Perhaps Ryan Townsend, "Only two genders, demands are bogus" (SN 12/02), should check his facts before he starts spreading his preachy dogma. There are people out there that have two Xs and one Y.
Attention Ron Mason! Steve Mariucci is now available. This is the time to take MSU football to another level.
President Bush has unveiled his "National Strategy for Victory in Iraq." I am tempted to ask: Shouldn't he have had a strategy for victory before he started his war?
The intelligent design debate reveals another reason why government-run schools are a bad idea. Countless hours and dollars have been wasted as opposing groups face off on another issue.
I would like to comment on the opinion column, "Conservative mantra of support often hypocritical, irresponsible" (SN 11/30) by Ken Osborne. I am an active duty Sergeant in the U.S.
I believe that the MSU football program has gone as far as it can with coach John L. Smith. The team can beat Notre Dame, but it can also get blown out by Northwestern.
This is in response to David Sahlin's letter, "Compelling cartoon least of many worries" (SN 11/17). He first states "there are more important things to raise a fuss over than an editorial cartoon that (…) makes you think." In saying this, he neglects the fact that Mike Ramsey's cartoons are not thought-provoking.
The State News editorial "Identity right" (SN 11/16) is wrong. God created two genders: male and female.
What a great message to send to potential criminals. Embezzle from your employer and all it takes to avoid jail time is returning the money and writing a couple letters of apology. Former MSU School of Journalism employee Raye Grill will take this plea bargain for the embezzlement charges against her.
I'm sure this isn't the first, and certainly won't be the last time Ron Mason will hear this, but he should get rid of head coach John L.
I really appreciated "Road rules" (SN 11/28) concerning bicycle and pedestrian traffic on campus and I was glad to hear that police officers are actually paying attention to that sort of thing. However, the very day the article was published, I had to dart out from in front of a motor vehicle that sped through a cross-walk. Of course, this happens all the time, but this particular vehicle happened to be an MSU police truck. The police SUV did not have its lights on, and the cross walk (in front of West Akers Hall at the corner of East Shaw Lane and Wilson Road) is clearly marked in white paint and two large yellow signs grant pedestrians the right of way. Maybe Sgt.
In regards to Ryan McCormick's poor review, "'Rent' a disappointment" (SN 11/28), regarding the movie adaptation of "Rent," I have one thing to say: Get a clue. If you knew anything about musical theater, you would have understood the message and theme "Rent" emits to its audience, whether it is on stage or on the big screen. When Jonathan Larson created the rock opera epitomizing the effects drugs, poverty and AIDS had on the culture of the late 1980s, he did so to increase awareness and passion. The characters are who they are for a reason; a reflection of the lives so many people lived in that time.
I am amazed at the level of involvement the talented State News editorial cartoonist has generated among the students and community. It would be nice to see that much support to fight the use of torture. I did not find the cartoon in question any more tasteless than his other cartoons.
Al Franken nailed the difference between liberal and conservative concepts of patriotism. Conservatives, noted Franken, "love America the way a 4-year-old loves their mommy.
Good news for soldiers fighting the war on terror: President George W. Bush has a plan for "victory" in Iraq. This strikes me as an odd move considering the president himself declared the Iraq "Mission Accomplished" on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003.
When the independent commission reviewing the April 2-3 disturbances was created, it was viewed as a victory for the student body. Finally. Questions were going to be answered.
I share The State News' concerns about the independent commission and other officials' failure to focus on the police errors in the April 2-3 disturbances.
In response to Ken Osborne's column "Conservative mantra of support often hypocritical, irresponsible" (SN 11/30), Osborne poses the question, "Where is the uranium needed to build nuclear weapons?" Apparently, he must have missed the article in The New York Times on May 22, 2004, which made mention of 500 tons of yellowcake and low-enriched uranium that had been discovered by the U.S.
As an MSU graduate with a minor in English and history, I have come to critically respect much of the content in The State News during the years I have attended MSU and since my graduation. However, I do not support its inclusion of outside advertising without standards.
According to a protester in "Wal-Mart faces public protest" (SN 11/17), Wal-Mart is a "monster" that needs to "be kept in check." And based on a recent editorial, "Fight the smile" (SN 11/18), The State News agrees. The inconsistencies and ignorance of people promoting "economic justice," a euphemism for socialism, is glaring. On one hand, consumer "advocates" crucify the oil industry for "price gouging." On the other, these same groups criticize Wal-Mart for prices that are too low.