Why have religions been seen as dangerous? Put another way, why have people's personal beliefs been seen as threatening to those who hold different views?
You liberals remind me of what Jack Nicholson said in "A Few Good Men" - "You can't handle the truth." John Kerry says whatever he can to get elected, even though he doesn't mean any of it.
Over the past few weeks, there has been increased scrutiny on the whole issue of same-sex marriage. The country is fairly polarized for or against, and the issue will be a political football on both sides in the fall elections. But with all the hype about the sanctity of marriage and concern that the entire downfall of the known civilized world rests on preventing gays and lesbians from being granted something ordained from heaven, I wondered if something subtle is hidden in all this furor. I admit that I first wondered why the conservative community, which says marriage should not be tainted by these "other" kinds of unions, doesn't do something about the number of divorces that take place in the United States. With 50 percent of all marriages ending in divorce, something has a funny smell in this here country.
Evan Rondeau, are you living under a rock from the 1950s? I was completely shocked and offended by the opening to your article "Basketball takes TV by storm" (SN 3/1) where you stated, "Girlfriends wait with fear and trepidation while their boyfriends' hormones get revved up." Regarding Championship Week, did you ever consider for a moment that perhaps women appreciate college basketball just as much as men?
In an ideal world, everyone goes the speed limit and is a kind and courteous driver. In the real world, however, people don't go the speed limit if it's too slow, and it's pretty hard to find anyone who actually goes 35 mph on westbound Saginaw Street from Hagadorn Road to Coolidge Road.
For a group of more than 1,000 strong, MSU's Graduate Employees Union is quick to respond to a call to arms.
Provost Lou Anna Simon recently has released her vision for the reorganization of the liberal arts at MSU.
Step into either Case or Holmes Halls on an average weekday, and you'll discover a place where many students living next to one another have the same classes, majors and interests.
Monday's State News read, "One man is dead and another wounded after an early morning shooting at an East Lansing 7-Eleven store." It's a sentence any MSU student hopes never to read and a sentence no reporter for The State News ever wished to write.
I'll admit it. I voted for Ralph Nader in 2000. I decided to support him after I heard him speak at the MSU Auditorium four years ago.
For the people who want instant replay to be standard in NCAA football and want a playoff system or want Maurice Clarett to be eligible for the NFL - please do me a favor, turn off your televisions on Saturday and wait until Sunday.
When I picked up The State News on Thursday, I was so pleased with the picture and front page article ("Skin-deep"). Then, I turned to page two.
An unfortunate number of Americans are very homophobic. The response of the president and other high-profile politicians toward what is happening in San Francisco, the "activist" judges in Massachusetts and a county in New Mexico suggests Americans are (at the moment) incapable of accepting one simple fact: Gay people are not going away. Creating an amendment banning gay marriage is not going to benefit anyone.
I am a senior theater major, and I am worried. Stated in a recent installment of "Liberal Arts Reorganization" was the fact that Provost Lou Anna Simon still hasn't decided what she is going to do with the Department of Theatre.
A proposed constitutional amendment would make same-sex marriages illegal. If you do not favor same-sex marriage, by all means, do not have a same-sex marriage.
There are some rumors floating around that newspapers and the mass media at large are ravenously liberal and unapologetically Democrat.
On the evening of Feb. 25, a business meeting of the MSU College Republicans hosting Barbara Grutter (Grutter v.
I'm writing in response to Lee Ehlers' article "Christian speaks up for religion, tries to end atheists' rants" (SN 2/27). What a glib supposition you make to equate atheism with those who abhor the religious right. I am very much not an atheist, an agnostic, yes, but not so far up on my soapbox that I am unwilling to allow the possibility of my views being incorrect - the same of which cannot be said for you and your ilk. Moreover, lumping a portion of the scientific community in with atheists - because of their ridiculous belief in the Big Bang - is beyond absurd.
Students talk, but do administrators ever listen to them? Provost Lou Anna Simon held a forum Thursday supposedly to receive student feedback about her plans to restructure the liberal arts programs.
Once again, John Bice "Religious affiliation based on parents' faith, geographic regions" (SN 2/26) has used a poorly contrived argument to attack the Christian faith.