In a recent letter to the editor, "SN reporters should seek out newsworthy stories," (SN 7/10), Serena Bearman criticized The State News for its ongoing coverage of its battle with MSU over access to police reports.
While teenagers may like to think that they're grown up, they're not. In Michigan you're not allowed to buy cigarettes or get a tattoo until your eighteenth birthday rolls around.
Childhood is usually associated with innocence. When I think about my childhood, I remember catching fireflies and playing endless games of hide-and-seek.
Shane Krouse's column "United States should stop making enemies, mind its own business," (SN 7/12), reveals the full-scale ignorance of this State News columnist.
I am writing in response to the editorial "Appealing to a higher power," (SN 6/28). Public safety was not an issue in the Hubbard Hall incident.
Last week, while the United States was celebrating its Independence Day, North Korea displayed its own fireworks celebration — by test launching seven missiles.
It's easy to hate the bad guy. When someone is deemed a bad guy by society, people lose all respect for him or her.
I am writing in regards to the recent article "Making the Transition," (SN 7/10). First of all, I would like to thank The State News and your reporters for writing this article on a subject that can be difficult to understand in a very small community.
In response to Shane Krouse's column, "Despite current setbacks, transplant farms will become reality in U.S.
It's about time somebody did something about those al-Qaida cells at The New York Times. Recently Bill Keller, executive editor of the Times, made the decision to run a story divulging information about a formerly secret government program that is meant to track terrorists via surveillance of international banking records. Our leaders reacted to the story as they would any domestic disaster — they gave themselves the weekend to think about it.
On the Internet, there is something for everyone. Whether you're looking for pot roast recipes or Wimbledon scores, the Internet has been providing loads of information to a large and growing audience for years.
There were many signs that a change had to come. My stomach asked me for nourishment with a polite squeak similar to the sound of Nickelodeon Gak.
I was disappointed to see yet another article, "SN lawsuit could have additional support," (SN 7/6), about this ongoing incident report tantrum. It is not only unprofessional, but also downright annoying.
Hold on one second — let me answer this call. It's hard to separate ourselves from our cell phones.
When you're scrounging up change from couch cushions in order to buy a beer, you know you've finally made it to the "poor college student" status you've always heard about.
In Shane Krouse's column "Despite current setbacks, transplant farms will become reality in U.S.
In your weekend edition there is a small snippet entitled "Spelling Rules …" as a part of the editorial "Spelling made not-so-easy" (SN 7/7). I was taken aback and more than a little disappointed to see The State News supporting the "'i' before 'e' except after 'c' or when sounding like an 'a'" rule.
Ther iz mor then one wae to do most thinz. Take for exzample speling. The Simplified Spelling Board was created about 100 years ago with the help of Andrew Carnegie.
The maxim that those who are ignorant of history are doomed to repeat it has a corollary: Those who study history will learn something about the present.
Imagine a near future in which farms grow human limbs. It sounds like a bizarre, unimaginable concept taken right out of a far-out science fiction novel.