It is undeniable: MSU’s campus is beautiful. On any given summer day, students can wander through numerous gardens, listen to the bells toll from Beaumont Tower or sit under the shade of a mighty tree. All of these aesthetic extras are important to our campus.
I do agree there is a real passiveness among our young people when it comes to voting. In spite of this, I must disagree with Kristofer Karol’s column “Being patriotic means more than buying a flag; public displays infuriating” (SN 7/11), that this is because of pure laziness.
I don’t get stomachaches much anymore, except from the occasional “scrumptious” dorm meal, but the pain in my abdomen grew larger than a water-laden shrinky-dink when I was at Lansing’s 2002 Fourth of July parade. Now, I’m not a commie, but seeing all of the proud citizens waving their little flags and watching the parade with admiration made me sick to my stomach.
Blah blah blah, the Pledge of Allegiance and so forth. I’m sure every other columnist over the last couple of weeks has more than addressed every possible viewpoint that you’d care to read, so I’m going to bring up something just as insightful.
One drowning and another near drowning in the span of three days is more than enough turn the heads of area residents and park commissioners - and rightfully it has. An 11-year-old boy drowned Saturday at the Grand River’s Bunker Road Landing, and Mohammad Sohaib Fida, 13, nearly drowned July 4 at Lake Lansing Park South.
Michigan voters may soon have the opportunity to voice their opinion on where the remainder of Michigan’s $8 billion portion of the tobacco settlement money goes.
The Responsible Hospitality Council’s efforts to curb binge drinking in East Lansing are likely well-intentioned, but sadly, they are quite misdirected. As a college town, East Lansing is populated by a large number of citizens who routinely enjoy consuming alcohol.
The past weeks have shown the passionate efforts of individuals bent on honoring God and country by mentioning him in the Pledge of Allegiance.
To understand the crisis in the Middle East, you must not underestimate the importance of Israel’s military occupation and the suffering it causes the Palestinian people.
Have you ever wondered what exactly our legislators in Washington think about when they propose legislation?
The debate between East Lansing and Meridian Township rages on as East Lansing approved yet another revision to a nearly 100-acre plot-sharing deal. The fourth proposal was approved by the East Lansing city council last Wednesday, only days after Meridian Township rejected the city’s previous revisions.
Perhaps it’s letter-writer Jake Harris (“Pledge fine as is, love it or leave it,” SN 7/3) who should leave if they don’t like living in a country with constitutional checks and balances.
I have a problem with the headline, “Patriots pass up polls,” which appeared on the front page of The State News (SN 7/8). If you check your Webster’s dictionary, you will see that a patriot is “one who loves his country and zealously supports its authority and interests.” Thus, one could not “pass up the polls” and still be a patriot, in the correct sense of the word. Bill Nurnberger Haslett resident
What really irks me about the annexation/land sharing situation between Bath Township and the city of East Lansing is not so much the flawed state law that allows such municipal bullying, but the greed of the city government, and its affiliates, the Melrose Apartments residents who initially started the whole thing.
A note to college students: You are lazy and apathetic. That statement may sound mean and accusatory, but the numbers speak for themselves.
Being an MSU graduate, I am truly embarrassed by the letter to the editor written by Jake Harris, “Pledge fine as is, love it or leave it” (SN 7/3). “If they don’t like it, they can leave the country?” Wasn’t this country founded on religious freedom?
This letter is in response to Drew Harmon’s column, “Pledge decision correct to eliminate religion, being American not about God” (SN 7/3). When I first saw the title of the column I had to laugh, because it is the typical liberal opinion that The State News shoves down our throats.
The long lines at blood drives that became common after Sept. 11 have dwindled and raised concerns about the country’s supply.
This past weekend, having a few hours, I watched the movie “Shallow Hal.” I thought the comedy might be a good way to relieve some of my agitation that had built after I had spent the week kvetching about the Pledge of Allegiance debate.
The Fourth of July has always been a happy time for me and my family - a time when we gather to celebrate our country and put up and wear an awful lot of stars and stripes.