I woke up a few nights ago in a cold sweat. My teeth were chattering. I was in the midst of a full-blow panic attack.
T the Residence Halls Association’s movie-rental offices reopened their doors Monday, and it is about time.
I love our society and its way of handling tragic events. Just a little more than a year ago, our nation fell under attack from a terrorist organization.
Sometimes, one day can make all the difference in someone’s life. Fortunately, I learned this before it was too late. And it’s not too late to discover ways to help yourself or a loved one. Thursday is National Depression Screening Day. Held each year during Mental Illness Awareness Week, the day is designed to promote awareness of depressive disorders such manic-depression and anxiety.
The United States cannot fight a successful war in the Middle East without the full support of Americans and the United Nations and sound evidence that Iraq is a threat. These are the concerns President Bush needs to address in his speech tonight from Cincinnati.
National Coming Out Days are being celebrated at MSU and throughout the country this week. The special time serves as a prominent reminder that we have a lot of work to do if we want to overcome hate. Thankfully, the tide of change has begun to turn to the right direction. The Alliance of Lesbian-Bi-Gay-Transgendered and Straight Ally Students is planning events today through Friday. The LGBT and ally community began its week long celebration Sunday with and anti-hate crimes vigil at the rock on Farm Lane and an overnight vigil at the state Capitol in memory of Matthew Shepard, a University of Wyoming student who was beaten to death four years ago because he was gay. The 18-hour Capitol vigil symbolizes the time Shepard was left wounded and dying on a field post. Today, alliance supporters will “Stand Out” at busy traffic areas sporting T-shirts with derogatory labels to promote hate awareness. Weeks like these are needed and useful to promoting awareness that can further erode the walls of hate that have stood for so long. Somehow, even after years of marches, rallies and growing support for these groups, there still is a segment of our society that believes it is fine to hate and discriminate against other people. Through demonstrations and education, it can be shown that hatred, as well as discrimination, is unacceptable.
I often have struggled with the fact there are lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender people out there.
The Graduate Employees Union and MSU administration already have discussed the issue of level-three teaching assistant pay while bargaining the union’s first contract. The contract’s objective was to set down, in legal form, the rights and responsibilities of both parties. Level-three pay is set for employees with a master’s degree or equivalent and at least four semesters of experience as a graduate assistant (or equivalent experience at the faculty level) in the employing unit or in a department considered relevant by the chairperson of the employing unit.
I you’re not registered to vote in the Nov. 5 general election, get off your couch, quit making excuses and do it.
If East Lansing officials were serious about noise probable, they should stiffen fines and stop pussyfooting around.
Students. Can’t live with them, can’t live without them. It seems tensions are mounting between students and East Lansing residents since the commencement of classes, but a recent city council meeting showed the real, lingering problem. Everyone seems to be pointing fingers instead of sharing the blame. This city was founded and fostered by the growth of MSU since the 1850s, which has created a “where would you be without me attitude” among students. The fact is, there probably is about the same number of permanent residents living in East Lansing as there is students.
It was extremely disappointing to see more than half of two separate pages of The State News were dedicated to reporting on the F-word ( “The F-bomb: Just another part of everyday language” SN 10/2). I didn’t know there was so much of an interest in this slang word that such a large amount of the paper should be dedicated to it. This article was not something The State News should be proud of or have even printed in its daily newspaper. Although this word is used often, it is a term that is offensive to prevailing notions of propriety.
Every year the topic of crazy campus drivers makes its way into The State News (“Drivers should read, yield to pedestrians” SN 10/1). Well, I am going to stand up for all of my four-wheeled friends. How is it possible we get blamed when day after day we have to deal with some freshman walking or biking across the street while smoking, listening to a Walkman, talking on a cell phone and looking at a campus map? Listen up my two-legged foes, if my turn arrow is green, and you have a bright orange “Don’t Walk” sign over on Farm Lane, you better listen to Ludacris and “get out the way.” Remember when you were younger, those words of advice from mom: Look both ways before crossing the street?
If some lake lovers have their way, Lake St. Clair might soon gain status as the sixth Great Lake. While it is nice and biologically diverse, it isn’t great. However, a worthwhile issue as been raised by the Great Lakes Commission - great status would bring Lake St.
I am writing to express my disappointment in Leslie Escobar’s column “Nirvana scandal a disgrace, Love should get a life” SN 10/2). Why should Courtney Love have equal say when it comes to Nirvana releases?
I am writing in response of the letter to the editor “Ticket sting shows ill intentions of E.L.” (SN 10/2). I would like to commend the police officer that finally ticketed the cheap, selfish, lazy people who drive through the alley between the MSU credit union and the parking lot on Albert Avenue.
In an obscure corner of my apartment’s living room, which only the most observant guests will notice, is a soft gray chair that was furnished with the residence. For a few weeks, this chair sat vacant.
In response to the letter to the editor “SN should side closer with union” (SN 10/2), I must respectfully ask, “are people nuts?” Of course job promotions are at the discretion of employers.
Arbitration will prove a costly process for both the Graduate Employees Union and the university. But it is the only out-of-court option left to the union if it wants to get the salaries it thought were promised to its most experienced teaching assistants in the contract signed last spring.
Yet again, the development of more student housing has residents bothered about noise, but finally the East Lansing City Council made the right decision.In a 3-2 vote Wednesday, the council approved a request by Campus Village Properties to build an apartment complex at 1153 Michigan Ave.The new development is expected to house 222 residents.After recent complaints concerning noise in off-campus neighborhoods, it is good to see the city council is not backing away from new near-campus housing geared toward students.This complex is not in the middle of a neighborhood, it’s on Michigan Avenue - near the Brody Complex and other student housing venues.East Lansing residents need to realize the city’s need to grow along with the university.