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Unfair warning

When sexual assaults occur, MSU officials have a responsibility to keep personal details on victims private.

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Speak out

It seems as though freedom of speech is a precious privilege that is unappreciated these days. The very people who are supposed to promote it, however, are allowing it to fall to the wayside in Colorado. The Academic Bill of Rights, a set of rules enacted by Colorado legislators to protect conservative college students from undue harassment, has had a negative affect on free speech at Colorado universities.

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SN's portrayal of students unfair

I am writing in regard to "Student groups march for migrant workers" (SN 9/7). The State News' portrayal was extremely racist and presented an inaccurate picture of the panel discussion.

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Siege of Russian elementary school draws parallel to Sept. 11

I wish I could tell you that the Chechen terrorist standoff and subsequent massacre at a school in Beslan, Russia could not happen in the United States - if I did I would be a much worse liar than any politician. In its own way, the event could be seen as a fusion of some of the disasters that our own country has pulled through, the Sept.

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In the money

Complying with Gov. Jennifer Granholm's 2003 tuition plan appears to be alleviating some financial troubles for MSU.

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Keep it local

It seems that some local proprietors - including Murasaki Restaurant owner Hiroshi Tanimoto - aren't extremely upset by developers pushing in to town to level businesses in the name of cleaning up the area. After having gained a special-use permit from East Lansing City Council on Tuesday, developer Corey Partnership is looking to construct a four-story building where Murasaki Restaurant, Peking Express and Team Telecom now sit.

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SN need not print free Wal-Mart ads

I am writing in regards to the article, "Student groups march for migrant workers" (SN 9/7). There was a panel speaking about migrant farm workers' struggle for labor rights in the U.S.

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Boorish behavior has no place in E.L.

At least once a year The State News publishes a letter which argues that attendance at MSU confers upon individual special rights not available to other residents of the East Lansing community.

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Columnist's take on freshmen skewed

In response to Lauren Phillips' column "Freshmen retain high profile" (SN 9/3), I find I share some common traits with her. This year, I return to MSU a little older and a little wiser as a junior.

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Students being remembered in effort to bolster E.L. residency

Over the last few years, the City of East Lansing has implemented a number of policies to improve our rental housing stock, improve the appearance of our neighborhoods, encourage families to return to our neighborhoods near downtown and avoid sequestering MSU students into run-down homes in older neighborhoods. We pursue these policies in an effort to keep our neighborhoods appealing to a variety of residents and to avoid the density and blight that surrounds many Big Ten universities.

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To 150 more ...

MSU's 150th anniversary celebration officially began Tuesday, and it's rewarding to see how a fledgling land-grant university founded by a mix of government scientists, bored University of Michigan kids and cows created one of the Big Ten's most formidable research institutions. You would not be here if it weren't for Wolverines who did not want to speak Greek, as history tells us that U-M students got fed up with classical education and being prohibited from joining secret societies.

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Professors entitled to Web site access

Your editorial about the misuse of allmsu.com ("Cheatin' Hearts," SN 9/3) is mostly on target, including the comment that faculty who make it easy to cheat and ignore the problem are being unfair to students who are trying to honestly achieve.

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Bookstores not at fault for markups

To put it nicely, David Thompson's article, "Local Bookstores need to halt practice of putting screws to 'U'" (SN 8/30), needlessly complains about the way our bookstores conduct business.

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About time

It has been 2 years and 364 days since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks rocked the nation. It's also been 2 years and 364 days since Arab and Chaldean Americans have taken undue discrimination in forms never before seen or endured. Finally, action has been taken at the state level to connect the lives of Arab and Chaldean Americans to the Capitol.

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Give freshman QB spot behind center

Who would have thought that the Spartans would walk out of Rutgers Stadium without a win? Sure, there was a lot of talk about all of Rutgers' returning starters and the improvement that the team has made in the last four years, but that game was inexcusable.

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Crowded house

At the semester's onset, 744 dorm rooms at MSU were overbooked. That means 2,232 students were inconvenienced - some for a day, some still, all while the university tries to figure out what to do with these extra students. Part of the problem of overbooked dorm rooms can be contributed to a significantly larger amount of students attending MSU this year than anticipated.

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Vote for rights

Visiting loved ones in the hospital during emergencies, inheriting money or property after the death of a spouse and retaining custody of children are inherent rights that no law-abiding citizen of our state should be without.