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Student cheering sections supposed to be unfriendly

The general purpose of a student section, of a home field in general, is to create a loud, unfriendly environment for visiting teams to fear playing in. This is what the student section is trying to accomplish: to be loud, to be into the game and to make opponents fear us. Opposing teams wouldn’t exactly be running away in fear of us if we were chanting “Welcome to State!” or “1, 2, 3, pink bunnies!”

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Council should not silence student voices

Faculty deserve to have a voice in academic governance at MSU, but not if that voice comes at the cost of student representation. Students are the reason this university exists, and their needs and concerns should be central to every issue MSU faces.

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Strengthening U.S. education

As one of the richest and most technologically advanced societies in the history of societies, the U.S. should offer the most advanced education system in the world. We in the U.S. certainly have the resources to make that happen, and we need to raise smart, high-achieving children to replace us. So far, this hasn’t happened.

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From out of state and proud of it

Crystal O'Reilly

October 11, 2007

Being an out-of-stater has a lot of drawbacks. I have to pay more money for tuition and have people question the authenticity of my driver’s license. There also is another lovely facet I am forced to deal with: stereotypes.

COMMENTARY

MSU law college argument weak, 'gossip-mongering'

The editorial Stability, longevity needed for College of Law (SN 10/9) presents faulty conclusions and provides an inaccurate set of facts regarding the status of MSU College of Law’s seeking a permanent dean.

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University reputation hurt by offensive student cheering

While sitting in the student section at Spartan Stadium, I could not help but feel I had seen this movie before.

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SN editorial sends ridiculous message, people will swear

It is absolutely ridiculous to tell us that our cheers are causing parents to not bring their children to the games. Let’s talk about all the tailgating that goes on beforehand.

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Applaud MSU officials for dorm food options

Some vegetarians on campus feel MSU cafeterias don’t offer enough variety to suit their tastes, even as Housing and Food Services continues to expand vegetarian options. Are these concerns valid, or are people just complaining too much?

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University should refuse Zeke, Helmet Shuffle for vulgarities

The conduct of the student section in recent years has been appalling and the university is right to attempt to curb it. However, whoever decided it was an excellent idea to let Zeke the Wonder Dog on the field while Mark Dantonio’s message played on the screen should be fired.

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People's 'inherently racist thought processes' a problem

Recently, in keeping up with current news regarding the Jena 6, I read about steps being taken to disarm the racial tensions surrounding the situation. Something I found intriguing about the steps being taken is that they are very shallow, half-hearted attempts to appease the public eye.

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Cancer article misleading, artificial sweeteners bad

The Cancer misconceptions (SN 10/9) article is completely misleading.

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Globalization creates problems

Globalization is a plague that threatens to unite the world in a similar fashion to that of Adolf Hitler, Napoleon Bonaparte and more recently, Islamic extremists.

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Football chants have no room for vulgarities

Swearing is never appropriate. It’s trashy, classless and downright rude. So why is it that some feel compelled to hurl profanities in the student cheering section during football games?

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Experienced politician needed

Experience counts in football pressure cookers, any coach can tell you that. After weeks of deadline-induced all-nighter sessions in Lansing, it is apparent that experience counts in politics as well.

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Profane football cheers are derogatory toward women

“One, two, three, first down, b- – - -!” Does this sound like an educated statement to you? It sounds absolutely ignorant to me. There are so many things wrong with using this language in the student section as well as using it at all. As far as the student section goes, we are sending out the message that we are classless, uneducated and have poor taste.

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Stability, longevity needed for College of Law

The MSU College of Law hasn’t had a permanent dean in almost a year which some law students believe is leaving the school in a perpetual state of limbo.

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U.S. has duty to alleviate genocide in Darfur region

In U.S. should stay out of Darfur and pay attention to itself (SN 10/9) Young Americans for Freedom chairman Kyle Bristow argues must focus on its own interests, rather than becoming “involved in ending civil strife in Darfur.” While this is an admirable sentiment, he has a few things backwards.

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Football chants classless, portray fans in bad light

I would like to congratulate the student section for how they behaved during the game Saturday.

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U.S. should stay out of Darfur and pay attention to itself

In Contact your representatives and pay attention to Darfur (SN 10/5), Tom Choske, the president of Spartans for Richardson, argues that our country should become involved in ending civil strife in Darfur.

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New football wristband policy ineffective, unfair

I can deal with the wristbands at the football games. I understand that they need a way to weed out the people who are not supposed to be there to prevent overflow into season ticket holders’ seats. However, I do not understand why, when I arrived to the Northwestern game an hour early, I had to sit up in the corner away from the rest of the students when there were plenty of open seats available in the heart of the student section in the area I was assigned.