This is a response to Dan Herman's letter to the editor, "Editorial wrong, global warming not scientific fact" (SN 11/10), in which he not only propagates a common misuse of scientific terminology, but also is incorrect in his assertions regarding global warming. First, Herman's word usage is completely erred.
Just before I start, I did vote: Jennifer Granholm, Debbie Stabenow, Libertarian Party, Green Party, no on Proposal 2, yes on Proposal 5, etc. Anyway, after the final results were in, all I can say is "Wow!" Michigan residents actually care more about the hunting of doves than equal opportunity and ensuring all schools have an equal base and minimum of funding. I mean, personally being from South Carolina, I can understand how this could happen down there, but here among "the great North," it's baffling.
Finally, nearly 40 years after his assassination, Martin Luther King Jr. is getting the memorial he deserves.
Last week, people voted in record numbers to show their discontent with the Republican Party. In what President Bush called "a thumping," the Democrats took control of not only the House, but also the Senate. Critics argued most people didn't vote for the Democrats because they agreed with them, but simply because they disagreed with the Republicans and the war in Iraq.
Imagine a group of people who promote white supremacy, anti-Semitism, racism, anti-Catholicism, homophobia and nativism. A group that outwardly hates blacks, Hispanics, Latinos, Arabs, immigrants and homosexuals.
Proposal 2 is a touchy subject. It must be handled delicately and professionally if you want your opinion to be heard.
In reading the article about students' response to the MSU Board of Trustees meeting, "Trustees' Prop.
Students are finally collectively angry enough to band together and fight a worthy cause. The banning of affirmative action — thanks to the passing of Proposal 2, the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, or MCRI — brought more than 125 upset students to Friday's MSU Board of Trustees meeting. Although some students were a bit immature — not waiting for their turn to speak and not allowing trustees the opportunity to give answers to their questions — students' anger and frustration is completely warranted. Students want a response to the passing of the MCRI from the trustees and from MSU President Lou Anna K.
I was disappointed to hear that Trustee Joel Ferguson believes the MSU Board of Trustees should remain quiet and stay away from media attention in order to lessen the impact of Proposal 2.
The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, or MCRI, has nothing to do with civil rights. With a misleading name and a suspected illegal ballot placement, the proposal, which sadly passed in Michigan last week, bans affirmative action in certain cases.
"She can really hold her liquor," Republican Sen. John McCain said of Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton. The quote is found deep in a 14-page article of November's The Atlantic magazine.
Funny how the meaning of words change over time. For example, when Abraham Lincoln was president, he was considered a Republican — although by today's standards, he would have been a Democrat.
This letter is in response to several statements made regarding the passing of Proposal 2. For the record, I voted in favor of Proposal 2 — Proposal 2 has passed.
I couldn't vote the other day. Although I was on a list in Wilson Hall, I couldn't do it. It wasn't the candidates or the proposals — however confusing those were.
I am writing in response to Jessica Byrom's column about abortion, "Casualties of war mourned, not those killed by abortion" SN 10/26.
This election season brought about some major change. Democrats are in and — just like lots of Republicans — Donald Rumsfeld is out.
It seems everyone — well, non-Republicans, at any rate — from the media on down are thrilled about the outcome of the 2006 midterm elections. I should be, too.
Now that MSU's administration has made the right move and has given John L. Smith his walking papers, hopefully it will think more carefully about the next person it hires.
Elections are over. Proposal results are in — and the result to at least one Michigan proposal is embarrassing. The most important ballot measure Michiganians voted on this election was, without a doubt, Proposal 2 — the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative.
Voters handed a victory to the Democrats on Tuesday — and the MSU Board of Trustees followed this pattern, with Democrats George Perles and Faylene Owen taking seats away from GOP incumbents Dave Porteous and Dee Cook. Our favorite candidate, MSU social relations sophomore and Green Party member Lauren Spencer, came in a strong fifth with more than 100,000 votes, and even though she lost, she said she would still attend board meetings. But not everyone is as gracious as Spencer.