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Religious campaign ostracizes
I understand the right for people to have their own religious opinions. I also understand that some people hold these very dear to themselves.
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Exercise despite chilly weather
As that perennial chill descends upon the area, the temptation to bundle up, stay inside and become sedentary is reaching its peak. However, I believe no one’s life can be complete without some kind of physical activity. It is this belief that drove me to go out and ask all of the best athletes I know what drives them to stay active despite harsh weather and the rigors of a busy life.
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MSU ready for gender-neutral housing now
One of the best parts of living in the dorms is getting the college experience — meeting new people who might or might not share the same world view and experiences as you do and learning from them. And there are few better ways to find a different world view to learn from than living with a member of the opposite sex.
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Religious campaign not effective
This letter is in response to “Agreement not needed; just listen” (SN 11/1). I am an agnostic, which means my life has been spent questioning the nature of God(s), death, justice and morality.
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Technology’s role in art debatable
Many of today’s artists — whether their passion is painting, photography, music or another medium — utilize cutting-edge technology in their work. But when anyone with minimum skills using a software program such as Adobe Photoshop can make a piece in a few hours that, at least to unschooled eyes, looks as professional and impressive as a gallery piece, is it art or technology?
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MSU should consider switch to common app
MSU should adopt the Common Application: an online, established application high school students can send college applications to more than 450 universities across the nation.
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Avian club treats animals well
The State News recently published an article on the Avian Science Club’s annual Thanksgiving turkey sale (SN 9/27). As a MSU Avian Science Club e-board member, someone who spends time at the MSU Poultry Research and Teaching Center and an employee of the MSU Meat Laboratory, I can say I am thoroughly unimpressed with how the turkey sale and the club as a whole were represented.
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Agreement not needed; just listen
While many questions race through my mind during the average school week, one in particular bombarded me from many angles this week. Do I agree with Kirk? My response: I’m not sure; I will know on Thursday. I know I am a strong supporter of the Constitution and the corresponding Bill of Rights, and I believe in Jesus Christ.
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Demand passionately, not without respect
There was a time and a place for the Black Student Alliance, or BSA, to be indignant; that time was in the days immediately following the writing of racial slurs on students’ doors. The organization should have stifled that demeanor when speaking to MSU’s administration.
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Energy committee’s process flawed
As an MSU Greenpeace member, I want to thank the State News’ Editorial Board for its praise of the activism at MSU. However, there is more to the story than the board’s comments convey.
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MLK monument sets right tone
Traveling via bus to Washington, D.C., for the dedication of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. monument with some of the Greater Lansing Area Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commissioners and others, I began reflecting on my memories of Dr. King.
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Fire should remind us to take care of peers
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire; where there’s fire, students can’t afford to ignore basic fire safety.
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New student debt plan offers hope
We graduate from college, expecting to get a job, and if we do not get one right away, panic sets in.
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Of Two Minds
I swear, this column wasn’t even going to be about race. Not because I dislike being black or anything like that; let’s be honest, being black is pretty awesome. It’s more because I don’t want to be become the guy who points out every single example of social and racial inequality until he’s homeless, jobless and gibbering on about how the system kept him down.
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Arab women have brighter future
Man, oh man, doesn’t it feel right to be a Middle East woman nowadays — figuratively speaking. What I’m referring to is when Saudi Arabia’s 88-year-old King, Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, announced Sept. 25 that the women of his country have the right to vote and stand in elections, an issue which has been going on in that country for almost a half a century now.
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Education system quite flawed
The recent revelation of the inflated grades in the music department at MSU is simply a result of the national trend in grading.
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Recall efforts not productive, sensible
Recall petitions have increased this year, and Ingham County’s election commission has reviewed many petitions to remove senators representing the East Lansing community.
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Anxious students could find relief
A friend of mine recently signed up to be a subject in a sleep deprivation study. I told him he’s a stronger man than I am, and also crazy. For me, sleep loss leads to stress and a bad mood, so I won’t be volunteering myself for testing anytime soon.
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City Center II finances need realism
The people of East Lansing need to face the truth. City Center II was a huge financial mistake by ambitious officials that has cost us millions.
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Protest right move, must lead to action
The activist spirit is alive and well on the MSU campus, but in the case of MSU Greenpeace, it unfortunately has yet to result in any real change.