In 1990, MSU honored Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe with an honorary Doctorate of Laws degree when he spoke at the university's commencement ceremony. At the time, he deserved the award. He was viewed as a hero and a great revolutionary leader, according to Bill Fletcher Jr., president of the TransAfrica Forum.
I read the editorial about the U.S. Supreme Court ruling to allow prosecution of people using medicinal marijuana ("Weeded out" SN 6/7). I was surprised to read so many illogical thoughts coming from people who are supposed to be in an institution of higher learning.
Your editorial expressing your outrage at the recent 6-3 U.S. Supreme Court decision to allow the prosecution of medical marijuana was way over the top ("Weeded out" SN 6/7). I just wonder why you didn't list the three dissenting judges - or would that have interrupted your anti-Bush tirade?
People can be pretty good at sweeping their personal problems under the rug. Is your woman or man seeing somebody else?
I am responding to the letter by Herb Parlato entitled ("Bush's reasons for war 'discredited'" SN 5/26). I warn that the following information could be unsuitable for some readers.
Monday's article on bike commuting ("High gas prices encourage alternatives to cars" SN 6/6) was a great boost to the local bicycling scene.
As far as we're concerned, the purpose of attending a university is to prepare for one's future career.
I frequently read The State News to keep abreast of the climate at my alma mater and read with interest regarding the state of affairs.
There's nothing that brings Michiganians together like Detroit Pistons basketball. In the hot, sticky nights of the postseason, casual fans join the base of hard-core super fans at The Palace of Auburn Hills or on couches and bar stools around the state.
I'm fed up with helping lost pedestrians negotiate their way past the Sparty deconstruction. Poor old Sparty certainly deserves to live out his days in shelter, protected, like George W.
I find the fact that Michigan is even fighting the dumping of Canadian trash within its boundaries proof that politicians are examples of the "Peter Principle," which states that a person is promoted to the height of their incompetence.
The U.S. Supreme Court did a huge disservice to the American people Monday by ruling to allow the prosecution of medical cannabis. The 6-3 decision means that the 10 states in which voters balloted for the right to prescribe, use and cultivate cannabis for medical purposes have no legal, federal right to do so.
The state House and Senate are currently considering two new higher education budget bills for Michigan's 15 public universities, which would modestly increase funding for MSU.
Most of us learned, at some point in our education, that the Bill of Rights exists as a personal guarantee of freedoms against the government.
Scott Owen in "Bush's reasons for war proven valid" (SN 6/2) states that many of the reasons President Bush gave for going to war in Iraq have been verified, but he gives no examples.
Bryant Miller, ("Personal attacks were unwarranted" SN 6/6) I am sorry if you took my word "you" in the third paragraph of my letter to refer to you personally.
Graduating from high school is a big deal. It's an accomplishment that should be celebrated. But some people go a little overboard with their celebration. Such is the case of Mountain Brook High School, which organized a senior trip to Aruba, with more than 120 (some reports say as many as 138) high school seniors and about seven chaperones from the affluent community outside of Birmingham, Ala.
Criminal justice doesn't only mean punishment for misdeeds; equally important is finding the truth about a crime and making it widely known.
I just wanted to thank you for shedding light on the Downing Street Memo ("Downing Street Memo deserving of more attention from U.S.
Scott Owen should really consider stepping out of the persecution complex and addressing the issues ("Bush's reasons for war proven valid" SN 6/2). I don't know what weapons of mass destruction claims were actually "verified." I do know that these same groups currently threatening the United States were at one point or another funded and supported by the U.S., from Saddam Hussein to Osama bin Laden.