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Copy rights
Not counting course-assigned materials, have you picked up any great books written by an MSU faculty member lately?
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Good measure
Remember when games such as "Mortal Kombat" and "Doom" first emerged? They were some of the most violent, blood-ridden titles gamers ever had in their hands, and they were immensely popular.
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Pick a project
With extensive East and West Village projects in the making, the city of East Lansing really needs to focus its attention on the 8-year-old City Center II project. Slated for the corner of Abbott Road and Grand River Avenue, officials are now saying the proposed $180 million City Center II will either house two museums, including the MSU Museum, or a hotel.
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Two's company
Some things are good to change regularly: passwords, cat litter, underwear. Others, such as the system of checks and balances within our state and national governments, tend to stay the same for a reason - they work. Rep.
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Budget battle
Around this time last year, former MSU President M. Peter McPherson called MSU's tuition deal with the state a "unique situation." If you recall, Gov.
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Up to speed
The 85th-percentile is a nationally recognized method, which sets the ideal speed limit according to the speed at or below which 85 percent of drivers travel.
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Up to code
What would happen if MSU didn't provide adequate information for students to earn a degree and obtain a respectable job? There would be a lot of angry and undereducated students.
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Scare tactics
It's time to start examining the reasons behind the terror threats that sporadically befall our country.
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Easier said...
Somehow, the line that separates church and state - something that should be clear - has a tendency to get blurred. Perhaps it's the religious zeal within people that drives them to want to do away with the principle the United States was founded upon.
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Mixed living
Circle circle dot dot now you've got a cootie shot. Great, that should last through college, the land of sex segregation.
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War chest
What is the cost of war? The figure in President Bush's requested 2006 budget to Congress would put it at $419.3 billion in military funding. An additional $82 billion, added on Monday, was requested prior to the $2.5 trillion 2006 budget Bush initially submitted.
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Park place
The lack of parking on campus has students pulling their hair out. Not only is this frustration cause for illegal parking and tickets, but the cost of meter parking can become quite expensive.
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Patriot games
Now is the time to mail your U.S. representatives and senators a yellow sticky note that says, "Hey, remember to read that Patriot Act all the way through." You could complement this with a nice little letter asking them not to renew it, should they find any of your civil rights are being violated. They already are getting a push from President Bush to do the opposite.
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Not wanted
Yet again, student housing opportunities are being quelled by East Lansing officials. In the most recent case, a plan to construct five new apartment buildings on the 700 block of Burcham Drive was denied approval by the East Lansing Planning Commission. The proposition would keep students living closer to campus and eradicate the herding of cattle, err, the pushing of students, up to the Northern Tier.
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Tact needed
North Korea is upset, and the United States needs to do something to repair our relationship with the country, regardless of who is right. It's time for the United States to get down on its knees because, in the nuclear-weapon relationship game, you can't just make up later. With North Korea publicly boasting on Thursday that it has "nukes," and with peace talks nonexistent, we need to give up the stubborn, tough guy act and start playing to North Korea's interests.
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Crucial cuts
With tuition for college students continuously rising, it was a wonderful feeling to know Gov. Jennifer Granholm put on her cape to save the day.
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More for less
How do you make one of the fattest states in the union trim its waistline? Apparently by sitting it down at a computer and having it take health quizzes. Last week, Michigan launched a free interactive Web site (michiganstepsup.org) geared towards teaching people how to make healthy choices.
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Campus clutter
The MSU Board of Trustees has been discussing some pressing issues regarding campus design lately. Namely, restructuring of the intersection that surrounds Sparty and erecting a parking ramp near Morrill Hall, with an entrance leading in from Grand River Avenue.
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Benefit both
As a paper that was fairly outspoken in its problems with Proposal 2, it was frustrating to watch it easily pass - gaining favor with roughly 59 percent of voters - in November.
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Accelerate RIA
In President Bush's 2006 budget proposal, $4 million is allocated in support of the Rare Isotope Accelerator.