In regards to Liz Herrington's recent letter, "Abortion column even offends pro-choicers," (SN 7/31), I would like to point out that reasoning for abortion is personal.
So, everyone should just "get over" the 2003 riots, as was suggested in the title of the editorial "Get over 2003, prevent future riots," (SN 7/31), and not use the destruction caused to people and property for future precautions and decision making by not only the police, but also by students and East Lansing residents? How unwise would it be if anyone actually took that advice and let people — like Kyle Thomas Manning — who are supposedly not a threat anymore, go home and live their normal lives, while the local suspects being charged with the same thing have to own up to the choices they made with Manning three years ago. What if we just "got over" everything?
The next time you walk into a drugstore, you may have access to the morning-after pill without a prescription.
Hey, Caitlin — way to go! In Caitlin Scuderi's column, "News has been censored; whatever happened to being politically incorrect?" (SN 7/24), Scuderi struck the nerve that is at the core of journalism today, and I hope it reverberated among her readers. Scuderi wrote, "We traded original, creative writing in order to appeal to a larger audience, and it has only stunted our growth as a news forum and as an informed society." Modern journalism has become so concerned with being inoffensive and unbiased that it has stopped reporting the news and resorted to bland, surface stories that miss the mark. Is this the price we have to pay for sensitive stomachs?
I was very disappointed to read in The State News the editorial about the riots at MSU, "Get over 2003, prevent future riots," (SN 7/31). The statement, "Riots are commonplace at MSU," is ridiculous and I believe damaging to the reputation of MSU and its graduates.
The great state of Missouri is no New York or California, but it has a lot to offer. From Burt Bacharach to former President Harry S.
I read the article "Girls make the grade," (SN 7/20), with some casual interest and a wry smile, but I have read the follow-up letters with increasing concern.
Name five female engineers. If you're having a hard time coming up with names, don't blame yourself — blame the numbers. According to MSU data from the spring, 54 percent of MSU students are female.
During the dead of winter, my skin usually looks milky white. Sometimes I smooth and straighten my naturally curly locks.
Cat Fish's opinion column "Reality is, we're all secretly agnostic," (SN 7/27), tries, and ultimately fails, to convince the readers that they are actually agnostic. Fish does this by trying to use the argument that there is no way to determine or perceive infallible truths in our world. Picture this: If a man or woman were to stroll into a random house in a random town and kill the house's occupants for absolutely no reason other than their own personal pleasure, is this right or wrong?
I would like to respond to Ryan McCormick's column, "City missing artistic venues," (SN 7/28). McCormick makes some excellent points about the lack of cultural venues in East Lansing.
I am neither pro-life nor religious, yet the column written by Shane Krouse, "Wad of cells does not equate to human life, abortion isn't murder," (SN 7/26), appalls me. Not only are his points offensive, they lack any type of reasoning or medical or political background.
What were you doing in March 2003? If you were a student at MSU, you may have been celebrating the men's basketball team's winning season.
This is in response to Shane Krouse's column "Wad of cells does not equate to human life, abortion isn't murder," (SN 7/26). Very few college students can "sustain life outside the womb" without lots of help from mommy and daddy. Would it be OK to abort them, too? The most important message in Krouse's column, which I agree with wholeheartedly, is that the unborn baby doesn't have the ability to choose for itself. Isn't it ironic that everyone in favor of abortion has already been born? Tim Olster 1989 graduate
Quick — think fast. What do you do when your life is in danger? If someone else is threatening your life, do you have the right to end theirs?
Anton Frattaroli's letter, "Girls aren't better than boys, article lacks point," (SN 7/24), seems to be little more than a "girls aren't good at math" diatribe founded entirely on hearsay and chauvinism.
Reprinted from the May 2, 1980 edition of The State News I'm slithering on my belly commando-style through the bushes over by Beaumont Tower with a broomstick for a rifle last night, this campus cop spots me and comes charging on over. "OK buddy," he snarls, stickin' his .44 Magnum in my face.
Are you kidding me? I think Shane Krouse best described his own opinion article, "Wad of cells does not equate to human life, abortion isn't murder," (SN 7/26), when he said some of his "statements seem absolutely asinine." Krouse finds it "outrageous" that someone would consider a "wad of cells" — which I refuse to even call it that, it's a baby — a living human being.
I would like to thank Shane Krouse for his willingness to tackle the issue of abortion in his column "Wad of cells does not equate to human life, abortion isn't murder," (SN 7/26). While I find comparing a fetus to a tapeworm a little insensitive, he touched on a couple points that I believe are often overlooked. The Declaration of Independence's pursuit of happiness is often overshadowed by Right to Life groups emphasizing the "right to life" — they say that comes first and the pursuit of happiness later, I disagree.
Nobody's perfect. Your elementary school teachers used to tell you this when you made a mistake.