Jan. 22’s article (“Byrum discusses election reform with student Dems,” SN 1/22) quoted a student referring to last year’s elections where “students were disenfranchised,” and urging “changes and reforms so that what happened to me wouldn’t happen to anyone else.” The rest of the article detailed state Sen.
I am writing in response to your editorial “A step backward” (SN, 1/24), and would like to address misconceptions in the editorial.
It’s hard for people like me not to be skeptical of the new Student Support Division created by the MSU police.
Despite opinion claims, the Residence Halls Association could not take that claimed step back by “scrapping StateWalk” at its last meeting (“A step backward,” SN 1/24). As key interpreters of the RHA constitution, only the policy committee can initiate a removal of StateWalk, so reading that StateWalk was on the chopping block was quite the surprise to me.
In life there are those who smoke and those who don’t. Members of each group should feel comfortable residing in their designated areas. The Housing Options Committee approved measures last semester to give students living on campus the choice to live in smoke-free environments. Next fall, all rooms in South Hubbard and East Shaw halls with be designated smoke-free environments.
To the jerk driving a silver Dodge minivan waiting to turn right behind me onto Grand River Avenue from Abbott Road around 11:45 a.m.
When the religious right tries to bring the Ten Commandments into public schools, two vivid images appear in my mind: Charlton Heston and Sunday school.
As it becomes increasingly likely that Iraq will be the next target in the “War on Terror,” I would like to point out that there is absolutely no reason to suspect it of any wrongdoing. The current stereotypes of Iraq are almost entirely based on media propaganda and have no substance behind them.
Although it may be hard to grasp the concept of hockey head coach Ron Mason not being ice-side forever, it’s a fact of life the Spartan family will have to learn to swallow. Mason, 62, will likely step down from his coaching position in June to become MSU’s 16th athletics director.
I would like to thank Felicity White, co-chairwoman of Voices for Planned Parenthood, for being so candid in Thursday’s paper (“Anniversary of Roe v.
In regard to the person who appeared on stage at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day program (“Emcee’s response was inappropriate,” SN 1/24), it is the view of many that white privilege was invoked at that time, and that little respect was given to King, the audience, the participants and to organizers of the program.
It’s good to know MSU will reap in a few benefits in light of economic heartaches. University officials announced Thursday that MSU’s National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory will receive a 50 percent funding increase for the next five years.
The verdict of Roe v. Wade gave the right to define the beginning of human life to the individual. Leaders and citizens of the United States through history have worked to uphold the inalienable rights of every individual, particularly the vulnerable and the undervalued.
It seems Gov. John Engler is confused. In his final State of the State address Wednesday evening, the Republican leader said, “Our state is strong.
As I was sitting at my computer contemplating what to write about, my first inclination was to put together an objective piece about campaign finance reform. With Congress returning to session this week, there is a discharge petition pending in the House to force a vote on the Shays-Meehan campaign finance measure.
In past issues of The State News, many students have blasted MSU for its inability to maintain the Tuition Guarantee. It is no fault of the university for trying to avoid herding us like cattle into large 700-person lecture halls where students get no personal attention.
What if I told you that a disease in America has killed tens of millions of people since 1973? This disease claims more people annually than cancer or AIDS.
Members of MSU’s undergraduate student government are right to throw their hats in the ring to lobby for adequate levels of state funding. ASMSU’s Academic Assembly approved a resolution Tuesday to lobby for increased state appropriations and against a proposed tuition increase cap.
The recent article and editorial in The State News, regarding the drop in drunken driving arrests since 1990, paints an inaccurate picture of the capacity of the East Lansing Police Department to deliver basic police services.
There is no such thing as being too safe. MSU students who walk around campus late at night need programs like StateWalk to ensure they arrive at their destinations safely.