I could not believe what I read in the article concerning the arrest of Cortney Woycik ("Cloudy night in the city" SN 6/30). First of all, the level of intelligence between students and the East Lansing Police Department is clearly shown from the statements they make.
In February, Gov. Jennifer Granholm introduced her budget proposal. Because the Michigan economy continues to struggle, the governor called for cuts, efficiencies, closing corporate tax loopholes and leveraging maximum available federal matching funds.
Last November, 11 states voted on proposals to ban same-sex marriages. Those proposals passed by wide margins in all 11 states.
MSU is known for many things. Football, basketball, agriculture, the Red Cedar River and, of course, the generalized social behavior of its students.
This letter is in response to Richard Ivans' letter, in which he states that flag burning is not an acceptable form of free speech ("Flag burning isn't accepted speech" SN 6/30). I would like to disagree, and point out that the reason that flag burning is an acceptable form of protest, for me, is in Chief Justice William H.
I am writing in reflection of the numerous articles I have read by John Bice. After reading his latest masterpiece, ("Scientology's wild claims no stranger than those of major religions" SN 6/28), I couldn't help but come to the realization that John Bice always seems to have some ax to grind, and his rhetoric has become all too predictable. If you see a column written by him in The State News, you almost always know what the conclusion will be just by looking in the title for "religion," "capitalism," "politics," etc.
The phone rings, so I walk over and pick it up, figuring the odds are about 50-50 that the call is from a telemarketer. "Hello, this is Peter Parker," says the man's voice on the other line in a heavy Indian accent.
In John Bice's article "Scientology's wild claims no stranger than those of major religions" (SN 5/28) he asks: "What's the difference, rationally speaking, between believing in body-infesting souls and ancient galactic confederations, or in the stories of virgin birth, Vishnu, the Garden of Eden, transubstantiation, Noah's ark, judgment day, or the baseless concept of the Trinity?" His own answer: "Not much." Unfortunately, Mr. Bice's article tells us more about himself than it does about religious beliefs in general, and Christianity in particular.
I need to get a hold of some of the East Lansing Police Department's official stationary. It makes any far-out story true.
While Cortney Woycik's ordeal ("Cloudy night in the city" SN 6/30) proves to be upsetting if true, even more infuriating are East Lansing police Lt.
I can sympathize with Cortney Woycik's plight regarding her "involvement" in the April 2-3 disturbances and I hope everything turns out well for her.
Cortney Woycik was one of the 43 people arrested during the April 2-3 disturbances, during which several thousand people flooded the East Lansing streets.
In the wake of the Enron scandal, it's tough to trust the accounting of any big organization. Thankfully, the Residence Halls Association has proven itself trustworthy.
Once again, Mr. Bice has chosen to stir up trouble with a cynical column about religion ("Scientology's wild claims no stranger than those of major religions," SN 6/28). Tell me this, Mr. Bice, if you have no faith in God or any other spiritual entity outside of your empty self, what do you have faith in?
This is in response to American Civil Liberties Union intern Phil Santer's editorial opposing the constitutional amendment that would "prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States ("Flag burning offensive, but making it illegal could easily backfire," SN 6/27). In the 1984 U.S.
When a poor college student gets a birthday card from grandma with a $20 bill in it, the instructions accompanying the money usually consist of, "Now don't spend that on your electric bill.
There's been a lot of talk the last few years about the political bias of the media. CNN is touted as being the "Clinton News Network" by some, and Fox is famous for leaning the other way.
Say a man bought a gun and later used it in a crime - should the gunmaker be held responsible? File sharing is no exception.
As a freelance journalist, I was more than a little surprised and troubled by the article about the death of Kenneth Scott Pridgeon ("E.L.
I was in Germany a few weeks ago, channel surfing in a hotel room, recovering from a tiring travel day.