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Groups stance embarrassing to U
The infiltration of Students for Economic Justice was harassment and intimidation just like during the 1960s and 1970s.
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New road offers traffic headaches
You are not alone in your Trowbridge Road extension complaints (”Reader gets red at Trowbridge Road,” SN 8/29). I personally called the MSU Department of Police and Public Safety on Tuesday last week to complain that traffic was backed up onto southbound U.S.
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Chance at peace
Another day in the West Bank ends amid tank shelling and the crackle of rifle fire. Having seen the destruction and strife plaguing the Middle East firsthand, Michigan Congressman Mike Rogers has decided the United States needs to take a larger role in peace negotiations. As a respected up-and-coming GOP lawmaker, Rogers, of Brighton, needs to use the influence he’s gaining to prod the Bush administration to take a more active role in the Middle East conflict.
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For sale | But should it be?
But when you attach the name of a superstar like, oh, say Madonna to that 2,739 square-foot colonial-style house, the price suddenly skyrockets.The blonde bad girl’s childhood home has been listed on the Internet auction site eBay.com.
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Senior will miss fall semester rituals
There is something new about the beginning of each semester that is almost as challenging as finals are at its conclusion.
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Sidelined
It’s unfortunate academic trouble has sidelined MSU cornerback Cedric Henry for this season, but his situation teaches an important lesson to all students involved in athletics and other activities. The merchandising management senior was ruled academically ineligible after he failed a summer class, coach Bobby Williams said this week. Henry, who holds a scholarship from the university, will have to sit out this season but could return to play a final year of athletic eligibility next year - if he can fix his academic trouble. It’s a privilege to play football - or any varsity sport - at a Big Ten university.
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Drop cell phones, enjoy surroundings
As I walk around campus following the return of students, I am reminded of the reach of technology whenever I hear a cell phone go off.
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Setting up the new pad in 6 easy steps
With Welcome Week - or Welcome Weekend, as it was - over, 40,000 students at this university are slowly recovering. Hangovers are being drowned in bottled water.
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Tax cut plunders surplus
Less than a year ago, we told each other it didn’t matter if we elected George W. Bush or Al Gore and then proceeded to make sure we’d never be able to tell who actually got elected - thus saving the trouble of having either one of them as president. Unfortunately, George W’s daddy’s friends on the Supreme Court handed him his daddy’s old job, screwing people out of the “neither of two evils” situation. Seeking to legitimize himself as the rightful heir, George W.
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Distracted
Some members of MSU’s undergraduate student government have a plan to enable students who feel underrepresented among the university’s leadership. At the Aug.
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Knotts admission worthwhile debate
In response to the large number of letters regarding Eric Knott, I agree that none of us were there, so we don’t know exactly what happened.
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Bike registration is mob-like scheme
The MSU Department of Police and Public Safety is running a protection racket.At the beginning of every year, the DPPS sends out a bulletin saying that all bikes on campus must be registered for a fee of $2.
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Culture feeds sinister cycle of food merchants, weight loss fads
If I had retained all the weight I have lost during the last millennium I would probably weigh a cool 10,000 pounds.
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Reader gets red at Trowbridge Road
I was happy to see the Trowbridge Road extension completed until I traveled that route Monday and Tuesday.
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No mistake
Something must have touched the heartstrings of MSU’s parking enforcers during Welcome Weekend.
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Recruits often kept despite problems
I agree with you in your disgust of the Eric Knott situation (“Cold reception,” SN 8/15). But before you lavish the University of Michigan with “high praise for their discretion and selectivity in choosing their players” consider the case of Kelly Baraka.
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Smell of money drove U to Knott
I am disgusted officials would recruit and give a scholarship to Eric Knott. They obviously have no sense except a sense of smell for money.While admittedly I don't know the whole context of the comment Coach Bobby Williams made, but to say it was a “university decision” is ridiculous.
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Say cheese!
The cameras, provided by the university to document the graduating Class of 2005 in connection with MSU’s 150th birthday, gives freshmen a chance to explore campus and find the many stories that accompany buildings, gardens and monuments. The sight of freshmen running around campus looking for that perfect shot reflects the pride we hope they show in their university. It also helps get them more accustomed to campus.
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Players admission insults students
Shame on MSU, shame on the athletic department and shame on the trustees. Eric Knott's admission and scholarship is an insult to alumni, current students and the community.
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Vegetarian column unfair, uninformed
I have two things that I’d like to comment on from Rishi Kundi’s column “Humans have earned spot at the top of food chain” (SN 8/23), which states his case against vegetarianism. First, I’d like to point out a discrepancy in his argument.