Although I'm sure the outraged masses are sick of beating a dead horse over Bryan Dahl's column about injecting choice into schools ("Teachers' unions are to blame for lax improvement in public schools" SN 12/1), I'd like to voice my support of the author. I'm certain Dahl had his facts straight - it's not like he said anything extremely off-the-wall.
In regard to the State News editorial "Legitimacy" (SN 11/30), there is a historical perspective to be considered regarding how ASMSU became the bicameral organization that it is today. Prior to 1991-92, there were two organizations that represented students on campus: ASMSU's Student Board, the elected student government with taxing authority; and the Student Council, the appointed body of voting student seats on the Faculty Academic Council, chaired by the president and the provost. When the constitutional revision process began in 1991, the main intent was to have the voting student seats of the Academic Council be elected, not nominated by chairpeople of different academic departments to further their respective agendas.
The first obligation of a journalist is to the truth and their first loyalty is to his or her fellow citizens.
Whether you like it or not, America needs an Ohio recount. First, let me get this out of the way: It's unlikely that Sen.
For quite some time, news on the FOX Network has been perceived - rightly or wrongly, depending who you listen to - as a conservative mouthpiece in broadcasting.
The city of East Lansing is blaming MSU students for the change in the neighborhoods and number of residents with school children.
In response to Bryan Dahl's opinion column, "Teacher's unions are to blame for lax improvement in public schools" (SN 12/1), I have a few comments. Did you know private and charter schools are not required to administer the same standardized tests that public schools are mandated to administer? Since the tests are not the same, comparison of test scores is equivalent to comparing apples to oranges. Did you know that private schools carefully select their students? They do not provide education for all.
President Bush has a few good reasons to change his mind about the Kyoto protocol, especially if he wants to make good on his campaign-end promise to bring Democrats and Republicans closer. By having the United States sign back on to the Kyoto protocol, Bush has an opportunity to right his wrongs with the United Nations.
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan recently warned, "Given the size of the U.S. current account deficit, a diminished appetite for adding to dollar balances must occur at some point." Greenspan, in his adorably cryptic way, was explaining that foreign investors will eventually grow weary of lending money to the United States. The Los Angeles Times reported that in September foreign investors finally balked at taking on more U.S.
Thank you, Jim Hines, for articulating what I have been preaching all semester ("Results of Holden Hall survey surprising, if not troublesome" SN 12/6). It is about time we as a campus look at who the perpetrators of rape are and why they feel entitled to rape women.
Currently, during times when journalism as a profession is accused of reporting false information and withholding information, we at The State News have to be careful about what we say and print.
As an employee of the Michigan Education Association, I was appalled at Wednesday's column by Bryan Dahl, "Teacher's unions are to blame for lax improvement in public schools" (SN 12/1). I personally believe he is wrong on a variety of points, but I believe wholeheartedly he has a right to have and express his opinion. However, as a journalism instructor at MSU and a former State News employee, I cannot ignore the shoddy reporting techniques shown in the column.
The first step in understanding how the Residence Halls Association could dump its dorm recycling program is knowing how recycling at MSU works. The contents of those big plastic newspaper recycling bins outside of classrooms and the recyclables coming out of MSU's cafeterias are processed by the Office of Recycling and Waste Management.
I am a die-hard MSU fan who graduated in 2000 and was a varsity MSU cheerleader for four years. I have literally lived the highs and lows of MSU sports.
This is in response to Bryan Dahl's opinion column "Teacher's unions are to blame for lax improvement in public schools" (12/1) and the subsequent letters to the editor.
We felt compelled to write in response to Bryan Dahl's column, "Teacher's unions are to blame for lax improvement in public schools" (SN 12/1). Dahl's article contained gross inaccuracies based on overzealous opinions.
I taught composition at Eastern Michigan University for a few years, and I hated when my students started a paper by quoting the dictionary.
It's true that abstinence is a 100 percent effective way to prevent STDs and unwanted pregnancy.
I'm writing in response to Lindsey K. Anderson's column on jeans sizes and self-esteem ("Jean sizes put weight on esteem" SN 12/1). I agree with most of what she said in her column. There is certainly an excessive amount of pressure being put on people, especially women, to be a certain size.
In the letter, "Critics of liberals need to 'lighten up'" (SN 11/30), Andy Keast refers to "little nuggets of hypocrisy on the right" while applauding columnist John Bice for labeling religious individuals as "ignorant," "less intelligent" and that the reason they voted for President Bush is because they are "uninformed." I have a little "nugget of hypocrisy" for both of you.