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.
Imagine being in a foreign country when it is at war. Picture shells exploding nearby and bombs flattening buildings just miles away.
I was very disappointed with The State News when I read the article by Rebecca McNulty, "Sheriff, minister compete in primary," (SN 7/20). It was nice to see what these candidates believe and stand for, but there is some information missing.
When is it all right for the government to step into your life? When a person is struggling economically, we look to the government to step in and help lift that person out of poverty.
This letter is in response to Caitlin Scuderi's column "Able beings should be allowed to refuse medical treatment," (SN 7/19). In her column, Scuderi discusses a case in which a person without a disability suffered a debilitating accident, became a person with a disability and asked his doctors to assist in efforts to end his life. Based on her column, it's clear that Scuderi sees this issue as the loss of self-dignity versus the preservation of it.
Conception — the point at which life begins. At least it is according to the fundamentalist community, anyway.
I have a bone to pick with the Student Book Store, also known as SBS. Upon a recent trip to the establishment on Grand River Avenue, I was greeted with rudeness, hostility and downright disrespect. I went to SBS to buy a textbook for a class.