So I've been opinion editor for almost an entire semester now, and the experience has been incredible, mind-blowing, superb.
The gears to a cog that eventually will change the history of the Cedar Village area made their first turn. The East Village Planning Team approved the redevelopment of East Village at its meeting on Thursday.
As chairman of the Board of Directors of Toward A Fair Michigan (TAFM), I noted with interest the desire expressed in the recent editorial entitled "Dirty dealings" (SN 4/21) to elevate the level of political discourse within Michigan - in general and specifically with regard to the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative. Assuming approval of the petition signatures gathered, Michiganians will vote in November 2006 on the ballot initiative to amend the state constitution to ban affirmative action preferences in state and local government and in universities.
Upon reading the letter "GEU members are fairly compensated" (SN 4/20), I felt compelled to respond.
According to a 2004 article from The New York Times, "The United States has started to lose its worldwide dominance in critical areas of science and innovation." Our Republican-dominated government hasn't exactly leapt into action.
When a convicted sex offender is able to live invisibly within a community, no one can be sure they won't hurt someone again. Such was the case in two separate cases in Florida in recent weeks.
Until April 16, I used to love Beaner's Gourmet Coffee, 270 W. Grand River Ave., so much. Great coffee, great place to study and hang out.
In most conversation, death is an understandably avoided topic. This is especially true for college-age people who seem to have so many years ahead of them.
This letter is in response to the editorial "Dirty dealings" (SN 4/21). I wholeheartedly agree that the political process in this country has taken a turn for the worse.
In response to the editorial ("Power player" SN 4/20), I was shocked to read the negative regard that the author has for Sue Carter.
The past year hasn't been a great one for Mother Earth - both on campus and abroad. President Bush again opted not to join the Kyoto Protocol, an agreement among many leading industrial nations to cut back on greenhouse gas emissions.
A new door has opened in the ongoing dispute between police and students over the April 2-3 disturbances. Although not as powerful a reaction as could be hoped for, the East Lansing City Council's decision to create an independent review commission to hear testimony about the disturbances is, at least, one prospect to uncover the police's unnecessary action. The council's goal is to create a nine to 11 member group consisting of community members, students, university officials and law enforcement officials who were not in East Lansing during the disturbances.
Be assured, your local Community Relations Coalition cares deeply about the conflict in East Lansing/MSU surroundings, and is hardly sitting around hoping the issue might blow over.
Closed-door meetings among police, craftily worded public statements from the university president and apprehensive silence from the East Lansing City Council - this is what our community leaders have given to us after nearly three weeks. The latest decision by law enforcement officials to keep their discussions about the April 2-3 disturbances quiet is the straw that broke the back of my belief in the civic process.
GO BLOW YOURSELVES ELPD. These crass words, written in block print on the back of T-shirts made after the April 2-3 disturbances, might adequately convey the feelings of students who feel they were wronged that evening.
I'm writing in response to "GEU members are fairly compensated" (SN 4/20). I'm just wondering - if I make such good money, why can't I pay my bills?
The methods by which our nation's system of democracy functions have turned into a slick mud hole of deception. It seems like disputing the ballot process or - in the case of the latest issue with the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative - a signature-gathering technique is the best way to oust a rival who differs on an issue. History is repeating itself as the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, or MCRI, is being challenged by By Any Means Necessary, or BAMN, a political group dedicated to keeping affirmative action a part of the process in which university admissions and job hiring are decided.
I am appalled at the way the MSU administration is handling the teaching assistants' contract, and this is the general sentiment throughout the MSU community.
This letter is in response to the April 20 article, "Word on the street: What do you think about rental housing in East Lansing?" I lived in just about every kind of housing East Lansing had to offer: a house, fraternity house and an apartment.
This letter is in response to Ryan Gartland's letter concerning the president's attendance of Pope John Paul II's funeral ("Bush funeral visit for publicity only" SN 4/19). I am amazed, Ryan, at your apparent interest in the extremist views within the Christian faith.