Tuesday, January 13, 2026

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Coach is good despite setbacks

The continued trashing of football head coach Bobby Williams by The State News and its readers is absurd (“Not worth it,” SN 1/7). Williams, was thrown into coaching his first game and first bowl game when he won the 2000 Florida Citrus Bowl.

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Sad Goodbye

T.J. Duckett has given MSU football a good ride since stepping onto the field at Spartan Stadium. It will be sad to hear his early decision to rush away from the sidelines. A source close to Duckett told The State News the junior running back will announce his plan to forego his senior season and enter the NFL Draft at 4 p.m.

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Give blood

Give blood. You may save someone’s life. The nation’s blood banks have experienced severe shortages for a few years.

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SN has shown poor news judgment

My friends and I, for a while now, have called The State News the “Daily Oppressor.” We have so named it for various reasons, one being the large amount of grammatical errors.

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Band, football team come as package

I am writing in response to the letter “Band not worth sending to bowl” (SN 1/8). First of all, it is obvious that you know nothing about the band or anything that we are about.

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Stop talking about mall incident

I am sick of hearing about the Meridian Mall case (“Meridian Mall group should help others,” SN 1/7) and even more sick of the “victims” still complaining about the injustice they’ve endured.

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Watch and wait

MSU students may be envious of University of Michigan students now that they will have a two-day semester break every fall.

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Coach hasnt proven his worth

I am a bit surprised at the new Bobby Williams contract extension (“Not worth it,” SN 1/7). I am a fan of MSU’s athletics program and, as an alumnus, expect the football program to start competing like the basketball program has.

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Williams hasnt earned his pay

You are correct (“Not worth it,” SN 1/7). Bobby Williams has shown an average performance at best. My wife and I usually travel to two to three games a year.

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Bad break

Although the Catholic Diocese of Lansing had every legal right to close the curtain on the Lansing Civic Players, its decision to do so was immoral. Censorship by any institution - public or private - is an injustice. On Dec.

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Gun control wont stop the violence

I am appalled at what was said about gun control (“Gun control needed to hinder violence,” SN 1/7). These days, too many people are giving too much power to our government in order for them to control our lives even more.

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America must eliminate its oil dependency

As much as I would like to write one of my typical columns in which I quote political leaders and shove facts and statistics down your throat to prove my point, I think I’m going to lay off this week.

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Price gouge

The recent tuition hike approved by the Central Michigan University Board of Trustees is unreasonable and despicable. In December, the Central Michigan board voted to raise the school’s undergraduate tuition rate by 28 percent beginning in fall 2002 - which will cost full-time in-state students $498 more per semester on average.

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Jury duty

American citizens are Constitutionally protected from double jeopardy - being tried twice for the same crime.

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Williams doesnt deserve new deal

After a week of trying to find money that was not there to send the Spartan Marching Band to the Silicon Valley Football Classic, the administration decided there was enough money to give Bobby Williams a pay raise and a contract extension (“Not worth it,” SN 1/7). What has Williams done to deserve a raise?