Stressed-out high school seniors have one less early admission to worry about. Harvard University announced this week it will drop its early admissions program because the program favors the rich, advantaged students. While this may be true, the change is risky.
Looks like summer is finally over for Detroit's 130,000 students. Detroit teachers ended their more than two-week strike on Wednesday after their union's executive board approved a tentative three-year contract.
The article titled, "Proposed policy could devalue student housing" (SN 9/12), was especially upsetting to me as a proud MSU student. For those who didn't read this article, the proposed policy would place more emphasis on the development of housing in the East Lansing area — more specifically downtown — for permanent residents, thus leaving the "minor concern" of student housing on the back burner. Since my enrollment here at MSU in the fall of 2004, city officials have been constantly battling with the students to make East Lansing a more family/alumni-friendly place.
The primaries are almost complete, and despite the polarizing politics swirling throughout this election, there are signs of hope for moderates and those who reject the ridged policies of the Bush administration. In Rhode Island this week, incumbent Sen.
I am sending this letter in response to Elizabeth Swanson's column, "Columnist 'smart shops' her way through college" (SN 9/11). In today's world of conflict and serious issues, I find it hard to believe that a column about the art of saving money and getting things for free (hardly an art, since we are all college students and avoiding spending money is everybody's second job) is a worthy piece for your newspaper. The column was incredibly dry.
On the fifth anniversary of one of the most devastating tragedies in American history, the State News editorial staff selfishly decided that only one opinion mattered on this sacred day — theirs. This decision was both thoughtless and unrepresentative of the entire student body at MSU.
Barely out of college herself, 23-year-old Rachelle Woodbury has a lot of ground to cover. With offices both on campus and in City Hall, the new community-student liaison should be pretty busy.
I'm writing to voice my dissatisfaction with the CATA bus service. It's not even a month into classes, and already the service students are receiving from the CATA bus system is causing problems for students and professors alike.
The other day, an interview by Charles Gibson of President Bush was published online. Between the questions Gibson asked and the off-course answers Bush gave, the interview seemed to be about the connection between the war on terror and the country of Iraq. In that interview Bush said, "You know, we're a democracy." But are we? Democracy, as defined by Webster's New World College Dictionary, is "government in which people hold the ruling power either directly or through elective representatives." For the people, by the people, right? So how can someone listening to conversations, reading personal e-mails and warrantlessly eavesdropping on private matters be "for the people?" What kind of democracy gives its leader such power, and what happened to the system of checks and balances? Does the U.S.
Public relations folks should take notice — all you have to do to get my generation riled up is change a beloved Web site.
Well said in regard to the Sept. 11 editorial "Less freedom, more fear," (SN 9/11). Some people are mesmerized by fear and do what others tell them because they can't think for themselves.
On Aug. 29, Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld addressed the American Legion at the 88th Annual American Legion National Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah. Throughout the speech, Rumsfeld compared the time leading up to the war on terror to the time between World War I and World War II, saying, "It was a time when a certain amount of cynicism and moral confusion set in among Western democracies.
I found it disappointing that The State News chose to run such an intentionally negative, politically charged editorial on the anniversary of the Sept.
I wish Katie Couric well, but Sarah Harbison lays it on a bit thick in her review of Couric's first outing, "Couric wows as first female news anchor," SN 9/7.
These people have names. These people have mothers and fathers. Some of these people have children — children who now lack a parent.
In response to Sarah Rotole's letter, "Column on morning-after pill 'disturbing,'" (SN 9/7), the original column's statement was grossly taken out of context.
We all heard the chant "first down, bitch!" last weekend. And in previous years, we've heard complaints that the student body is embarrassing and needs to have more class.
Five years have come and gone since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks shook the nation. On Monday night, President Bush addressed the country and — surprise, surprise — continued to recommend we stay the course. Bush's speech writers earned their check and at least used different wording — "we're adapting to stay ahead of the enemy, and we are carrying out a clear plan to ensure that a democratic Iraq succeeds." But the message is still as muddled as ever. In 17 minutes of patting himself and his cronies on the back for their progress in helping a country now "stepping forward to claim their freedom," Bush spends one measly paragraph — barely six sentences — focused on the tremendous loss felt by all Americans on the day the twin towers crumbled, the Pentagon was hit, a plane crashed in a Pennsylvania field.
Tuition is up. Tailgating is a dying pastime. Our country is at war. Our government is spying on its citizens.
For some people it's location. For others it's friends and family. Others yet choose based on athletics, programs or academics.