Mayor Vic Loomis might be correct when he stated that East Lansing enjoys a reputation as an effective city, but this might be a perspective only developers and investment bankers share.
When the economy turns bad, not every industry suffers. In fact, some flourish under the circumstances. For example, graduate schools have seen a spike in applications. A myriad of reasons are given for the increase, but many experts feel it’s a result of an uncertain economy and rising employer expectations.
I wanted to voice my concern about the biased and misleading article printed in The State News about stem cell research (Selling cells, SN 10/8). Nowhere in this article did the writer cite the remarkable fact that more than 73 real treatments and medical advances have come from adult stem cell research, while not a single medical advance has come from embryonic stem cell research.
For several years now, after our football team makes a first down in Spartan Stadium, thousands of voices have rung out with “First down, bitch.” These displays of public vulgarity make me cringe with embarrassment. Until now, however, the situation hasn’t been bad enough for me to speak out.
Perhaps the single most important foreign policy issue that the next president needs to address is the ongoing conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
Considering the fraud that has perpetrated as MSU football in the last 40 years, last Saturday’s honoring of the 1978 Big Ten champion football team was pathetic.
Since the day it was announced a person could no longer cross the Canadian border with just a driver’s license and declaration of citizenship, there are those who have been complaining about the burden the new rules placed on them. Many along the border commute daily or enough that slowing down the time to cross becomes a great hassle.
Chris Silva, an MSU student, held a press conference Tuesday to announce the opening of the campaign office for independent candidate Ralph Nader in Lansing, but no State News reporters were present.
The city of East Lansing is know for its time-tested, effective system of representative democracy, but some residents — bent on circulating petitions that could force a costly special election on the City Center II project — are flirting with the chaotic California-style “government-by-referendum” that has paralyzed that state.
What place does politics have in the classroom? It’s a topic this page has addressed before earlier in the semester, but it’s reared its ugly head once again. A New York City teachers’ union has filed a federal lawsuit alleging a policy mandating “complete neutrality” while on duty is violating teachers’ rights to political expression, such as wearing political buttons or hanging up political posters.
Proposal 2 is for the legalization of human embryonic stem cell research. In order to perform embryonic stem cell research, an unborn embryo has to be killed — an embryo that otherwise would one day grow into a human life just like you and me.
A woman has the basic right of controlling her own body — a typical argument for pro-choice supporters. If this statement should be held true, then it also should be extended to “an adult has the basic right of controlling his or her own body.” Furthermore, this also must include controlling all of one’s own body, not just abortion.
As a medical student and future doctor, I think that Catherine Fish’s description of the conscience laws (New regulations harm patients SN 10/13) as the “most backward rhetoric of the year” is disappointing hyperbole. As a secularist and future medical professional, I’m very sympathetic to the desires of women seeking contraception and abortions and have no moral convictions that would impede my performing these procedures.
There are 21 days left until Election Day. Do you feel like you know about the candidates, their policies, their priorities and their storied histories in the Senate? Tonight, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate John McCain will take the stage for the last time before the election to discuss domestic issues.
Students should know the truths of commercial livestock production before naively signing petitions regarding vegan food. In response to Drew Robert Winter’s column, More vegan food needed in dorms (SN 10/10), it is clear Winter’s sole concern is not providing an increase in food choices to MSU students.
In a perfect world, the headline above this column would be “How I learned to stop worrying and love the economic collapse.” When the world around you is falling apart, what’s the proper response? That’s a question that has been troubling me for a while now. It might be a question that’s troubling you, too.
I feel I must point out vegan food is expensive and difficult to get in the quantities needed to have a constant supply that would meet the demand, as mentioned in More vegan food needed in dorms (SN 10/10).
Chances are you won’t vote. You might have registered and you might have even cheered or protested at the recent rally on campus for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. None of that will matter on Election Day, though, when classes probably will keep you too busy to hit the polls. Or maybe you’ll decide your candidate will win whether or not you mail in that absentee ballot.
I read in the Lansing State Journal that MSU’s chapter of Young Americans for Freedom, or YAF, is planning to organize night patrols on campus to deter rape and violent crime. I would normally applaud students for such initiative, but I don’t think YAF members are good candidates for the job.
They should practically be in the welcome package. Every student is most likely familiar with the mountain of credit card solicitations that inevitably arrive in the mailbox after enrollment to MSU.