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Pong patrol
The price MSU officials paid for a safer tailgating was to, in effect, destroy tailgating as it once was.
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Protesters wrong to interrupt Bremer
In response to the story "Bremer discusses Iraq at Wharton" (SN 10/6), and more generally, his appearance on campus, please allow me the following comments.
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SN editorial made poor case against protesters at Bremer speech
On Friday's opinion page, the editorial board of The State News provided a compelling but unsuccessful critique of the student protest aimed at Iraq occupation leader and international war criminal, L.
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C'mon out
National Coming Out Days proudly commemorates lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender lives on a nationwide scale.
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Bush failed during town-hall meeting
Regardless of which side of the aisle you sit on, Friday evening's debate made it clear that this country can not handle four more years of the Bush administration.
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Profanity at games gives 'U' bad image
As a season-ticket holder at MSU, I was appalled by what I heard from the student section. It seems every year, the students add new chants to be more spirited and make a hostile environment for the other team.
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Indigenous People's Day looks past Columbus
It has been American culture to cheer for the underdog in most situations. From America breaking free of British rule to Simba becoming king of the pride in "The Lion King" to the Pistons winning the NBA Championship, we as Americans constantly hope the underdog wins.
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Brave choice
On Saturday, millions of Afghan citizens bravely defied the threat of physical harm and death to do for the first time what we here in America have come to take for granted. They voted. When, despite threats of Taliban violence, Afghan men and women stepped out to the polls by the hundreds to participate in the country's first presidential election, democracy took a step forward.
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Faith in a party often ignores faith in one's own beliefs
I don't understand why everyone has to be so faithful. OK, wait, let me rephrase that: I don't understand why everyone has to be so faithful for the sake of being faithful. For the past few years, the debates between Republican and Democrat voters have been cheapened and stooped to ridiculously low levels - it makes me cringe. "Tell me this," Bill Maher said on a recent episode of "Real Time with Bill Maher" to a Republican CNN correspondent . "If you truly support your party, then you can explain to me - If you were president, would you have stayed entertaining elementary children for nearly seven minutes while you knew your country was under attack?" As irrelevant as the question was, since it had nothing to do with Republican values or ideals concerning this upcoming election, the correspondent decided to take the popular route and support Bush's choice. Why?
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Pride point
The creation of the MSU LBGT Students of Color Scholarship becomes all the more meaningful when put in context. The scholarship was the product of one student - LaJoya Johnson - standing up to address a real need. A person who is both a racial ethnic minority and lesbian, bisexual, gay or transgender faces discrimination from two fronts.
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Students' protest was likely to occur
Thank you for providing further coverage of the protest at Paul Bremer's speech. It was very clear from the written format in which questions would be submitted and pre-screened before going to Bremer that anyone who asked a question that even hinted upon controversy would be ignored. Additionally, one would not realistically expect Bremer to even provide satisfactory answers if he did hear the questions.
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'Pilot program' will reveal what works
The idea of a tailgating "pilot program" cannot tell officials what will or will not work to improve tailgating.
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Being direct
After America was attacked at home, we lived in fear. Fear of being attacked again and fear of doing the unpatriotic.
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American can do better with Kerry
The Bush administration has caused the quality of life for the average American to decline. There are 45 million citizens without health insurance, and 80 percent of these people work. The family median income has decreased by $1,500.
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Given current climate, The State News should be more dangerous
The beauty of managing the opinion page in a daily newspaper lies in its simplicity. The opinion writer and I, we are a different breed of newspapermen.
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Moore's selective truth mostly lies
How do you define truth? Do you define it as what someone says on TV, or what you see on the Internet?
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Bremer bust
Paul Bremer, former U.S. ambassador to Iraq, deserves to be protested. He was a key figurehead of an unjust, or at least questionable, war.
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College's reputation hasn't preceded itself just yet for this freshman
As the warm days of summer morph into the cool commencement of fall, I realize my life, like the season, is changing.
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ASMSU's tailgate work appreciated
I would like to thank ASMSU for their efforts to help better tailgate by increasing safety and working with students instead of against them.
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Columnist wrong on unborn rights issue
While reading through The State News, I gave John Bice's column ("How would neo-conservative revision of Bill of Rights look today?" SN 10/5) my typical quick scan to see what hate-filled rhetoric he had in store for us this week when, to my surprise, I found something agreeable. For the first time since I began reading his column last year, I found that Bice had something sensible to say and it shocked me.