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The handover

While most of America slept Monday morning, Iraq's wobbly stagger toward the desert mirage of full sovereignty took on the appearance of a slightly prouder shuffle.

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Night schtick

A night game at Spartan Stadium against one of MSU's most ferocious rivals, Notre Dame, is a college football fan's dream come true. Everything will be more intense on Sept.

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Fitting tribute

Unfortunately, sometimes recognition for a lifetime of excellence in one's given field is not bestowed until that person is no longer present to hear the praise. Ruth Simms Hamilton's work in the College of Social Science, which focused on African Diaspora - a migration of people with a common origin, background or beliefs - was certainly recognized among her peers and students.

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Pledge/God issue sure to resurface

The U.S. Supreme Court routinely sidesteps issues. This is a common practice and if you'll look back over the history of landmark decisions you will find a "bubbling up" of the issue.

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Smoked out

The Michigan government seems to be participating in an anti-tobacco spree. On Tuesday, the state Senate and House passed a bill that will increase the cigarette tax by 75 cents, raising the price of cigarettes to $2 in taxes per pack.

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Column overstates society's selfishness

In response to the column "Superficial modern society plagued by egocentrism, materialism" (SN 6/22), I fail to see how it is in any way detrimental for frequent television viewers to see lean and physically fit people on commercials or advertisements.

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Sparty's move

Fans of MSU and traffic-dodging, we have some unfortunate news. "The Spartan," commonly known to all as Sparty, is getting a new home after 59 years at the intersection of Kalamazoo Street and Red Cedar Road.

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Clinton's smooth talking antics adds charisma to scandalous behavior

Saturday Night Live star Darrell Hammond once summarized Bill Clinton with such remarkable accuracy that any attempt by the former president to do likewise would result in consummate failure. For this characterization, Hammond made reference to the heartfelt honesty Clinton could generate with the spoken word.

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Bush administration riddled with lies

This letter is in response to Sean Conlen's letter to the editor concerning Michael Moore's documentaries ("Moore raises issues, distorts findings," SN 6/17). As Conlen stated, Moore excused inconsistencies and blatantly lied "in order to drive home an ideology," and furthermore that this was a "frightening trend" for political discourse.

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Proposed soft drink tax problematic

I am concerned with the recent news that soft drinks could be taxed in the future. I strongly disagree with taxing soft drinks. Many students like to grab a cold soda on their way to class to refresh their minds.

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Out of pocket

A tuition increase of 2.4 percent has been passed by the MSU Board of Trustees for the 2004-05 school year.

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Reagan death leads to skewed image

I will remember Ronald Reagan as the man who sent Donald Rumsfeld to normalize relationships with Saddam Hussein, despite knowing his horrible human rights abuses. I will remember Reagan as the man who sold arms to Iraq and Iran during the Iraq-Iran conflict, in which one million people were killed by U.S.

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Slavery, segregation existed in Michigan

I am responding to Billy Kelly's statement concerning slavery and segregation never existing in Michigan ("SN editorials should be more objective," SN 6/21). I hate to burst your bubble, but segregation and slavery both existed in Michigan. Maybe he needs to take a class in African-American history.