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Ballot proposal

The annual East Lansing primary election is on the chopping block and we're hoping voters swing the hatchet.

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Team-over-self idea behind jerseys

This season, the MSU football team is looking for an identity. When head coach John L. Smith first came to MSU, he noted that MSU had a lot of good football players, but not a good football team.

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Writing lawmakers not a good idea

We are writing in response to Dale Hitchcock's letter "Uniforms without names need to go" (SN 10/3). Hitchcock's notion that the university has taken the names off of the football players' uniforms to sell more programs is asinine.

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'The Edge' not only good local station

In response to Rachel Burling's comment ("New station music doesn't have 'Edge'" SN 9/25) that The Edge was the only station around that played "this awesome mix" of good new and old music, I would like to ask, what about our dear old campus radio station, The Impact?

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Supporting 'U'

The quality of education makes quality of life in this day and age. But the federal government seems to have different expectations for the future of this generation and the nation. Future doctors, lawyers, teachers and even economists of our nation could be forced to forfeit their college degree because their goals are undermined by reductions in state funding and grants for higher education.

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Slow your roll: Americans in too big of a hurry for no reason

It all started over a package of frozen spinach. I was in the checkout line at the grocery store, watching in amazement as the man behind the scanner whipped my produce down the line faster than I could comprehend.

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'Me first' mentality changed by Smith

This is in response to Dale Hitchcock's letter regarding names on the uniform ("Uniforms without names need to go" SN 10/3). First and foremost, this is not a marketing ploy by the university to get you to buy a program.

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Valiant efforts

It is a refreshing sign of healthy activism that students are running for the East Lansing City Council.

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Letter writer is wasting his time

I just finished reading the letter to the editor "Uniforms without names need to go" (SN 10/3). Is this person crazy?

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'U' citations

The increase in underage drinking citations shows that the East Lansing police are doing their job and enforcing laws rather than allowing East Lansing residents to run wild.

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Noise complaints hurt E.L. venues

I would like to inform you why East Lansing is a bad college town. On last Saturday night, there was an awesome show at The 547 Place (near Espresso Royale on Grand River Avenue) featuring local bands such as Ettison Clio, Within Four Walls and KO my love.

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Spartan uniforms promote teamwork

This is in response to the letter "Uniforms without names need to go" (SN 10/3) regarding the names on the backs of MSU's jerseys.

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Smith's uniform logic is working

I would like to respond to the letter "Uniforms without names need to go" (SN 10/3). Dale Hitchcock, if you think that the MSU football team did this to make money, you are wrong.

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Bush doesn't make the nation better

I would like to make a few remarks concerning President Bush's destructive policies, in response to Tim Phelps's letter "Bush continues to help Americans" (SN 9/24). Bush is not providing a better tomorrow for Americans with such policies as illusionary tax cuts, destruction of the environment and eliminating civil liberties with the USA Patriot Act.

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Smoking: a basic human right or just another annoyance?

The other night I had to sit in the smoking section of Applebee's because the restaurant was packed, and I didn't want to wait for a booth in the nonsmoking section to become available.

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Students don't address real issues

How bracing it is to see at least a handful of MSU students putting themselves on the line in their idealistic quest for a better world.

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Columnist wrong in religious debate

This letter is in response to the column by John Bice "Ten Commandments statue has no place in public domain" (SN 9/26). As a Christian, I took offense to every aspect of Bice's column for a number of reasons, largely due to his inaccuracy and ignorant bias against Christianity.

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Even without reason, there's a time, place for everything

You know that tone of voice or look in one's eyes when he or she is the bearer of really bad news?

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Speak, listen up

ASMSU is finally stepping up its representation of students as MSU's undergraduate student government is set to host a forum to discuss the East Lansing party-noise ordinance.

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Drivers should respect parking

For three straight class periods, my history class has been cut short due to a shortage in handicapped parking spaces.