The zero-tolerance policy in Michigan schools mandates automatic suspension or expulsion from school for offenses perceived to be a threat to the safety of the school.
A vote for Ralph Nader is a vote for President George W. Bush. When the election comes around in November, make sure you remember whom you want out of office.
President M. (Machiavelli) Peter McPherson's manifesto and macabre machinations to move MSU's College of Human Medicine will mar, maim and mistreat mid-Michigan.
I am writing in regard to your recent article on Michael Vicente Perez's experience in the West Bank ("Caught in the middle" SN 3/31). Personally, I would like to know how the Michigan Peace Team could be described as nonviolent or supporting "peace." To begin with, Perez states that he would "stay in the houses of families whose children had been suicide bombers and be there to hopefully prevent the house from being demolished." How exactly does protecting those who give aid and support to terrorists in any way bring "peace" to the Middle East?
For my debut piece, I was unsure of what topic to tackle. Several important issues are in the news, and since I was wary of being labeled a "Bush-basher," I thought of steering clear of politics.
Wisconsin detectives' search for a woman's abductor should not be criticized even if the so-called victim made him up.
This letter is in response to what people should refrain from doing while driving "Driving don'ts" (SN 3/24). I am in complete agreement with the article because I am on a crusade against the stupid decisions people make.
In response to the front page article "Caught in the middle" (SN 3/31), I find it disturbing that MSU students are going to the West Bank to act as human shields for homicide bombers.
Andrew Goetz paints a picture of John Kerry as a committed supporter of the armed forces "Kerry's campaign jump-started by veteran's Vietnam rescue" (SN 3/31), but Kerry's actions immediately following his service and voting record in the Senate say otherwise. Kerry, while under oath, tossed out wild and unfounded accusations of war crimes in Vietnam before a Senate committee in 1971.
Maverick had Goose. Bird had McHale. Haim had Feldman. But who will love John Kerry? Over the weekend, America's favorite monotonous senatorial snowboarder announced the heat is on to select his running mate sometime within the next eight weeks.
The Third Noble Truth of Buddhist principle tells us that suffering can be overcome, that true happiness and full contentment are not only possible, but available to those who seek it. Buddhist philosophy also tells us that life itself is suffering, and that inevitable suffering is the result of human nature, without any good or evil undertones and regardless of your level of happiness.
Wow. Congratulations, Erin Ruth, for doing research and being on your way to receiving a degree in "nutritional science." Now let me bring Ruth into the real world.
A recently passed law might have negative implications for the future of a woman's right to choose. President Bush signed a bill on Thursday that states it is a separate federal crime to harm or kill a fetus in the process of assaulting the mother.
Every year, a handful of over-the-hill jocks make the news with an off-the-cuff remark they'd immediately prefer to take back.
I believe Richard Clarke should be asked a few questions about his actions against terrorism while working under the Clinton administration.
After watching the video from the latest attack on the American civilians that were killed and their bodies savagely mutilated, coupled with the inevitable fear of the possibility that one of them could be my sister, my morale was not lifted by White House spokesman Scott McClellan insisting that "democracy is taking root." I have begun to shift my faith in what America's ultimate goal was in toppling Saddam. When a mob of "civilians" can commit such atrocities and be proud of it, especially when their basis for hatred of America stems from lies spread by individuals with some communal leadership and personal vendettas against other religions, I can't help but think that the people that commit these atrocities need to be held under an iron fist because they cannot handle democracy.
The politics of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are complex, and certainly neither side has a monopoly on truth or morality.
While MSU teaching assistants confront the unemployment line, the university should not get sidetracked by the grumbling of its soon-to-be ex-workers.
The Michigan Peace Team purports to be in the defense of human rights and nonviolence. However, a closer examination of the group's objectives reveals a distorted viewpoint that impinges on its ability to generate peace. From his statements, Michael Vicente Perez seems to believe that the violence inherent in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict arises predominately from the Israeli side ("Caught in the middle," SN 3/31). His statements indicate that he believes peace can be achieved by staying in the homes of suicide bombers to prevent the houses from being destroyed by the Israeli defense forces. While it is undeniable that the Palestinians have faced enormous hardships as a result of the conflict, it is also true that the Israelis have faced similar atrocities.
Last week, both Bush and Clinton administration officials testified before the commission investigating the Sept.