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.
Since the beginning of the new year and the new semester, almost every time I turn to the Opinion Page of The State News, I see more of the same letters and waste of space as the day before.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm said what everyone was expecting to hear - higher-education funding is not safe from the chopping block. The $5-million budget cut will force MSU to become more creative in tightening its belt.
I am writing in response to "Ozone deserves Izzone-type respect" (SN 1/30). I have nothing against the Ozone, but this 1984 graduate is going on bad information.
After the recent unfortunate incident involving a student being held at knife point in Case Hall, residents of dorms at MSU must be reminded that just because we live in the dorms, we are not always safe.
Who is responsible for allowing "Student finds racial slurs written on door" (SN 1/30) to be printed?
It's difficult to know how to properly mourn NASA's Columbia crew - the world's lost heroes.
I would just like to thank Chrystal Liebold and The State News for printing an article that brings to light an unnecessary stereotype ("Virginity is not something to be ashamed of, but to celebrate," SN 1/30). It's a shame the way society portrays virgins as na
Several recent columns and letters to the editor, including Colleen Card's ("Conservative side needs to be heard," SN 1/30), have expressed the views that political conservatives are not heard or tolerated on this campus.