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Prejudice still alive in higher education

When, in the history of the entire world, did it become humorous to degrade other cultures? Walking on North Shaw Lane in front of Anthony Hall last Monday, minding my own business, a car with four young men (I hesitate to call them men) rolled down their windows and began throwing bits of paper trash from their car, then proceeded to shout variations of what their uneducated minds believed to be Vietnamese.

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Sparty insults 'U' with poor behavior

The Council for Students with Disabilities would like to thank everyone who has been participating in Accessibility Awareness Week for helping make it such a success.

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Debate over pledge from a Catholic school girl perspective

After what feels like years of speculation and heated debate, the U.S. Supreme Court finally has agreed to decide on the fate of the Pledge of Allegiance.

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Smart survey

Don't take your money to the bank - according to a recently released survey, MSU is one of the best investments a student can make.

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More political information wanted

My father had three tours in Vietnam, and despite what the 1970s might have expressed, he is an American hero.

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Coming Out Days coverage too much

I found last weeks National Coming Out Days series of articles repetitive and offensive. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and has the constitutional right to form vocal supportive groups for their cause, whether that be race, gender, sexuality, etc., though forming such groups often promotes further segregation.

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Access for 'U'

Shel Silverstein once wrote, "Have you heard the story of tiny Melinda Mae, who ate a monstrous whale?" This line might come from a children's poem about a girl who took 89 years to eat a whale, but it easily could be correlated to the monstrous problem of disabled accessibility at MSU.

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SN has no right to criticize T-shirts

I'm responding to the editorial "Terrible T-shirts." (SN 10/13), I'm curious as to when The State News decided it could dictate how the First Amendment should be interpreted?

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Smokers choice does affect others

This is in response to the letter "Smokers don't need health lecture" (SN 10/10). While I agree that Craig Gunn might have been a bit extreme in calling smokers suicidal and murderers, I understand the point he was trying to make.

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There's a drink to subdue every bad decision Bush makes

For some time now, I've been searching for an effective stress reliever to combat my disgust with the ineptitude, dishonesty, arrogance and radical agenda of the Bush administration.

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Change pledge

The higher powers of the American justice system soon will be debating the mention of a higher power in American pledges of loyalty.

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Izzone campers abused freedom

How come whenever MSU students are given some sort of freedom, something always gets stolen, destroyed or tipped over?

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Statue does bother some Americans

In response to Eva Bohler's letter "Columnist wrong in religious debate" (SN 10/6), I must point out, hopefully for the last time, that students are certainly allowed to pray in school.

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Budget crunch

Hurry! Hurry! Step right up to witness the one, the only, Amazing, Shrinking Budget! Just when you thought things couldn't get worse, they did.

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There's enough homophobia in the world; no need for fliers

This past Wednesday, the second annual Act Out was organized as part of National Coming Out Days. As various people stood around campus in dark clothing, slurs taped on their chests and backs and made up to look as if they had been beaten up, the message the event sent out was a simple, but very important, one: Hate words lead to hate crimes.

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E.L. resident gives 'U' party advice

As a permanent resident in a "mixed" neighborhood, I've listened to neighbors lament that they've been unfairly issued a noise violation when they were merely talking on their front porch.

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Hip town

Recipe for "cool" - mix East Lansing with a heaping scoop of housing, a little nightlife and a dash of class.

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Columnist not afraid to speak up

I would like to take a minute to thank Kirsten Nielsen for writing perhaps the most truthful and insightful column yet this fall ("Finding a middle ground still allows people to be individuals" SN 10/10) and The State News for taking the risk of publishing such a Christ- and truth-oriented piece.

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Learning a lesson

An apology doesn't mend every situation. The two MSU students involved in selling anti-University of Michigan T-shirts with explicit content apologized Monday for offending people but said they will continue to sell the shirts. Students should teach their peers a lesson by not purchasing the offensive apparel.

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McPherson missed mark with currency

We keep seeing references to this wonderful accomplishment of a new Iraqi currency, such as in "McPherson shifts priority from Iraq to presidency" (SN 10/9). Meanwhile, the Washington Post on Oct.