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Still United

Being charitable is giving money, or any aide to people who need it. But when those who can spare the money take away from the charity, they're given a jail sentence. Jacquelyn Allen-MacGregor was ordered Monday to serve four years in prison, three years of supervised release and pay $2.08 million in restitution for embezzling more than $2 million from the East Lansing-based Capital Area United Way, which employed her for 20 years.

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Bad drivers create summer chaos

Summer brings more people to the road because of family vacations and students taking road trips. And despite all the construction on campus, the roads are still alive with students driving to their summer classes.

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Lawless lawmakers

Lawmakers quickly forgot the principles in which this country was formed. The government's policies seemed to have changed after the Sept.

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Got mail yet?

Finally the university has discovered a way to eliminate spam mail: end access to your e-mail for hours.The amount of times mail.msu.edu has shut down is ridiculous, and it doesn't seem to be getting better anytime soon.

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If Bush lied, he should be punished

In response to Brett A. Gillespie's letter ("Bush weapons 'lie' differs from Clinton," SN 6/16), he's correct, Bill Clinton was found to have given false statements while under oath.

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Unrest between nations childish, peace must overcome war

Let's play pretend.Go ahead, just close your eyes, this won't hurt a bit.Let's go back to your childhood.

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Weapons regardless, war was necessary

President Bush did not lie. He did not exaggerate and he did not bend the truth. Bush told the world, through Defense Secretary Colin Powell at the United Nations, everything we knew that wouldn't jeopardize the security of our operatives in the field.

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It's coming

The First Amendment to the Constitution is one many people hold dear. Among the freedoms guaranteed in this amendment is the right to peaceably assemble.And people across the country, especially students, should do just that when the Supreme Court soon hands down its ruling in the University of Michigan affirmative action case.

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President should be tried for crimes

In a recent letter Brett A. Gillespie states, rather incredulously, that Bush "has not broken any American law," and unlike Clinton, is not eligible for impeachment ("Bush weapons 'lie' differs from Clinton," SN 6/16). Whether or not weapons of mass destruction are ever found in Iraq, it is clear at the time of the war they were not readily accessible in any quantity, or they would have been already discovered by now, even though Iraq is, by Bush's assertion, "a big country." But lying about weapons of mass destruction is not the only reason Bush should be impeached and then removed from office.

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Athletics shouldn't be favored by 'U'

I am all for sports. I encouraged my children to participate in baseball, tennis, football, archery and any other sports they might enjoy.

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Anti-parenting kit

The Lansing Police Department has started giving out free drug test kits to parents. But why stop there?

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Customer service top priority for Land, with help from Miller

One could argue Candice Miller was Terri Lynn Land's greatest asset in her campaign for the secretary of state's office in last year's general election.

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'U' does have one Nobel Prize winner

I would like to correct Josh Haussman's assertion that MSU does not have any Nobel Prize winners ('U' will benefit from "BasketBowl" SN 6/11). While it is nowhere near as many as we'd like to have, we do have one Nobel laureate alumnus, Alfred D.

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Shelter shouldn't deal with research

Animals taken from shelters and pounds should not become research and teaching subjects. Consider each individual companion cat or dog and what it goes through after being transferred from a human home to a shelter to a dealer and then from a Class 'B' dealer to a laboratory for lethal experiments. After being held temporarily at the shelter and being exposed to several other animals that might have underlying maladies, the animals are transferred to animal dealers who are required by federal law to hold them for only 10 days.

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What weapons?

Before going to war with Iraq in March, the U.S. government said it had "evidence" from numerous intelligence organizations showing, beyond the shadow of a doubt, former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.

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Bush weapons 'lie' differs from Clinton

In response to the letter written by Joel Welty ("Bush's war lies impeachable offense," SN 6/11), I have to clarify a major flaw in his argument.

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Columnist biased in condemning bigotry

I'm writing in response to TJ Jourian's column ("Hardship, bigotry exists in U.S., must be taken care of now," SN 6/12). Being of both Lebanese and Syrian decent, I am troubled by the column.

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Right direction

Members of the Episcopal Church took a large step late last week. The Diocese of New Hampshire elected the Rev.

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Focus on bigger issues, ignore bad

Aren't we Spartan's showing our thin skin and inferiority complex. Too bad Jason Richardson and others have brushes with the law.

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Dealers done

The Ingham County Board of Commissioners took a step in the right direction by continuing to allow the sale of shelter animals for research.