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Use common sense, caution at night
Two MSU students were attacked and critically injured on Aug. 26 and Sept. 4, with both students suffering serious injuries.
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Student candidate backs valid issues
Social relations sophomore Lauren Spencer is throwing her hat in the ring — hoping to fill one of the two available positions on the MSU Board of Trustees. Along with John Fournier, who is applying for Mark Meadows' spot on the East Lansing City Council, Spencer shows how students can get involved in politics firsthand. Although Spencer has a lot stacked up against her — representing the Green Party and running against two Republican incumbents and the recognizable George Perles, MSU football's former head coach — her ambition is admirable. It would be beneficial for the students of MSU to have one of their own on the board representing a student's perspective on pertinent campus issues. And Spencer backs some laudable issues, like curbing rising tuition rates, adding gender identity and expression to MSU's anti-discrimination policy and ensuring the university continues to provide same-sex partner benefits. If nothing else, we can hope that Spencer's eagerness to participate in local politics will rub off on other students and the voting booths will be flooded with knowledgeable voters in November.
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Register to vote on campus Saturday
Voting is a nonpartisan issue. It doesn't matter if you call yourself a Democrat, Republican, Libertarian or Communist, your vote is still important and necessary to further our democracy. So it is fortunate for MSU students that the Secretary of State will provide a mobile voter registration office on campus Saturday.
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Voters' discontent may cost GOP
Sixty-four days and counting. With just about two months left before midterm elections, Republicans appear to be in hot water.
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Slow death for tailgating at MSU
Last week, ASMSU announced a revised tailgating policy allowing 100 students to be chosen from a lottery for seasonal tailgating passes. The new policy guarantees season tailgate pass-holders a spot at the tennis courts near Wilson Hall before every home game without entering a weekly lottery or paying a weekly fee.
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Student voice needed on City Council
The East Lansing City Council members have a big decision ahead of them. With Mark Meadows' resignation effective Sept.
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Ruling protects checks, balances
Once again, the White House and its mouthpieces are criticizing the judicial branch for ruling against a Bush policy; this time it's their warrantless wiretapping program. U.S.
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Candidate opens mouth, inserts foot
On Aug. 24, U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris said a few interesting things. She said the separation of church and state is "a lie we have been told," "God is the one who chooses our rulers," and "if you're not electing Christians, then in essence you are going to legislate sin." The fact that Harris, a senatorial candidate for the 13th Congressional District in Florida, has demonstrated such blatant ignorance of the Constitution and the very ideals on which this country was founded is appalling. To its credit, the Republican Party has made endeavors to distance itself from Harris.
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Energy could be Mich.'s future
Gov. Jennifer Granholm introduced a new plan on Tuesday to improve the environment while boosting Michigan's economy. The governor said a $250,000 grant program will be used to either produce new or convert old pumps into what she hopes will be 1,000 alternative fuel pumps by 2008. In order to initiate this new form of environmentally friendly fuel and make it a feasible option for people to access, government support is necessary. Granholm is doing an exceptional job encouraging and introducing this new fuel option to our state. Just this July, she signed a bill that lowered the state tax for both ethanol fuel and biodiesel fuel.
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Anti-war is not pro-fascist
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld acknowledged the troops fighting in Iraq in his speech Tuesday at the American Legion's annual convention.
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Guest ID policy doesn't fix problems
East Lansing is alive again with the hustle and bustle of MSU's student body. It's official — fall semester has begun. But before classes even started, an off-duty night receptionist was assaulted while trying to enforce the university's new, stricter dorm-visitation policy.
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Response still inappropriate 1 year later
New Orleans — home of Mardi Gras, jazz and jambalaya — also was home to about 480,000 people more than one year ago.
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Coverage without protection
On Saturday, a National Geographic magazine correspondent was charged with espionage and other crimes in a Sudanese court.
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Summer's almost over, gear up for fall
As summer winds down, it's important to think about how far we've come and where we're headed.
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Historically black schools open their doors
Look around on your first day of class and you're bound to see people from different cultures and backgrounds.
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Cleaner CATA makes better city
You might see new buses on campus this fall, and they're nothing like what you're used to.
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Welcome to America (maybe)
The United States may be the land of opportunity, but it is very hard to benefit from it with restrictions on immigration.
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¡Muy bien! to languages early on
As the first step on the path of education, elementary school serves an important purpose. From kindergarten to fifth grade, we learn the basics of math, English and science.
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Protester speaks up, moves in
President Bush has a new neighbor, and she's who you'd least expect. A year after her much-publicized march to the Bush ranch where she unsuccessfully demanded to meet the president, Cindy Sheehan, who has been called "the face of opposition to the Iraq war," arrived in Crawford, Texas, on Sunday.
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Iraq's War: Civil or international?
Now, some politicians are attributing this to the idea that Iraq is deep in a civil war. Army troops and generals posted in the nation say that a civil war was raging even before U.S.