Many U.S. leaders have criticized the United Nations recently as being more skeptical and critical than an average jury when hearing American diplomats present their case for war with Iraq.
After reading Cia Sheak's letter ("Offensive flier was racist and sexist," SN 2/5), I agree with her that people should be angry about the flier found in Shaw Hall.
The East Lansing City Council should not turn a deaf ear to students who always seem to be the target of noise violations.
After reading Jessica Nowak's recent indictment of her friend's inclination to watch "The Real World" as opposed to President Bush's State of the Union address ("Instead of watching 'Real World,' read a newspaper, get informed," SN 2/3), I can only extend my most cordial sympathies to her dear friend, who deserved not a word of public criticism. Nowak's controversial stance on current affairs (being informed is good) is rational, but I don't think that watching a dull speech populated with patriotic clichés and methodical applause necessarily makes one any more informed than one already is.
And the lord god created both men and women to inherit the Earth. He then saw what he had made, and he knew there was going to be trouble. Every creation story I've encountered, including the two accounts told in the Bible, depicts humans as the pinnacle invention in the metamorphosis of order from chaos. And why shouldn't we be? After all, we have subdued the Earth with our agricultural prowess and conquered the seas and skies with ships and planes.
This is a response to Jim Bradley's letter "Article shouldn't have been in SN" (SN 2/3). Newspapers are supposed to report things that happen in the community - that's what they are for.
I almost fell out of my seat in class when I read the headline "Suspect charged for posting offensive flier" (SN 2/3). Have we completely forgotten about that all-important document that expresses and guarantees the freedoms that our forefathers have fought and died for?
Everyone, I am sure, was surprised and saddened by the loss of the space shuttle Columbia and the crew of seven astronauts.
The congressional bill that aims to require all U.S. citizens and permanent residents aged 18-26 to complete at least two years of military service is unnecessary and un-American. U.S.
I don't know about anyone else here on this campus, but I am really, really mad. Police have a suspect and charges have been filed against an individual for posting racist and sexist flyers in Shaw Hall ("Suspect charged for posting offensive flier," SN 2/3). I cannot believe he is only being charged with a misdemeanor. More than half of the American population is being threatened with violence.
Attacking Iraq will not make us safer. Indeed, Saddam Hussein will be more likely to use whatever weapons he has against us, not less likely, if we begin bombing him. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a far more dangerous opponent than Iraq could ever be.
Tim Phelps' letter ("Lambasting of Bush shows liberal bias," SN 1/31) criticizing The State News' liberal bias contains an element of truth.
This letter is in response to Tim Phelps' letter on the editorial "State of Fear" (SN 1/30) ("Lambasting of Bush shows liberal bias," SN 1/31). During his State of the Union address, President Bush said, "Jobs are created when the economy grows; the economy grows when Americans have more money to spend and invest; and the best and fairest way to make sure Americans have that money is not to tax it away in the first place." He then proposes "only" a 4-percent increase in the federal government's discretionary spending limit, committing an additional $400 billion during the next decade to strengthen Medicare, creating a research fund of $1.2 billion to develop hydrogen-powered automobiles, earmarking $450 million to bring mentors to disadvantaged youth, a new $600-million drug treatment plan and a $15-billion commitment to treat AIDS in Africa and the Caribbean. Something smells fishy.
MSU Internet use has been increasing with 1.817 billion megabytes of Internet traffic used last year compared to 38 million megabytes used in the 1997-98 fiscal year.
Welcome to the real world - and we're not talking about the MTV supposed reality program. This is the place were life is usually safe and peaceful while the threat of danger sometimes lurks around the corners.
A recent letter in The State News ("All opinions are present on campus," SN 2/3) completely missed the mark on conservative complaints.
Producing white-out conditions, the lake-effect snow persists in its steady slant, rendering what appear to be historic landmarks - schools, businesses and a small number of pedestrians indiscernible from one another.
I attended the MSU vs. Illinois men's basketball game at Breslin Center on Sunday. The game was a nationally televised on CBS.
Twenty days. Expected to be reduced to nine days, served on weekends. Is it me or does that sound like a mild grounding?
What you have to understand is I was there from the beginning. I must have shown a fondness for space, or my mother could have known it was just history to be witnessed; regardless, at 7 in the morning on an April Sunday in 1981, I was pointed at the television to watch Columbia lift-off for the first time.