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Pick a project

With extensive East and West Village projects in the making, the city of East Lansing really needs to focus its attention on the 8-year-old City Center II project. Slated for the corner of Abbott Road and Grand River Avenue, officials are now saying the proposed $180 million City Center II will either house two museums, including the MSU Museum, or a hotel.

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California worse off than column said

As a California resident and MSU graduate, I felt compelled to respond to Kristi Jourdan's column ("Mitten state does not deserve its redneck-riddled reputation" SN 2/18). I am not writing to further bash Michigan, but to clear up misconceptions Ms. Jourdan has about California.

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Two's company

Some things are good to change regularly: passwords, cat litter, underwear. Others, such as the system of checks and balances within our state and national governments, tend to stay the same for a reason - they work. Rep.

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Smoking rules not likely to be heeded

I am writing in response to Amy Loula's letter "Students need to heed smoking rules" (SN 2/21). As a smoker who takes great care to avoid asthmatic grandmas and toddling infants while enjoying my habit, I feel sympathy toward Ms. Loula's plight.

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Budget battle

Around this time last year, former MSU President M. Peter McPherson called MSU's tuition deal with the state a "unique situation." If you recall, Gov.

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Up to speed

The 85th-percentile is a nationally recognized method, which sets the ideal speed limit according to the speed at or below which 85 percent of drivers travel.

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Students need to heed smoking rules

As an MSU student, I am walking in and out of buildings on campus every day of the week. At least once each day, I am forced to walk through a cloud of smoke produced by one or two (sometimes more) people crowding around entrance doors to keep warm, cigarette in hand.

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Columnist's view seemed heartless

This refers to the nuclear crisis in North Korea and the opinion page article by Jun Yang "South Korean student provides perspective on armed North Korea" (SN 2/17). I agree with his proposal to continue talks with North Korea, but I am disappointed to hear his logic for doing so.

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Up to code

What would happen if MSU didn't provide adequate information for students to earn a degree and obtain a respectable job? There would be a lot of angry and undereducated students.

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Chicano month has to be celebrated

I am writing in response to Amy Davis' piece on Chicano History Month ("Students combine cultures, embrace Mexican heritage" SN 2/15). I feel that just by interviewing someone who does not identify as Chicano, she is doing an injustice to the month.

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Scare tactics

It's time to start examining the reasons behind the terror threats that sporadically befall our country.

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Bush budget is too reliant on deficit

In your editorial "War chest," (SN 2/16) you make the claim: "the fact that (President Bush's) budget inadvertently is calling for restrained spending on a variety of government programs shouldn't be ignored by any means." I don't understand that sentence, and I doubt many people did.