It isn't a good week to be a vagina in New Orleans. The Associated Press reported over the weekend that Jesuit-affiliated Loyola University has apparently blocked a production of Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues" on the campus of the Louisiana school. The school's president, the Rev.
A few weeks ago, I read many articles about the abundance of MSU parking citations given out recently.
The lack of support and morality shown in the opinion pages of The State News ("Bad Bush!" SN 1/22) makes me weep bitter tears of fear every night as I try to sleep, and nothing disturbs me more than those immoral heathens who would try to do away with traditional marriage. In President Bush's State of the Union address, he specifically called for an end to the threats against the moral and religious values that we all hold and which cannot be refuted (Christian values are obviously the only valid ones, that's why there aren't any other religions, right?). I would like to issue a call to arms to all my fellow Christian brothers and sisters, for our very ways of life are under assault.
Thanks for the story about Ernie ("Local figure 'Ernie the Can Man' remembered by community" SN 1/23). I was at MSU from 1987-91, and he was as important a part of MSU to me as anything or anyone. Lucas was everywhere.
Students shouldn't have to break out their snowshoes to make it to class, but with snow-packed sidewalks and more flurries expected, it seems like the only safe way to go.
Last Friday, this newspaper reported on the death of Ernst Lucas, better known to Spartans everywhere as "Ernie the Can Man." If you didn't know Ernie by name, you knew him by face.
Homeland security is an essentially broad topic. Its life grew from the rubble of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and has since spawned a cooperative domestic effort, ranging from community watch programs to the USA Patriot Act to the US-VISIT program, designed to streamline immigration. In a speech to the Caucus for Producers, Writers & Directors on Jan.
Ernst "Ernie" Lucas and I shared some very memorable and meaningful moments together while I attended MSU (1990-95). Oddly, Lucas was one of the only constant adults in my life during that time - among the montage of hazy "comings and goings" of my college career.
Today I received two phone calls and three e-mails informing me that Ernie "the Can Man" Lucas had passed away.
East Lansing, Meridian Township and other surrounding cities do it. And if everyone's doing it, why shouldn't we? ASMSU Director Vikas Menon has been looking into broadcasting assembly meetings on campus cable.
The idea that someone is going to commit a rape because the Ned's Book Store gorilla made him view women as objects is ridiculous.
Ah, the early '90s. That magical half-a-decade where most people of the 20-something persuasion grew up, laughed, loved and learned a lot.
As a woman, the issue of abortion is not only personally important, it is a huge voting issue. In the upcoming year, and as primaries roll around, it will become tantamount to the presidential elections - especially as the next president will undoubtedly appoint at least one Supreme Court justice. We have the choice to elect stalwart advocates for women and life to office.
Marriage is a civil and legal contract between two consenting adults. Religion has nothing to do with the legal bindings of such a public union.
We've all learned that Iowa's caucus is a horrible farce. Any voting system that asks people to come in and express their initial support but then allows candidates' supporters to collude, to cajole neighbors and to have a "redo" in order to fix the results is not a democracy.
Political initiatives on the federal and state levels are asking citizens and lawmakers to adopt a more pragmatic concept of what "separation of church and state" really means. Most recently, a package of bills passed by the state Senate - and expected not to be contested by Gov.
Returning to campus, I took some extra time to observe the people here and the buildings. Mostly, however, what struck me was the large number of people that make it possible for us students to be here and pursue our careers in such an elite environment.
In the critically acclaimed 1999 movie "Boys Don't Cry," Hilary Swank plays a girl whose life is ripped apart by betrayal, rape and murder because she identifies as a man.
With the 31st anniversary of Roe v. Wade today, you might be wondering why this Supreme Court decision should matter to college students: One in five women who have abortions are college students. Could you finish school if you became pregnant?