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Bourgeois icon

It's contradicting to preserve Sparty for posterity and then not allow him to be seen by all Spartans.

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Bice illustrates how quotes are misused

The State News has now published multiple letters that complain that John Bice's column "Both testaments preach discrimination, promote inequality," (SN 8/31) took quotes from the Bible out of context.

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DTN stranglehold on city needs addressing

My fellow students I, like many of you, am a prisoner of DTN "Management Company" (if you want to call it that), and its strong hold on student off-campus living. For the past week, my roommates and I have not had adequate hot water.

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So sorry

Finally. President Bush is taking responsibility for the government's inefficient response to Hurricane Katrina and admitting there might be problems with prevention protocol.

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Fans inappropriately loud before kick off

I am very disappointed with some of the students prior to the start of the (Kent State) game. I don't know if the speakers in the stadium were not loud enough - I had a hard time hearing them myself - but the students were cheering at inappropriate times. First, the announcer had asked for a moment of silence for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

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Wrong choice

Mable B. and Salvatore A. Mangano Sr., the owners of the nursing home in New Orleans where 34 people died during Hurricane Katrina, should be held responsible. They should have done everything within their means to make sure that their patients were safe. Officials have said they received adequate warning and made no attempt to remove people.

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Direct Action doesn't get public perception

In the column "Direct Action members criticize State News for misrepresentation" (SN 9/9), several Direct Action members criticized The State News for portraying their organization as "terrorist." As a reader with much interest in this story, I didn't come away from the story the same way the writers of this column came away from it. The title merely highlighted the fact that groups which operate on campus were mentioned in an FBI hosted symposium. I read the original release by the American Civil Liberties Union and it never actually said the FBI was taking these groups seriously as terrorist groups.

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Study, help needed to understand Bible

The Opinion Page may not be the best place for theological discussion but for as much as John Bice has made it so, I will participate. I commend Mr. Bice for addressing some questions that I would estimate most Christians these days (to our shame) would be hard pressed to clearly articulate an answer for, namely: "Which laws in the Bible apply to us today, what about those Old Testament laws?

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Giving a little is not giving enough for rich

I find it sad that catharsis and a sticker can now be bought for $1 at any grocery store. Isn't it noble when a person buys a $30,000 car and, on the way home, donates a $1 for the Hurricane Katrina relief fund. Isn't it noble when that person drives home, parks his or her car outside his or her $300,000 home and sits on their massage chair, watching the news, knowing that he or she has done their part to help the people dying down south. Isn't it noble that 10 minutes away, people are just as desperate, just as in dire need and are dying? The stories of those 10 minutes down the road, the poor and disadvantaged, are mostly the same.

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Bice critic wrong to denounce column

In response to Gabriel Cropsey's criticism of John Bice's "Columnist's writing promotes hatred" (SN 9/2), I found it ironic that half of the entire writing was quoted directly from the Bible.

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Respect for the dead important in coverage

I was disappointed to read the editorial "1,000 words" (SN 9/9). While I fully believe in the right of journalists to report the truth, there are powerful reasons to prevent the publication of photos of the dead in the aftermath of the hurricane. Respect for the dead?

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Focus on racially charged Katrina coverage misses human element

Did you notice something very interesting and pathetic on television as the major networks filmed in New Orleans during the Hurricane Katrina aftermath? Black looters were shown on every television station running through Wal-Mart and any store that wasn't underwater, stealing whatever wasn't nailed down.

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Racism toward Indians problem in East Lansing

I am an international student from India. I am from the state of Punjab where men usually wear turbans and have beards (Sikh religion). A few minutes ago, I was walking on Grand River Avenue with a couple of my friends, both of whom are mentors in West Circle, and both are also from the Indian subcontinent. As we were walking, this drunk student bumped into me, and I told him to take it easy.

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Howard Dean's views on Katrina out of line

Democratic Chairman Howard Dean is going way too far with many of his outlandish comments pertaining to the evacuation of New Orleans. Dean's comments about how skin color played a role in the evacuation is not helping the Democratic Party.

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Garden guilt

Ever heard the phrase "look but don't touch?" Is it necessary for your mom to follow you around and tell you "don't touch that?" What is the point of stealing a plant, pulling up a tree or throwing a bench into the river?