I am writing in response to Graduate Employees Union President Jessica Goodkind’s letter (“Union will do what it takes for contract,” SN 3/13). The union says it wants undergraduates to have the best education opportunities; but it supports asking undergraduates to skip classes.
This is in response to Joe McCleer’s opinion that men’s basketball Head Coach Tom Izzo shouldn’t complain about MSU’s seed in the NCAA Tournament (“Izzo has nothing to cry about, seed OK,” SN 3/13). He asks what’s the difference between a No.
Strong claims were made in the editorial “Not the answer” (SN 3/12). Unfortunately, these claims were based more on conjecture than fact or reason.
Humans can do some pretty rotten things to one another. That is the main reason why news makes me sick to my stomach a lot more than I expect it to. During the week prior to spring break, the nation’s eyes were turned to Massachusetts, where a bounty of Roman Catholic priests have been accused of sexually molesting children.
I was disappointed with the editorial “Not the answer” (SN 3/12), regarding negotiations between the Graduate Employees Union and the MSU administration and the possibility of a strike.
Responsibility on the part of businesses and restaurants that serve alcohol promotes responsibility all around.
I enjoy a satirical, well-drawn political cartoon based on current events. It does not matter whether I agree or disagree with the viewpoint.
Don’t be ambivalent enough to let ASMSU representatives outvote the vast majority of us who are sick of them spending our money on fruitless ventures. Why should you care about $16 of your money?
I’m writing in response to men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo’s ridiculous public complaints about MSU’s seeding in the NCAA Tournament (“Izzo upset with No.
Raising $15,000 in 30 days is a lofty goal for organizers of annual Michigan Pride events, but it can be done.
Throughout my four years at MSU, distractions have always been present in the Main Library. What was formerly a place of study has become a plethora of chaotic stimuli, ranging from laptop computer games, ringing cell phones and coffee shop talk.
Instead of complaining about his team’s spot in the NCAA Tournament, MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo should be a positive force for the Spartans as they head back to Bracketville this year. Izzo was right to predict he would “get ripped for crying over spilled milk” by complaining about the team’s No.
“God Bless America” is fine. But when will we say, “God bless the world,” immediately after?
Although the University of Michigan’s graduate student union held a one-day walkout Monday, MSU’s Graduate Employees Union should not follow suit.
Rarely do I feel it necessary to respond publicly to the opinions of others, but Rebecca Daneff’s letter (“Honors College Ball not worth coverage,” SN 2/28) is so outrageous that I feel I must. As a former honors college student at my previous institution, I take personal exception to Daneff’s labeling of all Honors College students as “repressed” or “given a newfound freedom.” For anyone who knows me, those are the last words that will come to mind.
On Monday, I decided to support the Graduate Employees Union by not going to class. But unlike many students who took this opportunity to skip class, I am writing this letter to The State News to show my support for the teaching assistants of MSU.
Blame prohibition of drugs for the reason there will be no funding increase for MSU next year. Since three-fourths of felony crime touches the war on drugs, imagine what a peace dividend there would be if we ended prohibition.
If university apartment residents want to better their living conditions, the University Apartments’ Council of Residents is their best avenue.
I am writing about Drew Harmon’s view on the movie “Queen of the Damned” (“‘Damned’ is goth at its worst,” SN 2/25). His review was not about the movie itself.
I’m pleased to see that the current State News editorial board feels the opinion page shouldn’t be used to foment hatred and intolerance (“Moral choice,” SN 3/1). I wish previous editorial boards had realized that publishing opinion columns and letters expressing negative beliefs about homosexual people is exactly the same kind of incitement to hatred and intolerance.