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Letter: Whiteboard ban won't stop harassment or bullying

When I saw this morning that MSU's Residential and Hospitality Services had decided to ban whiteboards from residence halls in order to reduce instances of harassment and bullying, part of me was relieved. As a Resident Assistant who has witnessed first-hand the type of written harassment this ban is presumably trying to prevent, I know that whiteboards are common mediums for students to commit incidents of harassment, bias, or other violations of MSU's strict anti-discrimination policy.

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Letter: Does MSU discourage diversity of thought?

In the late 1960’s, my mother’s family boarded a flight from Cuba to the United States to escape its brutally oppressive communist government. To this day, Cubans continue to flee to the United States of America for its promise of freedom and safety.

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Editorial: Trump's immigration ban

The State News Editorial Board
February 6, 2017

There is something to be said about a country that denies the huddled masses it beckons for on its foremost symbol of liberty. There is also something to be said for a school so rich in the flaunting of its diversity that it decides to do the “status quo” in protection of the international students entrusted to its care.

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Letter: Inspiring black men to be both black and brilliant

I still remember the discouragement I felt as my high school counselor tried to sway me to not attend college. That following year I graduated high school with honors, later embarking on a journey to MSU's prestigious residential college of public affairs called James Madison.

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Letter: In response to ASMSU president's letter on MSU sexual assault policy

I was surprised to read Mr. Santavicca’s letter to the editor Jan. 24 regarding the revisions of MSU’s sexual assault policy and adjudication procedures and learn that ASMSU believes MSU’s efforts to “prevent and adjudicate allegations of sexual assault” have not served the campus community and that ASMSU believes MSU has not improved in these areas.

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Letter: Sexual Assault: Status quo or “Spartans Will” change?

Lorenzo Santavicca
January 24, 2017

As a student, it infuriates me to see that my beloved institution continuously fails to address its desperate need for improvement when it comes to handling sexual assault. As the undergraduate student body president, it saddens me more to know my peers and constituents have lost trust in our system at MSU that made a commitment to improve the awareness for, and around, human safety and security of sexual assault.

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TSN Podcast S2E4: When will MSU be back at the B1G Championship?

Casey Harrison  and  Stephen Olschanski
January 19, 2017

State News basketball reporter Casey Harrison and Newsroom Personality Stephen Olschanski have a loaded slate for this Friday's show, including: when MSU football will return to the B1G championship, the move of the Raiders to Las Vegas, why Floyd Mayweather is afraid to fight Conor McGregor, the Baseball Hall of Fame inductee class and a preview of Spartan basketball at Indiana.