is a completely foreign experience unlike any other. There are the adjustments of eating in a cafeteria everyday, living away from home, doing their own cleaning and laundry, and for many students, it’s the first time they have to share a room.

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Justice for all, even Zimmerman

On Feb. 26, an event occurred that proves racism still is alive and well in this country. It also reaffirms some negative aspects of human character. The shooting of Trayvon Martin is a very unique case.

COMMENTARY

Gun-free zones weaken daily life

In Tuesday’s editorial “Weapons Bill Doesn’t Ensure Campus Safety,” (SN 4/3) it became clear that many people feel that carrying a firearm in school is not a good idea.

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Student debt big issue, solvable

I love the financial crisis. Well, not “love” it, since it caused millions of Americans to lose their homes, ground economies to a halt on not one but two continents and is part of the reason I and thousands of other graduating seniors can’t find a well-paying job.

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Blame businesses for pollution

Although Christian Hokans’s sentiments of bicycling and recycling (SN 4/2) are laudable, the impending global devastation that will be on our doorstep before the end of most of our lives requires far more than personal lifestyle changes.

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Proposed gun bill does offer safety

With a bill proposed that would allow law-abiding citizens with a concealed weapons license to carry their guns on campus, a lot of people now are wondering if college students really can handle the responsibility of carrying a weapon on campus.

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Forum brings all majors together

The Union is about to get wallpapered — with knowledge. On April 13, the University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum, or UURAF, will see almost 600 students descend on the Union, carrying with them nearly 300 posters and preparing for more than 120 oral presentations.

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To fight racism, understand it

Racism has been defined as “the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.”