Can you hear the silence? Can you feel the silence? Before the year 2002 came crashing in, I would have said that those kinds of questions are ethereal and should be relegated to the discussion of poetic nuances.
In response to Jason C. Miller’s column, “Republican education policy has brought about good things for ‘U’” (SN 6/3) concerning the good of the Republican Party, I have to disagree.
The tallies in Monday’s East Lansing school district election are in - and voters picked three people to take two open seats on the school board.
Two proposed bills that would charge gas pipeline companies a yearly fee for each mile of pipe in the state go about dealing with safety issues the wrong way. It’s clear lawmakers want to use the fees to ensure pipeline companies put safety first.
I’m writing to express my dismay with the university. The fountain in front of the Main Library is not working this summer.
It’s easy for college students to forget the importance of K-12 education - and their roles as citizens in helping to make sure public education survives and thrives. But those students - and the entire MSU community - should be interested in the affairs of local school districts.
My comments are in regard to the recent letters about MSU students’ and visitors’ impounded (or stolen, depending on who you’re talking to) bikes.
This letter is in regards to the current debate sparked by the impounding of bikes recently performed by the MSU Department of Police and Public Safety.
I am responding in reference to Jason Miller’s column, “Republican education policy has brought about good things for ‘U,’” SN 6/3.
The recent natural gas pipeline accidents in East Lansing and the surrounding areas should offer a perfect example of why we need to get the Wolverine Pipe Line Co.’s gas pipeline out from under the streets and neighborhoods of Meridian Township and East Lansing and put it in the protected right-of-way along the highways of Interstate 96.
Trent Lott and Dick Cheney need to find a hobby. With President Clinton’s tenure in office now almost a year and a half removed, congressional Republicans and the vice president have realized they no longer have the convenient and entertaining scapegoat at which they can fling their pent-up rage and frustration.
Motorcycle riders should be allowed to choose whether they want to wear a helmet or not. But they can only get that choice if they are willing to accept all the costs that could come as a result. For years, Michigan motorcycle riders in the state have asked the Legislature to repeal of the state’s helmet law, citing the effectiveness of helmets, the number of other states that do not have mandatory helmet laws, and the number of actual motorcycle-related deaths and their causes.
Want to go on about the MSU cops and their milksops (parking services)? Try working at MSU after normal class hours.
I am increasingly concerned, along with many students and parents, about the proposed ballot initiative being conducted by the Michigan Health & Hospital Association and the Citizens for a Healthy Michigan.
I read with interest recent letters to the editor regarding the MSU parking authorities’ removal and confiscation of the writers’ bicycles and the proceeding imposition of costly fees and inconvenient processes to retrieve them from impound. The most obvious thought that comes to mind, as an alumnus, is all the fuss that’s been generated over the last several years concerning the shortage of parking for privately owned automobiles, usually driven with only one occupant per car. It seems that, in a rational world, MSU would encourage, not discourage, the use of alternate - and parking-efficient - forms of transportation, such as bicycling.
What is the purpose of registering a bike for riding on campus? The registration fee is merely another method by which to extort money from students.
A joint House and Senate committee began hearings Tuesday to determine why clues to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks were overlooked.
It may leave us scratching our heads in wonder, but some people choose to take drastic steps to alter their bodies.
It was a shock for many students - perhaps more than 1,000 - to walk outside during the last few weeks planning to ride their bicycles to work, class or home. But there was nothing where they last left their rides. Since mid-May, the MSU Department of Police and Public Safety has impounded - although some might say stolen - about 1,250 unregistered bikes found throughout campus.
A federal judge was right to declare Michigan’s sex offender registry unconstitutional. From its beginning in 1994 and its launch to the Internet in 1999, the registry has failed to make a distinction between sex crime offenders of who pose a continuing danger and those who no longer threaten society. U.S.