The Michigan Engineering Incentive - Gov. Jennifer Granholm's recently announced program to help graduates with technological degrees save on their federal Stafford Loans - strongly resembles 2003's Michigan Students First program. Although the Michigan Engineering Incentive only applies to graduates with technological degrees, Students First includes students with any college degree.
In response to the article titled "Undergrads still waiting for election ballot count" (SN 3/25), ASMSU ought to be ashamed of its Election Code.
ASMSU takes a lot of criticism for wasting money and not representing the interest of the students. This criticism is very much deserved.
There is so much dissension and varying ways of thinking in the world, that I am not sure if we will ever smooth out all the wrinkles and come to any kind of peaceable middle ground.
Regardless of what Gov. Jennifer Granholm says future tax returns might hold, I was very upset to read about the governor's executive order in the article, "State cuts to colleges might be refunded" (SN 3/24). "Might" is the key word in that statement. The order removes the originally agreed upon tuition cap, while cutting higher education spending.
The question on everyone's mind, "Will history repeat itself?" is a moot point. It's not really a question, but rather a choice MSU students will make about whether to celebrate (or sulk) graciously or cut a fresh wound into the image of the university. Everyone is excited to have both of MSU's basketball teams advance to the Sweet 16.
I felt a deep sense of institutional pride on Monday when I read the State News editorial endorsing the Worker Rights Consortium ("Sign up" SN 3/21). Movimiento Estudiantil Xicano de Aztlan, or MEXA, and Students for Economic Justice, or SEJ, have been working hard on this moral issue for more than five years.
With the ASMSU elections in full swing, I appreciate Wednesday's Page One article publicizing the elections.
Remember the clear plastic backpacks, metal detectors and false bomb threats? If you attended a high school that understandably freaked out after the Columbine tragedy, these things probably still stick out in your memory.
The money's as good as gone. With Republican lawmakers consenting to Gov. Jennifer Granholm's plan to eliminate budget shortfall in the state on Wednesday, Michigan's public universities and community colleges stand to lose $30 million in state funding. The likely cuts, which will eliminate $5 million from MSU's general operating budget, are hard to accept.
Chris Meagher's column "Jump on the MSU wagon" (SN 3/22) was very unprofessional.
I am writing in regards to the column "Jump on the MSU wagon" (SN 3/22) by Chris Meagher in Tuesday's paper.
I know what Darrell Hughes meant when he wrote that it's frustrating that we have classes with foreign-speaking teaching assistants ("Faculty must take steps to better accommodate inquiring students" SN 3/21). For example, right now I have a class where my TA hardly ever speaks English.
I would encourage the author of the editorial "Too Far" (SN 3/22), in which it was argued that Congress' interaction in the Terri Schiavo case was a violation of state sovereignty, to read the 14th Amendment to the U.S.
What do a courthouse, a church and a school have in common - aside from being the foundations by which the law, spirituality and education are, respectively, delivered? All three are places you can get shot. Here, in this country, March Madness has taken a literal connotation. If you are clueless as to what I'm talking about, let me fill you in. On March 11, a man who had been charged with breaking into his ex-girlfriend's house and raping and sodomizing her repeatedly over a three-day period went on a rampage.
Enlightenment of affirmative action is in place as a response to an earlier letter entitled, "Affirmative Action causes grad rates" (SN 3/2), by Joseph Blaim. Mr. Blaim's gross error of affirmative action is apparent.
The Terry Schiavo case is unfortunate in many ways. It's unfortunate that Terry has had to go through such tragedy, as well as her family.
If the ever-rising cost of tuition irritates you and extraneous costs you pay to groups such as ASMSU feel like a kick when you are down, hold on to that feeling. Turn on your computer and go to studentelections.msu.edu to vote in ASMSU's election.
The State News' editorial on the Terri Schiavo case smacks of hypocrisy ("Too far" SN 3/22). If The State News is going to support "state sovereignty" when it comes to human life, then they will need to immediately begin to adjust their position on what they call "a woman's right to control her body." The moment that states are allowed to make that decision, half the country would outlaw abortion.
I am writing in response to the 3/22 letter from Sarah Rotole regarding public use of our waterways in Michigan ("Private property should stay private"). Before calling The State News ignorant, you should look in the mirror.