I would just like to respond to a letter to the editor that was in The State News on Tuesday. I think it is wrong to argue protesters don't understand peace ("Protesters don't understand peace," SN 3/18). These are people that, in my eyes, clearly understand it more then those individuals in favor of war.
This past weekend, CBS did not broadcast all of the NCAA Tournament in the interests of more wartime stories.
I have to say that I found Nate Allen's cartoon Friday to be profoundly honest and yet awful at the same time.
On Friday, U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Detroit, with a tiny minority of 11 House members, voted against a resolution to demonstrate support of our men and women of the armed services.
I am not a fan of abortion. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, abortion stops 500,000 lives from coming into existence every year.
This is an open letter to all you pro-war and anti-protester imbeciles out there. You wanted your war, and now you have it.
All Americans have an excellent opportunity during wartime to engage in activities that allow their voices to be heard.
When some people enter college, a mysterious force sometimes begins to take over the personalities of the innocent, warping their senses and leaving students victim to the power of self-discovery.
As a two-time graduate of MSU and alumna of the State News Retail Advertising department, I am embarrassed at how little the current editorial staff of The State News knows about MSU football history. In your editorial published on Thursday regarding the new football stadium student section nickname, you go to great lengths to mock and bemoan the "new" name Gang Green ("Green goof," SN 3/20). I have news for you misinformed slackers who possess no fact-checking skills or sense of history - Gang Green was the fear-inspiring nickname of the MSU defense during the run for the Roses back in the 1988 season.
On March 13, I received an e-mail from MSU President M. Peter McPherson entitled, "Diversity: A Community Value," which addressed and encouraged racial diversity within our campus community.
Now that America's war with Iraq has commenced, the time and need for its end grows nearer every hour.
While I realize many reporters attached to The State News have very strong anti-war feelings and that these feelings inevitably shine through in war-related articles, I feel the column "Video games often blatant propaganda" by Megan Frye crossed the line into propaganda in and of itself (SN 3/19). There are several points on which I disagree with the author.
I would like to enlighten Elysia Smith and the under-21 crowd that there is a venue to hear great local music right on campus: The Common Grounds Coffeehouse.
It seems the cancer that plagued last season's football team has spread to Spartan Stadium's student cheering section.
A friend told me the new name for the student cheering section was Gang Green, and I did not believe it ("'U' football fan section renamed Gang Green," SN 3/19). Name our cheering section after a disease?
I am truly disappointed in the way some recent State News letters to the editor have portrayed anti-war sentiments.
I was disappointed when I read the article "Group plans skip day to protest" (SN 3/18). I am opposed to the budget cuts Gov.
Reducing our dependence on foreign oil is a process that will require sacrifices. It means we will need to concentrate on other available sources of domestic energy. This is part of the reasoning used by the MSU environmental student group Eco in its proposal to implement a $5 tax on undergraduate students to be used for the purchase of cleanly produced wind, solar and biomass energies for the university. Maybe you agree with this proposal and maybe you don't.
I was deeply saddened to read in Tuesday's edition of The State News that Carolyn O'Laughlin felt she had to resign her position as an assistant hall director because MSU has failed to come to terms with the issue of domestic partner benefits and equal treatment of LBGT students on campus ("Hall director resigns over lack of same sex benefits," SN 3/18). I know this problem was raised more than five years ago, when students realized trustee approval of domestic partner benefits did not extend to them.
Students, lawyers and professors were in attendance at Tuesday's discussion on affirmative action, but the most important attendee was asleep during part of the event And many people agreed: MSU President M.