We were chatting in our apartment Tuesday afternoon when a raccoon ambled by. We enjoyed watching it and were commenting on how lucky we are to live in an apartment complex with many opportunities to view wildlife.
This letter is in response to "'U' police ride easy on Harleys" (SN 4/24). I don't dispute the need for motorcycles, but do they really need to be name brand, top-of-the-line Harleys? Why should the Department of Police and Public Safety spend more money on bikes than repairing the atrocious road conditions plagued by constant traffic on campus?
I was shocked to learn recently that the university, as part of its budget cuts, plans to cut the social dance class for the next academic year and probably beyond.
My name is BJ Myers, and I am writing in response to your article about John Eckhold, the 23-year-old student found dead on Sunday "Student remembered for interests" (SN 4/23). He was a dear friend of mine I have known for as long as I can remember.
Entering into a college or university requires students to have the basic skills needed to be successful in an institution of higher education.
I am writing in response to Nate Engle's letter regarding Rishi Kundi's column (" Cheap shot at Grand Rapids uncalled for" SN 4/23). I think Engle missed the intent of Kundi's column this week.
It is with genuine dismay that I learned that Rishi Kundi will be leaving The State News. His opinion pieces were among some of the very best writing in the paper.
The time is long overdue for Americans to stop tolerating leaders who make derogatory comments about any group of citizens - including homosexuals.
With states across the nation struggling to balance their budgets, cutbacks have negatively affected nearly every conceivable state-funded program. Not even Springfield Elementary School is immune to the decline in government revenue.
Regarding your Web site, the "Madness at MSU" icon and information that it links to is out of control.
I did an informal study last semester and the results were that we had a sunny fall ("
When the United States went to war with Iraq, it set out to liberate the Iraqi people from oppression.
Something Michael Hayes neglected to concern himself with in Tuesday's letter to the editor, ("
It's about time. Senators and congressmen from both sides of the aisle probably said this when the bill to ban partial-birth abortion passed with a 64-33 vote in the Senate on March 13 and sailed through the House.
On March 13, the U.S. Senate took a colossal step backward, not only in terms of reproductive rights, but as an institution, it undermined the health and well-being of every woman in this country.
It would be prudent for U.S. diplomats to curb their squabble with the United Nations and begin mending America's botched relationship with the global order. Our nation's leaders made a bad choice Tuesday when they shot down a request from U.N.
The return of the campustruth.org ads brings up many issues. The first being the validity of the ads.
Rishi Kundi has written his last pointless, uninformed column for The State News ("Departing wisdom from a seasoned columnist, Spartan" SN 4/22). In Kundi's Tuesday piece, he shares with us all the final thoughts he's been waiting to enlighten our lives with since he's been writing his columns.
The State News should do its homework before it publishes editorials. Your editorial "Uncontrollable" (SN 4/17) is riddled with inaccuracies.