The U.S. Supreme Court's split decision on affirmative action doesn't end the debate. Universities will continue to change policy and new challenges will come.
I am from Berrien County, and I have to say I am completely ashamed of the behavior displayed there last week. The rioting is ridiculous.
The Supreme Court came up with an answer to affirmative action that, like a Qdoba burrito, had a little bit of everything.And, also like a Qdoba burrito, had some mixed results.
I feel compelled to write a response to Joseph Clark's "Puritan settlers started off American society on wrong foot" (SN 6/19). I believe the column does them a great injustice, has an erroneous condensed version of history and Clark is somehow trying to convey a message that greed is wrong, while lust and profanity are good.
The editorial "Lawless lawmakers," (SN 6/19) comparing recent actions of the U.S.
And the "Blah, blah, blah" award goes to - Natalie Burg. Do you realize how ignorant you make the female gender seem like?
While it seems the highest court in the land has not taken a firm stance on affirmative action, it's encouraging to see the U.S.
It's a sad day when tragedy begets tragedy. Last week, 28-year-old Terrance Shurn, a black Benton Harbor resident, was killed in a high-speed chase with white police officers from a neighboring city, Benton Township. Benton Harbor residents responded by setting fire to about 21 houses and attacking police officers for two nights.
This is in response to Stephen Duane's letter "Weapons regardless, war is necessary," (SN 6/18). Regardless of the legality of what President George Bush and his administration did, we should all see those actions have been undermining the public's knowledge of American affairs and should be construed as lying.
Much attention has been paid recently to the change of marriage policy in Canada to include same-sex partners.
MSU has been quite the trend-setter. The University of Minnesota adopted a riot policy last week following the violent melee that erupted April 12-13 on the Twin Cities' campus when its hockey team won the national championship.
Tuesday was just another instance of the "new and improved" mail server not being so new, nor improved.
While Joseph Clark is entitled to his opinions, he is not entitled to rewrite history and invent facts that seriously distort the origins and evolution of the Israeli-Palestinian-Arab conflict ( "Unrest between nations childish, peace must overcome war," SN 6/18). Contrary to Clark's claim, the Jewish nation is not "a new kid" who has only recently appeared in the Middle East "neighborhood." As a matter of fact, the Jewish presence in what is now Israel/West Bank antedates the presence of Arabs in that area by at least 2,500 years.
Way back when, in the days of a long time ago, church and state were intertwined. In fact, they were all but one in the same.The Vatican had a large influence on all kinds of public policy, and they were corrupt - taking money from the common man for confessionals, in order to "absolve" he or she of his or her sins. This would eventually end.
This is in response to the letter from D.M. Zielinski ( "Athletics shouldn't be favored by 'U,'" SN 6/18). I would first like to point out the vast majority of student athletes are good students and contribute greatly to the community of MSU.
I have an ongoing argument with my boyfriend. When I question him about confusing "guy things," I'm refused an answer. "Why is it because I'm a guy, why do you make classifications like that?" My response is always that I've never actually seen a woman who holds her silverware like a caveman.
Being charitable is giving money, or any aide to people who need it. But when those who can spare the money take away from the charity, they're given a jail sentence. Jacquelyn Allen-MacGregor was ordered Monday to serve four years in prison, three years of supervised release and pay $2.08 million in restitution for embezzling more than $2 million from the East Lansing-based Capital Area United Way, which employed her for 20 years.
Summer brings more people to the road because of family vacations and students taking road trips. And despite all the construction on campus, the roads are still alive with students driving to their summer classes.
Lawmakers quickly forgot the principles in which this country was formed. The government's policies seemed to have changed after the Sept.
Finally the university has discovered a way to eliminate spam mail: end access to your e-mail for hours.The amount of times mail.msu.edu has shut down is ridiculous, and it doesn't seem to be getting better anytime soon.