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University bungled assault situations

I am writing this letter in disgust of the actions taken by the university in response to the recent sexual assaults on campus.

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No excuses

With a landmark and highly competitive presidential election coming up Nov. 2, the university's drive to get students registered to vote couldn't be called anything other than appropriate. We're a nation with a voting problem.

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Clean up your act, football tailgaters

If you tailgate, bring along trash bags from home, or stop to buy some. It's your job to clean up the spot you used as it was before you arrived.

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Post-college landscape doesn't need to reflect grades, degrees

Well, here I am. It has been a year since I graduated from MSU. After embarking boldly and blindly into my collegiate years I found myself following paths blazed by information from people around me, my classes, or from the media.

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Jackpot

The 2000 election voting fiasco is bringing a well-needed change to the American voting process. Finally. On Tuesday, Nevada voters cast electronic votes for a primary using a $9.3 million voting system that allowed them to use touch-screens to cast their ballot.

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E.L. living getting less desirable daily

What was the point of the letter to the editor "E.L of 1855 would not tolerate today" (SN 9/14)? Obviously, that era wouldn't put up with our behavior no more than we would put up with the E.L.

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Academic rules do not bar free speech

In the name of journalistic accuracy and intelligent discussion, I feel compelled to write a clarification and criticism of The State News editorial "Speak Out" (SN 9/13). First, The State News inaccurately reported that Colorado legislators had enacted an Academic Bill of Rights.

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Collegiate athletes should stay unpaid

After reading the "Greedy NCAA needs to pay its athletes" (SN 9/13) column, I could not help but completely disagree with paying athletes.

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Takes a village

If or when East Lansing city officials form plans to raze buildings on 36 acres of land adjacent to the Red Cedar River, students might actually pay attention this time.

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Fightin' prices

Our obsession with the almighty dollar has us pimping ourselves to make a profit. Saturday's sold-out football game against Notre Dame has ticket-scalpers raising prices for fans willing to overpay to get a piece of the action, the Lansing State Journal reported Tuesday.

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Film studies faring better than ever

We, the undersigned film studies faculty, write to correct the unfair depiction of film studies at MSU as presented in the story "'U' film majors don't make movies" (SN 9/9). The title of the article is partially correct - there are currently no intensive film production courses for film studies majors at MSU.

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Culture of celebrity status rewards high visibility, not achievement

Every once in awhile, someone comes along and represents something larger than themselves. They work and thrive by re-interpreting the world around them.

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Banning safety

If one didn't know any better, they'd think assault weapons have a deeply-rooted place within the American citizenry. After 10 years of operation, the federal assault weapons ban was allowed to expire Monday.

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SN music coverage learns hard lesson

More often than not, I want to pull my hair out when I read anything that has to do with music in The State News.

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Alleged assaults best kept in-house

The State News reported two sexual assaults on campus. However, it would have been more constructive to write a story about how to stay safe on campus, rather than singling out isolated events that are still in the investigation stages.

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'Siege' column only told part of story

In the Sept. 10 issue of The State News, you published a column by Mike Townshend, "Siege of Russian elementary school draws parallel to Sept.

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Shaking 'U' up

When any university decides to overhaul a college or change any part of the academic setting, there needs to be a clear and understandable reason.

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Bryant's court proceedings provide valuable advice: 'Be sure'

So the circus that is the criminal proceedings against Kobe Bryant has come to an end. A civil suit remains, but the alleged victim has dropped out of the criminal case. I'm not going to try to guess what really happened on that night last summer.

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E.L. of 1855 would not tolerate today

In response to Joseph Blaim's query ("Residents need to accept student life,". SN 9/7), "Why didn't you protest in 1855 when the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan was founded?" Apart from the fact that not many of us were alive in 1855, one reason that there were no protests might have been that students behaved differently in 1855.

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E.L. doing its part to drive students away

Two tales of one city. The beginning of this semester marked as a typical Welcome Week. Hordes of students stumbled through the streets of East Lansing looking for that raging party or that anonymous hook-up or bottomless keg.