It's not easy being vegan. Sometimes, people ask me why I would ever switch to a life sans cookies and pizza, and it's always hard for me to give them a straight answer.
As I read Chad Lepisto's letter, "Rice will send wrong message to seniors" (SN 4/15), I was saddened to hear that he would not be attending his own commencement just because he does not agree with the political beliefs of Condoleezza Rice.
I am writing in response to Matthew Coleman's letter "Liberal outcry over Rice waste of breath" (SN 4/15). I was very surprised to read a letter in which Coleman neglected to address any specific examples of "liberal outcry" on campus to substantiate his claims.
This letter is in reference to the article "ASMSU funds Indian show" (SN 4/14). I wanted to fully clarify the concerns of the Asian Pacific American Student Organization, or APASO. First, APASO supports all programs and events that educate communities on Asian-American culture/histories.
The girl holding the door open for me looked horrified. I was going to class in Holden Hall, and I noticed as I got closer to the door that she had been holding it open for me for a good two minutes. "I can get the door myself, you know," I told the girl as I maneuvered my wheelchair through the door. Her response?
As an East Lansing resident, I find it absurd that Comcast is the only cable Internet and television provider in the area.
Please, I ask The State News, from student to student, apologize for the wording of the article "'U' officials' meeting on workers' rights brings student protest" (SN 4/15). It represents the students as anti-workers' rights and the MSU administration as pro-workers' rights when, in fact, the truth is the exact opposite. University officials are not trying to protect workers' rights.
I'm getting quite bored with reading the opinion section and seeing people try to state facts. Supposed "facts" like Israel is a democratic state, John Bice is wrong, Michael Moore is wrong, etc. How about this "fact"? I'm sick of going into lecture halls and seeing them trashed.
How much progress have we really made? Maybe 20 years ago, gender or sexual orientation was as seemingly public as it always had been since the beginning of time. Now, it's a pop culture phenomenon.
MSU is going to have to work out some kinks because of its decision to switch to e-billing. Starting this summer, students no longer will receive their bills in the mail.
Gimme a break - literally. Break me off a piece of that $150. I mean, seriously, how can ASMSU vote to spend $150 on candy?
This is a question to the editors of The State News. Since I graduated from MSU, I have kept in touch with what's happening on campus and around East Lansing.
I am writing this letter to express my sincere disapproval of President M. Peter McPherson's selection of Condoleezza Rice as the commencement speaker.
In anticipation of the liberal outcry on this campus, I would like to defend MSU President M. Peter McPherson's decision to have National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice speak at commencement.
It's "pro-life" week here on campus. You might notice the fliers and the rallies. Where do 'U' fit into this?
Our public schools are under attack from religious warriors crusading to inject creationism into science classes.
Usually, when I've written The State News, it is to disagree with an official editorial or to poke barbs at Andrew Goetz, the scholarly grand pooba of the MSU Democrats, but I find myself shockingly compelled to write in praise of the current editorial staff. They have produced some fine literature with this paper's praise of the debate team's representation of "this little public cow college that could" and how it stuck it to the preppy kids. The State News' opinion on National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice's impending visit was fair and funny, and the analysis that "this arguably is the most important speaker since the day Slick Willy wore a graduation robe here and probably creeped out some co-eds" is just damn good writing. Jason Miller political science junior
With the Board of Trustees' proposal to spend $30 million on expanding the power plant, campus group Eco needs to get a grip. Eco is upset because the university has decided to convert from coal usage to natural gas, instead of converting to a renewable energy.
For those of you who tuned in to FOX Tuesday night to watch the final eight American Idols strut their stuff, you're very well aware that a presidential press conference replaced the show.
Hey, I have an idea. Let's get drunk and eat expensive curry! Once again, the perennial jumping beans in the East Lansing City Council have found a new venue in which to express horror and distress.