For the last two weeks I've seen the same thing over and over again. When I grab the paper, check the Web sites and turn on the television, it's there. Hurricane Katrina and her path of destruction are on the front pages and news stations. Every day there's something new to learn about the destroyed Gulf Coast.
I want to thank everyone who donated to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society on Saturday during the football game. I am running in the Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Bank Marathon next month with a group called Team in Training to raise funds for this group. I walked around before, during and after the game giving beads and leis for donations to this organization, and I was overwhelmed with the response of everyone.
Students have spoken to their government and they are not happy about the new ticket policy. And the MSU athletics department needs to remedy this now. If something comes up and a season ticket holder can not make a game, there needs to be an easy way for a student to sell their ticket.
I was embarrassed to be a Spartan at the Kent State game. Not because of the performance of the team on the field (great work guys), but rather by the lack of class demonstrated in the behavior of my peers in the stands.
In regards to the editorial "Traffic Trap" (SN 9/7) printed, I have the following response: I am irate that an editor for The State News would openly oppose the police force for doing their jobs. First, it seems that author would be equally upset if they saw the police force doing nothing on a continuous basis (consider the cliché of police officers spending their shift in a doughnut shop). Secondly, the author suggests using mediums such as billboards and commercials opposed to punishment by fining.
It's contradicting to preserve Sparty for posterity and then not allow him to be seen by all Spartans.
The State News has now published multiple letters that complain that John Bice's column "Both testaments preach discrimination, promote inequality," (SN 8/31) took quotes from the Bible out of context.
My fellow students I, like many of you, am a prisoner of DTN "Management Company" (if you want to call it that), and its strong hold on student off-campus living. For the past week, my roommates and I have not had adequate hot water.
Finally. President Bush is taking responsibility for the government's inefficient response to Hurricane Katrina and admitting there might be problems with prevention protocol.
I am very disappointed with some of the students prior to the start of the (Kent State) game. I don't know if the speakers in the stadium were not loud enough - I had a hard time hearing them myself - but the students were cheering at inappropriate times. First, the announcer had asked for a moment of silence for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Offers of aid and assistance from Europe come as little surprise to many, and I'm sure that Steve Japinga is pleased that we can "count on aid from allies" ("U.S.
Mable B. and Salvatore A. Mangano Sr., the owners of the nursing home in New Orleans where 34 people died during Hurricane Katrina, should be held responsible. They should have done everything within their means to make sure that their patients were safe. Officials have said they received adequate warning and made no attempt to remove people.
In the column "Direct Action members criticize State News for misrepresentation" (SN 9/9), several Direct Action members criticized The State News for portraying their organization as "terrorist." As a reader with much interest in this story, I didn't come away from the story the same way the writers of this column came away from it. The title merely highlighted the fact that groups which operate on campus were mentioned in an FBI hosted symposium. I read the original release by the American Civil Liberties Union and it never actually said the FBI was taking these groups seriously as terrorist groups.
The Opinion Page may not be the best place for theological discussion but for as much as John Bice has made it so, I will participate. I commend Mr. Bice for addressing some questions that I would estimate most Christians these days (to our shame) would be hard pressed to clearly articulate an answer for, namely: "Which laws in the Bible apply to us today, what about those Old Testament laws?
Michigan State University: An institution devoted to quality higher education, expanding opportunities, and promoting cultural, economic and geographic diversity for all its students. Wait, what was that last part?
I find it sad that catharsis and a sticker can now be bought for $1 at any grocery store. Isn't it noble when a person buys a $30,000 car and, on the way home, donates a $1 for the Hurricane Katrina relief fund. Isn't it noble when that person drives home, parks his or her car outside his or her $300,000 home and sits on their massage chair, watching the news, knowing that he or she has done their part to help the people dying down south. Isn't it noble that 10 minutes away, people are just as desperate, just as in dire need and are dying? The stories of those 10 minutes down the road, the poor and disadvantaged, are mostly the same.
In response to Gabriel Cropsey's criticism of John Bice's "Columnist's writing promotes hatred" (SN 9/2), I found it ironic that half of the entire writing was quoted directly from the Bible.
I was disappointed to read the editorial "1,000 words" (SN 9/9). While I fully believe in the right of journalists to report the truth, there are powerful reasons to prevent the publication of photos of the dead in the aftermath of the hurricane. Respect for the dead?
A letter from Scott Hirko "MSU drops the ball on drink policy" (SN 9/9) said that alcohol should be allowed in the new part of Spartan Stadium, and goes on to blame students for the ban.
There are some reasons why I might agree with Paul Wilk ("Resident angered by tragedy response," SN 9/9) that my generation is heavily populated with self-absorbed, privileged brats.