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Pedestrian safety should be U focus

Four days out of the week, I attempt to cross Farm Lane using the crosswalk between Erickson Hall and the bus stops by Shaw Hall.

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Pro-life photo show wont hinder cause

You may be able to disgust us, but you can‘t hold us down. Amid all the commotion surrounding “The Genocide Awareness Project” that Students for Life hosted on campus, one very important element ceased to be examined.

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White men victims of hate crimes too

I have noticed that several halls, including Case Hall, have distributed fliers that inform residents about “hate crimes” committed throughout the United States.

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Heads up

As this year comes to a close, it is not a surprise possible deficits and revenue shortages are looming - at the federal, state and local levels of government.With city council elections on Tuesday, it’s encouraging to see the four East Lansing candidates recognize the importance of watching the city’s money.All indications point to a shrinking budget following the economic slowdown, and it would be unfortunate if the only actions taken are raising fees - such as the $5 increase in city parking fines last year.Charging higher fines and fees doesn’t help city relationships with students, and will lead to fewer people visiting East Lansing’s downtown.Instead, the two candidates who are elected Tuesday, along with the rest of the city council and other officials, will have to think smarter with the budget.

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Life lessons learned, Ferris Bueller style

I watched “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” on Sunday morning while I was trying to figure out who I would start on my five fantasy football teams.

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Inescapable display immoral to public

This letter is in response to Anthony Ingle’s letter (“Important to see photo display”, SN 10/25) about the photos displayed outside Wells Hall last week.

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Right way

The recent agreement between the University of North Carolina and Nike over athletic apparel is a remarkable and positive move toward improving labor rights.There has been a long history of Nike’s apparel manufacturing factories in countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia exploiting workers with poor conditions and substandard wages.North Carolina’s eight-year, $28.34 million agreement with Nike requires the company to expand the Fair Labor Association’s monitoring program and to disclose the locations of the plants where game uniforms are manufactured.

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Photos disgusting, but necessary sight

I would like to thank Students for Life for bringing “The Genocide Awareness Project” to campus.

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End of the world? Ask The man from UNCLE

Those who know me best know that if there’s one thing I love to do, it’s watching television evangelists.

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Important for campus to commemorate Dia de los Muertos

For the past seven years, the ancient holiday Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, has been celebrated on campus.

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Exaggeration used too often in debate

I am pro-life. Fine. Each to his own, right? Yet I was surprised the other day to read that people who share that belief are right-wing, fundamentalist radicals who don’t know how to properly use the term genocide (“Pro-life exhibit vulgar propaganda,” “Genocide not an appropriate analogy,” SN 10/26). Though I can understand disagreement, let’s be honest.

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Boo!

Today is the day circled in red marker on thousands of little kids’ calendars. Children count the days until Halloween each year. Our job is not to ruin the day kids have been looking forward to.

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Student offers help for credit problems

Your recent coverage of college students and credit cards, “Credit card debt” (SN 10/18), although important, failed to include information about an existing program at MSU.

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House bill damages reproductive rights

Like many students on campus, I am concerned with reproductive freedom. Currently there is a bill, House Bill 4655, on the floor of the Michigan House that would infringe on the reproductive rights of any student who utilizes the services of our local Planned Parenthood.

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Coach not to blame for teams mistakes

While reading the Opinion Page in Thursday’s State News I ran into the letter by Nick Friant criticizing Bobby William’s poor coaching job (“Coach disgraceful, dismiss Williams”). Now, I don’t watch a lot of football - college or otherwise - and I don’t claim to know the game.

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Foreign studies

The potential drop in the number of international students studying in American colleges is an unfortunate circumstance of the Sept.

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Railroad companies should take responsibility for bad crossings

Earlier this semester, when I was supposed to finish reading a journal article that needed to head for an editor, prep a lecture for class and evaluate a bunch of papers for my students, I was instead consumed with thoughts of something that affects everyone’s lives on campus. It concerned the railroad situation at MSU and the possibility of more deaths than we have had because of the seeming lack of concern by the railroad interests that grind the university to a halt before 8 a.m.

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Sensitive safety

The anthrax scare earlier this month at Linton Hall shows that public safety workers must work with extreme sensitivity as they respond to possible biological or chemical terrorism acts.A university employee opened a suspicious letter Oct.

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U feminist groups must work as team

It is often very frustrating being an activist. It is time consuming and sometimes the results are difficult to see.

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Loss of trees sad, but shows circle of life

Wednesday night, as I watched the storm on the Doppler radar approach my home, I headed downstairs to sit on my porch and watch.