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Mobile mess

Within a community, a diversity of people is essential to the enrichment of the inhabitants' lives.

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Parking on campus should be changed

On Tuesday, I went to attend my 10:20 a.m. finance class. I left my house 15 minutes before class started, and knew this would leave me enough time to walk into the room, find a seat and begin to take notes.

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Popular brands poll reveals changing attitudes in world commerce

You probably picked the shirt on your back right now for a reason. The same goes for the shoes that carried you to this newspaper.

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Bush's Iraq efforts have been valuable

Jack Fischer, if voting for George W. Bush makes me an idiot ("Bush not deserving of writer's praise" SN 1/31), then I am a very proud idiot right now.

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Take it indoors

It's a Saturday afternoon during football season, you've had a couple of drinks and game time is approaching.

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Peace Corps worth giving thought to

It's late, 3 a.m. almost. I am not up studying for an exam or coming home from a night at Rick's American Café. Nope, I am sitting in my room trying to stay warm.

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Derogatory words used far too often

I'd like to applaud and reinforce the points of Holly Newland's opinion letter ("Students need to think about words" SN 1/27) on the absurdity of the liberal use of the word "faggot" at MSU. As an individual who has lived on campus for almost two years, I encounter the use of this word on a daily basis in the halls of the dormitories and in the cafeteria.

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Supplements help many people daily

I was shocked at your editorial on the upcoming possible supplement restrictions ("Pill prohibition" SN 1/27). It seems that you haven't done very much research on supplements and the millions of people who benefit from their use.

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Izzone complaints not worth printing

I see that your editorial board has taken up the noble cause of disparaging the Student Alumni Foundation's effort to create the premier student basketball section in the country ("Frazzled fans" SN 1/31). The State News never seems to fail - be it in politics, campus life, and now sports - to speak on behalf of those Mike Tierney so rightly termed "whiners." Your obsession with viewing yourselves as the vanguard of the students has led you to devote pages of misleading, disingenuous and biased coverage to the complaints of a handful of students who couldn't be bothered to wear a T-shirt when they signed a contract saying they would.

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Proposed alcohol restriction wrong

Recently, I have seen a lot of articles and a few letters regarding the proposed open-drinking ban on campus.

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Open alcohol ban good proposition

Monday, Nate Matatall made flagrant statements in a mild attempt to rile MSU students regarding the recent alcohol clarification ("Alcohol ban could have bad results" SN 1/24). However, it is clear that it's not a concern of ours.

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Small percentage of inconsiderate citizens should be sent away

A couple of nights ago, a fraternity brother stepped off the curb on Collingwood Drive - directly in front of the car next to me that was turning right - and proceeded to arrogantly parade in front of my car.

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Volunteer vigor

MSU is full of internationally minded students and our ranking as one of the nation's top 10 producers of Peace Corps volunteers is a perfect example of that. Our school is globally focused, which can be seen by MSU's Study Abroad program, one of the largest in the country.

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Dire developing

The East Lansing City Council is building a wall around campus. It's a great wall of exciting street-level businesses under tiered condominium housing, stretching from Grand River Avenue all the way to East Village. But unlike the ancient structure that defended China from Mongol invasions, this wall will keep students separated from campus, help suck in young professionals and empty-nesters and, perhaps, ultimately win Gov.

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New rules in E.L., on campus aimed at suppressing student activity

The city of East Lansing and the MSU Board of Trustees have been very busy lately. They have done an excellent job of whipping us out-of-control students into shape.

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Bush not deserving of writer's praise

I am writing in response to Steve Johnson's letter "Editorial displayed 'bitter' sentiment" (SN 1/27) concerning President Bush.

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Fight to vote

Now that the polls in Iraq have closed, we have to be thankful. The amount of violence expected fell short, and at least 24 people have died, as of 6:15 p.m.

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Raising minimum wage a bad idea

This paper recently opined incorrectly that an increase of the minimum wage to $7.15 was a good plan to help citizens "Minimum raise" (SN 1/27). While I wish this was true, it simply is not.

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Disrespect of bikes needs to change

The total disrespect with which bicyclers here at MSU are treated is appalling. I can accept the fact that we are not wanted on the roads by drivers or the sidewalks by walkers, but we have to go somewhere.

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Frazzled fans

Contracts, dress code, doctor's notes - participating in the Izzone under the new rules is essentially a job. As computer engineering junior Mauricio Gomes's Web site Izzonesucks.com states: "This type of system changes the nature of the organization into one that students already dislike, an organization that goes by the name of work.