What was the point of the letter to the editor "E.L of 1855 would not tolerate today" (SN 9/14)? Obviously, that era wouldn't put up with our behavior no more than we would put up with the E.L.
In the name of journalistic accuracy and intelligent discussion, I feel compelled to write a clarification and criticism of The State News editorial "Speak Out" (SN 9/13). First, The State News inaccurately reported that Colorado legislators had enacted an Academic Bill of Rights.
After reading the "Greedy NCAA needs to pay its athletes" (SN 9/13) column, I could not help but completely disagree with paying athletes.
If or when East Lansing city officials form plans to raze buildings on 36 acres of land adjacent to the Red Cedar River, students might actually pay attention this time.
Our obsession with the almighty dollar has us pimping ourselves to make a profit. Saturday's sold-out football game against Notre Dame has ticket-scalpers raising prices for fans willing to overpay to get a piece of the action, the Lansing State Journal reported Tuesday.
We, the undersigned film studies faculty, write to correct the unfair depiction of film studies at MSU as presented in the story "'U' film majors don't make movies" (SN 9/9). The title of the article is partially correct - there are currently no intensive film production courses for film studies majors at MSU.
Every once in awhile, someone comes along and represents something larger than themselves. They work and thrive by re-interpreting the world around them.
If one didn't know any better, they'd think assault weapons have a deeply-rooted place within the American citizenry. After 10 years of operation, the federal assault weapons ban was allowed to expire Monday.
More often than not, I want to pull my hair out when I read anything that has to do with music in The State News.
The State News reported two sexual assaults on campus. However, it would have been more constructive to write a story about how to stay safe on campus, rather than singling out isolated events that are still in the investigation stages.
In the Sept. 10 issue of The State News, you published a column by Mike Townshend, "Siege of Russian elementary school draws parallel to Sept.
When any university decides to overhaul a college or change any part of the academic setting, there needs to be a clear and understandable reason.
So the circus that is the criminal proceedings against Kobe Bryant has come to an end. A civil suit remains, but the alleged victim has dropped out of the criminal case. I'm not going to try to guess what really happened on that night last summer.
In response to Joseph Blaim's query ("Residents need to accept student life,". SN 9/7), "Why didn't you protest in 1855 when the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan was founded?" Apart from the fact that not many of us were alive in 1855, one reason that there were no protests might have been that students behaved differently in 1855.
Two tales of one city. The beginning of this semester marked as a typical Welcome Week. Hordes of students stumbled through the streets of East Lansing looking for that raging party or that anonymous hook-up or bottomless keg.
When sexual assaults occur, MSU officials have a responsibility to keep personal details on victims private.
It seems as though freedom of speech is a precious privilege that is unappreciated these days. The very people who are supposed to promote it, however, are allowing it to fall to the wayside in Colorado. The Academic Bill of Rights, a set of rules enacted by Colorado legislators to protect conservative college students from undue harassment, has had a negative affect on free speech at Colorado universities.
In an April 2003 column "House resolution relies on prayer to solve U.S.
I am writing in regard to "Student groups march for migrant workers" (SN 9/7). The State News' portrayal was extremely racist and presented an inaccurate picture of the panel discussion.
I wish I could tell you that the Chechen terrorist standoff and subsequent massacre at a school in Beslan, Russia could not happen in the United States - if I did I would be a much worse liar than any politician. In its own way, the event could be seen as a fusion of some of the disasters that our own country has pulled through, the Sept.