This is very hard for me to say, given that I've been a Spartan my entire adult life, but the times call for it. Go Michigan! To those who disagree with its policies, I'd simply like to add: if we all started out on a level playing field, there would be no need for affirmative action anymore.
MSU's undergraduate student government is different than most of its relatives. We have a bicameral student government and award special seats to minorities and interest groups.
That two MSU third-year students, Jared English and Megan Dennis, were recently selected as Truman and Goldwater scholars, respectively, is a remarkable achievement.
This letter is regarding "More than 2,000 pack streets, wreak havoc in E.L." (SN 3/31). I am dismayed by The State News' lack of professionalism in reporting Sunday's events.
Every day before class, I read all the letters in The State News regarding our current war with Iraq, and I have come to a concrete decision: I am anti-war.
The unfortunate reality of war is that citizens not directly involved in conflict sometimes lose their lives.
Around 8 p.m. Sunday, I watched as hundreds of Spartans mobbed toward the rock on Farm Lane chanting "go green" and "f*** Texas." I was bitter because I was stuck at the Auditorium, working on class projects.
On March 27, 1999, MSU and the City of East Lansing experienced the worst riot in their history. During the event and aftermath, most of us learned a great deal.
For the more than 2,000 people who took to the streets Sunday to wreak havoc in East Lansing and on campus, feel free to find the nearest exit from the MSU community.
Though no championship banners will be raised or titles claimed, the members of the MSU men's basketball team should hold their heads high. The Spartans battled their way through a grueling season, and their suffering paid off in this year's Big Dance. Some might view MSU as just a Cinderella, but Spartan fans everywhere know we weren't wearing glass slippers.
It was Sunday night when I sat down to write this opinion piece for the Tuesday edition of The State News.
Sunday's so-called "riots" were a slap in the face of the MSU and East Lansing communities.
As a proud alumnus, I watched the Spartans have another wonderful basketball season and was proud to call myself a Spartan.
University officials should quickly curb any impulses they might have to punish the 15 MSU students arrested during the celebration festivities that erupted after the Spartans earned their way to the NCAA's Elite Eight on Friday night. Although university spokesman Terry Denbow originally went on record saying he doubted the university would pursue its off-campus code of conduct policy in regard to Friday night's events, he later said that assessment could change after speaking with MSU President M.
When I was in second grade my best friend was Jewish. She was the only other girl in my class who had dark features and understood concepts like war, Saddam Hussein, nuclear weapons and death.
The opinion column by TJ Jourian was simply infuriating ("Inconveniences caused by protesters minor in context" SN 3/24). First, The State News allowed Jourian to call some of its readers "imbeciles." She then continued to cast aspersions, accusations and assumptions on how the rest of us feel. Saying ROTC students are "trained" to support our troops was ridiculous.
Yes, it's a fact. Yesterday, we were nothing more than war-mongering right-wing oil grubbers. But what a difference a day makes.
Regarding Andrew Goetz's column about MSU's policies toward same-sex couples ("Recognizing same-sex marriages would solve 'U' problems" SN 3/27), I would have to agree that the standards for faculty and graduate students need to be on par. Whether one views a homosexual's private life as "yucky," "abnormal" or sinful (which in some cases undoubtedly affects their reasoning) is irrelevant in this matter.
In his vitriolic rant in response to John Bice's excellent column, alumnus William Perod falls into the usual trap of the fascist right ("Columnist's choice of discussion awful" SN 3/26). He tells us what a great country the United States is and that all should support the president and military as they fight for our freedoms.