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'U' has programs for student-parents

The letters concerning students with children on campus have raised an interesting debate. What is the environment for families here?

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Diversity in opinions a part of real world

As a recent graduate now in the real world, I just had to shake my head when I read Professor June Thomas' rebuttal ("SN Needed to Print Counterpoint to Lala" SN 4/28) to Jim Lala's opinion piece.

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No value in column, shouldn't have run

The column in The State News by Jim Lala, "Liberal students' silent protest doesn't need words to be whiny" (SN 4/26), had no reason to be printed.

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Congrats to 'U'

Excuse us. Please, give us a minute. We're not good at goodbyes. We don't need to tell you - today is officially the last day of spring classes at MSU. It's the last day of school, and Alice Cooper couldn't be prouder that school is, in fact, out for the summer.

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Outdoor furniture

It's been almost a year since frustrated students had to drag their makeshift lawn furniture into their houses.

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Students for Bush silenced on campus

The day after members of MSU Students for Bush chalked the campus to announce our kickoff meeting, we found our messages across campus and especially at the Union erased and replaced with "No Rice" chalkings protesting MSU's commencement speaker. It is shameful that students who are working to elect someone other than President Bush must try to keep students from engaging in political activism to further their cause.

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Students want renewable energy, but 'U' board won't listen

MSU's administration needs to remember to mind its manners when dealing with the people who comprise the majority of this university. The administration enraged the faculty by announcing plans for an academic rearrangement before consulting the academics themselves.

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Research bucks

The Michigan Life Sciences Corridor is nearly five years old, just enough time for researchers and private industries to begin seeing the benefits of its early inception.

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Misunderstandings cleared up by Lala

On Tuesday, Patrick Walters wrote a column ("Journalistic saboteurs beware: There's still time to improve" SN 4/27) in which he made the outrageous claim that I had implied that "rape education is a bad idea." My stance on rape education is that it is fine but not foolproof.

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More conservative views needed in SN

In response to June Thomas' letter ("SN needed to print counterpoint to Lala" SN 4/28), I think she fails to realize that The State News has a decided left-wing slant.

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Lala doesn't get affirmative action

After reading Jim Lala's column, "Liberal students' silent protest doesn't need words to be whiny" (SN 4/26), I was utterly appalled.

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Tight budgets

It will be a lesson of hard knocks that every city will learn when the state Legislature hammers out what cuts will come from, well, everywhere.

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Serven up

It's official. At ASMSU, MSU's undergraduate student government, the inmates finally have assumed control of the asylum. In a move that ranges from empty threat to all-out insubordination, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Representative Bruce Serven has asked the MSU Board of Trustees to revoke university recognition of ASMSU as the official undergraduate student government.

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Lala too ignorant, can't see other side

In response to Jim Lala's column ("Liberal students' silent protest doesn't need words to be whiny" SN 4/26), I would like to pose to him some simple thoughts.

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Young adults more pro-life than past

According to polls, our generation is more pro-life than our parents' generation, a trend demonstrated by the differing views stated by older abortion supporter Louise Kazarinoff and pro-life MSU sophomore Molly Pappas.

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Army ROTC deserves recognition, thanks

Ben Baker, I first must recognize your right to your opinion ("Realistic-looking rifles need to go" SN 4/20). But I must rebut it.

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Nothing more dreadful than asking parents for extra cash

The phone number has been dialed, and my heart is pounding. It's a familiar number, one that appears numerous times on my phone's call history.

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SN needed to print counterpoint to Lala

One of my African-American students approached me after class about the "opinion" piece written by Jim Lala, "Liberal students' silent protest doesn't need words to be whiny"(SN 4/26). It's really difficult to understand why your newspaper chose to give this opinion piece such prominence when it appears to be insulting on several levels and to several populations.

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8 a.m. late start for veterinary students

After reading the "Early risers" editorial (SN 4/21), I thought to myself, "8 a.m., I wish I had a schedule that allowed me to start the day at maybe 7 or 7:30 a.m.

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Journalistic saboteurs beware: There's still time to improve

Patrick Walters' opinion in this column does not reflect the opinion at large of The State News.