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Students should see all sides of concerns
I am writing in regard to the recent responses to the East Lansing City Council’s noise-violation meetings.
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Crying riot not way to solve noise issue
I was reading the article “City official: Noise might lead to riots,” (SN 9/26) and again, I am completely in amazement by some of the things people say. Councilmember Bill Sharp said a riot could happen in a heartbeat - all it would take is someone to start something on fire.
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College allows for reflection of life with divorced parents
My first word was “no.” I don’t remember how old I was, but my mom tells me that was my first, and only, response for some time.
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City trying to push students out of E.L.
If it’s not one thing, it’s another with the city these days. This summer, the mission was to “curb” binge drinking in the downtown area.
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Blame game
Some East Lansing City Council members are pointing fingers in the wrong direction. Instead of reaching out to the thousands of MSU students who live in the city, some officials seem to want to blame them for the city’s problems. At its Tuesday meeting, the council placed MSU students in the center of a debate concerning an increase in noise complaints, which have risen at least 32 percent over last year.
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Constitutional option
The U.S. House, led by Republicans and backed by the Bush administration, passed a bill Tuesday that would allow hospitals and health care providers the right to deny the abortions to be performed in their facilities.
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Take some time to check out womens sports, U might like it
More than half of MSU’s student population is supposedly female - about 54 percent of the estimated 44,950 Spartans. Well then, if that’s the case, why is there such little support for women’s sports teams at MSU?
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SEC cheers make Big Ten look weak
I moved to East Lansing after having earned my bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida.
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U.S. has history of hunting for witches
This is a letter to the persecuted State News columnist Rishi Kundi (“Opinions don’t make traitor, know someone before criticizing” SN 9/18). One of the greatest writers all time is Arthur Miller.
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U should take steps to keep out spam
There is nothing legislators can do to stop spam e-mail. These advertisements are bounced off of many unguarded e-mail servers around the world in countries that won’t recognize our laws. This makes it impossible to track down and punish the spammers.
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Its up to doctors to recruit more nurses
I read last week’s State News series of stories “Career in crisis” (SN 9/18 to SN 9/20) and the editorial “Nursing ills” (SN 9/23) about nursing shortages in Michigan and how lawmakers need to lure more students into nursing.
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Watch your bets
The probable opening of a new casino in Port Huron is yet another hint that Michigan is well on its way to becoming the next Nevada. After Gov.
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Outlined speech
MSU is steadily making gains and working toward a prosperous future for its students, but there is more work to be done.
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Iraq policy has turned 180 degrees as U.S. prepares for war
We’re going to set the world on fire. Our government is not edging toward the brink of war with Iraq - it’s running at full tilt, saber drawn.
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Capitol checks
It looks as though the possibility of the United States launching an attack on Iraq is inevitable as Congress prepares to authorize President Bush “to use all means that he determines to be appropriate, including force, in order to defend the national security interests of the United States against the possible threat of Iraq.” Capitol Hill is giving in to this war-mongering president and threating world security.
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Secure U
There is something amiss at the Biomedical and Physical Science Building, and it’s going to take a lot of sleuthing and tighter security to prevent what could become a major problem for campus health and safety. For the second time this month, MSU police are investigating missing property from the new building. Eight 4-liter bottles of acetic acid were stolen from a locked stock room in the building’s chemistry department between July 1 and Sept.
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It might take village to raise kids, but village has things to learn
It was in 1996 that a small, blue-covered book published by Simon and Schuster hit the bookshelves of Barnes & Noble, Brentano’s, Doubleday and every bookstore in between.
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Mason should find new football coach
Bravo to Del Highfield for saying what all MSU students, alumni and fans have been thinking for quite some time in his letter to the editor “Williams has turned team into NCAA joke” (SN 9/23). One need only look at our opponent on Saturday to see what a real coach can do to improve a team.