Here we go again. Former MSU basketball star and Golden State Warrior Jason Richardson joins a long list of Spartan athletes who have had their run-ins with the law.Richardson will stand trial for the alleged April 29 assault of his former girlfriend.His former teammate and now Portland Trailblazer Zach Randolph lost about $125,000 after fighting with a teammate.
The editorial "Athletic antics" (SN 6/2) made me want to send a box of cheese to The State News editorial board to accompany the whining it did. If people want to hear whining they can listen to my 5-year-old brother, although even he likely would be able to grasp the value of "The BasketBowl." The idea of moving the game to Detroit would dissuade the most dedicated fans from attending is thought-deficient at best.
What a joke! Earvin "Magic" Johnson is a great example to our young college students - play a year of college basketball and go to the NBA and make lots of money, oops!
Upon reading The State News editorial "Athletic antics" (SN 6/2), I got the message that the editorial staff seems to think " The BasketBowl" at Ford Field is a bad idea. What I didn't understand, however, was the reasoning for this conclusion.
Playing basketball at IM Sports-West is becoming a cutthroat activity. Last week MSU police arrested an MSU student for drawing a 34-inch sword during a dispute at the campus athletic facility.
After being steadfastly ignored by my alma mater for more than a quarter century, yesterday I received mail from the Office of Planned Giving seeking to remind me to include MSU in my will, despite any knowledge on their part of my impending demise.
I saw your editorial on the current pound seizure controversy ("Pets in Peril," SN 5/29). I wonder if you got your script directly from Mark Grebner, a member of the Ingham County Board of Commissioners.
Before classes ended last semester, various people were asking me what my summer plans consisted of.
Sometimes the best way to honor an individual is to build a statue in his or her honor. But while he might have been "Magic" on the court, Earvin Johnson isn't truly deserving of a statue. Instead of an athlete, the university and community should display its commitment to academics over athletics with something like a scholarship. A statue of the former Spartan basketball standout will be built outside Breslin Center and unveiled Nov.
If you had done some research in your editorial "Pets in Peril" (SN 5/29) or even some thinking, you would realize the issue here is not the use of animals for research but the use of pets for research.
Baseball used to sell tickets with the idea of spending the afternoon at the ballpark with family and a few hot dogs. Now, baseball sells tickets with huge forearms and superstars who can hit more than 60 home runs in a season.
I'm home for a weekend and my cell phone rings. It's a good friend I've known since back in high school."Hey.
Editor's note: This letter appeared in Monday's edition without attributing the name of the letter writer. As I was walking on the campus of my alma mater last week I saw a rather perturbing sight - bikes upon bikes being impounded. I agree with the premise of this escapade, however grossly disagree with the methods to which it is carried out. Last summer my bike was impounded because it was not registered.
In December of 1994, MSU's administration made its community a promise: to keep tuition at or below the rate of inflation. It was known as the Tuition Guarantee, and it was abandoned in fall 2000.
Let me first say medical research does have its merits. However, there now are better more economical and more humane ways to test drugs and medical procedures than to use animals.
Eminem shouldn't be the only one complaining about the Federal Communications Commission. Everyone should be rapping about FCC's ridiculous decision to give media companies more power. The new resolution, which was voted on Monday, will allow companies to reach 45 percent of the country, whereas before they were limited to reach 35 percent.
While I do have to admit that ASMSU has done some good for the undergraduate student population, I also believe they've caused just as much harm.
As I was walking on campus of my alma mater last week I saw a rather perturbing sight - bikes upon bikes were being impounded. I agree with the premise of this escapade, however, grossly disagree with the methods to which it is carried out.
Meet Ron Mason's replacement as the MSU athletic director - Vince McMahon, World Wrestling Entertainment chairman. Mason's creation, the "BasketBowl," is a publicity stunt of WWE proportions.
An old saying best describes how to evaluate government motives: "Actions speak louder than words." Unfortunately, the mainstream media is not particularly helpful in bridging the reality gap between what is said and what is done.