Thank you to an unnamed student in the Izzone. My son and I had a chance to shoot a basket for prizes in the Michigan Education Savings Program contest at the men's basketball game against Bradley on Dec.
The recent criticism of the Proposal 2 affirmative action ban really makes me shake my head in disbelief.
When the 38th president of the United States made his way home for one last hello and goodbye, the people, myself included, who lined the streets of Grand Rapids, were there to see more than an American hero.
As the Democrats officially took control of Congress last week following a bitter midterm election, they also made the historic decision to elect Nancy Pelosi as speaker of the House — the first woman ever to hold the position.
After Saddam Hussein's execution, President Bush issued a statement saying Saddam's death "will not end violence in Iraq." For once, I agree with him. Saddam's death has been ballyhooed as an important step forward for the Iraqi people, bringing them one step closer to sustaining a democracy and becoming an ally in the war on terror.
A good year for … Democratic Party While we all should be thankful for the loss of the Republican majority (whew!), it should be noted that the Democrats won by default.
This holiday season is filled with sadness for many families devastated by drunk drivers. On New Year's Day 2006, my son's fiancee and her younger brother lost both of their parents — without warning — to a drunk driver.
Since the Mark Foley scandal, many have spoken of Republican hypocrisy — condemning gay marriage but condoning Foley's soliciting sex from underage boys.
On Tuesday, something shocking happened during a Senate hearing. No, outgoing Sen. Rick Santorum, R.-Pa., didn't say something homophobic, and Sen.
While Michigan voters juggled the importance of race- and gender-based preferences in university admissions and government hiring and contracting in November when Proposal 2 passed, the U.S.
This letter is a direct response to the grossly inaccurate State News coverage of the Rep. Tom Tancredo, D-Colo., protests ("Protesters crash immigration event," SN 12/1; "Protest attracts national coverage," SN 12/4). For the record: Tancredo is openly racist and has referred to undocumented workers from Mexico as "a scourge that threatens the very future of our nation." A reader relying solely on The State News for information easily would have read the articles and still been completely unaware of Tancredo's xenophobic and racist views. In addition, the numerous references to violence — during and after — the Tancredo speaking event is provided in no context.
After more than a year of gaffes, controversy and outright disdain expressed toward the United Nations, United States U.N.
I awoke early Saturday morning to watch College GameDay as I always do and was upset to find that MSU had lost one of its most heralded recruits to Oklahoma.
The numbers keep coming, people keep dying, yet the two countries most closely linked to problems surrounding Iraq's increasingly disastrous civil war don't want to admit anything is wrong. It's obvious by now that Iraq and the United States are unable to solve the problems facing a country continuing to spiral out of control — and the latest is Iraq doesn't want anyone else's help either. On Sunday, Iraqi officials rejected suggestions from the international community that a conference be held to discuss the ever-intensifying violence within the country.
So, when one man blurts out racial slurs, this is a strong indicator that our nation is still looming full of racism?
The East Lansing City Council is wasting time and energy on an unnecessary goal: criminalizing East Lansing's homeless population.
With the recent passing of World AIDS Day, I would like to bring attention to a way that everyone with a computer can participate in fighting this disease.
Thank God it's almost over. I know that thought has crossed the minds of some of the kids slaving away at The State News, scrambling to close the books on a semester of stories.
In regard to the incident between protesters and Kyle Bristow at the illegal immigration meeting last Thursday, it is very unfortunate that the protesters resorted to physical violence as indicated in "Protesters crash immigration event" (SN 12/1). Resorting to such measures is a display of serious immaturity, and it has no place at MSU — or anywhere for that matter. These actions also give Kyle Bristow and his band of radicals, the Young Americans for "Freedom," undeserved publicity.
For as woefully inarticulate as President Bush may be, the Bush administration is remarkably good at wordplay. Take, for example, the latest stance on Iraq. For months now, terrorist attacks within the country have grown steadily more violent and bloody — with the number of victims growing exponentially.