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Taken to task

This semester, The State News has had the unfortunate responsibility of reporting on an unusually high number of reported sexual assaults.

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Demanding perfect record is illogical

In response to Jonathan Rappa's letter (SN 11/23) advising Spartans not to accept the "mediocrity" displayed by our football team this year, without anyone presenting ways for us to help make our team better in the future - this is just foolish.

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Up to moral voters to halt arguments

As an individual who voted for John Kerry in the past election, I - along with many Bush supporters - am growing tired of Democrats who appear to whine about the results and treat their political defeat as what George Will in Newsweek called an "affirmation of intellectual and moral superiority." However, I am equally tired of Republicans telling us to get over it and move on.

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Parents act pushy in students' lives

As president of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, I am concerned that students are allowing their parents to play too much of a role in their decision making. Many students I have encountered have a strong interest in joining the greek community, but when Rush Week comes to an end and they have to talk to their parents, they are hitting a brick wall.

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Kennedy's speech was motivational

Having attended Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s speech on the environment, I came away from the event incredibly motivated to work even harder to help protect Michigan's forests, rivers and lakes. One of Kennedy's most compelling points, and one that bears repeating, is that environmental issues are not Democrat or Republican issues.

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D.C. bound

Fate has opened up a couple of options for MSU President M. Peter McPherson. On Jan. 1 McPherson will be out on a job search that might end at the White House.

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Columnist clears up misconceptions on Bush, religion, voting trends

In a previous column, "Bush supporters share common thread with fundamentalists" (SN 11/10), I mentioned a study by the University of Maryland's Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA), which found that majorities of President Bush voters were profoundly uninformed, and held erroneous beliefs about election issues and their candidate's policies.

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Easy on the nog

We know a lot of you are skipping class tomorrow. We won't rat you out. We will, however, take advantage of Tuesday's readership to offer some advice for the long Thanksgiving weekend. Alcohol, and binge drinking in particular, gets blamed for a lot of the less-than-desirable acts we see.

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Friday's NBA brawl being over-exposed

In response to the slew of editorials that have been all over the news about Friday's incident between the Detroit Pistons and the Indiana Pacers, has anyone stopped to think that this is being blown out of proportion?

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Both sides of aisle perpetuate biases

I am writing in response to many editorials - not just in The State News - that have been accusing liberals of being especially hypocritical lately. There is an old saying that says "if you are not confused, then you are not thinking clearly." While I will not hesitate to admit that liberals have been especially belligerent in recent weeks, I urge everyone to consider the true source of their concern. I will admit that it took me a lot of soul searching and critical thought to come to the conclusion that I am an independent.

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GOP leadership is disrespectful of law

On Wednesday, the House of Representatives changed a rule they had on the books that would allow Tom DeLay, R-Texas, to keep his leadership position, even though he will soon face an indictment in Texas.

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Silver uniforms and Spartans don't mix

Thursday night, my girlfriend and I settled into our seats at Munn Ice Arena looking forward to watching the Green and White skate against Michigan in an early-season Central Collegiate Hockey Association match-up. We sang the fight song, urging the Spartans to "fight for the only colors, Green and White." Since it was a rivalry game, there was even a bit of a "Go Green, Go White" chant echoing off of Munn's venerable walls. So, you can imagine our surprise when the Spartans took the ice clad not in green and white, but in, well, some pretty dingy looking grayish-silver uniforms not unlike the ones the men's basketball team sported against Duke last season.

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'Horrible' movie did not deserve review

How could your reviewer give the movie "After the Sunset" four stars? The movie was horrible with bad acting, a bad storyline and it seemed to be more about how many times we could see Salma Hayek take her shirt off and make out with Pierce Brosnan, or how much she was skimping around in a thong bikini. Those two attributes seem to be the only things that gave her an acting career because the lines and the presentation are weak by all of the characters in the film. Ben Nemeth journalism sophomore

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Contemptible

Last summer, The State News ran an editorial commending the Detroit Pistons and their fans for putting a blue-collar stamp on the otherwise-glitzy and egomaniacal world of professional basketball.

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Commendable

The Spartans total offensive package was not delivered Saturday at Penn State. Although there's the depressing realization that the Spartans will not advance to a bowl game, we have to acknowledge this was by no means a losing season. If MSU prevails in its Dec.