Did the last election make anyone else ashamed to be an American? Honestly, what the hell happened? I'll forgo my ranting on the inadequacies of the elected president for now, and concentrate on Proposal 2.
In the letter "Christians deserve better than ridicule" (SN 11/5), John Karagoulis is obviously against abortion, but his reasoning ignores much of the truths behind reality.
After two years of turmoil and bloodshed in Iraq, interim prime minister Ayad Allawi has declared the country in a state of emergency.
I would simply like to ask Charles Groover Jr. "Too many criteria allow for MIP ticket" (SN 11/5) some questions. Is it or is it not illegal for anyone under the age of 21 to drink in Michigan? Are you or are you not under the age of 21?
Nashville, Tenn. - I'm fresh off a three-day, four-night stay in here and since I've spent roughly a long weekend in Music City, USA, I feel adequately prepared to make a few judgments concerning this fair town. I spent this time attending a convention for collegiate journalists.
American sports have a long-standing tradition of stereotyping American Indians. Crude Bonanza-style images reduce nations of indigenous Americans into one racially offensive, feather-wearing bobble-headed mascot. Which sport they appear in doesn't really matter.
John Karagoulis ("Christians deserve better than ridicule" (SN 11/5)) might be tired of Christians being characterized as ignorant, but he certainly doesn't provide an argument to the contrary.
One of the things I've come to love about East Lansing is that it manages a small-town feel while cramming so many people into such a limited space.
As an international student at MSU, I am shocked to see news reporting a Lansing group of people who protested against the election result and their president.
We read many articles about violence, including family violence. But too often, one of the victims of family violence is disregarded - the family pet.
I am tired of Christians being stereotyped as the ignorant, hate-filled neanderthals of American society. I am particularly incensed at the articles that John Bice spews forth from his bilic mouth on a weekly basis, discounting Christian views on abortion, calling them "doltish," and "faith-spawned drivel." If Bice has some enlightened knowledge on when the exact point of personhood is attained, I'm all ears.
Michigan should be ashamed to have passed Proposal 2 into law. On Tuesday, our state and 11 others wrote hatred and discrimination into the very core of their state constitutions. We at The State News are appalled, but not necessarily surprised. Voting yes on Proposal 2 wouldn't have forced the hand of any religion - churches would have been free to marry or not marry whomever they pleased.
The standards that police officers are using to give MIP tickets are becoming too broad. The fact that officers are allowed to consider your body as a container when giving an MIP is unnecessary.
Democrat Joel Ferguson and Republican Melanie Foster won seats on the MSU Board of Trustees, with 25 percent and 24 percent of the vote respectively. With Ferguson keeping his post on the board and Foster coming back (she served in the early 1990s), we hope the new board secures a position as a liaison between the university and students. With so many crucial issues coming up, we can't overemphasize the importance of the communication between the two parties. The absence of Trustee Randall Pittman could mean the loss of a major force behind the plan to relocate MSU's medical school.
In response to John Rumschlag's "Media doesn't give Spartans chances" (SN 11/3), Rumschlag started off all right.
When I woke up this morning, my heart was broken. Not because George Bush was elected for another four years, but because as a state, Michigan passed Proposal 2.
At the end of a close race, George W. Bush has been re-elected President of the United States. Sen. John Kerry conceded the race Wednesday and Bush declared victory. In this metaphoric game of Texas Hold 'Em, America put all its chips on the table and went all in.
As a Christian, I am dismayed by the overwhelming support President Bush received from evangelical Christians.
October was Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Most of us have seen posters and pictures of the victims: women with bruised faces, broken bones, split lips and missing teeth or children huddled in the corner, covering their ears. But if domestic violence is so horrible, why don't victims get out?