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School options not open to everyone

I could not believe my eyes when I read journalism freshman Jennifer Passage's comment in response to the NAACP's racism complaint, "Students' reactions vary on NAACP racism complaint" (SN 9/8). I, for one, believe that the complaint is valid.

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Hazardous hazing

The recent women's soccer player hazing incident is just another example of a pointless tradition that needs to be stopped.

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Stop sharing

Your e-mail is down. You can't check your test score on ANGEL. There's a constant threat of a new virus infecting your hard drive.

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Summit solutions

MSU sending university leaders and student representatives to the "Student Summit" is a step in the right direction for curbing riotous behavior. MSU is not the only university in the nation that struggles with postgame rioting.

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Teaching 'U'

Sometimes you don't get what you pay for. Undergraduate teaching assistants are helping in the instruction of courses for other undergraduate students, which is like the blind leading the blind.

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Far From Heaven

While the university's heart was in the right place, it was trying to do too much, too fast when it implemented ANGEL. ANGEL, also known as A New Global Environment for Learning, and MSU's new course management system, has been less than heavenly for off-campus students who have experienced nothing but trouble since the system was implemented in August.

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Football team not what 'U' expected

Hopes soared high with the hiring of the charismatic John L. Smith and the return of quarterback Jeff Smoker, but narrowly edging out a victory over little Western Michigan University, does not demonstrate that MSU football is back on its feet again.

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Target spotted

Shh! This is a library. No, wait, it's the city of East Lansing. City officials just can't seem to realize that East Lansing is a college town and that a good number of the population is fun-loving students.

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Standard for free speech is truth

Last spring, The State News ran a series of advertisements from an organization called Campustruth.org. The first ad ignited a controversy as it showed pictures of Palestinian militants celebrating the Sept.