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MSU gym hours cater to demand

I’d like to thank Victoria Merritt for caring enough about access to campus Intramural facilities that she took the time to submit a well-written opinion in The State News (10/10). I agree with everything she writes and certainly as Director of Recreational Sports and Fitness Services support her views on the value of physical activity and healthy behavior choices. I only wish to explain how building hours are established at IM Sports-West, East and Circle.

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Professor’s work exploits students

Mitch Goldsmith
October 11, 2011

This column is not meant to be particularly cruel or nasty against any one professor, but to be a plea, a plea for this professor to stop. Academic or personal freedoms stop when those freedoms encroach upon the rights of others.

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City manager needs to listen to students

A lack of dialogue between students and the city could sour the relationship. There has to be balance. The next manager has to stay tough enough on student residents that permanent residents are satisfied. He or she also must understand the student perspective well enough to attract students to live in East Lansing.

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Talk to loved ones while you can

Julia Nagy
October 10, 2011

Sitting in Noodles & Company in front of my mac and cheese and in the middle of a meeting, I read the text message my mom sent: “My grandmother passed away :(.” Buica, as we used to call her, lived in Romania.

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State News CHM coverage unfair

I love Grand Rapids. I was born and raised in the city and witnessed its transition into a medical mecca firsthand. So I am perhaps slightly biased on the issue of the expansion of MSU’s College of Human Medicine. Then again, I’m allowed to be biased; I don’t write newspaper headlines.

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University oversight committee not needed

Adding unnecessary, unwarranted bureaucracy for public universities is just another day for the state government.A bill was introduced in the Michigan House last month to create a single 11-person board to assess the efficiency of state universities. The bill primarily is sponsored by State Rep.

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Find better ways to spend money

Today as construction rattles the walls of campus here at MSU, I can’t help but object to some of the information contained in the article “New construction projects replace parts of campus,” published Sept. 15.

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Consider early weekend gym hours

Victoria Merritt
October 9, 2011

For college students who are constantly stressed with academic, professional and social pressures, it comes as a welcome outlet to reduce stress and improve moods. Weekend hours are reduced to accommodate for fewer exercise fiends, but the weekend should be the best time to get in a good workout.

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Take threat of HPV seriously, get vaccine

As college students live away from home for the first time, they might choose to make more adult decisions, such as becoming sexually active. Young people generally understand some of the unintended consequences of sex, such as unwanted pregnancies and HIV.

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Campus diversity should be embraced

Not many people know this, but the 1790 Naturalization Act limited immigration to “a free white person.” It is from this first document that the categorization of the many races of our world first entered American policy. Were the founding fathers wrong to exclude non-whites (practically meaning non-Europeans) from moving to “The Land of Opportunity?” Modern sensibilities must certainly say “Yes,” and open up our great nation to more people, instead of attacking others based on race.

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E-books have place in university learning

The image of the college student doing homework in the library with a mountain of books in front of them might soon disappear. This week, the Oxford University Press launched a database of academic works exclusively for e-readers.

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Expose yourself to new cultures

Mike Jenkins
October 6, 2011

Straddling the top two steps of the wood porch of my parent’s house the summer of 1963, I wondered aloud, “Am I ever going to hate any type of music as much as my parents hate rock ‘n’ roll?” The answer, nearly 50 years later, is yes and no. Yes, because at one time or another since then, I have thought I absolutely hated country music, classical music, rap, hip-hop, alternative music and grunge rock.

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Red Cedar school most diverse in E.L.

I am writing to clarify some facts regarding the quote from Lindsey Little-Clayton in The State News article “Red Cedar Closure Decision Pending” (SN 9/27). Ms. Little-Clayton stated, “To imply that Red Cedar (Elementary School) is the only school with diversity is both wrong and offensive.” It is not implied that Red Cedar is the only East Lansing school with diversity.

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Keeping journal offers outlet

Ron Dorr
October 4, 2011

More than the inauguration of President John Kennedy, “West Side Story,” the Freedom Riders, Roger Maris’s 61 home runs and the Peace Corps, what was most memorable about 1961 was a small but enduring decision I made at the beginning of my senior year in college.

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State News lacks fair coverage

In a recent opinion published by The State News editorial board, members made the claim that there is a concerning lack of student activism at MSU. I am continually baffled at the lack of adequate coverage of activist student groups in The State News.

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Students should find own faith

Reports such as “Religion & Rebellion” (SN 9/29) dismay me but are not surprising. College years are for students to find themselves, and they certainly could find engaging new aspects of their own spirituality while learning other important things, enjoying new social scenes and exploring enticing possibilities for their futures.