Shel Silverstein once wrote, "Have you heard the story of tiny Melinda Mae, who ate a monstrous whale?" This line might come from a children's poem about a girl who took 89 years to eat a whale, but it easily could be correlated to the monstrous problem of disabled accessibility at MSU.
I'm responding to the editorial "Terrible T-shirts." (SN 10/13), I'm curious as to when The State News decided it could dictate how the First Amendment should be interpreted?
This is in response to the letter "Smokers don't need health lecture" (SN 10/10). While I agree that Craig Gunn might have been a bit extreme in calling smokers suicidal and murderers, I understand the point he was trying to make.
For some time now, I've been searching for an effective stress reliever to combat my disgust with the ineptitude, dishonesty, arrogance and radical agenda of the Bush administration.
The higher powers of the American justice system soon will be debating the mention of a higher power in American pledges of loyalty.
How come whenever MSU students are given some sort of freedom, something always gets stolen, destroyed or tipped over?
In response to Eva Bohler's letter "Columnist wrong in religious debate" (SN 10/6), I must point out, hopefully for the last time, that students are certainly allowed to pray in school.
Hurry! Hurry! Step right up to witness the one, the only, Amazing, Shrinking Budget! Just when you thought things couldn't get worse, they did.
This past Wednesday, the second annual Act Out was organized as part of National Coming Out Days. As various people stood around campus in dark clothing, slurs taped on their chests and backs and made up to look as if they had been beaten up, the message the event sent out was a simple, but very important, one: Hate words lead to hate crimes.
As a permanent resident in a "mixed" neighborhood, I've listened to neighbors lament that they've been unfairly issued a noise violation when they were merely talking on their front porch.
Recipe for "cool" - mix East Lansing with a heaping scoop of housing, a little nightlife and a dash of class.
I would like to take a minute to thank Kirsten Nielsen for writing perhaps the most truthful and insightful column yet this fall ("Finding a middle ground still allows people to be individuals" SN 10/10) and The State News for taking the risk of publishing such a Christ- and truth-oriented piece.
An apology doesn't mend every situation. The two MSU students involved in selling anti-University of Michigan T-shirts with explicit content apologized Monday for offending people but said they will continue to sell the shirts. Students should teach their peers a lesson by not purchasing the offensive apparel.
We keep seeing references to this wonderful accomplishment of a new Iraqi currency, such as in "McPherson shifts priority from Iraq to presidency" (SN 10/9). Meanwhile, the Washington Post on Oct.
Thank you, State News, for publishing Nate Allen's cartoons. The State News not only shows that it has a sense of humor, but it also believes in what is great about this country: Freedom and free speech.Maybe people should not get so upset at Allen for making a simple black-and-white drawing.
Spartan football head coach John L. Smith and his team are on their way to making comeback history - only the comeback is for much more than a game.
Eva Bohler recently wrote a letter supporting the monument of the Ten Commandments in Alabama, a letter demonstrating the hysteria and siege mentality characteristic of the Christian right ("Columnist wrong in religious debate" SN 10/6). The removal of the monument was not a restriction on Christians' rights to freedom of speech and religion.
How do you prove that your school system is fine and that choice isn't needed? Cancel classes for a day, impede student learning and engage in a shameful political protest at the Capitol.
As an atheist, I feel compelled to clarify something that Eva Bohler seems to misunderstand ("Columnist wrong in religious debate" SN 10/6): The United States was founded with a secular government and the presence of the Ten Commandments in a government building is illegal - period.
If some Michigan lawmakers have their way, students might want to save their drinking money for court fees and bail.