Employees who perform unsatisfactorily are rarely given a bonus after being booted out the door. But the MSU athletics department is developing a troubling habit of rewarding those it no longer wants to have around. On Wednesday, officials announced MSU will pay former football head coach Bobby Williams $550,000 to end his contract.
I was floored by John Bice's column "Religious majority doesn't understand atheist views" (SN 11/26). I found his arguments to be intolerant and ignorant of opposing views. Bice complained of a "surprising level of hostility toward secularism," but only offers an even more hostile attitude toward theists. He chose to highlight only negative acts committed in the name of religion, leaving the benevolent actions of religious figures like Mother Theresa, Ghandi and organizations, such as the Salvation Army, out of his equation.
I'm writing in response to the article "Academic Council axes talk on warfare" (SN 11/27). My inclination is to be surprised at the apoliticalism and moral complacency of those students who voted against discussing the possibility of war in Iraq.
Wednesday's article about the University of Virginia Halloween party incident left me very confused ("'U' reacts to costume party incident involving Virginia fraternities," SN 11/27). The story had half a dozen quotes from MSU leaders that said essentially the same thing - this was a horrible event and these types of things should not be tolerated. What exactly are "these types of things"? Nowhere does anyone explain why they are upset about it, and I think the reporter should have made a point to ask that question. I still don't know why two white guys dressing up as the Williams sisters for a Halloween party offended so many people.
Seriously, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas everywhere you go. I couldn't help but notice as I walked up and down the aisles of Meijer late Saturday night that the holiday decorations had been up for a few weeks already - countless images of Frosty the Snowman and Santa Claus.
Just more than two weeks ago, I traveled to Indiana University to visit my brother and to watch the MSU vs.
Have you seen the music video for Mary J. Blige's "No More Drama?" At the end of it, she's standing in front of a bunch of television screens depicting the images of the war on terrorism, and she's just going crazy. That is how I feel right about now. As if war with Iraq wasn't enough to deal with, there's another war going on right here, in Michigan. In Detroit, at least 23 youths aged 16 and younger have been killed this year; most of them by gunfire. A study by the Detroit Free Press showed Detroit surpassed 10 other major U.S.
Thank you, Charles Rogers. In an otherwise disappointing football season, you gave Spartan fans a reason to continue watching games. I only wish you would have been able to showcase your skills for a winning team and a New Year's Day bowl game. I think that the catch you made in the back of the end zone against Notre Dame might be the best I've ever seen.
It's official. Charles Rogers is taking his leave of Spartan Country, forgoing his senior year to enter the NFL Draft.
I thought John Bice's column "Religious majority doesn't understand atheist views" (SN 11/26) made an obvious point to the open-minded and objective thinking people of this world. As he stated, depending on where you live, one might be afraid to speak openly why people are "killing" in the name of God. John Lennon was a famous person who wrote a song called "Imagine." He was very brave to suggest that people imagine a world with no religion. Most people live in fear of being ridiculed for not believing, so they lie.
Now that the Spartans' lackluster football season has come to a close, the squad is desperately seeking a head coach.
John Bice is yet another atheist in a long list who seeks to defame his opposition without understanding it, all the while accusing them of the same wrong ("Religious majority doesn't understand atheist views," SN 11/26). Life is not so polarized that anything religious makes it inherently contradictory to science. Creationists do not blindly believe evolution to be false, but rather, believe in creation because they are aware of the inherent flaws in a naturalistic worldview.
In his column "Don't leave college as an assembly-line product, think about life" (SN 11/25), Shawn Wozniak claimed he wasn't attacking certain majors.
It is clear Mike Pendracki is a member of the "Chefs," the 1979-81 original pie pranksters ("Pie prankster gag was not original," SN 11/26). He has encoded his confession in his writing and who else would get so worked up about pie pranks as to know about the radio spot, the book about pie attacks and the Web site to find the book? Pendracki refereed to the original pie "hits" as a "reign of terror," clearly reminiscing about the good ol' days with his pie-tossing gang. Although the 25 professors who endured the creamy attacks decades ago are really old now, and probably can't throw a cream pie all too well, I suggest they team up, find Pendracki, and give him the pieing of a lifetime.
I am a captain in the U.S. Army and despite being stationed 1,000 miles from MSU and my hometown of Lansing, I still make it a point to read The State News every morning online.
The same old argument is once again being made in the letter to editor the "Hall decorations promote Christmas," (SN 11/21). While I do understand the author's disappointment in the university for, perhaps, showing some sort of religious bias, I must ask: Is it such a pressing issue that someone must once again criticize the lights the university has displayed during the winter every year I've attended MSU? Is a giant jack-in the-box, a snowman, snowflakes or a Santa Claus really something that makes MSU exclusively Christian? Santa and snowflakes are not Jesus Christ.
Now that the dust has settled on the gubernatorial race in Michigan, Jennifer Granholm has emerged as the new leader for the state, and it looks like she's on the right track. After receiving the nod to be Michigan's next governor, Granholm responded to President Bush's radio address concerning homeland security. In a recent radio address, Granholm showed her desire to emerge as an effective leader only weeks after being elected, making sure the public understands what her intentions are for Michigan's stake in homeland and economic security. She highlighted her plans with the possibility of creating new jobs, making health care affordable and keeping communities safe. Instead of sitting idly by as Gov.
On one recent chilly morning, my roommate and I woke to begin our daily routines. As we made the tedious trek to the community bathrooms, we were greeted by toilets that didn't flush, sinks with no water and showers that wouldn't run. After filing a complaint with our resident mentor, we learned that the water had begun to flow again. Ecstatically, I ran to the sink, turned the faucet and watched the water turn clear to brown.
Visions of gridiron greatness and riveting rivalries might come to mind when imagining heated matchups of college football teams.
As an ASMSU representative, I will not give an excuse for our "lack of responsibility" with the misplacing of software licenses.