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Miseducation

Legislators should know better than to make offhanded comments in front of a room full of journalists - especially comments riddled with fallacies.

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Race doesn't equal hardship growing up

Normally I dismiss The State News' liberal rantings without bothering to respond, but the package, "The Great Debate" (SN 2/7), took a personal turn for me. I dropped out of high school after the 10th grade in order to work full time to help with the bills after my mom got breast cancer.

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Racist fliers need to be responded to

As long as black people accept racist actions against us, such actions will continue. Actions such as racist words written on a racial ethnic student aide's door should be unacceptable to African-American students on this campus.

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Forgotten past

The street sign between Abbott Road and Charles Street still reads M.A.C. Avenue, so it seems odd MSU's first move to make up for the $5-million state budget cut might be to terminate the agricultural engineering department.

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Focus on future

Although Gov. Jennifer Granholm is focused on leading Michigan through the hard times of today, it is clear from Wednesday's State of the State address her eyes are fixed on the state's future. Granholm spent nearly as much time talking about the need to improve educational efforts for children from birth to age five and first-time parents as she did outline the state's grim economic situation. While Granholm called for private investors to put capital into the states Tri-Corridor - an endeavor to link the state's life sciences, automotive industry and homeland security efforts - it seems clear she believes the government's best interest is to invest in the state's children. The governor gave two charges for what she calls Project Great Start.

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Agriculture program should stay at 'U'

When a university is faced with budget cuts, it would be in their best interest to look at the programs that are not growing and are mediocre in ranks and look to cut down the size of those or combine them with another program.

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Legislation does not respect freedoms

U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., and U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings', D-S.C., idea for a better-balanced military, blind to racial and economic discrimination, certainly does have a strong argument ("Bill would mandate service requirement," SN 2/3). Rangel said, "All who benefit from our society must share the burden of defending it." But perhaps what these legislators ignore is that, unlike the Israelis and others they admire, Americans do not live with an uninterrupted history of constant violent assaults and an intense undying patriotism.

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Republican plan to stimulate economy is only propaganda

Republicans like to talk about the "Bush doctrine." With the war against Iraq looming on the horizon, they need a hip, new buzzword to describe the pretext and strict conservative ideology behind the impending military action in the Middle East. This, of course, should come as no surprise.

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Students, 'U' need to be responsible

This is in response to the editorial in The State News, "Beyond Safe" (SN 2/4). The recent attempted robbery of the Case Hall student is very alarming for all students living on campus.

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1981 study proves media's liberal bias

This is in response to TJ Jourian's column "Media does not have a singular view, all bases are covered" (SN 2/3). In her column, she states, "Get this in your heads: neither The State News nor media in general is anywhere near as liberal as some folks seem to think." Now, this is obviously not true, as any conservative who reads the paper or watches the news can easily point out.

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Dropout decision

Michigan is among 29 states where students can drop out of school at 16, but it soon could be one of 15 states to require students to attend school until they're 18.

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'U' plays part in residents' safety

As a resident of Case Hall, I was deeply concerned after learning of the attempted robbery. In response to the "Beyond Safe" editorial (SN 2/4), it is true that residents need to be responsible for their own safety in the residence halls.

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Powell's push

Many U.S. leaders have criticized the United Nations recently as being more skeptical and critical than an average jury when hearing American diplomats present their case for war with Iraq.

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Noise is golden

The East Lansing City Council should not turn a deaf ear to students who always seem to be the target of noise violations.

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Reality TV offers break from reality

After reading Jessica Nowak's recent indictment of her friend's inclination to watch "The Real World" as opposed to President Bush's State of the Union address ("Instead of watching 'Real World,' read a newspaper, get informed," SN 2/3), I can only extend my most cordial sympathies to her dear friend, who deserved not a word of public criticism. Nowak's controversial stance on current affairs (being informed is good) is rational, but I don't think that watching a dull speech populated with patriotic clichés and methodical applause necessarily makes one any more informed than one already is.

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Our résumé shows humans don't have ultimate control

And the lord god created both men and women to inherit the Earth. He then saw what he had made, and he knew there was going to be trouble. Every creation story I've encountered, including the two accounts told in the Bible, depicts humans as the pinnacle invention in the metamorphosis of order from chaos. And why shouldn't we be? After all, we have subdued the Earth with our agricultural prowess and conquered the seas and skies with ships and planes.