During my years at MSU, I met many great professors and made many close friends. I am proud and privileged to call Derek Wallbank my friend, and I urge you to support his candidacy for East Lansing City Council. Wallbank has been dedicated to serving the MSU community from the moment he arrived on campus.
As a graduating fifth-year senior, I am appalled by the idea of increasing tuition for "super seniors." Now that I am at the threshold of the light at the end of the tunnel as described by Paul Duby in "Tuition hikes could be in 5th-year students' futures" (SN 3/24), I am very pleased with the circumstances that led to my extended stay at the university. I attended two full summer sessions and completed an eight-month internship at a medical device manufacturer in Cincinnati to complete my degree requirements in a timely fashion.
The best way to eliminate underage drinking is for lawmakers and police enforcement to eliminate speeding. While the two have virtually nothing to do with each other, they share a common thread.
I stood stonelike at Saturday's midnight, half a 12-pack of Miller Lite in my left hand and a quarter-keg of irony in my right.
In an ideal democracy, all voters would be objectively informed on issues by unbiased, fair and straightforward language.
I was reading The State News in the midst of checking my e-mail, and I found Melissa Gullickson's letter titled "Riot punishment for exposure too harsh" (SN 3/26). In it, she claims the punishment her friend received last year was harsh.
I am responding to The State News article "Woman robbed at gunpoint in E.L." (SN 3/23). With incidents at the 7-Eleven and the murder-suicide combined with rising numbers of robbery accounts, some students are on edge and are afraid to go out in the dark - afraid of what awaits them. Like something out of a movie, East Lansing citizens are being harassed at gunpoint around the midnight hour.
Over the past few months while on the treadmill at IM Sports-East, I have been in the position of being able to watch passersby going about their business.
This concerns the editorial "Clarke attacks" (SN 3/25). The State News mentions that in the administration's effort to impugn the character of Richard Clarke instead of answer his claims, Dick Cheney says Clarke was "out of the loop." What The State News - and every thinking person - should ask is, "If the head of counterterrorism for the U.S.
With seven months left until the presidential election, the likability of Massachusetts senator John Kerry has finally expanded past whether a voter enjoys snowboarding or not. We kid.
It's funny that Democrats get angry when they're called tax-and-spend liberals. They have worked so hard to avoid being labeled that way, but their record shows otherwise.
Run. Run for your life. I'm not joking. Get outside and do it. Now. It doesn't matter where you go or how far you go, just as long as you're running. A simple run can be the solution to all of your problems: work, school, stress, whatever ails you.
For years, the debate on whether to have a student on the East Lansing City Council and student participation with the city of East Lansing has raged on in the same, tedious fashion.
One year after the riots, I want to explain what happened to my friend after being charged with disorderly conduct and indecent exposure.
How can we say this nicely? Stop it, Ben Burgis, stop while you're already ahead. Burgis is a Western Michigan University graduate student making a bid for a seat on the MSU Board of Trustees.
As a student at MSU, I would like to express my concern for the lack of healthy choices in the cafeterias around campus.
You're 10 years old and, judging by the orange juice, graham crackers and the cadet-blue test booklet placed on your school desk, you can tell it's MEAP day.
With the host of bills that our state legislature is considering I am distraught ("New state legislation looks to minimize distraction to drivers" SN 3/23). If we need a law preventing a woman from breast-feeding while driving 75 mph down the expressway, how could common sense still exist?
The fact that MSU is considering switching to block tuition has me nervous and angry. As a student who can barely afford college already, I now have more debt to look forward to when I graduate. Unfortunately, my parents could not afford to give all of their children a free ride through college, and I must work many hours a week to be able to afford my education. I doubt I could handle 18 credits and also work the hours that I need to work to stay in school.
I am writing this letter with the intention of clearing up broad misconceptions about registering to vote in East Lansing.