"More than any other single person, Ralph Nader is responsible for the existence of automobiles that have seat belts, padded dashboards, air bags, non-impaling steering columns, and gas tanks that don't readily explode when the car gets rear-ended," writes Hendrik Hertzberg in "Reckless Driver," a comment piece from The New Yorker.
According to Wednesday night's "inspiring" speech at the Republican National Convention, Vice President Dick Cheney officially has replaced his campaign oration from truth-twisting rhetoric to full-on, lying liar.
This year, I return to MSU a little older, a little wiser. That's right, I'm a sophomore. I went through the trials and tribulations of freshman year to get to this glorified position today.
Academic dishonesty in any shape or form is in all ways - morally, ethically or socially - wrong. Any justification notwithstanding, it's an act comparable to stealing grades away from every student around you in a class. And standing by while cheating happens around you is just as insulting to your intelligence as it is for the rest of your peers. Recently, MSU forum Web site allmsu.com has been shoved into the limelight because a few individuals among us chose to utilize it in the name of academic dishonesty.
The sexual assault charges brought against Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant were dismissed Wednesday afternoon, but left in their wake a larger issue - how rape and rape victims should be treated. Bryant is one of the most famous defendants in a rape trial in years.
In the opinion titled "Out of Bounds" (SN 8/31), you took the Michigan Board of State Canvassers to task for rejecting language used on the petition to ratify the Michigan Marriage Amendment.
Your editorial, "Unwelcome" (SN 9/1), makes a number of rather astonishing comments - astonishing at least to one who is a permanent resident who has gone out of his way to help make students welcome and been rewarded with trash in his yard.
First off, I am not a Democrat. I am not a Republican, nor a hippie, nor white. I've never voted before, and for that reason I take this first time very seriously. I know I'm only one of the millions in America.
What a lot of the student population doesn't realize is that the city is composed of more than just them.
The decision to limit a presidential search to six weeks and to one campus did nothing short of enrage some faculty and students.
The Michigan Board of State Canvassers had no right to block the Michigan Marriage Amendment from appearing on the ballot.
With the race for the next president well on its way, there's a local void within the Republican Party. Three days into the Republican National Convention, there has not been a local representative from Michigan on the front line of the GOP to answer to the media or to enhance the awareness that Michigan is a key state in President Bush's bid for re-election. With Michigan a swing state, it is in the best interest of the Republican Party to feature a spokesperson from Michigan to address the RNC this week in New York City. Republicans have control of both of Michigan's legislative chambers, the attorney general's office, the secretary of state's office and a majority of Michigan's 15 U.S.
Walking up at least three flights of stairs, I found myself blanketed by men and women, their complexions different shades of brown, almond, cocoa and tan.
There is nothing worse for overall party ideology, America and perhaps your brain than unfulfilled political campaign promises.
Blasting rental housing to rubble is not the smartest way to win the hearts of college students. Then again, warm student-resident relations never seem to be the modus operandi for city operations. Pending an approval of a $2.3 million loan from the U.S.
Some things to think about: "No government should ignore the threat of terror, because to look the other way gives terrorists the chance to regroup and recruit and prepare.
When I think of fraternities, I see a house filled with party debris while students obliterate themselves with beer kegs.
As ASMSU opens up 34 seats on MSU's Academic Governance system to all undergraduate students, it is opening the doors to the fresh ideas that will come with the new representatives. Previously, the 34 spots were open only to ASMSU representatives.
When opponents and advocates of a petition against gay marriage both speak out against an Aug. 23 Michigan Board of State Canvassers' decision, you know something is seriously wrong. The petition to ratify the Michigan Marriage Amendment act was filed on time with 464,243 properly certified signatures - outstripping the required 317,757 signatures needed to put gay marriage before Michigan voters this November.
Political and cultural commentator H. L. Mencken is credited as having issued this caution: "We get the government we deserve." Certainly, most of the blame for our dysfunctional government belongs with "we the people" for not bothering to become educated about important issues and participate significantly in our democracy.