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Student actions are an embarrassment
As an alumnus, it disturbs me to wake up on a Sunday morning, turn on the computer, and be greeted with headlines on every news site about the "riots" at MSU following the loss to North Carolina.
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Police measures not over the top
Your editorial requesting an apology from area police for using force is both misguided and baseless ("Excessive force" SN 4/4). If anyone should apologize, it should be The State News for such an overstated and overly dramatic editorial position.
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Use of tear gas was very inappropriate
Quoted from page 2A of The State News from April 4: "Large groups of people gathering in the roads and on sidewalks is illegal, police said" ("Police, student actions disputed"). I will confess that my knowledge of the law is limited to what I've read in, well, the U.S.
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Catholic looks back on influential brush with deceased pontiff
When I first read the news of the pope's death on an away message Saturday, I immediately felt a sense of loss and relief.
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Excessive force
In the wake of multiple institutional e-mails cautioning against it, after weeks of speculation on whether or not it would occur, and in light of spoken warnings from professors, a riot did not take place in East Lansing this weekend.
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Society would benefit from people keeping beliefs to themselves
Imagine how much more peaceful human history could have been if people kept religious beliefs to themselves. Jesus seemed to agree: "When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret" (Matthew 6:6). Many religious people live in general harmony with that wise advice.
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Police 'attacked' students Saturday
For 21 years, I had subscribed to the delusion that police existed for the protection of the innocent.
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Police reaction to students disturbing
I am deeply disturbed and upset at the way things went down at the end of the Final Four game against the University of North Carolina.
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Tear gas use was not at all necessary
When our basketball coaches e-mailed the students to behave responsibly this past weekend, I think they forgot to send a copy to the police officers of East Lansing.
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Ticket fiasco had positive outcome
I am writing on behalf of all the Izzone members who will be driving down to St. Louis this weekend - especially on behalf of those who faithfully sacrificed time and class Sunday night and Monday morning while waiting in line for Final Four tickets at the Union. We all received great news in our inboxes Wednesday afternoon.
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ASMSU apathy
Despite efforts to increase student interest, voter turnout for this year's ASMSU election was once again disappointing.
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Students, police need to act wisely
First and foremost, congrats to both the men and the women on making the Final Four. It is an outstanding achievement for both the men's and women's team, and I know the entire campus is beaming with pride; a pride you can honestly feel and see with all the Michigan State memorabilia worn across campus.
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Recent editorial spurs explanation of ASMSU's election processes
It is great to see that The State News is excited about the issues that ASMSU is facing and what ASMSU is doing to affect the student body today and in the future.
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Announcers should learn player names
Not only is the men's basketball team splashed across multiple pages in The State News, the boys are seen giving Tom Izzo noogies after the Kentucky game, proudly wearing their Final Four T-shirts after the buzzer sounds and holding up their precious string from the basketball net all across newspapers and screens around the country.
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Reputation is not wholly undeserved
In response to Patrick Walters' column "'R-word best left unused until MSU's tournament bids are complete" '(SN 3/31), I hate to say it, but MSU earned that infamous reputation.
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April fools
Last April, for the first time in eight years, the Academic Senate convened so hundreds of faculty members could express concern about wide-sweeping changes administrators were planning without their input. At that point, the faculty stood up and voiced their opinions in a process that would, among other things, reorganize the College of Arts & Letters and the College of Communication Arts & Sciences into one large body devoted to the study of the liberal arts and sciences.
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Smother Earth
Remember how at the end of every "Captain Planet" cartoon that weird, green-haired super hero would stick his face in the screen and give you a purpose-laden epilogue to the plot of the episode? Somehow, through a strange cartoon about teenagers, magic rings and environmental disasters, the cartoon's creators expressed the real-world effects of environmental destruction.
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Laborers not paid fairly for clothing
This is in regards to "Area stores meet demand, stock Final Four T-shirts" (SN 3/30). I, for one, will not be lining up to buy a Final Four shirt.
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Cafeterias offer a lot for vegetarians
Ms. Trier's article seems to be little more than a whining session ("Cafeterias lack protein options for vegetarians" SN 3/30). She complains about the lack of protein alternatives for vegetarians and untimely service in the dorms. I suggest you take another look and put your attitude in check.