In his Oct. 26 column “Terror speech is not free speech” (SN 10/26), Craig Gunn expresses some opinions that I find, quite frankly, rather alarming. But that is his right. Our First Amendment rights give everyone the opportunity to state their opinions on any number of subjects — including the opinion that others should not have this right.
A pressing issue in the scientific world many people are unaware of is the overuse of antibiotics in feed animals. Approximately 80 percent of antibiotics produced in the U.S. each year are used for preventative measures to keep livestock from becoming ill, according to a study published in 2002 by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
Despite what looks to be a year of upheaval in Michigan and across the country, we still would like to see state Rep. Mark Meadows, D-East Lansing, hold on to his seat in the state House.
There are few things we agree on in American politics. Much of that is a good thing. Our Founding Fathers crafted our democracy so opposing viewpoints would need to compromise in order to move forward.
I am writing to express my disagreement with a recently published letter (“Protestors at Friday’s Izzone Campout were in the wrong,” SN 10/26), regarding the demonstration held by the Coalition Against Sexual Violence at the Izzone Campout last Friday, as well as my frustration with The State News’ uneven coverage of the event.
For the first time, student loans have surpassed credit card debt to become the No. 1 source of debt held by Americans. With a combination of fewer college graduates getting jobs and unemployment at 8.7 percent, repaying student loans six months after graduation might be difficult for most.
While watching a news blurb on the degenerate characters at the heart of the controversy over groups of “religious” barbarians arriving at military funerals in order to protest homosexuality in America, I started to think carefully about the issue of freedom of speech and what it really means.
As a four-year Izzone member, I very much was looking forward to the annual celebration of MSU basketball at this year’s Izzone Campout. It turned out to be just as fun as I expected, but there was one part of the event that really irked me.
Halloween, originally called Samhain, was a Celtic celebration to mark the end of summer. Children and adults wore masks and costumes to honor their ancestors while simultaneously protecting themselves from harmful spirits.
More than 13 percent of MSU students reported illegally using Adderall or other unprescribed stimulants within the past year. That seems like a relatively small percentage of students, but when compared to the 93 percent increase of students nationwide abusing prescription drugs such as Adderall and Ritalin between 1993-2005, the number is much more startling.
It seems MSU students are less rambunctious than in past years. Some might go so far as to call us “responsible.” However, in this case, responsibility is in the eye of the beholder.
Remember the art of compromise? Remember back in the day when people and politicians actually were able to come together and somehow figure out a way to come to some sort of reasonable agreement?
The newly established Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, endowment fund that is designed to reward graduate and professional students with scholarships is an overall positive and worthwhile investment.
In the past, tattoos were applied for various reasons; the embodiment of magical protection, a relief from pain, a declaration of vengeance, victory, religious belief or humiliation.
I fear Mitch Goldsmith’s article, “Column ignored price of hunting” (SN 10/19), was sensationalist, at best. While he noted that staff writer Laura Fosmire “relies on the myth and romanticized conceptions of hunting” for the lack of her family background, I come from a long line of individuals who hunt as well as others who do not.
In response to the column that ran Oct. 19 (“Column ignored price of hunting,” SN 10/19), I want to say death is not specifically cruel. Death is death. When someone hunts they cause death. So what?
Taking five seconds to reply to a text message might not seem like a major distraction from a class, but to put it simply, it is. Laptops are an essential note-taking tool in classrooms these days, but they also tempt students to do other things that have nothing at all to do with notes or class.
The late Phil Ochs once penned a tune called, “Love Me, I’m a Liberal.” It is in the spirit of that great folk ballad that I write this column. Friends, Spartans, countrymen/countrywomen, I just have to say: It’s awesome to be a liberal.
In her Oct. 14 column, “Divisions Do Not Dictate Character” (SN 10/14), I found it interesting that Kristen Kitti associates upstanding moral character with an affiliation with an organized religion.
In the article, “Hunting not on the way out yet” (SN 10/7), staff writer Laura Fosmire writes on what she believes to be the vibrant historical and contemporary tradition of Michigan hunting.