This is in reference to a letter to the editor regarding the "unlaughable degradation" of midnight screams on our campus ("Midnight scream no longer laughable" SN 1/13). Midnight screams are a release, a chance to be a bit crazy for a few fleeting moments before heading back to the books for another long study session.
This letter is in response to "Sugar bust" (SN 1/14). I'm not sure if the editorial staff is familiar with the childhood obesity statistics in the United States, but since 1980, obesity has tripled and juvenile diabetes is more prevalent than ever before.
President Bush is not stupid. Judging by the "Bushisms" desk calendars on mall shelves this Christmas, he is indisputedly inarticulate, but he definitely is not stupid.
Voter apathy, thy name is college student. In the 2000 general election, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that of the nearly 24 million United States citizens age 18-to 24, only about 8.6 million registered and cast a ballot four years ago this November.
When I peruse the never-ending list of courses offered, the profs who "teach" them, and the physical real estate they occupy, I cannot envision how so many of them in this floundering academic abyss contribute to the "excellent education" MSU President Peter McPherson professes the students receive. Further, I cringe to see the combined salary of Tom Izzo and John L.
Munn officials should stop trying to quiet the students. Earlier this season, members of Slapshots were asked to sit down during the game because it blocked other fans' views.
As if the budget crisis did not hurt public schools enough, a new bill proposed by a Michigan legislator is aimed at getting rid of yet another source of much needed cash - pop vending machines. The bill, introduced by Sen.
I have started to wonder why it seems the university likes to screw science majors when it comes to scheduling and classes.
I really hope you just published Brian Beute's opinion article ("Truth is absolute, every action is either right or wrong") as a way to illustrate to the entire campus that he is an ignorant, closed-minded moron.
Fingerprints and photos are taken upon entering any local or state jail facility, but now, thanks to the U.S.
This letter is in response to MSU's decision to add yet another "Faculty/Staff Only" parking structure on north campus.
The infantile nonlogic of letters, such as Steve Duane's, ("Creationism a belief, can't be disproved" SN 12/4) is unimaginably taxing on my confidence in this university's student body.
Adding slot machines to area horse race tracks could mean more money for agriculture and higher education, and more money in a time of low funds is always good. Legislation was recently proposed to create racinos, which add video, telephone and Internet wagering to Michigan horse racetracks and also could provide higher education some much-needed extra cash. In declaring his immediate support of pro-racino state legislation as a means of possibly generating university revenue, MSU President M.
When I picked up the Dec. 3 issue of the newspaper. I was pleased to see the article featuring the MSU basketball players from Flint ("Hard life to hardwood" SN 12/3). However, as a Flint native, I was disappointed as I read through the first few paragraphs of the story.
I really wanted to dislike the best documentary made in the past few years. After reading last year's reviews hailing Michael Moore's "Bowling for Columbine" as a brilliant and transcendent look at how America has become a culture of fear, gun nuts and conservatism, it made my mental list of DVDs to rent, and then of DVDs to own. Then, after Moore's scathingly anti-Bush acceptance speech at the 2003 Academy Awards for "Bowling for Columbine," I wanted to watch his documentary even more so I could dispel it as self-serving, politically motivated propaganda to make Moore's stubbly, bespectacled face the beacon of all things liberal and good. Over the long winter break, I finally got around to seeing it.
Having been a Case Hall resident my freshman year and a night receptionist for three years, I have had ample time to watch the degradation of "the midnight scream" ("Harassment stems from finals-week screaming" SN 12/05/03). I say degradation because, when I was a freshman, there was no violent pounding on windows, just stressed-out people riding bikes through the courtyard naked and frustrated people screaming out their anxieties.
Let's assume you and your posse of moral relativists and freethinkers are correct, Mr. Bice ("Americans fail to think critically, fooled easily" SN 12/04). All God-fearing people must be fools.
I cannot believe John Bice would assume all people of religious faith to be ignorant ("Americans fail to think critically, fooled easily" SN 12/4). Certainly a rational man like Bice would see just how irrational an idea such as that is.
John Bice in his recent column ("Americans fail to think critically, fooled easily" SN 12/04/03) has truly encouraged us to think critically.
I applaud MSU for adding gender identity to the harassment clause of their anti-discrimination policy, but chide the administration for not including gender identity in the discrimination clause.